Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning
Episodes
Who says there’s no talent in Longford?
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is the Rose of Tralee a national embarrassment or does it represent something precious? On this week’s Free State, Joe and Dion look at Irish cultur...
Roddy Collins Is A Wanker - Part 2
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two of Roddy Collins is a W****r, Roddy Collins talks to Joe and Dion about his failed attempt at an IRA hold up as a teenager, his days going...
Roddy Collins Is A Wanker - Part 1
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t mess with the Cabra boys. In the first of a two-part interview, Roddy Collins joins Dion and Joe on Free State. He talks about the confidence ...
Death On The Mediterranean
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stalin said one death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic. On Free State this week, Dion and Joe discuss the tragedy of tens of thousands d...
Hate, Housing & Happiness - Pat Gilroy’s Roadmap to Utopia
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh from Dublin’s triumph in the All Ireland final, Joe and Dion welcome an old friend back to Free State. Pat Gilroy returns to talk about why th...
Don’t Cry For Me, Falkland Islands
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump continues to demonstrate how reality can be hijacked by lies. This week Dion and Joe look at how America and Britain have been lost to po...
Unleash the superhero within: How to become a multi millionaire, a wonderful lover and a complete a**hole.
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Can you sustain an orgasm for 15 minutes? Joe and Dion help you unleash the superhero within and they disagree about the power of the mind. Joe also r...
The Surprising Truth About Champions feat. Philly McMahon & Ger Brennan
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a champion? Philly McMahon and Ger Brennan talk to Joe and Dion about what they were prepared to do as they helped to shape that great Dubl...
RTÉ The Musical - Act 2
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve got to pick a pocket or two...You can say what you like about Ryan Tubridy but do not question his soul, his love for the decent people of Ir...
RTÉ The Musical - Act 1
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show me the (taxpayers) money...What does the RTÉ scandal tell us about Ireland? Joe and Dion explain why this was always about more than Ryan Tubrid...
The Inglorious 12th
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know the words to The Sash? Is it culture or hate that sees effigies of politicians including Leo Varadkar burned on bonfires? This week Joe an...
The Sportswriter
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Ford, the Pulitzer Prize winning author, joins Joe and Dion on this week’s Free State.Before he became a novelist, Richard was a sportswrite...
The Ultimate Gunfighter
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Humans have always been drawn towards violence but is there a limit to the licence to thrill? Violence has always been a part of sport but now with ev...
The Headless Men
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What happens if you speak out against the tribe in Unionism? Is there only free speech for Catholics in Northern Ireland? Joe and Dion argue about com...
Our Friends in the North
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dion and Joe debate and disagree about friendships and links between the north and south. They recall some fascinating incidents from the Troubles, in...
The Reverse Cowgirl
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you achieve the perfect orgasm without a sexual partner? What precisely is the reverse cowgirl? Where can you buy an orgasmatron? Dion & Jo...
Searching For God
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to confront addiction? Do we still have a stereotype when it comes to imagining what somebody with a drink problem looks like? This ...
The Roman Catholic Breeders Association
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Birds do it, bees do it, but nobody does it like northern catholics, even the educated ones. Once again the demographic changes in the north have been...
The Lonely Passion of Patrick Gilroy
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Before Dublin became the greatest Gaelic football team ever seen, they were the best known failures in Irish sport. Pat Gilroy was the manager who tur...
The Trouble With Supremacists
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What unites the US Republican Party, Brexiteers and the DUP? This week, Joe and Dion look at the magical thinking that has replaced reason among those...
Curb Your Enthusiasm Father
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you were offered a lift on Air Force One would you take it? Joe talks to Dion about his time with Joe Biden in Ireland and the extraordinary empath...
Ooh Aah, Up Which Ra? - Part 2
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of Ooh Aah, Up Which Ra, Dion and Joe wonder what being honest about history really means and if Ireland wants to be Austria or Ger...
Ooh Aah, Up Which Ra?
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When the Irish women’s football team qualified for the World Cup, their achievement was overshadowed by a video of them singing ‘Ooh Aah, Up the R...
The Nigerian Prince
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Anyaegbunam had a privileged upbringing in Nigeria as a Nigerian prince. His first meeting with Joe Brolly took place either during an escapad...
The Optimism Muscle
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know where to find your optimism muscle? In this week’s episode Joe and Dion look at how the 21st century has become a factory and why a bana...
Smile Or Die
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody wants to be happy but what if simply wanting to be happy is as crazy as simply wanting to live on Mars? In the first episode Dion and Joe ex...
This is Free State Podcast
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Free State is a podcast for the curious that stimulates, provokes, challenges and entertains, while never taking itself too seriously. Free State cove...