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  • Chris Hedges on New World Order (E31)

    October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Legendary journalist Chris Hedges has reported from all over the planet – including, in recent days, the Garvaghy Road. And he reckons we're heading in a terrible direction. The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, hosted by Harry…

  • Aaron Maté Live in Dublin (E30)

    October 2, 2026 · 52 min

    Ignore the haters – journalist Aaron Maté is a vital voice for peace and for Palestine, in the face of imperial projects to destroy them both. He joined Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch and Harry Browne in the People's Hall to talk about many…

  • Foul Play, w Rebecca O'Keeffe (E29)

    September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    Whether they play or not, the Irish men's soccer team fixtures with Israel have further expanded the space for fighting genocide and apartheid with boycotts. Campaigner, basketball player and researcher Rebecca O'Keeffe tallies up the…

  • Is 'Hybrid Warfare' a Psy-Op? w Rory Rowan (E28)

    September 18, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

    The media and political establishment acts like we're already at war – and seeing 'threats' everywhere is part of the fight. In a world where just talking can mark you as a hybrid warrior, Trinity College Dublin academic, writer and…

  • Corruption Shaped Modern Ireland, w Frank Connolly (E27)

    September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

    Gardaí extracted false confessions and protected their own. Politicians and developers rigged the planning system. And journalist Frank Connolly helped expose the corrupt players and the class interests they represented. We discuss why the…

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  • Direct Acting, w Donal O'Kelly (E26)

    September 4, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Ireland was a crucible for colonial mass murder. The brilliant playwright and actor Donal O'Kelly has been reflecting on what his award-winning show 'Catalpa' left out of the history it depicts – including genocide, and the value of…

  • Who Guards the Garda? w Cian Ó Concubhair (E25)

    August 28, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    Crime journalism is a massive and growing phenomenon in Irish media – much bigger, if you look at international comparisons, than Irish crime. Maynooth author and researcher Cian Ó Concubhair has been talking to reporters about whether and…

  • Talking to Israelis, w Eman Mohammed (E24)

    August 21, 2026 · 46 min

    How relevant is the search for 'good Israelis' to the struggle for Palestinian liberation? As the world's attention turns to Israel's internal politics in advance of October elections, Gaza journalist Eman Mohammed brings powerful insights…

  • Cleaning Up Football, w Andy Storey (E23)

    August 14, 2026 · 47 min

    FIFA and its boss Gianni Infantino are irredeemably corrupt – but is UEFA in any position to preach? Writer and researcher Andy Storey breaks down the football power play on The Party Line, a podcast from The Ditch – hosted by Harry Browne…

  • Crossing Borders, w Niamh Keady-Tabbal (E22)

    August 7, 2026 · 46 min

    Are borders sites of 'sovereignty' – or is it more relevant to understand them as, inevitably, sites of terrible, seemingly arbitrary violence and harm? From Ceuta to Donegal, we talk about the borders that divide us. Postdoc researcher…

  • Twenty-First (E21)

    July 31, 2026 · 50 min

    Highlights from the first 20 episodes of The Party Line, a podcast from The Ditch – hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with the team of Ditch journalists: Eoghan McNeill, Paulie Doyle and Roman Shortall. Big thanks to Art…

  • Public Servicing, w Betty Purcell (E20)

    July 24, 2026 · 58 min

    RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster, is hammered by scandal – and hampered by a combination of deference to government and devotion to commercial imperatives. Betty Purcell, former radio and TV producer in RTÉ – who also sat as the elected…

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