The Rest is Politics

I do listen to The Ivan Yates/Matt Cooper one. It's not too bad, but it really does depend on your tolerance for Yates. He can be very obnoxious and the more I listen the more I find he shows his ignorance. I don't mind him in small does, but he's an awful chancer really.

Mick Clifford also has a podcast, but I haven't listened to more than a few. Though he's a good journalist.

The Irish Times ones can be okay. A bit cosy in their thinking I find at times.

Though I think the issue is that Ireland is such a small country and the media pool is pretty tiny as a result.

So whatever they cover has usually been covered to death on the TV and radio, or in the "papers" and you'll hear the same voices again and again talking about the same things, in the same way, with the same people.

And you don't know how much of what you are listening to is just shyte as well: spin provided by political "sources" and regurgitated by the "in the know" journos. It's a bit crazy if you look at all the news journalists in recent years who've jumped ship to become media advisors to those in politics.

It can be hard to find fresh and perceptive voices.

Used to listen to David McWilliams. Just got bored with his style and especially the shtick with the sidekick.

The rest is politics is good enough.

On The Media from NPR is a very good show IMO - US focused.

I used to listen to loads of political pods from the US - but lately I just find it all so depressing that I largely can't bring myself to do it. Slate's political gabfest I might listen to once in a while.

…similar to above, but irish podcasts are slow enough to react….

https://podtail.com/podcast/irish-times-inside-politics/

https://podtail.com/podcast/in-the-news/

https://podtail.com/podcast/the-explainer/

https://player.fm/series/your-politics

https://podtail.com/podcast/the-david-mcwilliams-podcast/

ul economist stephen kinsella - ann and steve talk stuff(kinna political) - sporadically broadcast

https://podtail.com/da/podcast/limerick-post-podcast/

not great tbh - lefty alerty!

https://podtail.com/podcast/echo-chamber-podcast-episode-5/

Similarly, dislike the gimmick style McWilliams has with the sidekick - the way yer man pretends to be an idiot “surely that can’t be right Mac?”, teeing up replies from McWilliams. It gets tedious.

Yeah, it's just his pronunciation of 't's as 'd's which just bugs me tbh.

Never noticed it, but I probably will now, ya fecker.

Not able for Alistair Campbell, although Rory Stewart comes across as very likeable.

It doesn't work because they aren't from different parts of the political spectrum, Cooper is a presenter and Yates is a blowhard Fine Gaeler

TRIP works because Campbell and Stewart are natural LAB and CON voices, bouncing off each other, and crucially, being respectful in their discourse

I have noticed that as well. But that is sort of part and parcel with anyone holding crypto. The only way for the value to go up is for more people to become intrested in it and buy tokens.

I wonder how long long before he starts naming tokens.

What is the Group Chat?

listened to a lot of the rest is politics in the 1st half of this year. 2 well tuned in, knowledgeable and interesting people but nothing ever gets resolved. It’s just very reactive. Perhaps I am expecting too much but it’s just a talking shop and perhaps reflective of a lot of politics.

And Rory thinks everything is fascinating.

It's purpose is, to inform. It's up to us, the listeners to use that info as we see fit.

Rory does have blind spots. He's conservative, but sometimes hasn't any reason he can articulate for supporting some of its views. He was born a Tory. Maybe that just demonstrates the weak positions often adopted by conservatives.

They did an election night special with Alastair, Rory, The Mooch, Marina Hyde - from the Rest is Entertainment - and Dominic Sandbrook.

Dominic was absolutely excellent on it. He's not a Trump supporter, but he was the only one on the panel calling a Trump victory before it became obvious and he was streets ahead of the rest in terms of placing everything in its historical and current context, his perceptiveness and how well he articulated his points. It really showed up the limits of political analysis that's more or less entirely focused on the day to day events.

Must say I love regular TRIP, think the 2 lads are excellent especially Rory. So balanced and well informed.

But as regards TRIP US, is there a greater bluffer anywhere on anything than Scaramucci? Total charlatan. Constantly presenting his opinion and predictions as being the inside scoop and more or less consistently wrong on everything. Obviously anyone can get a prediction wrong no issue there but it’s how he presents it as though his view is the only possible correct one.