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Brexit here, Brexit there, Brexit bloody everywhere!  We present to you a panel discussion about the madness of the last few weeks and what can expect in the near future, featuring Brian Mahon, Sarah Creighton and Jimmy Nichols. Be sure to check out Steve's other podcast, What Am Politics. Logo by Cian Markey Music by Supermarket Love & Jonathon Andrew

Disinformation, toxic forums, alt-right trolls and... Fake News. These are all terms that have dominated political discourse in recent years. But where do the trolls live? Where does disinformation come from? It just so happens that Ciaran O'Connor works on answering these very questions in his role as a digital news analyst at Storyful. Be sure to check out Steve's other podcast, What Am Politics. Logo by Cian Markey Music by Supermarket Love & Jonathon Andrew

Russia’s involvement with the 2016 US elections may have fallen out of the headlines, but still remains a very potent and unresolved issue. Questions about collusion or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives remain unresolved. To give us an update on this topic, and a breakdown on the long lasting implications for US politics and geopolitics, I spoke to Ken McDonagh associate Professor of International Relations at DCU, and the person who had the unfortunate privilege of being my dissertation supervisor when I studied there a few years ago. Be sure to check out Steve's other podcast, What Am Politics. Logo by Cian Markey Music by Supermarket Love & Jonathon Andrew

It's word that's very hard to pronounce, but the politics behind it are straightforward. Some people are gathering together in Ireland to propose getting Ireland out of the EU. We talk to Caroline McEvoy about this new party's prospects and if their big idea is a good idea. Be sure to check out Steve's other podcast, What Am Politics. Logo by Cian Markey Music by Supermarket Love & Jonathon Andrew

Due to a terrible technical disaster, this is the second release of this episode. Those of you who already downloaded an early version with the same name, please disregard it and accept my apologies for putting trash into your feed. This episode we delve into the story of the UK Labour party and antisemitism with guests Euan Philipps and Eleanor Penny. Be sure to check out Steve's other podcast, What Am Politics. Logo by Cian Markey Music by Supermarket Love & Jonathon Andrew

This week, your regular host, Steve Byrne, is joined by James Price & Peter Geoghegan. We talk Brexit, Brexit and guess what... Brexit! Apologies for the long delay between this episode and the last. I'll try my very best to make sure it doesn't happen again. Logo by Cian Markey Music by Supermarket Love & Jonathon Andrew

This episode, your regular host, Steve Byrne, is joined by Brian Mahon, Sophie Jarvis & Jazza John.   As promised, we're still talking Brexit, diving deep into a discussion about the White Paper released by the UK government this week and the fallout from it. Logo by Cian Markey Music by Supermarket Love & Jonathon Andrew

This week, your regular host, Steve Byrne, is joined by Donal Mulligan and Orla Ryan. The topics covered include; Trumpy times as usual in The White House, a march against guns, Brexit, Facebook giving away your data and the Radical Pathways series of articles by Orla Ryan. Logo by Cian Markey Theme music by Supermarket Love

Over on Newsie's cousin-podcast, What Am Politics, we had our first interview with a real, live working politician. If you haven’t listened to that yet, you should check it out now.  As a bonus, supplementary treat, here is a perspective on what it's like to work in local politics with Sam Pritchard, a member of Swansea City Council in Wales. Produced & hosted by Steve Byrne Logo by Cian Markey Theme music by Supermarket Love

A news, current affairs and politics discussion show from one-half of the team that brings you What Am Politics!  This week, your regular host, Steve Byrne, is joined by Ceile Varley, David Healion, Chance Kinney and Sarah Creighton. The topics covered include; the Irish Supreme Court's judgement on a case relevant to the upcoming referendum, Germany finally gets a government, China gets a leader for life, Trump throws down for a trade war while also making peace with Kim and an in-depth insight into Northern Irish politics. Logo by Cian Markey Theme music by Supermarket Love

A news, current affairs and politics discussion show from one-half of the team that brings you What Am Politics!  This week, your regular host, Steve Byrne, is joined by research fellow at the UCD school of Geography, Eoin O'Mahony and host of My History Can Beat Up Your Politics, Bruce Carlson. The topics covered include; President Michael D Higgins decides to go again, Ireland's government has a plan for the future, another mass shooting in the US and how is the Russia Investigation like Watergate. Logo by Cian Markey Theme music by Supermarket Love

A news, current affairs and politics panel discussion show from the team that brings you What Am Politics!  This week, your regular host, Steve Byrne, is joined by the writer and student of law, Ceile Varley, and by lecturer in the school of communications in DCU and regular What Am Politics guest, Donal Mulligan. The topics covered include; markets going down, tax cuts in the US, resignations in the White House, the 8th Amendment in Ireland and the neverending saga of Brexit. If you like this and want to learn about more general topics from the political world, check out What Am Politics?, our cousin podcast that tackles issues from the Alt-Right to Language Mail us at newsiepod(at)gmail.com or follow us on twitter at NewsiePod.

A news, current affairs and politics panel discussion show from the team that brings you What Am Politics!   This week, your (to-be) regular host, Steve Byrne, is joined by his What Am Politics co-host Richie Nolan, US based blogger Chance Kinney and from Berlin, the lefty activist David Healion.   The topics covered include; the goings on amoung the world's elites at Davos, the continued fight over immigration policy in the US Congress, Turkey's invasion of Syria and Germany's on-going government negotiations.   If you like this and want to learn about more general topics from the political world, check out What Am Politics?, our cousin podcast that tackles issues from the Alt-Right to Language   Mail us at newsiepod(at)gmail.com or follow us on twitter at NewsiePod.