Tucker’s Rewrite, CPAC Review & America’s Race To Authoritarianism (Part 1)
10 March 2023 - 34 mins explicitMarion gives her review of this year's CPAC. She witnesses first had the declaration of “war on transgender people”. With the aim to “eradicate transgenderism” many deligates and speakers won the crowd at the event by parroting anti-trans and anti-LGBTQI+ rhetoric while Kari Lake promised legislation to prevent chemical castration.
Tucker Carlson’s gave rewriting the story of January 6th's Capitol Hill riots a decent swing this week. Marion gives Jarlath a break down of Tucker Carlson’s past and how his opinions on January 6th could affect the Dominion lawsuits with Fox News. Marion also gives her highlights from Trump’s keynote CPAC speech and the platform he occupies for the disaffected...
Running Mates, Leo Bows Out, Nancy Talks To Marion & SB4
explicitThis week Marion interviewed Nancy Pelosi. She recaps the conversation with comedian Jarlath Regan and together they reflect on the latest news from the campaign trail. Can Donald produce the cash to pay his bond on Monday? Is the bond amount too high? Marion has a surprising take on this one.
35 mins
22 March Finished
Supreme Court Tuesday & The Irish Oscars
explicitSuper Tuesday was anything but super. Marion McKeone reflects on the most pedestrian Grand National of all time. Can this Donkey Derby between two candidates nobody seems to want change? But wait, doesn’t one of the candidates owe a half a billion dollars? The Supreme Court seems very happy to assist him in stalling but surely the bond will have to be paid. Their ruling over Colorado, where is Ron DeSantis, IVF in Alabama and is there such a thing as political fitness? There’s so much to cover this week. That’s why we give you a double size episode each week for our members. Visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad to access everything including big interviews with people like Mary Robinson, Gabriel Byrne, Bob Geldof and Imelda May.
36 mins
8 March Finished
Biden's Gaza Shame & Can Someone Else Pay Trump's Tab?
explicitIn the face of being ordered to pay almost a half a billion dollars by the courts he seems unperturbed. Why? Does Marion know something we don’t know about how he plans to pay this money back? Biden’s bombs are dropping on Gaza yet he continues to act as if he is powerless in the conflict. Why?
36 mins
23 February Finished
Super Bowl Weekend Washington Shenanigans Special!
explicitMarion is back in Washington examining a very strange week in US sports and politics. From Taylor to Nikki, Donald to Tucker, it’s all here.
34 mins
9 February Finished
Why Won't Hayley Quit? Trouble For Fani Willis & Kari Lake Is Back!
explicitIs it all over? Nikki Hayley doesn’t think so. Is Fani Willis’s RICO case all over? She doesn’t seem to think so. Only one person can make sense of the campaign trail and all the news from America this week. It’s the Sunday Business Post Washington correspondent Marion McKeone.
31 mins
26 January Finished
Decision Time For America, Israel On Trial & Chris Christie Walks Away.
explicitWith Israel facing charges of genocide, Trump trying to navigate a path through his legal challenges to the White House and Biden coming out all guns blazing in Iowa, there is a lot to talk about this week with Marion McKeone.
31 mins
12 January Finished