Why Won't Hayley Quit? Trouble For Fani Willis & Kari Lake Is Back!
26 January - 31 mins 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. This week she takes listener questions and tries to predict as best she can, what happens next. To hear the full conversation sign up at www.Patreon.com/irishmanabroad - for just £5 a month you can gain premium access to all our episodes from the last 10 years including hundreds of interviews and spin off series.
(See Jarlath on tour this year. His new standup show is travelling everywhere around Ireland and the UK...
Trump's Worst Week Ever, Mike Johnson, Iran & Big Bird?
explicitAnother jam packed episode with the Washington Correspondent Marion McKeone and comedian Jarlath Regan looking back on all the big news stories. Including Trump’s jury selection conundrum, Iran’s attack on Israel, RFK Jnr loses his family’s support, Mike Johnson splintered aid bill and Big Bird goes on strike?
36 mins
18 April Finished
Threat Level Midnight - The RFK Problem & Israel's Fork In The Road
explicitHow did Trump get that big discount? Who supplied the money? And will Lara Trump’s version of a Tom Petty classic break the internet? Marion McKeone looks back on a crazy couple of weeks in US politics and international news.
33 mins
5 April Finished
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