Irishman In America Podcast With Marion McKeone

Another 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?

How 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.

This 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.

Super 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.

In 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?