306 Episodes

  1. ‘I know a lot of people think Nigel Farage is an extremist. I don’t’

    Published: 11/8/2025

  2. Zohran Mamdani, Mayor of New York. Why is corporate America so terrified of a 34 year old Muslim?

    Published: 11/6/2025

  3. Simon Harris, Elon Musk & the Stranger Danger Delusion

    Published: 11/4/2025

  4. Learning to cross the road. A life ruined by Opus Dei

    Published: 11/1/2025

  5. DJ Carey - The rise and fall of hurling’s first superstar

    Published: 10/30/2025

  6. How racism became respectable.

    Published: 10/28/2025

  7. Accidental Villain or State Sanctioned Murderer? The story of Sir Hugh Tudor

    Published: 10/25/2025

  8. Maccabi Tel Aviv - the most misunderstood football hooligans in the world

    Published: 10/23/2025

  9. Michael Lewis & the lion on the pitch

    Published: 10/21/2025

  10. A Time to Mourn and A Time to Dance

    Published: 10/18/2025

  11. Donald Trump, The Last Emperor

    Published: 10/16/2025

  12. Mise Éire with Ian Óg Paisley (just don’t mention bilingual signs)

    Published: 10/14/2025

  13. Let’s call the presidential election off. feat Maria Steen, Lara Trump... but not Jim Gavin

    Published: 10/9/2025

  14. How Jim Gavin came undone in the Nasty Rose of Tralee

    Published: 10/7/2025

  15. Run Zohran Run - How Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York and why he terrifies the establishment

    Published: 10/4/2025

  16. Catherine Connolly: ‘Tony Blair has committed war crimes’

    Published: 10/2/2025

  17. The Freedom Flotilla - Sailing serenely on dangerous tides.

    Published: 9/30/2025

  18. The Hot-Red Forge of Life: David Trimble from Sectarian to Nobel Peace Prize

    Published: 9/27/2025

  19. Sportwashing US Imperialism: The great Dave Zirin on the NFL in Ireland, Charlie Kirk and Kneecap

    Published: 9/25/2025

  20. Heather Humphreys, Jim Gavin’s white trousers and the sash my husband didn’t wear

    Published: 9/23/2025

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Free State is a podcast for the curious that stimulates, provokes, challenges and entertains, while never taking itself too seriously. Free State covers topics from sport to politics, love to loss, the human condition and how to fix the world, with guests from across the planet including Nigerian princes, former Prime Ministers, ex convicts, footballers, boxers and extraordinary people from every walk of life. Free State is presented by Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning. Brolly is a barrister, an original thinker with a fascinating backstory, who donated a kidney to a stranger and then led a crusade to transform organ donation on the island of Ireland, and Fanning is an award-winning interviewer and author. They are not motivational gurus or life coaches. They will never try to sell you a penis scented candle. They are two people from very different worlds, with one core belief uniting them - this is not a high performance podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.