331 Episodes

  1. The Marinera Tanker and the Russian Invasion of Fivemiletown

    Published: 1/8/2026

  2. Make Venezuela Great Again

    Published: 1/6/2026

  3. Swimming song - Staying afloat against impossible odds

    Published: 1/1/2026

  4. Best of Free State - How AI colonised the planet. With Karen Hao

    Published: 12/30/2025

  5. Colm Toibin - ‘The problem in life is always middle aged men’

    Published: 12/27/2025

  6. Best of Free State - Keith Donald

    Published: 12/25/2025

  7. A Free State Family Christmas

    Published: 12/23/2025

  8. 'If I was in despair I wouldn’t get out of bed in the morning’ - Leon Diop on building a New Ireland

    Published: 12/20/2025

  9. Rule West Britannia

    Published: 12/18/2025

  10. Stakeknife, MI5 and the dirtiest war

    Published: 12/16/2025

  11. Eoin Ó Broin - Why the government doesn’t want to fix the housing crisis

    Published: 12/13/2025

  12. Australia has banned social media for kids but will AI take over their world?

    Published: 12/11/2025

  13. The Peace President - Infantino drags FIFA to a new low

    Published: 12/9/2025

  14. Why I Quit the US Government

    Published: 12/6/2025

  15. 2030 A Space Odyssey - Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

    Published: 12/4/2025

  16. Bohemian Rhapsody. Dan Lambert, the powerhouse behind Kneecap & Bohemian FC

    Published: 12/2/2025

  17. Champion jockey Oisin Murphy on surviving on vodka and obsession

    Published: 11/29/2025

  18. Apocalypse Now - AI and the Post Human World

    Published: 11/27/2025

  19. Arise Knocknagoshel - Why Sport has to be about community

    Published: 11/25/2025

  20. Colin Davidson - ‘There were moments of trauma in my childhood'

    Published: 11/22/2025

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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.