Ireland and the World

Diarmuid Cassidy
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Diarmuid and his guests discusses complex and often controversial global issues from an Irish perspective, hoping to improve his understanding of these issues, the nuance of the debate around them and to stay in touch with his home country. Season 1 was co-hosted by Diarmuid and Lukas.

Episodes

  1. Revolutionary AI is coming. Are we ready?

    04/25/2025

    Revolutionary AI is coming. Are we ready?

    AI will soon infiltrate every part of life. It will be able to control computers and robots. It will draw on almost all documented human knowledge with super-human reasoning. In the near future, new AI systems will be discovered and developed by other AI systems. There is no sector of work or part of our personal life that will be unaffected by these changes. Are we ready for this revolution? Diarmuid discusses this and more in his last episode recorded on the Yale campus in New Haven. Credit to GPT4o for image.

    9 min
  2. Community with and without faith (with Amanda Cordero)

    04/10/2025

    Community with and without faith (with Amanda Cordero)

    Is community within faith-based organizations special? What makes it so? What could community look like for countries whose populations are moving away from religion? Amanda joins Diarmuid in the studio to discuss what faith-based community means to her and Diarmuid explores how we can generate this sense of community without religion.

    53 min
  3. Trump's Tariffs: Why they were introduced, what they mean and how to respond!

    04/05/2025

    Trump's Tariffs: Why they were introduced, what they mean and how to respond!

    Diarmuid does a 15 minute deep-dive on Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs. He explores why they were introduced and what they mean for people and businesses in the US and the world. He finishes by analysing different ways to respond - should countries "fight fire with fire" or surrender to Trump in the hope of special treatment?

    15 min
  4. We need to talk about Ireland's defence

    03/01/2025

    We need to talk about Ireland's defence

    Diarmuid makes the case for Ireland and the EU to develop stronger economic and military independence from the US and China given the geopolitical climate that has existed for the past 8 years.

    13 min
  5. A Texan and Irishman explore faith, values and friendship (with Amanda Cordero!)

    01/31/2025

    A Texan and Irishman explore faith, values and friendship (with Amanda Cordero!)

    Diarmuid and Amanda discuss their childhood experiences of growing up in religious households, their different journeys and relationship with religion and faith as adults and some of the pros and cons of being integrated in religious communities.

    1h 6m
  6. Chaos in the Dail; The new Irish government's plans; First days of Trump 2.0

    01/31/2025

    Chaos in the Dail; The new Irish government's plans; First days of Trump 2.0

    The pod is back! Diarmuid explains the confusing and chaotic mess that was the Dail in the past week, dissects the new Irish government's program for government (focusing on defence, foreign policy, climate, investments for the future) and gives a personal account of the first few days in the US under Trump 2.0. Produced, edited and hosted by Diarmuid Cassidy. Recorded on 23rd January 2025.

    36 min
  7. Migration, Northern Ireland & Saltburn

    01/06/2025

    Migration, Northern Ireland & Saltburn

    Diarmuid & Lukas do a deep-dive on migration and Ireland. Before this they have a casual chat about Irish actors & actresses in the media (spoiler, Saltburn!) and a disagreement between Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

    1h 13m
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Diarmuid and his guests discusses complex and often controversial global issues from an Irish perspective, hoping to improve his understanding of these issues, the nuance of the debate around them and to stay in touch with his home country. Season 1 was co-hosted by Diarmuid and Lukas.

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