Ben, Moses, and Jihad Jerry search for meaning in a backwards world.
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The Official Podcast of Backwards-Compatible.com
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Economics and finance demystified. A recent listener's comment: "I first heard about ChatGPT on your podcast and immediately started using it. I’m 73 and wrote my first program at 16. Having witnessed all developments in computing down the years I think this is the greatest since www. Your pod is informative in many different areas, politics, economics, society changes, housing crisis etc but at times goes beyond that. This episode tying up all this but also the implications of AI with a kno ...
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Each week, Charles Firth and Dom Knight dive into the world of tech and discover that sometimes, the future isn't exactly what you expect... unless you thought the future would be an endless succession of crappy Bluetooth products. Then it's exactly what you expect. Join Charles and Dom (co-founders of The Chaser, and co-hosts of The Chaser Report podcast) every week for their hilarious dissection of exactly how many steps backward come with every technological step forward. Hosted on Acast. ...
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The Path Forward: A 2024 Election Podcast takes listeners to the heart of the most defining political moment of our time. In this three-part series, we explore the urgent questions facing voters in 2024: Does America want to move forward toward progress and healing, or backward into repression and harm? From the lingering presence of white nationalism to the burgeoning power of a multiracial democracy, The Path Forward unpacks the forces shaping the future of the country. Featuring stories o ...
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A bi-weekly improvised comedy podcast in the style of old-time radio shows like Inner Sanctum or X Minus One, Illusionoid is performed by Paul Bates (CTV's Dan For Mayor, Second City), Lee Smart (Comedy Network's 5th Quadrant, Second City) and Nug Nahrgang (Dark Rising: Summer Strikes Back, SyFy's Scare Tactics). In the distant future, humanity has its last stand against the tyrant computer ILLUSIONOID. A lone survivor sends messages backwards through time in hopes that he can provide a warn ...
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Award-winning comedy panel show hosted by Danielle Ward, with team captains Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Michael Legge and amazing special guests. In it, two teams work out the right thing to do in strange scenarios and scary situations which range from the everyday to the weird and extreme. Don't feel you have to start at the beginning - we'd suggest you start with the most recent series then work backwards! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Lessons Learnt with the Greats gets inside the minds of the greatest cricketers the world has ever seen. These amazing insights dive into the technical, mental and fitness side of cricket, the media, the investment and business aspects of their life as well as general life lessons that we all can learn from. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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World economy in great shape? Not so fast!
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30:28Things look great. Until we look deeper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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'A numbed & dumbed generation'. Is it too late to regulate tech? Or is it now too big to fail?
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46:44In conversation with Joan Mulvihill Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Give the task of managing the domestic economy to the IDA. Restrict the Finance Ministry to bean counting
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28:29Bought a book lately? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The assault on Ireland's reputation and soft power.
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33:50Some of the punches are landing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Is inflation on the rise again? Britain to rejoin the EU? ChatGPT looks tired.
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34:30Starmer looks finished Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Trump declares war on the EU. It's time for someone to stand up. Anyone.
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Maybe Irish corporation taxes are destined never to collapse? Famous last words? The Department of Yes and No
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33:01A big week for economic data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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An American Oligarchy takes shape. Russia leads, Trump follows.
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31:49OECD economic forecasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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UK & Irish tax & govt. spending: a real drag. An explanation of the the USA - Russia bromance
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32:44Vance & co hate Europe because...... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Could anybody get elected in Ireland on a platform of fiscal restraint? Reeves last budget?
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30:20A tale of two budgets. Or not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ukraine is sold out by America. The weird connections between Hobbits, right-wing nutjobs and Moscow.
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31:10All the latest data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nationalism: where does it come from? The glue that binds us or the poison that kills us?
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Ireland gets a new Finance Minister - possibly not the best one available. Trump opens some files.
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27:58Zero or lots: the only two numerical concepts allowed to enter the immigration discourse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Another Liz Truss moment for the UK? Clown car government in full view
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Trump's superpower: is inflation about to play the role of Kryptonite?
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34:58Time to crowdfund the BBC? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Musk's trillion $ wages. AI: boundless possibilities or extinction level event?
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Does money drive us mad? Discuss. The madness of UK economic policy.
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30:50all the latest data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Do tech billionaires have anything to say about how to run the country? They do, but are they worth listening to?
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Irish economy shrinks....but is up double digits. Keir Starmer: MIA. All the latest data.
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Economic growth: it's more mysterious, more fragile and more unusual than you can possibly imagine
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AI is everywhere apart from the data. Trump crowns himself and dumps on Americans.
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Will boredom rather than Trump scupper Ireland's success? Latest data. House prices again.
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China is winning. The next industrial revolution will be just like first: based on cheap energy.
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Why the next bust is going to be particularly nasty. What would a business-friendly budget look like?
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34:32The trend is your friend. Until it bends Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Budget 2026. And a bit on current market madness
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France is broken. Britain is broken. Ireland is not. So stop trying to fix it
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The evils of social media & the internet's 'enshittification'. The great AI Bubble: when will it burst?
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Dishonest tax policy on both sides of the Irish sea. Green is good economics.
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Digital ID: coming soon to a country near you. Immigration & the economy.
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36:02Farage or Burnham for next UK PM? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Economic resilience - don't take it for granted. Just ask Argentina
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29:57Latest update from the OECD. And walking for good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Budgets loom in Ireland & the UK. The fiscal contrast grows ever more stark.
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30:46Trump trashes the Constitution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The UK love bombs Trump. Markets go all in on AI
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Welcome to our classiest episode of Welcome To The Future yet, where Dom and Charles review a futuristic device that rates your poop. In evidence that no corner of capitalism has been left untouched by the influence of Bluetooth, even your daily hour on the toilet is now at risk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Don't mention the war. Is it possible to be optimistic? Sincere and performative beliefs
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Have the limits of democracy been reached? France suggests yes. But all the alternatives are still much worse.
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36:54America opts for ill health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Is Trump rewriting the rules of economics? Should Taiwan give up now?
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Raising a flag to mark the demise of Western civilisation. Buying gold and selling...everything?
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31:39Is there a little bit of racism in all of us? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The UK Chancellor damages the economy, the Prime Minister-in-waiting sullies the country
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Ireland is one of the richest, most equal societies on earth. Go figure.
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33:29How did wind and solar become a matter of anti-wokism? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Peace in our time? Probably not. 'MAGA Marxism' - count the ironies, follow the money
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Ireland is distorting EU economic data. The tyranny of the minority. Tariffs & inflation
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Can The EU survive MAGA? The ultimate test looms.
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30:16A worthwhile Canadian initiative: stand up to Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Unemployment rises for the first time in a while. Tax receipts still booming.
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Don't hand the country's infrastructure to Musk. Or Bezos. Or any tech bro
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Is data on the US now fundamentally corrupted?
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The EU's abject humiliation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Leprechaun economics spreads. Flooding the zone in the US & UK - will Ireland be next?
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32:33Farage looks like a shoe-in for Prime Minister. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Long thought to be extinct - evidence of strategic thinking spotted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Trump breaks with Murdoch. And the US economy keeps humming along
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30:30The tariff threat hasn't gone away Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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