Best David McWilliams Podcasts (2025)

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From Cod to Culture: What Inishmore Teaches Us About the Experience Economy 36:52

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Between 250,000-300,000 tourists land on the island every year, 2,500 a day in summer, and yet it still feels authentic, alive, and deeply Irish. In this episode, we ask: how do remote places like Inishmore thrive in today’s economy, while once-wealthy regions like France’s Île de Ré struggle with emptying out? We dig into the wild history of cod a…

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David McWilliams Scam - Kicked out of the National Museum! - Presidential Election date - AI is helping Farming 1:07:22

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Listeners get in touch with Liveline.By RTÉ Radio 1

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Childminders - Minimum wage - Passion projects - Donegal rescue 1:04:01

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Angela was recently shocked to see a childminder on a phone while crossing a road with children. Reaction to an expected recommendation of a 5% increase to the National Minimum Wage. Listeners share their passions with us. Matthew explains what happened when he came across a woman in distress in Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal.…

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112: "A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken" (S5E22) 1:01:25

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Shuffle, and cluck, and tour jeté, and cluck cluck cluck. It’s a Magnum season finale, and ours too. See you in a little while, turkeys! Jason Snell, Philip Michaels and David J. Loehr Show Notes & Links Viva Aloha! September 26 in Madison, IN Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get ea…

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Alcohol at the Ploughing - Belfast Culture Night - Ireland's oldest school - Emigrating teacher 1:07:14

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Ramona was shocked by the amount of underage drinking she saw at the National Ploughing Championships this week. Adam Turkington of Belfast Culture Night. Teacher Emer has been working on a history project with her students in Kilkenny. Eimear is a secondary school teacher and moving to Australia this weekend.…

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Pharmacy crime - No GP - Lamenting 59:48

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Pharmacists around the country are highlighting the increasing levels of crime they are witnessings. Ferdia has moved from Dublin to Wexford but cannot get a GP. Following last night's episode of The Traitors we discuss the old Irish tradition of lamenting the dead.By RTÉ Radio 1

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Why has the DAA board fallen out with chief executive Kenny Jacobs? 37:45

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First up on the Inside Business podcast this week, the rift between the board of the DAA, the State-owned operator of Dublin and Cork airports, and its CEO Kenny Jacobs. The Irish Times reported yesterday that a deal has been agreed between the two sides that will see Jacobs leave his role early with a €1m exit package. Joe Brennan and Martin Wall …

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Eoin Hayes - Vaping - Log cabins - Bás Beatha booklet 1:06:49

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Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes has apologised for wearing brown make-up while dressed up as former US president Barack Obama. Should vaping be banned in public spaces? Some concerns have been raised about the contruction of log cabins in gardens. Richie and Frances remember the Bás Beatha booklet being distributed.…

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Could the GAA Solve Ireland’s Housing Crisis? 34:57

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What if the solution to Ireland’s housing crisis has been sitting on our doorstep all along? We dive into the Danish model of cooperative housing, where 7% of Danes live in co-ops, and a full third of Copenhageners do too, and explore how the GAA, with its 2,200 clubs and pristine community pitches in every village, could spearhead something simila…

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Cyclist attack - Public warning system - President's Irish - Racism - Manners 1:05:47

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Eamon was attacked while cycling in Dublin City. Frank is concerned about our level of preperation in the event of an emergency. Listeners are divided on whether or not the president should be able to speak Irish. Dr. Liqa Ur Rehman tells us about the racism he and his colleagues are facing. Would you give up your seat on the bus?…

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Phone etiquette in Theatre - Surviving grief 1:04:57

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Phone Etiquette in Theatre - Surviving griefBy RTÉ Radio 1

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28. Gold in the age of fiscal dominance 54:00

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With government debt levels at historic highs and inflationary pressures lingering, fiscal dominance is reshaping the global monetary landscape. Central banks are increasingly caught in a delicate balancing act – controlling inflation, while also managing the burden of sovereign debt and excess liquidity. At the same time, the US dollar’s role as t…

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111: "Paper War" (S7E8) 50:43

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It’s Higgins versus Magnum in a tit-for-tat, Roland for Oliver battle of pranks, hijinks, and accused felonies. There’s a long scene in an elevator. Our characters become as impervious to damage as cartoon characters. And put away your red string and conspiracy board, because there’s a terrible idea in this episode that receives the blanket condemn…

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Westlife to be featured on Stamps! - Ballina Tidy Towns robbed - Presidential Election - Orla Foley on coping with the death of her brother 1:05:15

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Westlife to be featured on Stamps! - Ballina Tidy Towns robbed - Presidential Election - Orla Foley on coping with the death of her brother Anthony FoleyBy RTÉ Radio 1

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Deepfakes, Big Tech, and the Coming AI Crash? 37:47

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AI investment is exploding: the “Magnificent Seven” of Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, and NVIDIA, are ploughing almost 7% of US GDP into AI and data centres. That’s the same scale as the US housing boom in 2006, and greater than the dot-com bubble at its peak. Today, just seven firms make up 34% of the S&P 500, the highest concentra…

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What can we potentially look forward to in Budget 2026? 43:30

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With the budget just under a month away, what will ministers Paschal Donohoe and Jack Chambers deliver on October 7th? The one-off cost-of-living measures of recent budgets may be discontinued, but what will be in their place to help families feeling the pinch? Will there be tax cuts? And what can renters and those looking to buy a home expect? Cli…

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Disabled parking spaces - College Student Commute - Irish girl sparks Hamilton Tik Tok trend - Dealing with grief after suicide 1:06:56

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Listeners get in touch with Liveline. For anyone affected by these topics, help is available. Please visit https://about.rte.ie/ie/helplines/By RTÉ Radio 1

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Threats againsts politicians - Dealing with the loss of a loved one - IDF attack on Qatar 1:06:10

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Listeners got in touch with the show over threats to our public representatives, and Nicole Greer talked the loss of her husband.By RTÉ Radio 1

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France on the Brink: Debt, Drama, and a Possible Sixth Republic 39:05

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Broadcast from Île de Ré, we dive into France’s mounting fiscal mess and political paralysis. With Macron a lame-duck, bond markets charging Paris more than Athens, and a nationwide strike looming, we ask: could Europe’s cornerstone become its weakest link? We unpack France’s towering state-and-semi-state debts, why Japan can print and Paris can’t,…

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Is your job AI safe? 1:09:02

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Listeners get in touch to explain how their jobs are safe from the AI evolution.By RTÉ Radio 1

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110: "The Taking of Dick McWilliams" (S2E10) 45:53

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Old cars versus helicopters, karate and seppuku, a helpful anecdote from Higgins, and a kidnapped guy who’s such a jerk that nobody (except maybe his wife?) wants to see him again. We watch a broken-down old episode from a writer who would go on to do better things, because what else can we do? We’re on the executive board of the Anglo-Hawaiian Fri…

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Extortionate Vet costs 1:06:30

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Listeners got in touch to talk about the high fees they have had to pay to get their animals treated at the Vets.By RTÉ Radio 1

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Economics in a Tent: Live at Electric Picnic 2025 46:27

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We took economics to a music festival, and somehow packed the tent. In this Electric Picnic highlights episode from Mindfield, we rock up bleary-eyed and buzzing, then dive straight into the big stuff: what Trump’s assault on America’s institutions means for money, markets, and the rest of us. We map the new super-cycle from post-war social democra…

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Why are some independent Irish breweries turning off their taps and closing? 42:16

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First up on Inside Business this week is the plight of independent Irish breweries, who, like so many now, are finding the cost of doing business to be far too high. This is despite an explosion in the popularity of craft beers here in the last decade. What costs are forcing some operators out of business? How are they coping with competition from …

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Student accommodation - Alopecia 1:06:06

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Students right around the country are scrambling to find accommodation. Danielle and Brenda outline their alopecia journeys.By RTÉ Radio 1

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Is America The Richest Third World Country? 40:49

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Is the US drifting into Peronism? We trace the playbook, tariffs and import substitution, national champions, censorship-by-intimidation, and a war on independent institutions, and map it onto Trump’s America: sacking a Fed governor, menacing J-Powell, firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, deploying the National Guard, and the Treasury…

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The Traitors Ireland - School secretaries and caretakers on strike - Standing up to crime - EP proposal 1:05:37

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Many listeners were surprised what contestants on The Traitors Ireland would spend the cash prize on. School secretaries and caretakers are on strike. Community activist Joe Mooney on how he and others are standing up to crime. Clare caught a sweet moment on camera at Electric Picnic.By RTÉ Radio 1

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Marriage proposals - Movie soundtracks - Unwanted medicines 1:09:24

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In the wake of this week's Taylor Swift news listeners tell us about their marriage proposals. Derek O'Connor, Culture Editor, RTÉ joins us to run through the greatest movie soundtracks that have been made. What should you do with medicines you no longer require?By RTÉ Radio 1

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Interview with Ricardo Hausmann 52:29

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Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Ricardo Hausmann, founder and director of Harvard’s Growth Lab and Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School. The conversation explored the origins of the Growth L…