Intersex is the naturally occuring phenomenon when a person is born with both male and female genital identification. The medical vision was to intervene as early as possible with intensive surgery. Is this the right way to go? What is the life experience of intersex people and what is the best government policy? In this episode we talk to Dr. Tanya Ni Mhuirthile who researches the lived experience of Intersex in Ireland.  This research is part of a pan-European research project and is...

What is the right to freedom of religion? How does it quantify under Islamic and International law?  In this episode we talk to Sahar Ahmed researcher at the Trinity Long Room Hub. Her work demonstrates the various ways in which freedom of religion takes shape under the different laws. Her work demonstrates the complexity of the situation to the extend that not even the different human rights courts agree.

What role do NGO's have in protecting the environment and how to deal with NGO's with multiple interests? In this episode we talk to as. prof.  Anastas Dzurovski from St Clement University of Bitola in Macedonia. His research focusses on the protection of the Galičica National Park in Macedonia and the role of Non Governmental Organisations. Questions, comments or want your research featured in one of our podcasts?  email us at: [email protected] 

Is COVID19 the possibility  to change the structure of Central Banks for good? Can Central Bank eradicate poverty and increase social justice? And should they contribute to fighting climate change? In this episode we interview prof. Atuir Rahman the 10th governor of the Central Bank of Bangladesh and professor at Dhaka University. With him we discuss the role of central banks in social challenges such as climate change, gender equality and eradicating poverty. He explains how his policies...

What turns a public space into a forum for discussion? Do we see a revival of the French salons in Kerala? Together with Dr. Hari Krishnan we discuss his work on the role of public spaces on political debate. What makes a public space suitable for starting a civil movement and what influence does it have upon the movement? Can digital spaces ever take that space?

What are the global cyber threats and how do we deal with them? In this podcast Jess talks to Justin Sherman, non-resident fellow at The Atlantic Council. He explains and shares his worries and visions upon global cyber threats and whether we are ready for them or not.

In this podcast Jess talks to Sam Byers author of Perfidious Albion. The role of media and politics is discussed and the power that social media brings to our opinions. A click of a single button on twitter may not mean much too you but when thousands click it amplifies a message - without much thought. The role of opinions is highly over estimated and gives fuel to those making a living of antagonizing others.  A very interesting conversation with author Sam Byers.

The COVID-19 crisis has forced more workers to work from home. There is an increased amount of cybermeetings and webinars but is this the future? What are some of the safety implications of working from home? What does our environment secretly give away and why care if others listen in to our coffee conversation? Plus is a digital coffee chat the same as a physical encounter? Can people generate the same social satisfaction from digital meetings? We ask these questions to Catherine Friend a...

What is the current "stateness" of Islamic State? How have they been impacted by COVID19? We ask these questions to Moign Khawaja a DCU PhD candidate on visual online propaganda, performance of "stateness" by non-state actors & social media's use by jihadists.  In his vision IS has been profiting from the COVID19 crisis and states should be vigilant now more than ever.

The COVID19  crisis will have a major impact upon the European Economy. In order to mitigate the effect and restore its transmission channels the European Central Bank (ECB) introduced its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP). This programme has not been left uncriticised and its legality questioned. Its financial crisis counterpart the Public Asset Purchasing Programme has caused a clash between the German Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice. In this episode we...

How to solve the housing crisis? What plans to the candidates have to improve access to housing? We discussed these issues with Dessie Ellis from Sinn Fein and Noel Rock from Fine Gael.

What are the plans of the candidates for your pension? Will they change the pension system and how will they guarantee you can enjoy your pension? Discussing this topic is Noel Rock running candidate for Fine Gael and Dessie Ellis running candidate for Sinn Fein.

The tensions between the US and the Iran have intensified severely over the past few years and months. With the most recent developments of the assassination of an Iranian General by the US and the take down of a civilian plane by Iran. Where do the tensions come from and where will these developments lead? We discuss these issues with Dr Mohsen Moheimany who got his PhD in political science from the DCU School of Law and Government. If you like this podcast please follow us on social media...

Have you voted? Why should you vote, is your vote worth something? Let's hear Ross Boyd from the DCU This Time I'm Voting Campaign, about why to vote.

"Boycott Hungary and introduce a universal income" these are some of the points discussed in the interview with Gary Gannon from the Social Democrats who was out canvassing at the time of this interview.

In the “Political Profile Series” we will be asking candidates running for the European Parliament a series of questions to discover who they are and what they stand for.   The next guest in this podcast series is Alex White from the Labour Party who explains his vision on education and various other topics.

"The paradox in politics is that we know the right thing to do but we are not sure how to get re-elected having done it." - Barry Andrews is the running candidate for the EU Elections from Fianna Fáil.  We asked him your questions and many more to discover who he is, what he stands for and more importantly how he will tackle the political paradox he described so accurately.  Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dublinlpr/message