Casement's Leftovers

The sequel to Anne Rice's cult classic is here and this time it features an even more deranged, amoral and blood sucking protagonist! As you well know Casement's Leftovers are committed socialist republicans and we wanted our own go at the age old brawl between those who want to fix the state and make it a socialist dreamscape and those who want to burn it down and build ehh something  they're not sure. Glen and Helen got one of those little gremlins into the studio and engaged them in half debate about how we'll build the future and half vicious roast of their character and the character of anarchism as a whole.  Time to decide: which side are you on? Support the show

It was a time of helicopters to work, fire dancers of a Wednesday evening, Girls Aloud at your 21st and the meddling of Deutsche Bank. How did we fuck it up so badly, what do we have to show for it all and where did all the money go? Helen, Glen and Heather revisit the hazy, heady years of Celtic Tiger tomfoolery to explore the most hysterical excesses and finally boil down to the pivotal question: why is Conor McGregor still haunted by the ghost of the boom and what lessons can we head from him? Tune in to find out .Support the show

Tackling astrology, witchcraft, and the expansive Irish diaspora, the Casement's Leftovers clan raise a few important questions. What are the motivating factors for today's modern emigrants? Is the Irish state at fault? And why are Libras... so Libra?Support the show

Casement's is back after a long Christmas hiatus to discuss what has rightfully dominated Irish headlines for the last few weeks. We're joined by our new co-host Heather to cover what struck us about the report, whether the influence of the church really has waned as much as is said, the state's perpetual practices of incarceration, and what needs to be done now, by church and state, to bring about any sort of justice. Support the show

You might have seen there was an election in America there the other day. Bit o Drama. We all heard a lot about it, cause we're all happy colonial subjects in the Grand American Empire, tuning in every day for the Great Choosing Ceremony of our new Leaders and Masters. This week we're joined by Matt from @therockisdead for the nihilistic and irritated election coverage that you didn't know you needed. Support the show

We've all heard the stats: unless we act radically in the next ten years, the world as we know it is fucked. But across the political spectrum, this doesn't seem to have sunk in . A lot of environmentalist activists, famously XR and Greta Thunberg, call themselves politically agnostic, which can be confusing for those of us committed to the Left. Environmentalism can often be seen as a middle class movement or worse: co-opted by the right as an excuse for fascism. As our environmental problems get worse, the threat of climate Nazis increases, and the most vulnerable populations in the world are the most at risk. We clearly need radical solutions, but closer to home, Irish politicians have been continually uninspiring, unimaginative and unwilling to challenge capitalism in the name of environmentalism, the Green Party now infamous as Fine Gael on bikes. Helen and Glen are joined by Environmental researcher and friend of the pod David O'Keeffe - @TheDOKpit - who debunks the myth of green growth, explains the problems with technological solutions and market strategies and explains that we cannot save the earth without radically changing our economy: the only answer is Degrowth. Learn more about Degrowth from the expert, Jason Hickel, here: https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/tag/degrowthSupport the show

Our Halloween episode is about the scariest thing of all: Neoliberalism and the futures it robbed from us. We're joined by political and cultural blogger Matt Wrafter - @therockisdead - in a tribute to The OG blogger, Marxist theorist Mark Fisher, with a focus on his work about Hauntology. Are we haunted by potential futures that feel promised but never came? Is this the end of history or does the Left have a coherent vision of the future to struggle for? Were things truly better in the 70s? How have we let a revolutionary tool like the internet become the playground for hyper capitalists and surveillance? How can we create class consciousness in the high-panic individualised society that Neoliberalism has created? And most importantly, if the recession proved that Neoliberalism is a zombie, proved a failure but still struggling on, how can we ever kill it? If you seek answers you'll find them in this episode, but for now we'll leave you with some of Fisher's words: "Our struggle must be towards the construction of a new and surprising world."Some of Fisher's work that's publicly available: Exiting the Vampires Castle: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle/How to Kill a Zombie: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/how-to-kill-zombie-strategizing-end-of-neoliberalism/Support the show

It's the one you've all been waiting for: The People vs. RuPaul Andre Charles. The people being Dublin's brightest and best drag entities, Avoca Reaction and Goblins Goblins Goblins. Should Mama Ru be taken to task for her completely unqualified therapising, her commodification of queer experience and her profiting off vulnerable contestants? Or is she offering unprecedented cultural and economic opportunities to a historically downtrodden community, unashamedly thrusting the gay agenda into the lives of the straights and ushering in a new era of acceptance and prosperity? With Glen and Helen on the prosecution and Avoca on defence, it is now up to you, The Grand Jury of the Listeners, to decide the fate of the most frackin' controversial queer this town has ever seen. Support the show

Get our your torches and gather tightly around the campfire girls cause we've got a spooky one tonight: this is the tale of the spectre haunting Ireland. A loyal Fianna Fáil front bencher throughout their most heinous and ghoulish period in Irish history who refuses to give up on the vampiric neoliberalism that caused the Recession, how does our current Taoiseach still paint himself as sort of everyman altar boy figure? Join us for an exploration into Micheál Martin's life as a politician, his gaffes, his policy choices and why he will forever be haunted by the ghosts of 2008. Support the show

In this overview of the Irish working landscape Helen and Glen graciously hand the reins over to you; the listeners. We asked you to send in your worst work stories, and you did, and here they are. Enjoy. Support the show