The Stand with Eamon Dunphy
The Stand
The Stand with Eamon Dunphy is a current affairs, sport and culture podcast posting five or more episodes each week.Editor and Presenter - Eamon DunphyAs a former professional and international soccer player Eamon was capped 23 times for Ireland. He has been a writer and broadcaster for over 40 years and written five best selling books including an early memoir Only a Game?, U2’s biography Unforgettable Fire, Sir Matt Busby’s biography A Strange Kind of Glory, Roy Keane’s autobiography Keane, and most recently his own memoir, The Rocky Road.As a newspaper columnist Eamon has written for a number of newspapers, most notably the Irish Daily Star and the Sunday Independent. He was a contributor to RTÉ’s soccer panel for 40 years and was the editor and presenter of the drivetime radio show The Last Word for five years in the newly established Radio Ireland (now Today FM). Eamon launched The Stand in November 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 15, 2022 • 31min
Ep 1373: As Zelensky Unites His People in Defiance, Time is Increasingly Putin's Enemy
Journalist and film maker Johnny O'Reilly joins Eamon from Kyiv. He talks about Volodymyr Zelensky and how he has galvanised the Ukrainian people to defend their country against Russia's invasion. Johnny also talks about Putin's tactical errors and how they are leading to a longer war than he ever anticipated. Recorded 14th March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 14, 2022 • 32min
Ep 1372: Otherwise A Mess, Man U Owe Much to Ronaldo
John Giles and LIam Brady join Eamon to review the weekend's Premier League games. They also talk about Liverpool who owe much to Mo Salah but seem willing to let him walk for free.Recorded 14th March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 14, 2022 • 28min
Ep 1371: Ruby Walsh - Memories of Cheltenham From the Greatest Rider Ever on National Hunt’s Toughest Course
Ruby Walsh joins Eamon ahead of the start of the Cheltenham Festival 2022. Ruby rode 59 winners at the Festival, more than any other rider. He was 11 times leading rider at the Festival. Ruby talks about the challenges of the course and some of the great horses he rode there before his retirement in 2019.Recorded 11th March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 12, 2022 • 31min
Ep1370: Inflation Condemns the Democrats To Heavy Midterm Defeat
Niall Stanage, Associate Editor and White House Columnist for The Hill, talks to Eamon about the likelihood of Democrat losses in the midterm elections, how The Donald dodges a bullet and Kamala Harris's bad joke in Poland.Recorded 11th March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 11, 2022 • 31min
Ep 1369: Boris Takes the Gloves Off To Sanction (Some) Of The Tory Party's Former Oligarch Friends
Economist and commentator Chris Johns talks to Eamon as the British Government gets serious about sanctions on Russian oligarchs. They also discuss the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy.Recorded 10th March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 10, 2022 • 44min
Ep 1368: War in Ukraine - Sanctions Will Hurt Russia But it Will Take Until May
Russian Economist Constantin Gurdgiev joins Eamon to discuss how Russians are responding to the war with Ukraine, the impact of the West's sanctions, and the influence of Russian mothers on Putin. Recorded 8th March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 10, 2022 • 30min
Ep 1367: War In Ukraine - A Silenced Russian Journalist
Dmitry Elovsky, Former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of TV Rain, joins Eamon to talk about the disappearance of independent news media in Russia. Recorded 9th March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 9, 2022 • 40min
Ep 1366: War in Europe - Too Close To Nuclear Apocalypse For Comfort
Tom Clonan joins Eamon to talk about how the war in Ukraine is developing, what would be involved in implementing a no fly zone over the country and how the war could develop in the coming weeks and months. Tom Clonan is a retired Captain in the Irish Army and a military analyst. He is running for election in the Trinity College constituency in this month's Senate Elections.Recorded 8th March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 8, 2022 • 33min
Ep 1365: War in Ukraine - On The Front Between Barbarism and Civilisation
Journalist Lara Marlowe talks to Eamon from the city of Lviv in Ukraine. She tells some of the stories of refugees arriving in the city to escape war, the citizens of the city and also of the men arriving in Ukraine to join the fight against the Russian invasion. Lara is a correspondent for The Irish Times.Recorded 7th March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 7, 2022 • 31min
Ep 1364: Premier League Review - United’s Shame
John Giles and Liam Brady join Eamon to review the weekend's Premier League Games.Recorded 7th March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
