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The Party Line

The Ditch

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Frequency: 1 episode/24d. Total Eps: 38

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Talking to Israelis, w Eman Mohammed (E24)

Episode 24

Friday, August 21, 2026 • Duration 46:22

How relevant is the search for 'good Israelis' to the struggle for Palestinian liberation?

As the world's attention turns to Israel's internal politics in advance of October elections, Gaza journalist Eman Mohammed brings powerful insights into what we can expect and what it ultimately means – and we also dig into the letter and spirit of the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement.

The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, hosted by Niamh Ní Bhriain and Harry Browne, with Paulie Doyle of The Ditch.

You can also watch here: https://youtu.be/Y4VcW4WGArE

'Weapons manufacturer linked to Gaza genocide lobbied Department of Finance on "unintended impact" of economic sanctions' https://www.ontheditch.com/weapons-manufacturer-linked-to-gaza-genocide/

'How Biden Enabled Israel’s Aggression Toward Gaza—and Iran' https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/07/27/how-biden-emboldened-israels-aggression-toward-gaza-and-iran

Eman Mohammed on Substack: https://substack.com/@emanit

The Stokely Carmichael quote that Eman refers to: "Dr King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none."

Music by Fionn Dempsey

Recording by Emmet White

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Cleaning Up Football, w Andy Storey (E23)

Episode 23

Friday, August 14, 2026 • Duration 46:50

FIFA and its boss Gianni Infantino are irredeemably corrupt – but is UEFA in any position to preach?

Writer and researcher Andy Storey breaks down the football power play on The Party Line, a podcast from The Ditch – hosted by Harry Browne and Paulie Doyle of The Ditch.

You can also watch here: https://youtu.be/uYiuF6V69gQ

'Official Ireland wants a diaspora of visitors and investors' https://www.ontheditch.com/comment-official-ireland-wants-a-diaspora-of-visitors-and-investors/

'Soccer has given Europe a rare geopolitical victory' https://www.afr.com/world/europe/soccer-has-given-europe-a-rare-geopolitical-victory-20260804-p60lcl

'Gianni Infantino’s demise isn’t enough – Fifa must fundamentally change' https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/gianni-infantino-fifa-exit-resign-sacked-replacement-b3025815.html

Music by Fionn Dempsey

Recording by Emmet White

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Crossing Borders, w Niamh Keady-Tabbal (E22)

Episode 22

Friday, August 7, 2026 • Duration 46:03

Are borders sites of 'sovereignty' – or is it more relevant to understand them as, inevitably, sites of terrible, seemingly arbitrary violence and harm?

From Ceuta to Donegal, we talk about the borders that divide us.

Postdoc researcher Niamh Keady-Tabbal of Maynooth University joins The Party Line, hosted by Niamh Ní Bhriain and Harry Browne, with Paulie Doyle of The Ditch.

You can also watch here: https://youtube.com/@wereontheditch?si=xFeNbqep9F3SqwXm

'TG4: RTÉ is a monopoly and government is breaching EU media freedom law https://www.ontheditch.com/tg4-rte-is-a-monopoly-and-government-is-breaching-eu-media-freedom-law/

'Chaos of border crossing gives way to limbo for Moroccans on Ceuta’s streets' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/02/ceuta-border-crossing-spain-morocco

Music by Fionn Demspey

Recording by Emmet White

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Twenty-First (E21)

Episode 21

Friday, July 31, 2026 • Duration 50:08

Highlights from the first 20 episodes of The Party Line, a podcast from The Ditch – hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with the team of Ditch journalists: Eoghan McNeill, Paulie Doyle and Roman Shortall.

Big thanks to Art O'Connor at the Whistleblower, and to Emmet White, for helping The Party Line improve and grow.

02.10 Eman Muhammed on The Ditch (ep03)

02.43 Eoghan on being arse-dialled (ep08)

03.36 Paulie on serious guys (ep13)

05.03 Roman on Taoiseach lying (ep04)

06.27 Paulie on Taoiseach (ep02)

06.58 Paulie on election candidate lying (ep06)

08.00 Eoghan on liberal indifference (ep17)

09.34 Roman on direct action in Ulm (ep11)

11.40 Eoghan on compradors (ep19)

14.04 Paulie on Boy George (ep10)

14.41 Eoghan on Pascal Donohoe (ep19)

16.36 Andy Storey on Pascal Donohoe (ep06)

17.22 Eoghan and Clare Daly on Helen McEntee (ep12)

19.33 Paddy Bresnihan and Pat Brodie on FDI nationalism (ep07)

21.00 Betty Purcell on Brendan O'Connor (ep20)

22.00 Nausicaa Renner on who reads DropSite (ep08)

22.54 Harry and Jodi Dean on the AI debate (ep19)

25.18 William Wall on liberals and fascists (ep14)

27.02 Paul Holden on Labour Together and antisemitism (ep2 and ep10)

28.51 Matt Kennard on US military Nazis and gangs (ep15)

30.40 Richard Drayton on the new arms gap (ep13)

31.55 Khem Rogaly on who profits from military spending (ep16)

Public Servicing, w Betty Purcell (E20)

Episode 20

Friday, July 24, 2026 • Duration 58:08

RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster, is hammered by scandal – and hampered by a combination of deference to government and devotion to commercial imperatives.

Betty Purcell, former radio and TV producer in RTÉ – who also sat as the elected staff representative on the RTÉ Authority – joins The Party Line, hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch.

'The Ditch investigation into Dublin investment firm Elkstone's Epstein deal subject of bogus complaint, deleted from Google' https://www.ontheditch.com/dublin-investment-firm-elkstones-epstein-deal/

'Report card: How RTÉ has performed on TV and radio during challenging times' https://tinyurl.com/sp7d3pcv

Music by Fionn Dempsey

Recording by Justin Young

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AI is Capital, w Jodi Dean (E19)

Episode 19

Friday, July 17, 2026 • Duration 53:04

The tech lords' vision of the power and inevitability of AI is directly opposed to any vision for socialism.

The powerful American political thinker Jodi Dean joins The Party Line, a podcast from The Ditch – hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch.

'Mason Hayes & Curran chairperson, Meta's lawyer was going to attend cancelled Peter Thiel event' https://www.ontheditch.com/mason-hayes-curran-chairperson-metas-lawyer-was-going-to-attend-cancelled-peter-thiel-event/

'Did We Make the Wrong Bet on Big A.I.? https://tinyurl.com/3rev883h

Jodi Dean's Substack: https://jodi7768.substack.com/

Music by Fionn Dempsey

Recording by Emmet White

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What's Law Got to Do with It? w John Reynolds (E18)

Episode 18

Friday, July 10, 2026 • Duration 01:10:11

A lot of pro-Palestine activism rests on legal concepts and language – genocide, apartheid, and the illegality of the Israeli occupation.

But in Gaza, they're burning international-law books for fuel.

Are we wasting time and energy by seeking justice through the courts? Critical legal scholar John Reynolds of Maynooth University joins the pod to argue out the contradictions.

The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with Paulie Doyle of The Ditch.

'Irish energy regulator was going to attend Thiel event in Powerscourt Hotel' https://www.ontheditch.com/energy-regulator/

'EU presidency ceremony almost went down without a hitch, but Zelenskiy dig was copped by all' https://tinyurl.com/5dxsvkfj

John Reynolds' fortcoming book with Noura Erakat: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2851-confronting-zionism

Music by Fionn Dempsey

Recording by Emmet White

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Abandoning Palestine, w Leila Warah and Zena Tahhan (E17)

Episode 17

Friday, July 3, 2026 • Duration 55:15

Palestinian journalists Leila Warah and Zena Tahhan explain why Ireland disappoints them, and how they continue to cover an increasingly brutal and catastrophic Israeli occupation.

And host Niamh Ni Bhriain joins Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch to consider the cruelties of 'affordable' housing, and what liberal discourse about Anglo-Irish relations always manages to leave out.

The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, with co-host Harry Browne.

'Council executive: rents will rise no matter what councillors vote' https://www.ontheditch.com/council-executive-rents-will-rise/

Fintan O'Toole, 'The aftershocks of Brexit’s failure could be gaining strength – a fearful prospect for Ireland' https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/22/aftershocks-brexit-failure-fearful-prospect-ireland

Leila Warah https://www.instagram.com/leila.shw/?hl=en

Zena Tahhan https://www.instagram.com/zenatahhan/?hl=en

Music by Fionn Dempsey

Recording and editing by Emmet White

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Triple Lockdown, w People's Forum on Peace and Neutrality (E16)

Episode 16

Friday, June 26, 2026 • Duration 48:22

Under pressure from backbenchers, Micheál Martin postponed the legislation to scrap what he once said was "the core of Irish neutrality" – the Triple Lock.

The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch – with Niamh Ní Bhriain and Paulie Doyle.

'Taoiseach's Triple Lock plan facing backbench pushback' https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0620/1579454-triple-lock/

'Disgraced property developer "110 percent confident" of councillor votes' https://www.ontheditch.com/disgraced-property-developer-110-percent-confident/

Interviewed: Clare Daly, Khem Rogaly, Jenny Stephens, Brid Brennan (https://www.tni.org/en/profile/brid-brennan), John Maguire, Karen Devine

Music by Fionn Dempsey

Recording in studio: Emmet White

Recording at People's Forum in Tailors' Hall, Dublin: Harry Browne (still photos courtesy People's Forum)

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Irregular Army, w Matt Kennard (E15)

Episode 15

Friday, June 19, 2026 • Duration 59:44

The empire is a dangerous, fascistic mess.

Investigative journalist Matt Kennard reflects on how the state of the US military has contributed to a wider social and political crisis – and why standing with Palestinians is more important than ever.

The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with Paulie Doyle of The Ditch.

'Jack Chambers urged Irish sporting bodies to boycott Russia and Belarus' https://www.ontheditch.com/jack-chambers-urged/

'Comment: The public forced the state to act on South Africa – it can do so again' https://www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-public-forced-the-state/

'Hacked: Peter Thiel hosting secret event in Wicklow hotel' https://www.ontheditch.com/hacked-peter-thiel/

'Powerscourt Hotel first hosted Peter Thiel event in 2018' https://www.ontheditch.com/powerscourt-hotel-first-hosted-peter-thiel/

'How IRINI is becoming the face of Europe’s new maritime assertiveness' https://decode39.com/15182/how-irini-is-becoming-the-face-of-europes-new-maritime-assertiveness/

Irregular Army: https://orbooks.com/irregular-army/

Palestine Deep Dive: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/

Music by Fionn Dempsey

Recording by Emmet White

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