Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning
Gold Hat Productions
Topics: Politics
Free State is a podcast for the curious that stimulates, provokes, challenges and entertains, while never taking itself too seriously. Free State covers topics from sport to politics, love to loss, the human condition and how to fix the world, with guests from across the planet including Nigerian princes, former Prime Ministers, ex convicts, footballers, boxers and extraordinary people from every walk of life. Free State is presented by Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning. Brolly is a barrister, an original thinker with a fascinating backstory, who donated a kidney to a stranger and then led a crusade to transform organ donation on the island of Ireland, and Fanning is an award-winning interviewer...
Latest episodes
- The priest who became a Celtic monk
- Democracy for Scotland but not Northern Ireland? The reconciliation fantasy exposed.
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- The Age of Anxiety and Anger with Elif Shafak
- The Late Stage Capitalism of Arsenal and the Premier League is coming for you
- Why we talked to Jamie Bryson
- Football's tribalism and why it matters
- Jamie Bryson vs Joe Brolly: A Free State Special
- Zombie Drumcree and the march that died of shame
- Iran, Erectile Dysfunction and the Cold War
Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is No. 111 in Ireland on Apple Podcasts today. On Apple Podcasts' topic charts: No. 27 in News. Its best place on the chart since October 31, 2026 (Ireland): No. 92. The latest episode came out on October 31, 2026. A new episode comes out about every two days.
Its place on the chart, day by day
All the numbers, day by day
Its place on the chart, day by day
| Day | Ireland |
|---|---|
| November 2, 2026 | 111 |
| November 1, 2026 | 92 |
| October 31, 2026 | 101 |
Today's places
| Chart | Place | Since yesterday |
|---|---|---|
| UK: News | 132 | ▲5 |
| Ireland: All podcasts | 111 | ▼19 |
| Ireland: News | 27 | ▼4 |
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