Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning
Hosted by Dion Fanning and Joe Brolly · Gold Hat Productions
4.6from 1,276 ratings
- 458
- Episodes
- 385
- Transcribed
- 1,276
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning
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 and author. They are not motivational gurus or life coaches. They are two people from very different worlds, with one core belief uniting them - this is not a high performance podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Gold Hat Productions
- Category
- news · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 16 Mar 2023
- Latest episode
- 7 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
385 of 458 episodes have a transcript.
7 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Trump wanted to invade Greenland
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Stewart Kenny. How the genius behind Paddy Power became gambling’s fiercest critic.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Happy Lundys - The Protestant group shaming Micheal Martin
Inside a recent episode
Why Trump wanted to invade Greenland
Published 7 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Because what happens if you go to war with somebody that's, you know, got control of your global logistics? You maybe want to have a little bit of resiliency in this area. And, of course, we've heard this debate more and more, not just around ships, but perhaps even more importantly around things like semiconductors, chips. […]
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- James McClean
- Rana Foroohar
- Stewart Kenny
- Dara Molloy
- Elif Shafak
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.1 / 5
- 51 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 1,225 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning?
Dion Fanning and Joe Brolly host the show. Published by Gold Hat Productions.
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