Inside Politics
Hosted by Hugh Linehan · The Irish Times
4.7from 939 ratings
- 1,070
- Episodes
- 380
- Transcribed
- 939
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 7M
- YouTube views
About Inside Politics
The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Category
- news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 Aug 2016
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
380 of 1,070 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What to watch as Xi visits Washington
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Where Anthony Scaramucci and America went wrong
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What is driving the abuse and intimidation of politicians here?
Inside a recent episode
What to watch as Xi visits Washington
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And then Trump capitulated and sort of de-escalated. But the two were very tense. And so what they agreed in Busan in South Korea last year was to have a truce which would last until November of this year. And this would mean that the tariffs would come down. That the Chinese would allow these rare earths and magnets to go to the US and that they would agree to buy a certain amount of US goods. And then at the same time, that the Americans would restrict the number of Chinese companies that they were going to sanction. And in the meantime, the two sides were going to start talking to each other. […]
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- Dennis Staunton
- Anthony Scaramucci
- Ellen Coyne
- Jack Horgan-Jones
- Derek Scally
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- YouTube views
- 7,288,248
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 111 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 828 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 91
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Hugh Linehan host the show. Published by The Irish Times.
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