Inside Politics
Hosted by Hugh Linehan · The Irish Times
4.7from 947 ratings
- 1,088
- Episodes
- 398
- Transcribed
- 947
- Ratings
- Weekly
- 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
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
398 of 1,088 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Are Fine Gael having an identity crisis?
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Republicans routed as Democrats retake the Senate in style
30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Taoiseach doing some ‘deep thinking’ about Irish unity with creation of new Government body
Inside a recent episode
Are Fine Gael having an identity crisis?
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Because the old certainties, the kind of large groups of voters that they could always rely on, they're getting older and older with every passing generation. And the problem is that the parties haven't been able to replace those loyal voters. Now, you can also see it from the side of the kind of newer small parties. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Keith Duggan
- Pat Leahy
- Naomi O’Leary
- Mark Weiss
- Galen Druke
Reach and audience
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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
- 836 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 91
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts Inside Politics?
Hugh Linehan host the show. Published by The Irish Times.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Inside Politics take guests?
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