Drop Site News founding editor Nausicaa Renner joins us to talk about journalism and politics in the US today.

The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, news and comment from Ireland, ontheditch.com – hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch.

Ditch stories discussed: https://www.ontheditch.com/ghislaine-maxwells-lawyer/ and https://www.ontheditch.com/can-you-call-me-back-in-20-minutes/

Drop Site News story discussed: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/canary-mission-israel-megamot-shalom-highest-paid-employees

Nausicaa's 'Party and Class': https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii157/articles/nausicaa-renner-party-and-class

Music: Fionn Dempsey

Recording and editing: Emmet White

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What are the costs of the Irish economic strategy of foreign direct investment – in terms of politics, ethics, and quality of life?

The Party Line is a podcast from The Ditch, news and comment from Ireland, ontheditch.com – hosted by Niamh Ní Bhriain and Paulie Doyle of The Ditch, with guests Paddy Bresnihan of Maynooth University and Pat Brodie of University College Dublin.

Ditch stories discussed: https://www.ontheditch.com/department-of-enterprise-increases-military/ and https://www.ontheditch.com/green-party-byelection-candidate-owns-shares-in-us-company-operating-in-illegal-israeli-settlements/

'Ireland: the weak link in Europe's defense': https://tinyurl.com/yc7chsav

From the Bog to the Cloud: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/from-the-bog-to-the-cloud

The Price of Prosperity: https://tinyurl.com/55xbk9x6

Music: Fionn Dempsey

Recording and editing: Emmet White, Justin Young

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Have corrupt and perverse Western elites got particularly bad at ruling?

A podcast from The Ditch, news and comment from Ireland, ontheditch.com – hosted by Niamh Ní Bhriain and Harry Browne, with Paulie Doyle of The Ditch and guest Andy Storey

Ditch stories we discussed: https://www.ontheditch.com/fianna-fail-byelection-candidate-john-stephens/

https://www.ontheditch.com/fianna-fail-byelection-candidate-lied/

https://www.ontheditch.com/us-funded-munitions-on-israeli-national-airline/ (Note: as this story makes clear, the munitions were cargo on a commercial passenger flight: there was some confusion in the pod discussion on this point.)

Andy in Rebel News and Jacobin: https://rebelnews.ie/2026/03/31/venezuela-and-the-us-ruling-class/

https://jacobin.com/2025/12/larry-summers-epstein-economic-democrats

'Why are social media accounts linked to Iran, Russia and China posting about Ireland?' https://tinyurl.com/2usuewtj

Music: Fionn Dempsey

Audio & Video: Emmet White, Macro AV

Editing: Emmet White, Macro AV

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