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Ep 2043: Vampire State - the Rise and Fall of the Chinese Economy
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Journalist and author Ian Williams joins Eamon to talk about his new book VAMPIRE STATE - THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CHINESE ECONOMY published by Birlinn. Ian Williams was foreign correspondent for Channel 4 News and NBC in Moscow, the Indo-Pacific and China. Ian has also covered conflicts in the Balkans, the Middle East and Ukraine. He won Emmy and BAFTA awards for his discovery and reporting on the Serb detention camps during the war in Bosnia.
Recorded on Tuesday 29th October 2024.
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Ep 2046: US Election - divided Europe waits on divided America
27:38|Suzanne Lynch joins Eamon from Brussels. Suzanne is Associate Editor at Politico and former Washington and Brussels correspondent for The Irish Times.Recorded on Friday 1st November 2024.
Ep 2045: Rachel Reeves breaks promises to find ‘fix’ for British economy
29:46|Economist and commentator Chris Johns joins Eamon to talk about the first Labour Party budget for over14 years delivered by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves.Recorded on Thursday 31st October 2024.
Ep 2044: US braced for election results and what might follow
27:59|Niall Stanage reports from Washington on the US Presidential election. Niall is Associate Editor at The Hill and White House columnist for that publication.Recorded on Thursday 31st October 2024.
Ep 2042: General Election - Fine Fáil and Fine Gael likely to return to Government on current numbers
25:14|Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern joins Eamon to talk about Ireland's forthcoming General Election.Recorded on Tuesday 29th October 2024.
Ep 2041: US Election - Trump’s proposed tariffs would rebound on US consumers
28:42|Economist and commentator Chris Johns joins Eamon to talk about the US economy in light of the forthcoming US election.Recorded on Thursday 24th October 2024.
Ep 2040: US Presidential Election - still too close to call but Trump slight favourite
25:35|Niall Stanage reports from Washington. Niall Stanage is Associate Editor at The Hill and White House columnist for that publication.Recorded on Thursday 24th October 2024.
Ep 2039: Football’s greedy rulers hurting the game and its players
27:21|Barcelona-based journalist Richard Fitzpatrick talks to Eamon about the impact of FIFA's and UEFA's increasing demands on players and the toll this takes. Also Kylian Mbappé, his move to Real Madrid and an allegation of rape that has been made against him.Recorded on Tuesday 22nd October 2024.
Ep 2038: A Russian perspective - the unholy alliance between Trump and Putin
26:28|Russian journalist Dmitry Elovsky talks to Eamon from Lithuania about the war in Ukraine, the Moldovan referendum on EU membership, and Donald Trump. Dmitry Elovsky is Chief Editor for the YouTube channel Khordorkovsky.Live. Before the war he was Deputy Editor-in-Chief for TV Rain in Moscow.Recorded on Monday 21st October 2024.