The sequel to Anne Rice's cult classic is here and this time it features an even more deranged, amoral and blood sucking protagonist! As you well know Casement's Leftovers are committed socialist republicans and we wanted our own go at the age old brawl between those who want to fix the state and make it a socialist dreamscape and those who want to burn it down and build ehh something they're not sure. Glen and Helen got one of those little gremlins into the studio and engaged them in half debat...
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 15 min
It was a time of helicopters to work, fire dancers of a Wednesday evening, Girls Aloud at your 21st and the meddling of Deutsche Bank. How did we fuck it up so badly, what do we have to show for it all and where did all the money go? Helen, Glen and Heather revisit the hazy, heady years of Celtic Tiger tomfoolery to explore the most hysterical excesses and finally boil down to the pivotal question: why is Conor McGregor still haunted by the ghost of the boom and what lessons can we head from him...
Mar 03, 2021•43 min
Tackling astrology, witchcraft, and the expansive Irish diaspora, the Casement's Leftovers clan raise a few important questions. What are the motivating factors for today's modern emigrants? Is the Irish state at fault? And why are Libras... so Libra? Support the show
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Casement's is back after a long Christmas hiatus to discuss what has rightfully dominated Irish headlines for the last few weeks. We're joined by our new co-host Heather to cover what struck us about the report, whether the influence of the church really has waned as much as is said, the state's perpetual practices of incarceration, and what needs to be done now, by church and state, to bring about any sort of justice. Support the show...
Jan 25, 2021•49 min
You might have seen there was an election in America there the other day. Bit o Drama. We all heard a lot about it, cause we're all happy colonial subjects in the Grand American Empire, tuning in every day for the Great Choosing Ceremony of our new Leaders and Masters. This week we're joined by Matt from @therockisdead for the nihilistic and irritated election coverage that you didn't know you needed. Support the show...
Nov 15, 2020•48 min
We've all heard the stats: unless we act radically in the next ten years, the world as we know it is fucked. But across the political spectrum, this doesn't seem to have sunk in . A lot of environmentalist activists, famously XR and Greta Thunberg, call themselves politically agnostic, which can be confusing for those of us committed to the Left. Environmentalism can often be seen as a middle class movement or worse: co-opted by the right as an excuse for fascism. As our environmental problems g...
Nov 06, 2020•56 min
Our Halloween episode is about the scariest thing of all: Neoliberalism and the futures it robbed from us. We're joined by political and cultural blogger Matt Wrafter - @therockisdead - in a tribute to The OG blogger, Marxist theorist Mark Fisher, with a focus on his work about Hauntology. Are we haunted by potential futures that feel promised but never came? Is this the end of history or does the Left have a coherent vision of the future to struggle for? Were things truly better in the 70s? How...
Oct 29, 2020•1 hr 1 min
It's the one you've all been waiting for: The People vs. RuPaul Andre Charles. The people being Dublin's brightest and best drag entities, Avoca Reaction and Goblins Goblins Goblins. Should Mama Ru be taken to task for her completely unqualified therapising, her commodification of queer experience and her profiting off vulnerable contestants? Or is she offering unprecedented cultural and economic opportunities to a historically downtrodden community, unashamedly thrusting the gay agenda into the...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr
Get our your torches and gather tightly around the campfire girls cause we've got a spooky one tonight: this is the tale of the spectre haunting Ireland. A loyal Fianna Fáil front bencher throughout their most heinous and ghoulish period in Irish history who refuses to give up on the vampiric neoliberalism that caused the Recession, how does our current Taoiseach still paint himself as sort of everyman altar boy figure? Join us for an exploration into Micheál Martin's life as a politician, his g...
Oct 09, 2020•53 min
In this overview of the Irish working landscape Helen and Glen graciously hand the reins over to you; the listeners. We asked you to send in your worst work stories, and you did, and here they are. Enjoy. Support the show
Oct 01, 2020•51 min
The liberal fantasy of civil debate is dead and gone: we live in an age of post truth and conspiracy theories, and we need new arguments and methods to tackle the growing far right, who will use every trick in the book. In the second half of this emergency miniseries Helen and Glen debunk the ideologies, methods and myth-making of the Irish far right. Why do they use revolutionary figures from the likes of the 1916 Rising to promote their conservative values? How is it possible that the Left and...
Sep 24, 2020•53 min
You've read the long reads: the growing anti-mask movement has provided space for several far right movements, heavily inspired by the American alt-right, to flourish in Ireland. They've moved from social media to the streets, and they employ emancipatory republican imagery to appeal to people's heightened emotions in this time of panic. It's essential that we can identify and debunk these strategies, so welcome to your toolkit. In part one of this two part series Glen and Helen set the scene: o...
Sep 22, 2020•45 min
Ever wondered why we've had the same two gangs of lizards running the country since its very inception? Ever wondered if it could be something to do with our ... state broadcaster? This episode's guest Adam joins Helen and Glen on an adventure into how RTÉ employed capitalist realism to ruin all our individual lives and the collective life of the state. Plus, they find a possible answer to the question that still plagues Ireland: why did we have a collective meltdown in 2014 when Garth Brooks ca...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Episode 10 is an exploration of racism in Ireland. Anxious to avoid using only American paradigms and to interrogate Irish racism as a specific and nuanced entity, Helen and Glen give an overview of historical racism in Ireland, debunk the Irish slaves myth and talk about the complicated identity of Irish-Americans. They are joined in the second half by Capricia, a pro-black, pro-worker mom and social worker from Iowa. Capricia lived in Dublin for five years and shares her experiences of racism ...
Jun 19, 2020•1 hr 28 min
Did you know that Leo Varadkar started his career as a blogger? This week we're taking a break from our Republicanism series to bring you a deep dive into the man, the myth, the legend: the political career of Leo the Lion. Join us to hear about his dodgy campaign dealings, his explosive first week in the Dáil, his reputation as a far-right liability and a special re-enactment of his youthful blog entries during his time working for a Republican senator in Washington. Support the show...
May 26, 2020•47 min
Episode Two of our Republicanism mini-series is all about the history of the Irish Republican tradition. We start with Wolfe Tone and work through the definitive Nineteenth century up to the start of the Twentieth, highlighting the influence that French Republicanism had on Ireland and detailing where the different ideological threads that make up Irish Republicanism started to develop. Glen and Helen are joined on this ambitious journey by Ciara and talk The Battle of Widow McCormick's Cabbage ...
May 17, 2020•1 hr 7 min
It's quarantine and we've got exactly what you need to lift your spirits: a mini series on Republicanism! It's time to flesh out that word we've heard for so long but never really understood! In Episode One (the Debrief), Helen and Glen go through a brief history of flawed republics from Plato to France circa 1789, take a brief break for an angelus by the inimitable PureGrand, then explore some of the key tenants of Republicanism that we should be aiming to achieve. We also claw back the concept...
May 09, 2020•54 min
Centrism. The dominant Ideology of Ireland has saturated every facet of society, but what exactly does it say about Ireland and what is and isn't politically acceptable? In the first half of this meaty two-parter Helen and Glen talk about how the extremely "measured" media tacitly endorse right-wing ideas, the difference between Irish Republicans and American Republicans and what MLK can teach us about centrists today. Produced and Edited by Wuraola Majekodunmi. Fish Hook Theory: https://progres...
Feb 23, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Helen and Glen are joined by Ógra Shinn Féin PR officer Kevin Burns and Green Party Cllr. Peter Kavanagh to talk about the GE2020 result. What potential coalitions could be formed? How did the media get it so wrong? What does this mean for the future of Irish politics? How hard did Varadkar weep? All this and more on Casement's Leftovers. Produced and Edited by Wuraola Majekodunmi. Support the show
Feb 18, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode Helen and Glen are joined by long term friend, first time contributor Ciara to discuss class in Ireland, the US and the UK. Is Ireland's class structure similar to either? Or has it's unusual cocktail of neoliberalism and nostalgia allowed it's ruling class to disguise themselves as the working class "made good"? Angelus by entertainer and artist Niall Keane @rancidkermit Produced and Edited by Wuraola Majekodunmi Support the show...
Jan 30, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 4
The UK general election has everyone reeling. As centrists clamor to interpret Labour's historic loss as a rejection of all policy left of tax credits, Casement's Leftovers explores what the election means for Northern Ireland. Joined by Ógra Shinn Féin public relations officer Kevin Burns, we get a snap shot of the political landscape in Northern Ireland as well as what the result might mean for the Union. Support the show...
Dec 17, 2019•57 min•Ep. 3
The Nostalgia Industry is in full swing. Faced with ecological armageddon and zero chance of riding it out in your own home, we've been forced to hole up in the past. In this episode Helen and Glen are joined by artist and musician Luke Faulkner (aka Pure Grand) to discuss how the Nostalgia Industry affects art and politics and if you can use aesthetic as a tool against capitalism. Support the show
Oct 12, 2019•47 min•Ep. 2
In their inaugural episode, Helen and Glen discuss the shifting meaning of 'Queer' in Ireland. Academic, colloquial and cultural, join Casement's Leftover's as they try to make sense of a term that somehow includes both Leo Varadkar and Leigh Bowery. Support the show
Sep 09, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 1
