The Stand with Eamon Dunphy is a current affairs, sport and culture podcast posting five or more episodes each week.
Editor and Presenter - Eamon Dunphy
As a former professional and international soccer player Eamon was capped 23 times for Ireland. He has been a writer and broadcaster for over 40 years and written five best selling books including an early memoir Only a Game?, U2’s biography Unforgettable Fire, Sir Matt Busby’s biography A Strange Kind of Glory, Roy Keane’s autobiography Keane, and most recently his own memoir, The Rocky Road.
As a newspaper columnist Eamon has written for a number of newspapers, most notably the Irish Daily Star and the Sunday Independent. He was a contributor to RTÉ’s soccer panel for 40 years and was the editor and presenter of the drivetime radio show The Last Word for five years in the newly established Radio Ireland (now Today FM). Eamon launched The Stand in November 2016.
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John Giles and Liam Brady join Eamon to talk about the last 16 matches with four played and four to go. Recorded on 5th December 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Niall Stanage talks to Eamon from Washington about an important judgement at the Appeal Court on the Mar-a-Lago documents. Niall is Associate Editor for the Hill and White House columnist for that paper. Recorded on 2nd December 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Journalist Miguel Delaney talks to Eamon from Qatar. Miguel is Chief Football Writer for The Independent and produces a weekly newsletter "Reading the Game". Recorded on 2nd December 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Journalist and author Ian Williams talks to Eamon about the recent protests across China as factory workers, migrants, students and others come out into the streets to protest against Xi Jinping and his lockdown policies. Ian Williams' most recent book 'The Fire of the Dragon: China’s New Cold War’, published by Birlinn , is now available. Recorded on 30th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Journalist and film maker Johnny O'Reilly talks to Eamon about the atmosphere in Kherson following liberation from Russian occupation, Russia's destruction of Ukrainian infrastructure and the Ukrainians' power of endurance, and other developments in Putin's war in Ukraine. Recorded on 29th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
John Giles and Liam Brady join Eamon to review the FIFA World Cup group matches as the teams reach the end of their second games. Recorded on 29th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Reporter for the Irish Examiner, Sean Murray, talks to Eamon about developments in the trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch over the past week at the Special Criminal Court. Recorded on 28th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Niall Stanage joins Eamon to talk about the shocking rate of mass shootings in the US as the number exceeds 600 in 2022, Special Counsel Jack Smith and Donald Trump, and will DeSantis run against Trump for the Republican nomination for the 2024 Presidential election against. Also will the Democrats oppose Kevin McCarthy as the new Speaker of the House by nominating another Republican candidate? And the Senate announces a Hearing after chaos around Taylor Swift ticket sales. Niall Stanage is Asso...
John Giles and Liam Brady join Eamon to review the first week's matches in the FIFA 2022 World Cup. Recorded 25th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Miguel Delaney talks to Eamon from Qatar about the events surrounding the FIFA 2022 World Cup and the mood at the tournament. Miguel Delaney is Chief Football Writer at The Independent in London. Recorded on 24th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fionnan Sheahan talks to Eamon. Fionnan Is Ireland Editor for Independent.ie, Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent. Recorded on 22nd November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Economist, commentator and podcaster Chris Johns talks to Eamon about the crisis in the UK economy. Brexit comes back on the UK agenda and the Chancellor for the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt kowtows to the financial markets in his Autumn Statement. Recorded on 21st November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Senator and military analyst Tom Clonan talks to Eamon about Putin's War as it reaches the end of its ninth month. Tom outlines the process of expatriation of thousands of Ukrainian men, women and children to Russia, and the attacks on civilian infrastructure as winter arrives and Russia's ground war fails. Recorded on 21st November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Barcelona-based journalist Richard Fitzpatrick talks to Eamon about the Spanish team and how Coach Luis Enrique does it his way. Recorded on 18th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Niall Stanage talks to Eamon as the US Midterm elections near their conclusion. They also discuss Donald Trump who this week declared his candidacy for the 2024 Presidential Election. Niall is Associate Editor for The Hill and White House columnist for that paper. Recorded on 18th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
John Giles and Liam Brady join Eamon to preview the FIFA World Cup 2022. This special World Cup preview episode of The Stand is brought to you by NOW. Recorded on 17th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sean Murray reports on the trial of Gerry Hutch in the Special Criminal Court. Sean is a News Reporter for the Irish Examiner. Recorded on 17th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Writer Colm Tóibín joins Eamon to talk about his new book of essays, A Guest at the Feast, published by Simon and Schuster and available now. Recorded on 7th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
John Giles and Liam Brady join Eamon to review the weekend's Premier League matches.. They also talk about reports on Manchester Utd player Cristiano Ronaldo's attack on his club in an interview with Piers Morgan. Recorded on 14th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Economist Jim Power talks to Eamon about Ireland's economy. Jim Power is co-host of The Other Hand podcast. Recorded 8th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Economist, commentator and podcaster Chris Johns joins Eamon to talk about Brexit, the UK economy and Rishi Sunak's government. Chris also talks about the negative impact of the struggling NHS on the economy. Chris Johns co-hosts his own podcast, The Other Hand, with economist Jim Power. Recorded on 11th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Niall Stanage joins Eamon to talk about the midterm elections that took place in the United States this week. Niall is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House Columnist for that paper. Recorded on 10th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As Cop 27 gets underway environmental journalist and commentator John Gibbons talks to Eamon about the severe global warming challenges threatening all life on the planet. Recorded on 8th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dmitry Elovsky joins Eamon to talk about the challenges facing Ukraine and the changes in Russian tactics as Putin faces his own growing challenges with diminishing support from Russian and the potential threats from his close circle. Dmitry is based in Lithuania where he is a presenter and Chief Editor for the You Tube channel Khordorkovsky.Live. Before the war he was Deputy Editor-in-Chief for TV Rain in Moscow. Recorded 7th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
Kirsty Gogan joins Eamon from Cop 27 in Sharm El Sheikh to talk about the climate challenges ahead for global populations. Kirsty Gogan is founder and managing partner of TerraPraxis, an advisor to governments, industry, academic networks and NGOs. Kirsty serves on the Board of Nuclear Innovation Alliance, as well as Voices for Nuclear. The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has appointed her to serve on a new committee to identify opportunities and barriers to the comm...
John Giles and Liam Brady join Eamon to review the weekend's Premier League matches. Recorded on 7th November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Economist, commentator and podcaster Chris Johns joins Eamon to talk about Rishi Sunak's first weeks in office, the Northern Ireland election u-turn, Home Secretary Suella Braverman's activities, Britain's economic crisis and the impact of the latest interest rates rise announced by the Bank of England. Chris also talks about why savers aren't seeing an interest rate increase and the impact of the absence of competition in Ireland's banking sector. Recorded on 4th November 2022. Hosted on Acast....
Niall Stanage talks to Eamon about the Midterm Elections taking place on Tuesday 8th November. Niall Stanage is based in Washington and is Associate Editor of The Hill and White House columnist for that publication. Recorded on 4th November 2002 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Journalist Sean Murray joins Eamon to report on the trial of Gerry Hutch, Jason Bonney and Paul Murphy at the Special Criminal Court. Sean Murphy is a News Reporter with the Irish Examiner. Recorded on 3rd November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Newton Emerson talks to Eamon about the position with the Northern Ireland Assembly, how a new Assembly might be created and the background to the current crisis. Newton Emerson is a journalist and commentator and writes a weekly column for The Irish Times. He is also a contributing journalist to The Irish News and The Sunday Times. Recorded 1st November 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
