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The Stand with Eamon Dunphy

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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Episodes

Ep 827: Spain Tortured By Coronavirus

Richard Fitzpatrick reports from Barcelona on the surging numbers of Covid-19 cases across Spain, and discusses a chaotic summer so far for Real Madrid and Barcelona. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 13, 202027 min

Ep 826: Harris Strengthens the Biden Ticket

Niall Stanage reports from Washington on the selection of Senator Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's running mate in this year's presidential election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 12, 202028 min

Ep 824: FAI Crisis – Visionaries' Vision Looking a Bit Blurred

Mark Tighe, Journalist of the Year with the Sunday Times and co-author of 'Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the FAI', talks to Eamon about the ongoing arguments between those who seek to govern Irish football. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 11, 202025 min

Ep 822: Overhyped Man City Won't Win the Champions League

Eamon is joined by John Giles and Liam Brady to discuss last week's European fixtures, including Man City's victory over Real Madrid, while looking ahead to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 10, 202031 min

Ep 819: Covid-19 – The Next Ten Days Are Critical

Mitigation, Suppression, Elimination – it's time to decide. Tomás Ryan, Associate Professor in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Trinity Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College, talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 06, 202051 min

Ep 818: Politicians v Plutocrats - Can Washington Tame Tech Giants?

Matt Stoller talks to Eamon about last week's appearance at the US Congress Anti-Trust Committee by Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook CEOs. Matt Stoller is the Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project and a visiting lecturer in the Department of History at Columbia University. He writes a free email newsletter Big, and his book, Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly, Power and Democracy, is published by Simon & Schuster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Aug 05, 202031 min

Ep 811: The View from Russia

Bryan MacDonald, journalist with RT, talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 29, 202037 min

Ep 801: Hong Kong Fights for Its Life

Peter Goff, Asia correspondent with the Irish Times, talks to Eamon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 06, 202032 min
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