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        <itunes:author>Jack and Diarmuid</itunes:author>
        <itunes:summary>Politics Nerds Talking Politics Movies</itunes:summary>
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                <itunes:title>7 - Jackie Chan&#39;s Guide to Northern Ireland</itunes:title>
                <title>7 - Jackie Chan&#39;s Guide to Northern Ireland</title>

                <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Jack and Diarmuid</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Movie: The Forigner (2017)</u></strong></p><p><br></p><p>This week Jack and Diarmuid stay closer to home with the Foreigner; a movie about Jackie Chan taking a tour of Northern Ireland and learning about the local culture - all while terrorizing and systematically dismantling a fictional version of the IRA. It&#39;s a lot of fun.</p><p><br></p><p><u>Twitter:</u> @DiarmuidGBurke @JRedmnd</p><p><u>TikToc</u>: @diarmuidgburke</p>]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:19:17 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>6 - The Even Better Dictator</itunes:title>
                <title>6 - The Even Better Dictator</title>

                
                
                <itunes:author>Jack and Diarmuid</itunes:author>
                
                <description><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Movie - The Great Dictator (1940):</u></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Jack and Diarmuid watch an actually good movie this week! Recorded on the 80th anniversary of the week of the Great Dictator&#39;s Release, we talk about how it holds up way better than you&#39;d think and what lessons we can learn from one of the greatest comedies of all time.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Twitter:</u></strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/DiarmuidGBurke" rel="nofollow">@DiarmuidGBurke</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/JRedmnd" rel="nofollow">@JRedmnd</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong><u>TikToc:</u></strong></p><ul><li>https://www.tiktok.com/@diarmuidgburke</li></ul>]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 12:20:25 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>5 - The Very Good Dictator</itunes:title>
                <title>5 - The Very Good Dictator</title>

                
                
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                <description><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Movie: The Dictator (2012):</u></strong></p><p><br></p><p>This week, Jack and Diarmuid do whatever they can to avoid talking about the movie in question, all while appreciating whatever fine art they can find from their box-seat-view. </p><p><br></p><p><u>Twitter:</u> @DiarmuidGBurke @JRedmnd </p><p><u>TikToc</u>: @diarmuidgburke </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Movie: The Dictator (2012):&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This week, Jack and Diarmuid do whatever they can to avoid talking about the movie in question, all while appreciating whatever fine art they can find from their box-seat-view. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Twitter:&lt;/u&gt; @DiarmuidGBurke @JRedmnd &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;TikToc&lt;/u&gt;: @diarmuidgburke &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:19:46 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>2539</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>4 - Wet-Work</itunes:title>
                <title>4 - Wet-Work</title>

                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
                <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
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                <itunes:summary>Jack and Diarmuid delve into the dark origins of modern spectacle media this week. As they do, they come to the realization that what we all find normal today, was seen as grotesque satire a only few decades ago!</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Movie: Network (1976):</u></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Jack and Diarmuid delve into the dark origins of modern spectacle media this week. As they do, they come to the realization that what we all find normal today, was seen as grotesque satire a only few decades ago!</p><p><br></p><p><u>Contact (Twitter):</u> @DiarmuidGBurke</p>]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:00:16 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>2988</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>3 - Hides the Smarts</itunes:title>
                <title>3 - Hides the Smarts</title>

                
                
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                <description><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Movie the Ides of March (2011):</u></strong></p><p><br></p><p>This week Jack and Diarmuid yell about the really stupid mistakes that Ryan Gosling makes trying to manage George Clooney&#39;s US Presidential campaign. All the while the director, finally, puts all the political arguments he&#39;s been making in the shower onto the big screen.</p><p><br></p><p><u>Contact (Twitter):</u> <span>@DiarmuidGBurke </span></p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Movie the Ides of March (2011):&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This week Jack and Diarmuid yell about the really stupid mistakes that Ryan Gosling makes trying to manage George Clooney&amp;#39;s US Presidential campaign. All the while the director, finally, puts all the political arguments he&amp;#39;s been making in the shower onto the big screen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Contact (Twitter):&lt;/u&gt; &lt;span&gt;@DiarmuidGBurke &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:21:09 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>2890</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>2 - The Final Countdown</itunes:title>
                <title>2 - The Final Countdown</title>

                
                
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                <description><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Movie: The Final Year (2017):<span>﻿</span></u></strong></p><p>This week Jack struggles through watching the final year of the Obama administration and re-living his experience of learning about Trump&#39;s 2016 victory. Meanwhile, Diarmuid talks about virtual reality in the European Parliament and John Kerry&#39;s love of activism and opera.</p>]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:00:27 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>2438</itunes:duration>
                
                
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                <itunes:title>1 - Too Big to Short</itunes:title>
                <title>1 - Too Big to Short</title>

                
                
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Diarmuid and Jack talk about Adam McKay&#39;s 2015 movie, The Big Short, in this inaugural podcast. Also lots of tangents about things like Irish history and how Europe has (hopefully) learned from the events portrayed in this movie in their response to the economic impacts of the pandemic. Enjoy!</p><p><br></p><p><u>Contact (Twitter):</u> @DiarmuidGBurke</p>]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:56:32 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:duration>2958</itunes:duration>
                
                
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