For this podcast I sat down with James Ball. James is one of the world’s foremost investigative journalists. James broke the Edward Snowden leaks while at the Guardian, he also worked with Julian Assange at Wikileaks, and is a twice winner of t

#5 Globalism & Neoliberalism explained

Jan 15th, 2021 1h 31m

For this podcast I sat down with Professor Quinn Slobodian, author of one of the most extraordinary books I’ve ever read, Globalists: The end of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism. Quinn is a historian and Associate Professor at Wellesley Co

#4 Pascal Saint-Amans - Director of Tax Policy, OECD

Nov 6th, 2020 43m 46s

Pascal Saint-Amans, as the head of tax policy for the OECD since 2012 has ushered in some of the most significant reforms to international taxation of the last 50 years. We chatted to him about his on-going efforts at herding cats, also known a

#3 Mark Zaid - Founding Legal Partner, Whistleblower Aid

Nov 2nd, 2020 1h 16m

Eoghan McNeil, Dr. Gavin Morrisson and I recently spoke with Mark ZaidMark cofounded Whistleblower Aid with John Tye. Whistleblower Aid is an extraordinary organisation based in Washington DC. It represents whistleblowers who want to expose Gov

#2 Ellen Weintraub - Commissioner on the US Federal Election Commission

Nov 2nd, 2020 1h 30m

Tomorrow, November 3rd, is election day in the United States. In a very real sense it’s the most important election in the world. It’s for that reason that I considered it a rare privilege to get to talk to Ellen Weintraub, US Federal Election

#1 Gary Liu - CEO of the South China Morning Post

Nov 1st, 2020 49m 29s

Welcome to the first episode of Paddy Cosgrave's Ramble.First up is a chat I had with Gary Liu, CEO of the South China Morning Post. I think the Morning Post is the most important newspaper focused on China in the world today. It’s owned by Jac

Welcome to Paddy Cosgrave's Ramble

Oct 27th, 2020 2m 24s

You're listening to Paddy Cosgrave's Ramble.Hello, I’m Paddy Cosgrave. I helped start a conference called Web Summit. Earlier this Autumn, bored and largely locked down in Ireland, I started calling interesting friends around the world for chat