Sean Moncrieff - Newstalk

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A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Like another poster has said, I don't find him particularly left-wing at all.

I've never read any of his books, but did leaf through one of them in Eason's one day. It's reminded me of pop-science books with huge font that are written for teenagers of average intelligence; except, it read like a Sunday World philosophy column. Anyway, I digress.

I was irritated to read, on the first page I opened, Moncrieff's unhappiness at having to see, hear, or even be around 'junkies'. Not because it's distressing to see a fellow human living through a personal disaster, nothing as compassionate as that. They just annoy him. Seeing them from his seat on the Dart just angers him.

I wouldn't call that lefty, or PC, although maybe it's liberal in a neo-classical, Republican Party way.

He definitely seems to fit the mold of a classical liberal

Gotta laugh at those calling him and his show overly PC, though. What he says; and the subjects he covers are some of the least politically 'correct' you could find on any national radio station.

Say Your Number

That Sonny Liston story was mental, never knew he was a drug dealer and that he was apparently murdered by a crooked police officer.

Also that piece about making music from brain waves was fascinating.

robbe

Crikey!

Say Your Number wrote: »

That Sonny Liston story was mental, never knew he was a drug dealer and that he was apparently murdered by a crooked police officer.

Also that piece about making music from brain waves was fascinating.

Drag00n79

I used to catch the last half hour of Moncrieff everyday after work but I really miss that now - especially on Fridays.

Vorenus400

Tom Dunne seems like a nice person but hes a terrible stand in for Sean. He gets embarrased by the word vagina. Not great for some of the topics which do be on the show

buckfasterer

Shock Horror!! A film got lost on Esther!!

Birneybau

I like Moncrieff but I swear the researchers just look at the Sunday Times of two weeks ago and try to get the writers on. The one about Boris Johnson earlier and the hair now were even in the same section.

^^That reminds me, Talking Books on Sunday nights frequently has the same guests as Moncrieff, and it's interesting how the guests repeat the exact same spiel, as if by heart.

The guy whose written a book about snobbery and previously appeared on Moncrieff was on Talking Books last night, saying the exact same things he said on that show. It's one of many examples of it happening.

It's a bit sloppy, but Newstalk repeats way too much content. Shona Murray's international politics show seems to be often repeated two weeks in a row. Or randomly, they'll repeat an episode from weeks ago, out of the blue.

serfboard

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

^^That reminds me, Talking Books on Sunday nights frequently has the same guests as Moncrieff, and it's interesting how the guests repeat the exact same spiel, as if by heart.

In fairness, if you listen to any guest being interviewed more than once, you'll hear the same talking points.

I take your point about the same guests being on Newstalk more than once, alright. However, I don't think they're bothered, as the content after 7PM on a weekend is just filler.

tommyboy2222

tommyboy2222 wrote: »

I'm thinking of organising a collection so if Trump gets elected we can send Sean away on holiday for a few weeks to recover.

I'll start passing around the basket :pac:

Seriously though , Sean was almost in tears after Brexit .

I don't know how he is going to cope today. He'll need a safe space.

Is the show even on today ?

ballsymchugh

tommyboy2222 wrote: »

I'll start passing around the basket :pac:

Seriously though , Sean was almost in tears after Brexit .

I don't know how he is going to cope today. He'll need a safe space.

Is the show even on today ?

he had some lad on a few months ago who had developed an algorithm to predict the winner of the election based on the New Hampshire primaries.
he had every election since the turn of the century right, apart from JFK (who he thought was a bit crooked anyway), but he did predict Trump, long before the primaries were done.

Vorenus400

tommyboy2222 wrote: »

I'll start passing around the basket :pac:

Seriously though , Sean was almost in tears after Brexit .

I don't know how he is going to cope today. He'll need a safe space.

Is the show even on today ?

Brexit is a massive upheaval for Ireland. No one predicted it and I didnt see anyone sane in the Republic wanting it.

Sean has said plenty of bad things about clinton and trump over the last few months. I imagine he will be surprised and then have some guests on. Sean is also the only person in newstalk who gets the occasional dig into denis o Brien who seems fairly friendly with the clintons.

Ol' Donie

Aw, why is Sean not there today?

Boooo!

Ol' Donie

But who doesn't love Star Wars disco??

ThisRegard

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Aw, why is Sean not there today?

Boooo!

What kind of monster boos Tom Dunne? I reckon Sean wouldn't have done the piece on the Russian mad scientist as good as Tom did.

Ol' Donie

ThisRegard wrote: »

What kind of monster boos Tom Dunne? I reckon Sean wouldn't have done the piece on the Russian mad scientist as good as Tom did.

That was more a boo at non-Sean than a boo at Tom. He's a good fella Tom.

Say Your Number

That young politician evaded Sean's questions like a pro, he'll go far.

Paddy Porter

Don't care much for Moncreiffe..a little too smart assed and laddish for this poster ...dead air until Chris and Sarah come on at 4pm.

Ol' Donie

I don't get to listen to the show much on Thursdays anymore.

I miss the food bit with poor aul Paolo. Is there any equivalent these days?

foxtrot101

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I don't get to listen to the show much on Thursdays anymore.

I miss the food bit with poor aul Paolo. Is there any equivalent these days?

No, they tried the food slot with few different people but all that did was remind everyone how irreplaceable Paolo was - so they just retired the whole thing.

I think they have a TV review on Thursday's these days, I'm not 100% sure though because they changed things up a bit when they lost the hour.

BPKS

Jesus the TV reviewer fella is fcukin painful.

A bit like the wine lady, I find myself turning off within a couple of minutes.

buckfasterer

BPKS wrote: »

Jesus the TV reviewer fella is fcukin painful.

A bit like the wine lady, I find myself turning off within a couple of minutes.

He's fierce pretentious.

CatFromHue

The TV review is grand.

The wine slot is a bit boring though as it's pretty much the same conversation every week, and I don't drink wine so that doesn't help either.

Say Your Number

It's amazing that So You Think You're An Adult rubbish has survived this long, the worst thing about this dreadful new schedule (Even worse than Paul Williams or Hook's ill-informed soap boxing) is the History slot is rushed and they haven't the time to flesh out a story properly.

I haven't heard Jonathon DeBurca Butler since September, is that slot gone?

foxtrot101

Say Your Number wrote: »

I haven't heard Jonathon DeBurca Butler since September, is that slot gone?

No, he's still there. I'm not sure which day - I think it's Monday's.

BPKS

CatFromHue wrote: »

The TV review is grand.

The wine slot is a bit boring though as it's pretty much the same conversation every week, and I don't drink wine so that doesn't help either.

Its not the topics I'm on about, its the contributors.

Say Your Number

Didn't catch the name of the film Sean was giving out about earlier but it was an entertaining rant all the same.

quickbeam

Nocturnal Animals.

Ayuntamiento

quickbeam wrote: »

Nocturnal Animals.

What did he say about it? I went to see it this week. It wasn't what I expected but I actually enjoyed it.

quickbeam

Pretentious shíte, crap ending. Bascially.