The Ryan Tubridy Show **Mod: Read OP**

Fair point. That phenomenon has played out across the world since the advent of Youtube/streaming services. As we see in US television, what were once more sober, thoughtful programmes aimed at a mature audience have now devolved into a series of clickbait segments. Those shows have an economic imperative to attract new viewers aka the internet generation.

The Late Late show under Tubridy avoided that, partially I'm sure because the people behind the scenes believed it to be too low brow, and partly because of a big wodge of free money coming in every year in the form of the licence fee. This insulated them from worrying about having to cater for a market that might not be already tuning in.

It makes sense really. If the internet is going to turn private media on it's head and completely re-write the rules on how you make money in the industry, there is no way the public service media and state broadcasters couldn't have been affected also.

Look at how streaming (legal and illegal) and Netflix destroyed the broadcast TV model for movies. It even affected Pay TV movie channels. It even forced RTE to try to adapt with its "Player" effort. RTE also started adding Player views to the broadcast views for some programmes like the LLS. RTE should have dropped him from the LLS as soon as he started to lose viewers. Commerical radio seems to be far more results driven than the mediocre RTE management and News UK is more ruthless than most in that respect.

Regards…jmcc

I appreciate what you are saying. That RTE didn't go down the commerical click bait route with the show as a result of the licence fee.

Which is great. That is why we are supposed to have a public brodcaster.

My issue is that having Dermot Bannon or one of the Brennan Brothers on every other week is not public service broadcasting. It is RTE airing a sub standard product because of its brand.

The Tommy Tiernan Show or Nationwide are probably better examples of public service broadcasting.

I have yet to listen to the Bookmans video podcast. But I do have more questions.

1. What books did Ms Ahern chose, and why?
2. How is the podcast structured. Is it a light magazine show with books as a jumping off point. Or is it a proper exploration of the books. An analysis of the text, themes, how the have effected the guest etc.

Basically is it "I like how Lee Childs writes tight minimilist sentences. It is reminisicent of Hemmingways use of language. Which is an intregiguing juxstaposition to the pulpy repetitive nature of Childs novels" Or is it "I like Of Mice and Men cause it" "reminds me of my time at school", "that time I was in California" or "Sure everyone knows a Lenny and George".

It is barely B. At least you'd pick up the characters names.

I see you like the Jason Bourne series of books. I LOOOVE the films. Yeah, me too. Matt Damon is great. Wouldn't it be great to go for a swim in the forty-foot today, with a bag of cans? I LOOOOVEE Matt Damon. Such a cool guy. Did you ever go knacker-drinking when you were younger?

Have you read the books Ryan? Yeah, No. Its a great escape, and they aren't too long. I LOOOOOOVE getting lost in a good book. It so evocative. Brings back so many memories. You should all give it a go. If you don't think that you can do it, just do it. You are never without a friend if you have a book.

But have you read the book Ryan??

Jesus, that sounds awful. It sounds like being back in school when the english teach asks you a specific question about the chapter your were supposed to read last night. But didn't bother because you had training.

Is it really like that. Any thing but talking about the book.

Awh that is a bit cheeky picking one of your own books. It is just a cop out. You are not really engaging with the format.

I'm actually reading the Glorious Exploits book, but I heard about it by an online review months ago. It's enjoyable, it's jocular in the manner TV series Plebs, which it has to be considering the setting of the plot around Athenian warriors being starved to death in the quarries of Syracuse.

I'd recommend it to anyone fond of a read set in antiquity.

Edit to add, I wouldn't describe the two main characters as Dubs in ancient Greece, they sound more English working class, but some might argue that in essence that can be the same thing.

The writer has been living in England for years and its English phrasing I was picking up from the dialogue.

Christ I love this programme. For some reason I cant get it play from 11m40s. The howl at the end is just perfect. Alan thinking it has to do with wolves.

It’s time to @ all these people on Twitter that are appearing on his podcast and ask them, publicly, why they are openly supporting a man that robbed from the nation of Ireland.

Honing in on the bookman persona it could be seen as an act of defense against the reality of internet age. Books don't speak back, unlike the voltage laden internet that removes all distance between those who use it, it spares no one, unless they turn off the comments on their Youtube submissions.

Despite Tubridy's need the internet won't let the past be shut and put on a shelf to collect dust. To quote Eric Hoffer, "The future belongs to learners, whilst the learnéd find themselves perfectly prepared for a world that no longer exists".

To expand on the above, for communications the internet is now the highstreet, and one way broadcasting is the legacy. By not engaging with the Barter acc business he only draws more attention to it, especially if he does find a broadcasting seat on NursinghomeFM.