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An Irishman Abroad

How Bad Could This Get? - Live From Electric Picnic 2025

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Marion McKeone sits down face to face with Jarlath in front of packed podcast stage crowd at Electric Picnic in Stradbally country Laois to discuss where this dark chapter in American history is headed. How bad is it right now and how bad could it get? Marion explains some of the more shocking aspects of the most recent developments in US politics and takes questions from the listeners. Is Gavin Newsom America’s best hope or a flash in the pan? Thanks to Naoise Nunn and his team at Mindfield for making this episode possible. Catch Jarlath on tour or buy his brand new book ”The Gobshite Guidebook” at www.jigser.com

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0:00.0

My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be President of the United States,

0:05.0

I could be, I could be vice president.

0:07.0

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected President of the United States.

0:13.0

It is my greatest honor and privilege to have been your president.

0:17.0

We will be back in some form.

0:19.0

We are still deeply divided. Public health experts warned

0:22.0

this was coming, unless more was done, and here we are now. Are you proud of what happened

0:26.2

here today? Absolutely. Never before in American history, has there been an uprising like this?

0:32.2

Of the 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump, I don't know how many today are feeling,

0:38.1

dear God, what was I thinking? But I would wager a lot more our thinking, let's carry on this

0:43.5

fight. Character matters. It matters. Tell them the truth matters. The 21st century is going to be

0:50.4

the American century, because we lead not only by the example of our power but by the power

0:58.6

of our example.

1:00.6

That is the history of the journey of America.

1:04.4

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to an Irish man in America live will you please put your hands

1:13.2

together for me Jarleth Regan hey how's it going welcome to Irish Man in America live

1:27.1

with Marion McKeown who is on her way in the door now.

1:31.2

She's literally on a buggy from the gate.

1:33.3

That's how she likes to roll.

1:35.1

This is, of course, an Irishman in America podcast, which is an America podcast.

1:39.0

So, you know, we're going to try and keep it light today, but it is a very depressing podcast for the last little while.

1:45.6

Let's be honest.

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