Oct 28, 202618 min
Recent Revolut outages left customers struggling to access their money, raising questions for anyone thinking of making it their main bank. Digital banks offer better apps and lower fees, but what are the trade-offs...
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The Explainer is a weekly podcast from The Journal that takes a deeper look at one big news story you need to know about. What's the background? Why is this in the news? Get the facts behind the story from Ireland's biggest news website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What is The Explainer about?
The Explainer is a weekly podcast from The Journal that takes a deeper look at one big news story you need to know about. What's the background? Why is this in the news? Get the facts behind the story from Ireland's biggest news website.
Who hosts The Explainer?
The Explainer is hosted by The Journal. The show has published 441 episodes to date.
What has The Explainer covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Does it make sense to ditch your traditional bank for Revolut?" (28 October 2026, 18 minutes), "What could the US midterms mean for Trump’s final two years?" (22 October 2026, 20 minutes), and "Who is on strike tomorrow and what can we expect?" (13 October 2026, 7 minutes).
How often does The Explainer publish?
The Explainer publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 22 minutes across 441 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on The Explainer?
Booking probability for The Explainer is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Explainer requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Explainer's contact route on record: verified email.
About the host
The Journal hosts The Explainer, a news podcast with 441 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 22, 202620 min
Americans vote in the midterm elections on 3 November, with every seat in the House of Representatives and about a third of the Senate up for grabs. Republicans currently control both chambers, but Democrats are...
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Who is on strike tomorrow and what can we expect?
Oct 13, 20267 minHundreds of thousands of public sector workers are expected to strike tomorrow in a dispute over pay. Schools will close, non-urgent hospital services will be cancelled, and courts, council offices and OPW sites will...
- Sep 30, 202620 min
For almost 30 years, the violent confrontations that once defined the Drumcree marching dispute had disappeared from the streets of Portadown. But a procedural error by the Parades Commission and a series of court...
- Sep 23, 202616 min
Women can develop serious mental health difficulties at any point in the year after giving birth. But new reporting from The Journal Investigates has found that five of Ireland’s six specialist perinatal mental health...
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Why are artists walking away from Ed Sheeran’s tour?
Sep 16, 202622 minMusic and politics have always shared a stage, but the fallout from Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s United States tour has made clear how that can be an uneasy relationship. Zara Hedderman, music and arts...
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How did the AfD become so powerful in Germany?
Sep 8, 202620 minThe far-right Alternative for Germany party won almost 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, more than doubling its support and delivering its strongest ever result in a German state election. The result has...
- Sep 6, 202625 min
The Journal is releasing a six-part series of The Explainer podcast through Irish, focusing on some of the biggest stories affecting the language and the Gaeltacht areas. In this final episode, journalist Laura Ní...
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Who’s after 14,000 hectares of Ireland’s coast?
Sep 4, 202612 minMore than 14,000 hectares of Ireland’s coastline are covered by applications to commercially harvest seaweed, with four companies seeking to take almost 51,000 wet tonnes a year if their licences are approved. At the...
- Aug 29, 202635 min
The Journal is releasing a six-part series of The Explainer through Irish, focusing on some of the biggest stories affecting the language and the Gaeltacht areas. This week, commentator Cárthach Bán Breathnach joins us...
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Can the new series of Traitors live up to the hype?
Aug 27, 202616 minLast autumn, RTÉ’s unscripted hit took the country by storm, drawing over 800,000 viewers, turning retired prison officers into household names, and proving that psychological deceit makes for irresistible television...
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An bhfuil oideachas trí Ghaeilge i mbaol?
Aug 19, 202622 minThis summer, The Journal is releasing a six-part series of The Explainer podcast through Irish, focusing on some of the biggest stories affecting the language and the Gaeltacht areas. This week, we look at the state of...
- Aug 18, 202620 min
Five teenage boys were killed when the BMW they were travelling in was driven the wrong way on the M9 in Kildare and collided with a car carrying three women and a seven-year-old boy. It came just over a week after a...
- Aug 13, 202622 min
The US midterm elections are still months away, but attention is already turning to the 2028 presidential race. Speculation about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has grown after the New York congresswoman said she was not...
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How did 72,000 people cross into Ceuta?
Aug 6, 202621 minMore than 70,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta last week, overwhelming the small Spanish territory on the North African coast. Dozens died, while thousands remain, and questions are mounting about the online...
- Aug 4, 202622 min
This summer, The Journal is releasing a six-part series of The Explainer podcast through Irish, focusing on some of the biggest stories affecting the language and the Gaeltacht areas. This week, we look at why so many...
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Could nature itself help stop Ireland's wildfires?
Jul 29, 202625 minWildfires have burned across Tipperary, Wicklow, Cork and Kerry over the past fortnight, during one of the driest spells in years. Almost none start naturally. But how far a fire spreads depends on what's growing on the...
- Jul 25, 202629 min
This summer, The Journal is releasing a six-part series of The Explainer podcast through Irish, focusing on some of the biggest stories affecting the language and the Gaeltacht areas. This week, we are examining the...
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Who is Andy Burnham?
Jul 22, 202627 minBritain has a new prime minister (again): Andy Burnham, the "King of the North", its seventh in ten years and the first to take office openly Catholic. What kind of leader is he, how did he get here, and what does his...
- Jul 18, 202633 min
This summer, The Journal is releasing a six-part series of The Explainer podcast through Irish, focusing on some of the biggest stories affecting the language and the Gaeltacht areas. This week, we are taking a look at...
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Zara Hedderman
freelance arts and music journalist
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Matthew Moore
Managing Director, Global Risk & Compliance lead, University of Massachusetts
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Eoghan Gilmartin
The Guardian
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Michael Byrne
Associate Professor at the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice at University College Dublin, UCD Animal Blood Donor Clinic
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