Casement's Leftovers

Explicably, the nonce one. In the grand tradition of Brass Eye, our resident pedophile expert, Helen, talks us through why they did their BA dissertation on pedophiles and pedophile rehabilitation, and how it's made them the superstar they are now.We talk about the construction of sexuality, Lacanian notions of desire, Epstein's flight logs, and flesh out our theory that money makes you a nonce. Plus, we libel ourselves! What could be more fun! In all seriousness, this is an episode about pedophiles and child sexual assault, so it inherently comes with a big content warning. Please listen at your own discretion. Support the show

So, when are we gonna start REALLY taxing fags? Support the show

Exhausted by the media circus? Do you long for a time when the biggest news story was some banal issue with a TD's houses? Casement's are here to serve. Listen to your favourite fenian cynics discuss news segments from a week ago and rip each others throat out over podcasting slights.In this episode Glen takes the wheel and crashes the podcast into a brick wall. The gang discuss misogyny, ex-pat culture, landlords, nonce culture, the fall of the Soviet Union and much more. Take a break from the Queen discourse and relax as three friends fight for your entertainment.  Support the show

So, you can't afford to pay your heating bills or fill up the tank of your Fiat 500, and even if you could afford to, you'd be killing the planet anyway. It's truly fucked. What are you to do when faced with the twin crises of energy and the climate? Luckily, Casements have the answer, and it's available right now. In this bumper episode, Glen, Helen and Matt get together to finally tell the truth about nuclear energy. What seems to us an obvious open goal has been abandoned as a viable solution to our energy problems by both the left and right, despite the fact that nuclear is efficient, emission-free, and – contrary to popular belief – completely and utterly safe. Join us for 90 minutes of myth-busting, science-trusting, solution-lusting fun that just radiates positive energy. This one's a game changer. Support the show

In a feat of journalistic excellence, the Leftovers are taking on their biggest challenge yet with a round the (western) world news roundup. From the Tory leadership contest to Irish back bench revolts, American happenings to Berlin night clubs, the pod gives a brief summary of stuff that's been cluttering your timeline with their standard, internet poisoned delivery. Get in touch with Casment's Leftovers and let us know what's been pissing you off in your part of the world to be in with a chance to win the incredible prize of gratitude. Email us at casmentsleftovers@gmail.com  Support the show

A very, very special edition of Casement's Leftovers where we invited you, the listener, to join us on the show. We asked on our socials: "what does Pride mean to you?", and you responded with the same quantity and ferocity of the most deranged Liveline caller-base. Join us today as we take a cynical, unconvinced look at Dublin Pride and ask what it's all even for, before turning to the nasty, unwashed public for their opinions on this finest pageant of all things Gay. Given the horrific transphobia that was allowed to air on Ireland's premier talk radio show last week under the guise of polite debate on the "trans issue", we also take these TERF scumbags to task and put our foot down once and for all. The fight to protect trans people has taken on renewed urgency lately, and it's about time transphobia is rooted out of gay and queer spaces once and for all. If you missed out on taking part, correct your mistake now by following us on Twitter and Instagram! Happy Pride if you celebrate, and see you all next time x Support the show

Ireland has been living through a housing crisis for what feels like forever, and we here at Casement's Leftovers think it's high time that someone got up off their arses and did something about it. But what? We are joined by writer David Hartery (@DinoCrisisActor) to discuss his excellent article 'Marxism and the Housing Crisis', written for Socialist Voice. David explains what Marx and Marxism has to say about housing, before walking us through the origins of the crisis in Ireland and pointing us towards potential solutions (spoiler: we need to build more houses). We of course take Irish policy-makers to task, but we also look inwards and consider also whether or not the housing crisis provides an opportunity for the Left. How should we think of housing within capitalism? What should our demands be? Just how nice are Eoin Ó Broin's glasses? Make sure to tell your friends about the pod, and drop us a line at @casementslftvrs on Twitter, @casementsleftovers on Instagram, or casementsleftovers@gmail.com. You can find David's article here: https://socialistvoice.ie/2021/04/marxism-and-the-housing-crisis/Support the show

This month Heather & Matt are too busy "working" to perform their vital role of reigning Helen & Glen in from being the cyclical haters they were born to be - that's right, we're throwing it back to the original line-up babyyy! Join Helen & Glen as they take on the online cottage industry of monetizing your trauma in order to be the best activist there ever was. We discuss how  identity is becoming the core of our politics, and how those identities are reified by the trauma attached to them, and analyse how this intersects with social-media-as-a-career-ladder to create a society in which "sharing your story" of the worst thing that ever happened to you is actually ... highly profitable. If you hate everyone and yourself, you'll love this episode! Join us! Support the show

In which Matt says “fuck the Metaverse, all my homies hate the Metaverse” but Heather shouts back “LET 👏 PEOPLE 👏 ENJOY 👏 THINGS 👏.”Join Heather, Glen and Matt for the second half of their discussion on the Metaverse. This time round, Matt attempts to make a few extremely insightful points into the true nature of desire and the impossibility of any liberation from its indestructible shackles, but Heather and Glen spend most of the hour making fun of him for watching Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.Were smart phones a mistake? Will the Metaverse be different? Would you fuck Slavoj Žižek? Let us know on Twitter, Instagram or at casementsleftovers@gmail.comOther bits:Matt’s article on social media and alienation: https://therockisdead.com/2021/12/02/my-friend-adam-the-lonely-metaplanet-social-media-in-the-age-of-alienation/Outro music is Law and Order (Fazari Remix).Support the show

Technology – what’s it all about, anyway? Join Heather, Glen & Matt as they examine the promises and possibilities of Web 3.0. Can NFTs provide a viable alternative for artists to get paid fairly for their work? Is the Metaverse truly a game-changer for tech, or simply another false dawn? And what the hell is up with Mark Zuckerberg’s hair? We get into all of these questions (and more) over the course of two cyber-soaked episodes. In this, the first part, we start with a now woefully out-of-date chat about the Will Smith Slap, before checking in on Facebook/Meta and Emperor Zuck, and then finishing up for now with Heather and Matt getting into it about the pros and cons of NFTs. Then, check back next week for Part 2 where we delve deeper into the philosophy of the Metaverse itself, asking such existential questions as “what is desire?”, “is liberation possible?” and “what if you got fired in the Metaverse by a 3D Barney Gumble?” Also, don't forget you can email us at casementsleftovers@gmail.com or reach out to us on Twitter or Instagram. Let us know your takes, both good and bad! We will actually read them! Support the show