Second Captains

Yep, but i think it was firstly a im-running-with-this ken angle on the jump to mental health as a kneejerk (not strongly linked to the current case tbh) and the actual possibilities inherent for the superstar eschewing the corporate body sponsorship drives in the social media age, and secondly i think he softened that a bit upon murph reading osakas clearer statement but still was stuck more in a musing on the wider question mode for the rest of the segment

Todays is looking to be a lot better, richie and caitlin thompson with a lot more in-depth look at things from a fairer perspective and in a more thorough way, if the lineup is any indicator

Tbh mcdevitt or sadlier wouldve pulled ken on it but murph is a more passive co anchor if its him and ken

His line was strongly linked to the current case IMO and fwiw I’m being kind to him in saying so because if he was just having a more general swipe at people being prepared to consider the mental health implications of work in its various guises - at recognising that mental health problems run a lot broader and everyday than “lunacy” or whatever gross shit he invoked - then he was being worse than I thought.

I hope tonight’s is better but it’s a subscriber ep and there is literally no chance of me paying to listen to this.

And as for his “passive” mate the bit I remember him saying was you don’t get to talk about press conferences affecting your mental health if you’re on Twitter and Instagram, as if there aren’t ways to manage social media to minimise (or remove) damaging effects.

This is all quite likely a correct read tbh, i was half listening at best tho yes even then kens departure point was jarringly cynical

(I’m not expecting you to answer for this podcast btw Darragh, it just pissed me off and I wanted to express that somewhere that didn’t just throw the whole thing in the faces of people who’ve probably had enough tossers belittling or waving away mental health problems this week. Fuck these guys.)

If youre skipping the gaa shows you are missing the lifeblood of this podcast imo

Proper spitting argument today after mayo/dub

Great stuff from Ken today

Im demotivated after the spurs/mayo axis of evil

sadlier on greenwood predictably excellent- youd want them to go in harder but i think they were staying careful i guess