The Prodcast
David Clarke and Simon Kingston explore what it means to be an Irish Protestant, discussing identity, culture, and history from their personal perspectives.
Episodes
EP 18: Music of the Prods 1 – the Churchy stuff
David and Simon talk about the Anglican choral tradition and the wider Protestant love of hymn singing – scones for the ears you might say.
EP 17: Walking into the Past
David and Simon consider the events on the Garvaghy Road and what they mean for relationships across the island.
EP 16: A Prodcast First: David and Simon meet Neale Richmond
Neale Richmond is the most senior Protestant in the Irish Government. We talk to him about what motivates him, and what his Protestant identity means to him. We also lay to rest the rumour that he is in his nineties.
EP 15: Ireland and Silence
Simon and David ask why the Irish, famed for their gift as talkers, sometimes make a fetish of silence.
EP 14: Sex, I'm Afraid
Who was really having sex in repressive 1980s Ireland? Plus the Irish government’s failed effort to woo Ulster Unionists with condoms and divorce, and David audibly blushes amid Simon’s insinuating banter.
EP 13: The Food of the Prods
David and Simon explore the identity-defining questions of scones, jam and tray bakes… and David makes a confession.
EP 12: The Insecurity of the Colonised Mind
With a nod to our favourite bass player, Conor “Deego” Deegan, we look at whether continued lamenting of the treatment of Ireland by the English might be a sign of insecurity rather than confidence. With references to the World Cup, and an out-of-date plug for Simon’s history festival, there’s a lot more to talk about than just 800 years of oppression.
EP 11: Burke vs Farage
EP 10: Talk, Culture... Scones
EP 9: Poor Prods and Wandering Pronouns
The stereotypes about Irish Prods are durable, but David and Simon discuss some of the ways in which they can and should be challenged.
EP 8: You Prodded us Back
Southern Ireland, partition, prod pride and other listener notes & queries
EP 7: The Long Tail of the Phoenix
David and Simon explore why Southern Prods still seem so reluctant to talk about their identity in public.
EP 6: A Field Guide for Prod Spotters
A look at more recent history and varieties of Irish Protestant experience and outlook.
EP 5: What Have the Prods Ever Done for Us?
In which we canter through the first few centuries of Irish Protestant history and some of their legacies.
EP 4: We Do God
What did being Protestant do to our thinking about politics and the society around us in the 1980s and 1990s?
EP 3: Growing up as Prods in the 1980s
David grew up in the South, Simon in both the North and the South. What was it like being Protestant in 1980s Ireland. Why might it matter now?
EP 2: Here's to Us and Who's Like Us
Simon and David get into the details, including Simon explaining his beef with Deego.
EP 1: In Which We Try to Explain...
Simon Kingston and David Clarke explain the motivation for recording the Prodcast and why this is an interesting time to be talking about the Irish Protestant community
Welcome to The Prodcast
David Clarke and Simon Kingston try to explain what an Irish Protestant is and what this series is about.
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