The Prodcast

Episod

• 
  EP 16: A Prodcast First: David and Simon meet Neale Richmond 18.09.2026 1j

  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 07.09.2026 53min

  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 27.08.2026 36min

  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 20.08.2026 37min

  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 13.08.2026 39min

  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 With references to the World Cup, and an out-of-date plug for Simon’s history festival, there’s a lot more to talk about than just 800 years of oppression.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 05.08.2026 36min
• 
  EP 10: Talk, Culture... Scones 31.07.2026 36min
• 
  EP 9: Poor Prods and Wandering Pronouns 24.07.2026 37min

  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 17.07.2026 38min

  Southern Ireland, partition, prod pride and other listener notes & queries
• 
  EP 7: The Long Tail of the Phoenix 10.07.2026 30min

  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 03.07.2026 37min

  A look at more recent history and varieties of Irish Protestant experience and outlook.
• 
  EP 5: What Have the Prods Ever Done for Us? 26.06.2026 31min

  In which we canter through the first few centuries of Irish Protestant history and some of their legacies.
• 
  EP 4: We Do God 26.06.2026 29min

  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 19.06.2026 35min

  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 19.06.2026 25min

  Simon and David get into the details, including Simon explaining his beef with Deego.
• 
  EP 1: In Which We Try to Explain... 13.06.2026 26min

  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 12.06.2026 9min

  David Clarke and Simon Kingston try to explain what an Irish Protestant is and what this series is about.