Handing the conscience of the world over to a king who has his shoelaces ironed

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of transferring moral authority to a monarch.

What does the world look like when the world has turned away? On Free State today we ask about the loss of faith that will echo through the generations following the genocide in Gaza. We examine how leaders failed and are left taking comfort in the circus of a visit from a king to the court of Donald Trump. We also wonder how far someone can let themselves go that they don't iron their shoelaces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe Brolly, Dion Fanning

Topics covered

• conscience
• monarchy
• politics
• sports
• world affairs

Keywords

• conscience
• king
• politics
• world
• authority

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