POPULARITY
It used to be worth $10/kg to farmers in the 80's, now farmers are throwing it into gullies to dispose of the waste product. The world's natural and renewable fibre needs a desperate lifeline, but our guests in this week's Opinion Maker can see the light on the horizon of consumer change & urge farmers to hold on. To watch the show, visit www.sarahscountry.com Subscribe to Sarah's Country on the podcast and if you love us, please leave a review! Contact the show: sarah@sarahscountry.com Follow Sarah's Country on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahscountry Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahscountry
Declan O'Sullivan, Ray Cosgrove, and Oisín McConville preview the All-Ireland football final with Mike Quirke. In association with Renault, official car partner of the GAA. - Big match routing: throwing teabags on the bus - Fenton the Dublin engine. Is Jack Barry the man to dismantle? - Who does Tom O'Sullivan pick up? - Cooper the best defender in the country? Does he take Clifford? - Dublin's player-driven approach - Must Shane Ryan go long? - Dubs fantastic but not robots - the five-in-a-row factor - Do Kerry go for broke? - The Gough question. The best ref. But has the controversy helped Kerry?
The country saw a huge surge in investment after the global financial crisis but this has brought huge domestic debt and slower growth. Tom O'Sullivan, the FT's deputy analysis editor, asks Shanghai bureau chief Gabriel Wildau and global China editor James Kynge what impact this is having on daily life. Produced by Anna Dedhar. Image by Dreamstime See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
'among school children' by Peter Ackroyd read by Tom O'Sullivan. 'among school children' first appeared in the collection 'The Diversions of Purley' published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd in 1987. A transcript is not available. More from Tom O'Sullivan can be found at https://www.themoderninstitute.com/artists/joanne-tatham-tom-o-sullivan
Tom O'Sullivan talks to the FT's west Africa correspondent Tom Burgis about what the atmosphere is like in the Niger Delta as president Goodluck Jonathan gears up to revealing whether or not he will stand for re-election in January, and, whether or not Goodluck has so far kept his promise to bring peace to the area, allowing for free and fair elections. Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this week’s podcast: We look at Obama’s Oval Office address marking the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and to his White House dinner to mark the beginning of a new round of Middle East talks. We hear from the FT’s west Africa correspondent about the preparations for the presidential elections in the Niger Delta and we look at the brutal violence unleashed in Mexico by the country’s war on drugs. Presented by Gideon Rachman with the FT's international affairs editor David Gardner, Middle East and Africa news editor, David Blair and Latin America editor John Paul Rathbone. Down the line: Tom O'Sullivan interviews the FT's west Africa correspondent Tom Burgis in Bayelsa. Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this week's podcast: We ask whether Cameron's trip to India to build business and commerce relationships has been a success; we ask whether Paul Kagame is likely to hold on to his role as president in the upcoming elections in Rwanda; we ask what the sentencing of former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch means for the people of Cambodia; we look at the disappearing marshlands of Louisiana. Presented by Tom O'Sullivan with David Blair in the studio. Down the line: James Lamont in New Delhi, Harvey Morris in New Orleans. Khmer Rouge report: Helen Warrell Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In the podcast: We ask whether the 75,000 leaked documents covering the period 2004 to 2009 will have any impact on the Obama administration and its Afghan strategy. Presented by Tom O'Sullivan, the FT's assistant world news editor, with James Blitz the FT's defence and diplomatic editor. Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Guinea is preparing for its first competitive election since 1958. Tom O'Sullivan, the FT's assistant world news editor asks Tom Burgis, the FT's West Africa correspondent, what we can expect this weekend. Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this week's podcast we look at the appointment of Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard. We ask, what went wrong with Kevin Rudd's leadership and what can we expect from his successor? Also up for discussion is the prompt sacking of US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal. We ask, what does this action reveal about the Obama administration? And finally we look forward to the upcoming G20 meeting in Toronto this weekend. Presented by Tom O'Sullivan with Helen Warrell, the FT's Asia page editor, Peter Smith, the FT's Australian and Pacific correspondent, Richard McGregor the FT's deputy news editor and down the line Dan Dombey the FT's US diplomatic correspondent. Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.