BeyondNI

Matt and James chat about Boris' resignation, possible new PMs and how Religion effects NI Politics

James explains to Matt the importance of all party groups when the assembly is down and why they may be NI's last bastion of democracy

Matt and James chat about the Election results, the fallout from the election and the recent 'planters' controversy

Matt and James chat through the recent poll results, party manifestos and our final predictions

Matt & James have a chat about the party broadcasts for the 2022 assembly election.

Matt and James look at what a good and bad day would like for each party the upcoming assembly election

Since we've hit 50, Matt and James interview each about why they got into politics

Matt & James chat about the possible factions in NI political parties with the news of the Donaldson-Beattie meeting

Matt and James chat through the recent SDLP woes, how the integrated education bill is doing and lobbying in NI.

Matt & James explain the consequences of the Executive collapse and whether a lot of policy is good.

Matt & James chat about the recent twitter controversy around Doug Beattie and Sinn Fein as well as a bit of social media chat and the Ukraine crisis

Back with a 2022 podcast! Matt and James catch up, discussing Double Jobbing in Stormont, what green politics looks like in NI and the Integrated education bill.

Matt and James talk through how the SDLP have done in the last year, the Abortion vote and Anti-future politics

Matt and James look at the UUP a year on, casement park and the NI bill of rights

Matt and James chat through the Lucidtalk Poll results, how the Alliance have done in the last year and twitter engagement

Matt and James chat with Morgan Shuttleworth about his role as President of SSUNI

Matt & James chat with Dermot Hamill about his last year has been with YouthVoice NI and SSUNI

In the second part, Matt and James look at how Sinn Fein have done in the past year (Matt also rants about the Stonewall podcast that gained attention in the last week)

James and Matt look review the last year for the DUP, asking where things went wrong and where they are going

Matt and James chat about the restriction reasoning, the effects of brexit and AUKUS.

Matt and James chat about their thoughts on the High Street Voucher, the Autism Bill passing its second stage and possible Healthcare Investment

James and Matt chat about the most recent Lucidtalk polls, looking at what it means for parties and politicains. They also look at SF's new MLAs and chat about the most recent policy developments in the new Stormont term.

James and Matt discuss Sinn Fein's change up in the Foyle, their thoughts on Co-option in Stormont and the situation in Crimea

James and Matt chat about the NI Media, DoH's accounting errors, Afghanistan and the increasing prices of Houses in NI

Matt and James chat about the media coverage of results day, Maskey leaving Stormont and the recently released Climate Report

Matt and James chat about the last couple of weeks in NI politics including Tenancy Bill, Adoption reform and UUP Resignation

James and Matt do their first ever in-person podcast!

Matt and James chat about Donaldson's effect on NI politics, the Donegal Brick crisis and how Biden has done so far

Matt and James talk through how technocracy, populism and technopopulism effect NI politics

James and Matt chat about the new ministerial announcements, NI Protocol developments and our new beef with the Daily Telegraph

James and Matt chat with Stewart Dickson about Alliance's Green New Deal and what it could mean for NI.

James and Matt tackle the unreported issue of NI water and why it may become one of NI's new biggest issues

Matt and James chat about the two new party leaders in NI (Poots and Beattie) along with the new housing bill being introduced in the south and the climate change policy which is happening in NI

Matt and James talk discuss the recent turbulence in NI politics along with looking at the recent Scottish and English elections

Matt and James chat with Nicola Brogan (MLA for Sinn Féin) about a proposed Violence against Women and Girls Strategy and how it may help the north.

Matt and James chat about the last fews weeks of NI and international politics. Talking about the ESL, the South's Quarantine Hotels, Belfast Riots, the Gay Conversion therapy ban and Technopopulism.

Matt and James chat with Ben Harper from Pivotal about the Brain Drain in NI

James and Matt chat with Matthew O'Toole of SDLP about his APG on press freedom and sustainability

James and Matt chat with Claire Sugden about her career as an independent MLA, NI tourism and a gender-centric assembly

Matt and James chat with Matthew Taylor of PureMental about the need for improved mental health services in schools and how schools need to approach things differently

James and Matt chat about what's been happening with BeyondNI, how the Abortion bill got through the Stormont vote and how the tories want to change the protest laws

Matt and James chat with Oisin about the progress of SDLP youth, Trains and NI infrastructure

Matt and James chat with Robbie Butler about his private member's bill which looks to protect emergency responders from PTSD

James and Matt chat with Aoife from 50:50NI about her organisation, how to acheive 50:50 in stormont and women in politics.

Matt and James chat to Uniting UK about the constitutional questions from the persepctive of the Union. This is the second part of the two part series with the first part being our interview with Colin Harvey of Ireland's future.

(Part 1 of 2) Matt and James chat with Colin Harvey, a part of Ireland's Future, about the constitutional questions from the position of a United Ireland. This is part of a two part series, tomorrow we will release the second part of the series with Uniting UK, talking through the position of the Union.

James and Matt chat to Sarah, creator of the PoliticsMadeSimple instagram page, about her perseptives on politics, Stephen Nolan and Instagram.

James and Matt interview Glyn Roberts from RetailNI about his thoughts on the government response to COVID-19, where retail will go post-pandemic and Brexit.

We would additionally like to thank Feedspot for placing us in the top 50 of UK political podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_politics_podcasts/

This week, Matt chats with Patrick Brown (of UBILab NI), looking indepth at UBI. Going over how it might be implemented in NI and what it would look like in practice.

This week Matt and James interview Diarmuid Hamill (founder of Youth Voice), discussing how schools have coped with COVID, best interview and how to talk to politicians