# How the culture wars spread to Ireland

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Podcast: [In The News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-news-4008521)
Published: 2026-08-25T09:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/in-the-news/episodes/natalie-mcnally-murder
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## Resource

This episode was originally published in March 2026. In his new documentary Amplified: The Exportation of the Culture Wars, director Mike Sheridan explores the profound influence of toxic discourse in the United States on the rest of the world – and in particular, Ireland. Through interviews and examples he shows how, with the amplification of social media, legitimate grievance can bloom into conspiracist, and how easily performance, paranoia, and power intertwine. As Irish Times reviewer Tara Brady notes, the film which “begins as a study of toxic discourse in the United States expands into a sobering excavation of recent unrest in Dublin. The riots of November 2023, along with the persistence of aggressive anti-immigrant demonstrations, are presented as symptoms of a transnational malaise”. Sheridan explains to In the News how he made the documentary, how imported misinformation can gain such a powerful hold, and why high-profile US commentators including Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes became so invested in the Dublin riots without any apparent factual knowledge of what occurred. Amplified: The Exportation of the Culture Wars is available to rent on Apple TV and other digital platforms Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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