{"podcast":{"title":"Education Nation","slug":"education-nation-6810585","podcast_index_feed_id":6810585,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/stateofthenation/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/stateofthenation","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/stateofthenation/20260119_100154_cd68321b9e6870de0c4a919631042489.jpg","author":"State of the Nation","episode_count":26,"summary":"Education Nation is a new podcast for 2026 brought to you by the Irish Catholic. Hosted by Nicky Cuddihy, we have lined up a host of fascinating guests who have intriguing stories to tell about their own career journeys and their role within the Irish education system. As we hear their stories, we hope that the podcast will help us develop a better understanding of the complexity and the richness and the diversity that make our education system so unique, and our schools and teachers so highly valued.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T18:21:32.232884+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585"},"episode":{"title":"State of the Nation: Why the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality was hijacked by NGO’s and citizens were “railroaded” into supporting Gender Identity ideology","slug":"state-of-the-nation-why-the-citizens-assembly-on-gender-equality-was-hijacked-by-ngo-s-and-citizens-were-railroaded-into-supporting-gender-identity-ideology","published_at":"2024-04-12T06:30:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-why-the-citizens-assembly-on-gender-equality-was-hijacked-by-ngo-s-and-citizens-were-railroaded-into-supporting-gender-identity-ideology","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/stateofthenation/1433107","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/255486/1433107/stateofthenation/2024_04_11_15_48_06_4e20244e-be6e-4df8-bc25-7da9d9d1db71.mp3","summary":"A Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality could be reasonably expected to deliberate on the term “gender” but this did not happen. The Assembly changed the term “gender” to “gender identity” and this route was taken without open deliberation or discussion with the 99 citizen members. Academic and writer Colette Colfer argues that we are in 1984 territory as she argues while words like diversity are used there is actually no diversity of opinion or thought in these groups and people are often afraid to express their opinions. “There’s shaming, cancelling and ostracising” says Colette. Hosts Michael Kelly and David Quinn also examine why there is so much fear in Ireland’s university campuses where debate is being stifled and speakers shamed and cancelled.","meta_description":"A Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality could be reasonably expected to deliberate on the term “gender” but this did not happen. The Assembly changed the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1677,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/education-nation-6810585/episodes/state-of-the-nation-why-the-citizens-assembly-on-gender-equality-was-hijacked-by-ngo-s-and-citizens-were-railroaded-into-supporting-gender-identity-ideology/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/state-of-the-nation-why-the-citizens-assembly-on-gender-equality-was-hijacked-by-ngo-s-and-citizens-were-railroaded-into-supporting-gender-identity-ideology.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}