Zoe Holohan : Honeymoon tragedy (revisit)
Topics covered : Tragic death, complex grief, severe injuries, PTSD.This is my conversation with the incredible Zoe Holohan from March 2021.On the 23rd of July 2018, Zoe and her husband Brian were on ...
20 Jul 0s
The true cost of cheap food : Kenneth Keavey, Green Earth Organics
Topics covered : Vulnerability, heritage, organic farming, biodiversity, food waste, value, climate, connection.This week's guest is Kenneth Keavey, co-founder of Green Earth Organics, one of Ireland...
17 Jul 49min
Great Blasket island : Real Take
No electricity. No hot water. The best sleep of her life.In this week's Real Take, taken from my recent conversation with public historian and author Lesley Bond, we explore what it was really like to...
13 Jul 14min
Lesley Bond: Life on the Great Blasket
Topics covered: island life, living without modern comforts, heritage, community, postnatal depression, writing and healing.This week, I’m joined by public historian and author Lesley Bond.In 2019, ...
9 Jul 1h 18min
Helen Ogbu : Community is everything
Topics covered : her upbringing, her late husband, grief, mourning, rebuilding her life, fostering, community, belonging and public service. This week, I'm joined by Helen Ogbu - Labour councillor, ...
2 Jul 56min
Bardic storytelling with Aindrias de Staic
In this weeks Real Take from my conversation with musician, performer and storyteller Aindrias de Staic...he talks about the ancient Irish bardic storytelling tradition and why play is so good for our...
29 Jun 25min
Aindrias de Staic : The Wildness Within
Topics covered : ADHD, addiction, recovery, nature, bardic storytelling, performing.My guest this week is musician, performer and storyteller Aindrias de Staic, who many of you will know online as 'Sm...
25 Jun 1h 26min
The Raw Reality of Grief : Tara Rafter
In this week's Real Take, Tara Rafter reflects on her mother's final days living with COPD and the heartbreak of saying goodbye to the woman who had been her anchor throughout life.If this excerpt r...
22 Jun 10min
