The Ireland Podcast

About the Podcast

The Ireland Podcast is a long-form interview series creating space for unhurried conversation about life on the island of Ireland and beyond.

The Conversations

Hosted by Fender Jackson and produced by Salthill Media, the podcast centres on listening rather than argument. Each episode features a single guest and allows time for reflection, context, and experience to emerge naturally. Guests include artists, musicians, writers, athletes, broadcasters, historians, and cultural figures whose work or perspective offers insight into place, memory, and lived experience.

There is no political or religious agenda. The podcast does not seek to persuade, promote, or argue a position. Instead, it exists as a space for careful dialogue, where complexity is allowed and difference is approached with curiosity rather than confrontation.

The Host

Fender Jackson grew up in Ulster and later lived in England and China before returning to Ireland and settling in Galway, where most episodes are now recorded. These experiences inform a listening-led, exploratory approach shaped by distance as well as proximity, and by an awareness of how place, movement, and memory intersect.

Approach

The Ireland Podcast approaches the island as a shared, lived place - shaped by multiple histories, traditions, communities, and viewpoints. In a post-conflict society, conversation itself has value. The podcast recognises the role that respectful dialogue, storytelling, and careful questioning can play in fostering empathy and understanding.

Over time, it becomes an informal record of conversations about the island and its many expressions, offered quietly and without prescription.

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Episoder(229)

77. Bloomsday 2024: Part 2 - Drumcondra Performances

Episode 77 is also dedicated to Gerry Enright, Kerryman, lover of life, literature and Dublin, with us from March 19, 1960 to July 8, 2019.Episode 77 is the final instalment of Bloomsweek 2024 (or sho...

21 Jun 20241h 27min

76. Prof. Orla Muldoon: Professor Of Psychology

Episode 76 is the result of a recommendation from Paul Muldoon that Fender Jackson interviews University of Limerick's Orla Muldoon - no relation - and this is exactly what occurred.Warning: Conversat...

20 Jun 20241h 16min

75. Jack L: All Round Music Man - Part 1

Episode 75 is the first part of a conversation between Jack L aka Jack Lukeman and Fender Jackson as he completes his 'Echo On' tour in Town Hall Theatre, Galway.Conversation includes introductions: D...

19 Jun 202435min

74. Bloomsday 2024: Part 1 - Drumcondra Interviews

Episode 74 is dedicated to Gerry Enright, Kerryman, lover of life, literature and Dublin, with us from March 19, 1960 to July 8, 2019.Episode 74 features guest interviewer Jerome Corby as he chats wit...

18 Jun 202448min

73. Jo Hamill: Gutter Words

Episode 73 is a continuation of Bloomsweek as Fender Jackson interrogates an unsuspecting Jo Hamill just as she completes the installation of her ‘Gutter Words: Art Exhibition’ in the James Joyce Cent...

14 Jun 20246min

72. James Joyce Centre: A Tour With Dr. Josh Q. Newman

Episode 72 takes us to the James Joyce Centre at 35 North Great George’s Street, Dublin where Fender Jackson is given a tour by Dr. Josh Q. Newman. The centre was built in 1784 for Valentine Brown, 1s...

13 Jun 202441min

71. Prof. Brian Arkins: James Joyce & Aedín Moloney

Episode 71 continues with the celebrations of Bloomsweek with another upcycling of an episode recorded in 2023 for The Galway Podcast - this time with Professor Brian Arkins. Brian is a Professor Emer...

12 Jun 202459min

70. Aedín Moloney: Molly Bloom, James Joyce & Paddy Moloney

Episode 70 is a continuation of the celebration of Bloomsweek with an upcycled conversation recorded in 2023 for The Galway Podcast between Fender Jackson and Aedín Moloney about her one woman product...

11 Jun 202444min