The Ireland Podcast24 Juli 2024

86. Malachi O'Doherty: Author & Journalist

Episode 86 is a conversation between Fender Jackson and a voice of reason which kept him company for years when he was in China, the writer Malachi O’Doherty.

Conversation includes: introductions; early career; (re)visiting India; Libya; each generation settles for its own normality; Fender listening habits in China; Fender and Malachi’s comparative experiences in Asia; experiencing The Emergency in India; how living so far from Ireland and being isolated can alter one’s perspective on identity; David Porter, advisor to Archbishop Justin Welby; ECONI; the notion of the Catholic minority being lorded over by Protestant majority in Northern Ireland no longer being a threat; being employed to have an opinion; Talkback; Cityweek; Hearts & Minds; Ian Knox; Jamie Bryson; Stephen Nolan; Frank Mitchell; the symbiotic relationship of clickbait media; Tucker Carlson; what would a New Ireland look like and how could we all arrive there without provoking another civil war; a socialist Ireland; Seamus Mallon; Brexit; being a “three strander”; Henry McDonald; European Union; The Moon; the continued divided society and how that is enshrined within the Good Friday Agreement (GFA); the anomaly of looking for an United Ireland without trying to unite Catholics and Protestants; a Unionist Donbas; Mo Mowlem Secretary of State for Northern Ireland during GFA; integrated education; the Peace Walls in Belfast; 12th July Celebrations; Anthony Buckley; mixed marriages; wall murals; Malachi’s mystical experience; yoga, meditation and enlightenment; Margaret Elizabeth Noble (Sister Nivedita) from Dungannon, Co. Tyrone; Swami Vivekananda and other topics.

Relevant Links

http://www.malachiwithaneye.co.uk

Additional Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)

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BBC Talkback

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