German Soup Kitchen
In the week in which Angela Merkel put the frighteners on Ireland, The Curious Ear visits a place in Germany you may imagine didn't exist: a soup kitchen for hungry Germans, the Bahnhofsmission - the ...
25 Okt 201215min
If Music Be the Food of Life, Play On
Three professional musicians go on the wards of Ireland's hospitals to make live music part of the healthcare experience, but for one, a tragic accident shows just how fragile life can be. (Part of RT...
19 Okt 201235min
Nightscapes - Fire
Four classical elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Producer, Laura Haydon makes a series of programmes from Northern Ireland recording nighttime sounds using the classical elements as themes. This i...
18 Okt 201215min
From Belief to Unbelief
In September 1980, twenty young religious men entered a seminary in Milltown in Dublin. Thirty years later, three of them tell their personal stories of a a journey from believer to unbeliever.See omn...
12 Okt 201239min
Marge: cleaning, cancer and Dolly Parton
A woman's unexpected gift from cancer: Marge was obsessed with cleaning and tidying. That all changed in 1985 when she discovered a lump on her breast. A double mastectomy and implants followed. Slowl...
11 Okt 201210min
Thank you for having me (but I think you've been had)
The brilliant hoaxer Campbell McComas and his 'career' as a bogus after-dinner speaker. He created almost 2,000 fake characters that shocked and tickled Australia for years. From ABC Radio's "Radio Ey...
5 Okt 201247min
Picking No.11 at the Prince of Wales Hotel
What happens at a Gramaphone Society meeting? In 2007, the Athlone Gramaphone Society met every Tuesday evening. They played music for each other but also, turned out to be a pretty interesting bunch ...
4 Okt 201227min
Míne Bean Uí Chribín - My Granny
One of the most provocative and colourful public figures to hit the Irish airwaves in recent decades, who died lately. Even those who clashed with her had a grudging admiration for her tenacity. (Iris...
28 Sep 201250min
