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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133. Moses Rowen: Inventor - Part 2

Ep 133 is the second half of Fender's chat with inventor Moses Rowen.Inventor Moses Rowen picks up the timeline of his career talking about a low cost steriliser for medical equipment; his amount of i...

7 Jan 202550min

132. Moses Rowen: Inventor - Part 1

2025 kicks off with Fender Jackson interviewing Moses Rowen, inventor. Part one charts his schooling, early career and an overview of a piece of kit he designed for NASA!Conversation includes: introdu...

2 Jan 202544min

131. Red Roses For Me: 40th Anniversary

Ep. 131 has Fender Jackson catching punters' reactions, thoughts and favourite songs from The Pogues' 40th anniversary gig of Red Roses For Me which took place in 3 Arena, Dublin on Tuesday, 17th Dece...

25 Dec 202453min

130. Seán Lyons: Musician / Singer-Songwriter

Ep. 129 brings singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Seán Lyons from County Clare to Fender’s studio in Galway. Seán demonstrates his exceptional musicianship, performing live and engaging in an...

17 Dec 202459min

129. Dr. T. Finn & Dr. T. Varley: Inside Rural Ireland

Editors Tomás Finn and Tony Varley discuss their book, Inside Rural Ireland. They explain how rural Ireland’s success is intrinsically tied to the prosperity of the entire nation, emphasising the impo...

11 Dec 20241h 14min

128. Mark McCauley: Bosnian War

Episode 128 is a continuation of the conversation with Derry man - Director of Photographer, Mark McCauley - who talks about his experience of being in the frontlines of the Bosnian War.Conversation i...

3 Dec 202437min

127. Steve Lillywhite: Music Producer Of The Pogues

Episode 127 has Fender chatting with six times Grammy Winner, producer Steve Lillywhite who produced 'If I Should Fall From Grace With God' and 'Peace And Love' by The Pogues to commemorate the first ...

30 Nov 202453min

126. Mark McCauley: Camerman - The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

Episode 126 has Fender in conversation with Director of Photography Mark McCauley. Mark details his meteoric rise from being a musician in Derry to witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall.Conversation ...

25 Nov 202436min