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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109. Paul Sanders: Digital Music Pioneer

Episode 109 has Fender Jackson in London conversing with Paul Sanders, a former employer of Fender’s, who has been at the forefront of online music since the early 1990s. This conversation tracks Paul...

26 Sep 202434min

108. Paula Quinn: Artist

Episode 108 has Fender Jackson in a conversation tracking Paula Quinn’s journey as a teacher from Ballymacnab, County Armagh to being an artist in Omagh, County Tyrone via around the world!Conversatio...

25 Sep 20241h 1min

107. Game Of Thrones Studio Tour

Episode 107 has Fender Jackson doing a walkabout in the Game Of Thrones Studio Tour in Banbridge, County Down. You’ll be able to hear how Fender is amazed by this jewel in Ireland’s cinematic crown. S...

22 Sep 202443min

106. Terri Hooley: Good Vibrations - Part 2

Episode 104 is the concluding part of a conversation between Fender Jackson and Terri Hooley of Good Vibrations shop, label and film fame.Conversation includes: grief; the fire in North Arcade; winnin...

19 Sep 202446min

105. Stuart Neville: Author - Part 2

Episode 105 is the conclusion of the conversation between Fender Jackson and his childhood friend, the author Stuart Neville.Conversation includes: finances; TV series; Limitless; Alan Glynn; Blue Lig...

17 Sep 202440min

104. Terri Hooley: Good Vibrations - Part 1

Episode 104 is the first part of a conversation between Fender Jackson and Terri Hooley of Good Vibrations shop, label and film fame.Conversation includes: (re)introductions; Terri’s health; moving fr...

16 Sep 20241h 6min

103. Stuart Neville: Author - Part 1

Episode 103 is very much a continuation on from Episode 100 and 101 with Fender chatting with his childhood friend, fellow musician and award winning writer Stuart Neville.Conversation includes: (re)i...

11 Sep 202446min

102. Linda Ervine MBE: Bainisteoir Turas

Episode 102 is the strengthening of bridges that unites these groups of islands through a cross-community conversation between Linda Ervine agus An Feannadóir (and Fender Jackson). NB The first couple...

9 Sep 20241h 15min