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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213. Slash Chords Explained - Bowie, Beatles & Beach Boys

In Part 1 of this two-part music special from The Ireland Podcast, Fender Jackson explores the emotional power of slash chords - also known as split chords - and how artists such as The Beatles, The B...

18 Maj 28min

212. Jonathan Kemp: Walking 4,200km for Mental Health - Leg 1

Jonathan Kemp joins The Ireland Podcast to discuss his extraordinary 4,200km Finding Peace of Mind Walk 2026 - a journey across the UK and Ireland in support of mental health awareness and recovery.St...

12 Maj 50min

211. Steve Mack 2: That Petrol Emotion - The Band That Influenced 1,000 Others

Part 2 of conversation with Steve Mack of That Petrol Emotion.In this episode, Steve goes deep on what really makes a great record - not just what you hear, but the space between the notes. From the g...

5 Maj 46min

210. Steve Mack 1: That Petrol Emotion to R.E.M. and Nirvana

A wide-ranging and thoughtful conversation with the lead singer of one of Ireland’s most seminal bands, looking back on origins, identity, and the winding path of a life in music. He reflects on early...

28 Apr 1h 13min

209. Graham Linehan: Writer, Journalist & Activist - Part 2

In this episode of The Ireland Podcast, writer Graham Linehan joins for a wide-ranging, long-form conversation.The discussion covers a career in comedy, including the creation of Father Ted, along wit...

20 Apr 1h 5min

208. Graham Linehan: Writer, Journalist & Activist - Part 1

Part 1 of a long-form conversation with Graham Linehan on The Ireland Podcast.The conversation moves quickly into the activism and controversies that have come to define Graham Linehan’s public life i...

14 Apr 43min

207. Bill Laswell - Producer

In this long-form conversation, producer and musician Bill Laswell reflects on the making of Album, the 1986 record by Public Image Ltd.Laswell discusses how the project came together in New York, rec...

4 Mars 53min

206. Steve Vai: Guitarist - Part Two

Steve Vai returns for Part Two of this special conversation marking the 40th anniversary of Public Image Ltd’s Album. Because we don’t have a licence to play the record in the episode itself, listener...

3 Feb 1h 2min