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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180. Kathryn Callaghan: Artist

Episode 180 Fine Artist Kathryn Callaghan chats with Fender Jackson from her home in County Down on Thursday 26th June 2025.Conversation includes: introductions; Kathryn’s journey towards being an art...

2 Juli 20251h 5min

179. Wayne McCullough: World Boxing Champion

Episode 179. Wayne McCullough, Ireland's first and only Irish male boxer in history to ever win a WBC world title, chats with Fender Jackson from his base in Las Vegas on Monday 30th June 2025.Convers...

1 Juli 20251h 6min

178. Gary Lineker & Anna: Podcaster & Footballer

How did it come to pass that Gary Lineker - former England football captain, Match of the Day presenter, and co-founder of one of the UK’s biggest podcast production companies - would give his first i...

30 Juni 202529min

177. Lord Chris Patten: The Patten Report

Lord Patten chats with Fender Jackson in his London home on Wednesday 18th June 2025.Lord Patten has held several prominent roles, including Governor of Hong Kong, European Commissioner for External R...

25 Juni 20251h 8min

176. Daoirí Farrell: Traditional Singer & Musician

Episode 176 Musician Daoirí Farrell chats with Fender Jackson in Galway when he was performing as part of the Galway Folk Festival on 7th June 2025.Conversation includes: a performance of 'Foggy Dew';...

25 Juni 20251h

175. Bloomsday Special: Davy Byrnes Pub

Ep. 175 is almost a Bloomsday 2025 Part Two episode as Fender Jackson recorded a jovial jigsaw of Joycean jabber from outside Davy Byrne's Bar, 21 Duke St, Dublin, D02 K380 on Bloomsday, Monday 16th J...

24 Juni 202557min

174. Bloomsday Special: Croke Park Skyline Tour

Episode 174 is a marriage of two of Ireland’s cultural icons: James Joyce and Croke Park. Recorded on Bloomsday 2025, Fender speaks with Croke Park’s Gerry McGarry and Joycean tour guides Jerome Corby...

23 Juni 202536min

173. Chelsea Hoy & Mark Howard: Trinity Irish Dance Company

Episode 173 Chelsea Hoy and Mark Howard from Trinity Irish Dance Company chat with Fender Jackson from Chicago, USA on Monday 9th June 2025.Conversation includes: introductions; formation of Trinity I...

18 Juni 20251h 19min