Brendan O'Connor Podcast
1) The Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday papers are Dr. Laura Bambrick, Social Policy Officer, ICTU; Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at the University of Galway; Ellen Coyne, Political Correspondent with th...Show More
2) “I slept on a Cambodian pool table for a month” - Baz Ashmawy
Actor and broadcaster Baz Ashmawy joined Brendan to talk about first discovering funk and disco in Cairo, backpacking, the return of his TV shows ‘The Money List’, ‘DIY SOS: The Big Build’ and ‘Faithl...Show More
3) The Watchlist
Michael Doherty, RTE Guide Movies Editor and Arts journalist Zara Hedderman join Brendan to preview the film and TV highlights of the week.
4) As Taylor Swift’s frenemies decode her latest album for shade – music journalist Jenn Gannon gives us her view.
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll know that Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl was released on Friday. As Swift is famous for using her lyrics to settle old scores, journali...Show More
5) Caring for your eyes as you age with Opthalmic surgeon, Kirk Stephenson
Do discount shop reading glasses harm your eyes? Does staring at screens really harm our eyesight? If you need glasses to eat a meal, is something wrong? Kirk Stephenson, consultant ophthalmic surg...Show More
6) "I filmed my mother, drunk and asleep on a public bench” - Myrid Carten, filmmaker
Donegal-born visual artist Myrid Carten has made her first feature-length film, ‘A Want In Her’, chronicling her mother Nuala’s mental illness and alcoholism journey. She offers a behind the scenes lo...Show More
7) Manchán Magan's final interview
Author and Broadcaster Manchán Magan joins Brendan to open-up about his widespread cancer, his disdain for pity, drinking his own urine in the Himalayas, the curse of being a writer and his latest boo...Show More
8) Remembering Manchán Magan: “He didn’t fear death, like the rest of us”
Just three weeks after Manchán Magan’s remarkable final interview with Brendan, two of Manchán Magan’s friends, Blindboy Boatclub and Liam Ó Maonlaí, pay tribute to the writer, documentary-maker, and ...Show More
9) “Swedes are like Dubs: they have notions!”
Scandanavia is an increasingly popular holiday destination, but its different countries sometimes merge into one in our imagination. So Stockholm-based Irish journalist, Philip O’Connor, gave Brendan...Show More
10) A soda bread masterclass with Darina Allen
Chef, writer and co-founder of Ballymalloe Cookery School gives Brendan a lesson in making traditional Irish soda bread, which she claims is baked from start to finish in less than 30 minutes. She cov...Show More