Spoken Stories: The State of Us Podcast
1) Cafés by Rebecca Miller read by Susan Zelouf
A woman meditates on change and loss and becoming, when as a young artist she stayed in Florence with her boyfriend who was working there as a restorer, and their baby, and on how what happens to us i...Show More
2) Austen by Adrian Duncan read by Barry Ward
Austen, a photographer, enjoys playing golf and is a member of a club in the midlands of Ireland. He also aspires to golf-course design, an aspiration that proves to be one deemed by others to be too ...Show More
3) Sarah by Elaine Feeney read by Jeanne Nicole Ní Áinle
Sarah was assaulted two years ago. It changed her life. She lies awake beside her sleeping husband and is expecting their first child. Her day in court has arrived. There she sees her attacker, hears ...Show More
4) Money by Niamh Campbell and read by Caitríona Ennis
Lena came of age against the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger. She is reconciling the role of money in our lives having been a student unable to afford Dublin rents taking two buses and a train to UC...Show More
5) The Impasse by Irish Indian writer Cauvery Madhavan read by Dawn Bradfield
A near head on collision on a remote mountain road brings two women together who know each other since their school days, but who have been avoiding each other for years. Everyone knows these people, ...Show More
The Impasse by Irish Indian writer Cauvery Madhavan read by Dawn Bradfield
24:02 | Nov 24th, 2024
6) Father Thy Will Be Done on Earth by Melatu Uche Okorie and voiced by Gabriel Adewusi
A widower is reeling from the death of his wife. In the tradition of his Igbo tribe of Nigeria, and as a musician, he turns to proverbs and songs to make sense of what has happened and to bring peace ...Show More
Father Thy Will Be Done on Earth by Melatu Uche Okorie and voiced by Gabriel Adewusi
26:48 | Nov 17th, 2024
7) Scoilteanna le Colm Ó Snodaigh á aithris ag Marcus Lamb
Ag taisteal ó thuaidh ó Dheilginis ar an Dart, músclaítear cuimhní a bhí múchta le fada i bpaisinéir, a thapaíonn agus a shoiléiríonn le gach nóiméad dá thuras. Is machnamh é an scéal ar chuimhne, ar ...Show More
8) The Bray by Paul McVeigh voiced by Roisin Gallagher
A rare date for Julie and her husband Frankie turns sour when a toddler in the restaurant is let roam free, uncontrolled. Their own children are being minded by auntie Terry. On the way into Belfast c...Show More
9) Sorrow and Honey by Nuala O'Connor and voiced by Clare Dunne
Verity has bad physical health and her adult daughter, Lillis is trying to reach a state of mental balance. They are navigating their complicated relationship, having moved from Dublin to Dingle to st...Show More
10) A Life in Twelve Parts by Carlo Gébler voiced by Ciarán McMenamin
Early on Malachi learns that there is them and us and ways of behaving when out in the world. At seventeen he gives more cash than he need for a copy of An Phoblacht on a night out near Enniskillen. I...Show More