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Tales of the Irish Diaspora. We all come from somewhere else. Find out more and subscribe to us at www.plasticpodcasts.com
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Michael Flavin – The Many Small Steps of Birmingham Irishness
Feb 16, 202400:56:32Tap to summarizeThe proud possessor of three masters degrees and two doctorates, Michael Flavin is a Reader in Global Education in the African Leadership Centre at King’s College London. He is the author of two books on technology enhanced learning, two on nineteenth-century literature, and two novels. The first of these, One Small Step, tells the tale of a Birmingham Irish boy and the aftermath of the pub bombings of 1974. He’s also an open, incisive and entertaining interviewee. Plus John Merrigan and Danielle Morgan (aka Fatdan) raise two unique Plastic Pedestals
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Fatdan Fables - John and Danielle Sing Songs of Behan and Beyond
Oct 20, 202301:02:14Tap to summarizeJohn Merrigan and Danielle Morgan – aka fatdan productions – take a break between rehearsals to tell us about their lives, their love and their latest play (with music): “Brendan, Son Of Dublin.” Theirs is a journey that takes us from Dublin and Tipperary to London and Liverpool via Dubai, from working a life surrounded by books and theatre to the oil industry, from the BRIT School to the police. They talk about Wilde and Lynott and the centenary of Behan, about musicals for people who don’t like musicals and reveal the mystery of “fatdan”. Plus, Emma O’Rourke places Sinead…
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Emma O'Rourke: Painting Memories in Light and Shade (and Knicker Pink)
Jul 27, 202300:56:36Tap to summarizeLondon-born artist Emma O’Rourke uses her own personal archive – and those of other people and institutions – to negotiate that most Irish of concerns: memory and remembrance. Whether sourcing family photos, the recollections of strangers or museum artefacts, her abstractions are both warm and bold. We talk about the effects of interpreting memory along with family, class, holidays and the “best colour”. Plus Declan McSweeney raises James “Big Jim” Larkin onto The Plastic Pedestal.
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Declan McSweeney: The Trials of the International Local Journalist
May 19, 202300:54:57Tap to summarizeDeclan McSweeney has over twenty five years experience as a local correspondent and writer on either side of the water. As a journalist with the Offaly Express he covered the disappearance – still unsolved – of Fiona Pender, before working both with the Romford Recorder and as a freelance columnist across England. He tells of the changes in regional press, the differences between Irish and English methods and the barriers now facing him and other European journalists when trying to report outside of London. Plus Mick Ord raises his Aunt Phyllis onto The Plastic Pedestal
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Mick Ord: Adoption, Discovery and The Power of Memory
Feb 16, 202301:03:50Tap to summarizeJournalist, Media Consultant, Producer and Podcaster, Mick Ord is a legend among the broadcast press of Merseyside. A former head of BBC Radio Merseyside, he has covered such events as Heysel, Hillsborough, the Warrington bomb and Liverpool’s successful bid for Capital of Culture. He was NUJ Regional Journalist of the Year in 1990 for his…
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Ronan MacManus: Bible Code Sundays Among The Irish Of London
Dec 8, 202200:54:27Tap to summarizeSinger songwriter and family historian Ronan MacManus is the son of Ross and brother of Declan (aka Elvis Costello) but more importantly is something of a legend among the Diaspora of London and the South East, with his band Bible Code Sundays and their anthem Maybe It’s Because I’m An Irish Londoner. We talk family…
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Chia Phoenix - Getting To "Gwan": Celtic and Caribbean Connections
Dec 1, 202200:52:44Tap to summarizeActor, writer, director, mentor, spiritual advisor, activist…the list of Chia Phoenix’s roles in life goes on and on. In her own words, she is a “Jack of All Trades, Master of All”. She brings a new and vital perspective to our podcasts as we talk about the historical and linguistic connections between the Caribbean and…
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John Wardle, aka Jah Wobble: Putting Some Food On It With A London-Irish Geezer
Nov 24, 202200:49:59Tap to summarizeBass player with the original line-up of Public Image Limited, alongside John Lydon and Keith Levene, John Wardle – dubbed “Jah Wobble” by Sid Vicious -went on to front Invaders Of The Heart, worked on the London Underground during lean years and returned to music to work with – amongst others – Brian Eno, Delores…
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Josie O'Driscoll: Holocaust, Independence And The Future For Travellers In Herts
Nov 17, 202200:52:32Tap to summarizeThe only Irish Traveller to found and head a Gypsy And Traveller Exchange, Josephine (“Josie”) O’Driscoll talks visits to holocaust sites in Krakow, education, family and her hopes for community ownership among Gypsies, Romani and Travellers. Plus John Lee of Irish Stew Podcast raises author Peter Quinn onto The Plastic Pedestal
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John Lee and Martin Nutty - Irish Stew: The Word From New York
Nov 3, 202200:53:07Tap to summarizeA journey across the Atlantic to meet two podcasting contemporaries making their own aural journeys across the Global Irish community. John Lee and Martin Nutty have just marked their half-century of interviews and to celebrate, we talk the difference between the diasporas in the UK and the US, the Connemara Patch, Kennedy, stereotypes and voices.…
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