Olaf Tyaransen began his writing career submitting film reviews to the Galway Advertiser. He began contributing to Hot Press in 1991, and has since gone on to establish a national profile as one of Ireland’s most adventurous and controversial writers.
In 2010, he published Selected Recordings: 2000-2010, his fifth book, which included inteviews with pop icon Lady Gaga, Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner and Irish legends U2, Shane MacGowan and Sinéad O’Connor.
We talk about how his writing career began and developed; moving to Dublin in his 20s, enjoying the scene and the drugs; standing for election for the Cannabis Legalisation Party; his phone being bugged; the art of interviewing; asking tough questions; the as yet unfulfilled ambition of writing the great Irish novel and loads more.
You can follow Olaf on Twitter – @OlafTyaransen – and follow the show @738ampod
