Kieran kicks off the podcast with a story from his GAA days, telling us how his off-pitch life as a piano player became a target during an on-pitch butting of heads.
Kieran introduces Mabel Chah, a former asylum seeker from Cameroon who has lovingly adopted Sligo as her new home. Mabel talks about the process of seeking asylum and how, after being placed in other direct provision centres elsewhere in the country, she was eventually placed in Sligo.
Mabel opens up about the circumstances that forced her to leave Cameroon and the impact it had on her family still living there. She tells us of the inspiration she found in her great-grandmother, a woman she viewed as invincible until her unfortunate passing.
The guys, along with Mabel, reflect on Mabel's debut theme night performance as part of Kieran Quinn's Theme Night #25 - The Bee Gees & the Disco Era. Mabel performed "I Will Survive" but all was not as cool and calm as it appeared from the audience!
Mabel talks about her work with the "Global Food Kitchen", a series of periodic events ran in The Model in Sligo pre-Covid. The events bring together immigrants, asylum seekers, refugees and those living in direct provision centres to cook meals from their home countries, something they are often unable to do elsewhere. The events are open to the public and people are invited to join them and experience some of their culture through their food.
Mabel performs three songs on the podcast. The first two are originals with Kieran on keys, Luke on bass guitar and Mabel on vocals. They are called "Burning Coal" and "Yassi". They guys round up with a cover of Bob Marley's "One Love" featuring the same line-up but with Kieran and Luke also singing backing vocals.
Kieran, Luke and Rory finish with some thoughts on Mabels interview and answer a question from a listener in Boston, namely...how did the podcast get its name?
