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Brendan O'ConnorThe Newspaper PanelJoining Dearbhail to dissect the Sunday papers are Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Professor of Politics at the school of Law and Government, DCU, Kate English, Chief Economist for Deloitte, Philip Ryan, Head of Content with the Sunday Times, and Novelist, Catherine Prasifka2025-06-2254 min
Moncrieff HighlightsHow Italian Brainrot is making ideology digestible for childrenYou might have heard of ‘Ballerina Cappuccina’ or ‘Chimpanzini Bananini’ on your TikTok feed, and if you haven’t, well then that's a good sign. It means you’ve escaped ‘Italian Brainrot’... for now anyways.These characters are as silly as they sound. They come from the new generative AI meme that is sweeping across social media and being consumed by children. But, is a ballerina with a cappuccino as a head really that innocent?Guest host Tom Dunne is joined by Catherine Prasifka, author and writer-in-residence for Maynooth University to discuss.2025-06-0310 minMoncrieff HighlightsHow Italian Brainrot is making ideology digestible for childrenYou might have heard of ‘Ballerina Cappuccina’ or ‘Chimpanzini Bananini’ on your TikTok feed, and if you haven’t, well then that's a good sign. It means you’ve escaped ‘Italian Brainrot’... for now anyways.These characters are as silly as they sound. They come from the new generative AI meme that is sweeping across social media and being consumed by children. But, is a ballerina with a cappuccino as a head really that innocent?Guest host Tom Dunne is joined by Catherine Prasifka, author and writer-in-residence for Maynooth University to discuss.2025-06-0310 min
The Irish Itinerary Podcast57. Catherine Prasifka in conversation with Dilâra Yilmaz (13 February 2025)In her conversation with Dilâra Yilmaz, Catherine Prasifka discusses her latest novel This Is How You Remember It (2024). She talks about the use of the second person; how the internet is becoming more and more entangled in life, a slow change that is difficult to track; how this entanglement manifests in the novel form and is mediated through text; shame; the connection and disconnection that the internet can bring; being a novelist; and the importance of arts subsidisation. www.efacis.eu2025-02-1346 min
I Think You Should ReadSteve O'Rourke thinks you should read My Name is RedSteve O’Rourke is the author of the acclaimed memoir “And A Bang on the Ear”. He chats to us about our second Nobel Prize winner of the season, the experimental Turkish novel, My Name Is Red. Book recommendations this week! Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck The List by Yomi Adegoke Yellowface by RF Kuang (banger) None Of This Is Serious by friend of the pod Catherine Prasifka Babel by RF Kuang The White Castle, also by...2024-06-0758 minI Think You Should ReadCatherine Prasifka thinks you should read A Girl's Story"Your feelings will make you insane!"Novelist Catherine Prasifka joins us to chat about Annie Ernaux’s intense work of non-fiction, A Girl’s Story, as well as the nature of memory and the horrors of being a teenage girl! Catherine is the author of NONE OF THIS IS SERIOUS, and the recently released THIS IS HOW YOU REMEMBER IT, both of which slap and are well worth a read.Content warnings include: sexual assault RECOMMENDATIONS THIS WEEK The Book of Love by Kelly LinkIf We Bur...2024-05-3149 min
The Fanfic Writers' CraftS3E5. Motifs & Symbolism (Or, We're Okay Being Associated With S&M)In this episode, Jo (@pebblysand) and Lani (@copper-dust) discuss motifs and symbolism in writing. Lani goes through the different motifs she either intentionally or unintentionally uses in her own work, and they both caution against the use of clichéd symbols, like relying on weather to reflect a character’s emotions. They also address misconceptions about symbolism and Lani insists that not every detail in a story is symbolic. They encourage writers to develop their own personal motifs and use of symbols in their own works.This week, we mention: Books: The Great Gats...2024-05-2143 min
Field RambleField Ramble with Catherine Prasifka and Vida AdamczewskiSend us a textOn this episode we meet up Vida Adamczewski and Catherine Prasifka. First up, Vida to discuss Amphibian her vividly inventive short story collection. It is provocative storytelling infused with a radical compassion that finds voice in new places and reimagines the body as a territory, a swamp we are invited to wallow in by the cover. Amphibian is published by the wonderful Toothgrinder press - www.toothgrinder.co.uk - Do search out them out and get yourself a copy. Many of you will know Catherine Prasifka from her st...2024-05-0338 minThe Fanfic Writers' CraftS1E5. Past Tense v. Present Tense (Or, Trendy Kids Breaking the Rules?)In this episode, Lani (@copper_dust) and Jo (@pebblysand) sit down to debate the use of the present tense as a main narrative tense in fanfiction, and its opposition to the more 'traditional' past tense. They discuss the prevalence of this 'trend' in young adult original fiction in recent years, and why they believe it permeated fanfiction in the mid to late 2000s. Jo defends her love for the present tense, both as a reader and as a writer, whereas Lani expresses her more reserved attitude towards this shift. Your recommendations for this week are:The S...2022-07-2251 min
Hyperfixations56: Pressed Pennies with Catherine PrasifkaYou can't press every penny, sometimes you have to let some some pennies go
In this week's episode, Catherine Prasifka, author of None Of This Is Serious joins Ally and Nigel to talk pressed pennies (or elongated coins): we discuss how pennies can be pressed poorly, the power of small joys, the market for pressed pennies, why commemorative coins are bullshit, and we break new comedic ground.
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The Women's PodcastEp 554 Catherine Prasifka / Richie SadlierIn her brilliant debut novel, None of This is Serious, Catherine Prasifka writes about life in the era of social media. She talks to Róisín about the consequences of living online and in the real world. They also discuss her love of fantasy writing, the inevitable comparisons to her sister in-law Sally Rooney and her plans for her next book.Plus: Richie Sadlier on his book, Let's Talk, a modern guide to sex, porn, relationships, consent and intimacy, written especially for boys in secondary school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...2022-04-211h 05