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And the Runner-Up Is1974 Best Actress (feat. Sophia Ciminello)This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes back Oscar Wild cohost Sophia Ciminello to discuss the 1974 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Ellen Burstyn won for her performance in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," beating Diahann Carroll in "Claudine," Faye Dunaway in "Chinatown," Valerie Perrine in "Lenny," and Gena Rowlands in "A Woman Under the Influence." We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Burstyn. 0:00 - 13:33 - Introduction 13:34 - 37:46 - Diahann Carroll 37:47 - 1:03:26 - Faye Dunaway 1:03:27 - 1:22:03 - Valerie Perrine 2023-06-142h 59
The Film ExperienceWest Side Story, Don't Look Up, The Tender Bar... and Faye Dunaway?Part 3 of 3 - Nathaniel's reunion with Nick Davis comes to a close (for now) as we discuss West Side Story, Annette, The French Dispatch, Don't Look Up, The Tender Bar, and other new films. We also discuss our favourite Faye Dunaway and Gena Rowlands performances as a retro sidebar. 2022-01-2300 min
Your Best Self12: Your Best Self with Anne Marie Tomchak, Journalist and EntrepreneurDid you know that $460 billion dollars worth of clothes are discarded every year? The carbon footprint of the fashion industry is something that has been well documented in recent years.
Anne Marie Tomchak is using her skills to shine a spotlight on this issue while also promoting mental health and wellbeing through her social enterprise, Share Joy.
A journalist and entrepreneur, her career has taken her from the RTÉ newsroom to the bright lights of London working for the likes of BBC, Mashable and British Vogue where she led their digital content. She is also a...2021-05-1433 minYour Best Self11: Your Best Self with Entrepreneur, Mark LittleEntrepreneur and former journalist, Mark Little is the King of re-invention.
His career has taken him everywhere from Washington DC as RTÉ’s US correspondent to the helm of one of Ireland’s biggest current affairs shows, Prime Time. In 2010 he founded Storyful – a social media intelligence agency - which was acquired by NewsCorp in 2013 under a multi-million euro deal. Since then he has held positions including Head of Media Partnerships and Managing Director at Twitter and more recently he has returned to his entrepreneurial roots by co-founding Kinzen a social intelligence agency to combat disinfo...2021-05-0742 minYour Best Self10: Your Best Self with RTÉ Political Journalist, Sandra HurleySandra Hurley knows what it’s all about covering politics in a pandemic.
A mathematics whizz kid - her career has taken her from the corporate world of investment banking to the newsroom. You’ll likely best know her as the face of RTE’s political news coverage bringing us the latest news and developments from Government Buildings.
She’s reported everywhere from the streets of New York to the Papal conclave in Rome and the London bombings of 2007 and has covered some of the biggest national stories from the Banking Inquiry to the vindication of Garda...2021-04-3031 minYour Best Self9: Your Best Self with Adi Roche of Chernobyl Children InternationalAdi Roche has made it her life’s mission to help survivors and those left behind in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster. She is the founder and voluntary CEO of Chernobyl Children International. She has researched and produced award winning documentaries which unveiled the true scale of the Chernobyl tragedy to the world.
She has received numerous awards in recognition of her activism and dedication to humanity. Five years ago she received an invitation to address the UN General Assembly in New York. Following this landmark address, the United Nations resolved to mark today, April 26th, an international day of...2021-04-2539 minYour Best Self8: Your Best Self with Irish Genealogist, Maeve MullinNearly eight years ago Maeve Mullin took redundancy from her job as an IT Project Manager and went back to education to pursue her love of Irish History. Inspired by her father's love of the subject she now works as an Irish Genealogist with Finders International here in Dublin.
She tells me what inspired her to make the career change and what she enjoys about her new role. We discuss everything from tracing your family tree, to Irish-American Presidents and how she's been helping the children of Ireland's Mother and Baby Homes reconnect with their birth families.2021-02-2020 minYour Best Self7: Your Best Self with Dr Vicky O'Dwyer, Consultant Obstetrician & Director of Gynaecology at the RotundaOver the course of her career my guest this week has delivered over 1,000 babies. Dr Vicky O'Dwyer is a mum of three, a Consultant Obstetrician and Director of Gynaecology at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin.
She holds a medical doctorate, completed a fellowship in maternal medicine and went on to run a national preterm prevention clinic before joining the Rotunda. She previously led the Rotunda's colposcopy department before taking on her current role as their Director of Gynaecology.
She tells me what sparked her passion for medicine - and in particular, her love of the...2021-02-1227 minYour Best Self6: Your Best Self with Career Coach, Ros ToynbeeHave you just started a new job in lockdown? Thinking of changing organisation or even switching careers? If so, my guest this week has just the advice for you.
Ros Toynbee is a leading career coach in the UK. She's spent the past 18 years helping her clients build fulfilling careers whether that’s going for a promotion, joining a new organisation or a executing complete career change.
In this episode she tells me how her own career has evolved over the years and shares her tips on how to stay motivated at work during lo...2021-02-0526 minYour Best Self5: Your Best Self with Minister of State for Special Education & Inclusion, Josepha MadiganThis week on the podcast I'm joined by Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion, Josepha Madigan.
Madigan is an Irish Fine Gael politician and qualified solicitor. She spent 20 years practising law and running her own firm before being elected to Dáil Eireann in 2016. She quickly established herself as a rising political figure within the Party and was just three weeks in office when the former Taoiseach Enda Kenny invited her to partake in Government formation talks. As a back-bench TD, she initiated a private members bill that ultimately reduced the divorce waiting time in I...2021-01-2929 minYour Best Self4: Your Best Self with MD of MINK, Kate VerlingMy guest this week is Kate Verling. Kate is Managing Director at the award winning, Mink Hand and Foot Spa. Her family established the business, opening its flagship salon in Donnybrook in 2006 and Kate joined the business after completing her Business degree at DIT. Since then the business has expanded from a team of just 3 to employing 60 people.
Mink regularly features in Image Magazine’s Annual Business of Beauty Awards – taking home the award for best nail salon in 2017. Kate herself was shortlisted for Image Magazine’s Young Businesswoman of the Year in 2018.
In this e...2021-01-2232 minYour Best Self3: Your Best Self with Workhuman's Michelle McDaidMy guest on the podcast this week is Michelle McDaid. Michelle is the Director of Engineering at Workhuman.
The company with dual headquarters in Dublin and Massachusetts, provides its clients with cloud-based software services. Its social recognition program encourages employees to recognize and reward each other’s work as an incentive for performance.
Michelle is a passionate supporter of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). She has used her leadership platform at Workhuman to drive diversity and inclusion initiatives and was an influential figure in the company’s decision to join the 30% Club.
2021-01-1531 minYour Best Self2: Your Best Self with WellFest Co-Founder, Helena RyanThis week, I’m joined by lawyer and businesswoman Helena Ryan. Helena is a Co-Founder of WellFest, Ireland’s largest fitness, wellness and health festival. Each year, the festival features high profile guest speakers, including the likes of Davina McCall; Joe Wicks also known as The Body Coach; and Irish athlete Derval O’Rourke.
Since it began in 2015 the festival has grown to attract an audience of over 11,000 people.
In 2018 Helena was named Image Magazine’s Young Businesswoman of the Year. Helena is also a solicitor working full time as a Senior Associate in the Real Est...2021-01-0827 minYour Best Self1: Your Best Self with Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hazel ChuThis week on the podcast, I chat to Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hazel Chu. Hazel made history last June when she became the first Irish born person of Chinese descent elected to political office in Ireland. In addition to her duties as Lord Mayor she is also Chair of the Green Party as well as a Dublin City Councillor. The Dubliner has had a varied and interesting career path, first training and qualifying as a barrister, then spending a number of years both at home and abroad working in the charitable and corporate sectors before turning her hand to...2021-01-0114 minYour Best SelfYour Best Self - TrailerHello and welcome to Your Best Self, a podcast about Careers. I’m your host Faye Rowlands, lawyer and journalist and together in this podcast we’ll hear from inspirational people spanning the worlds of business, politics, law, media, art, science and more sharing what they love most about their jobs, how they handle setbacks and offer listeners their tips to career success.
I hope this podcast informs and inspires you make that dream job your reality. If you want learn more about how you can be your best self, tune in to this weekly podcast coming to a...2020-12-1500 min