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Hardware MattersHardware Matters Ep5Former RTE reporter Fergal Keane has renovated an old stone farmhouse near Baltimore in West Cork. The building was vacant for two decades, the roof was falling in, the wood needed to be replaced and all the floors had to be dug out. Fergal tells Roisin about the particular issues he faced in undertaking such work and the huge sense of achievement in completing the job.
Tommy Smyth is HR consultant at Tom Smyth and Associates. He joins Roisin to talk about the whole issue of employment law. Dignity at work, harassment, bullying and social media activity...2025-06-1642 min
The InterviewTom Fletcher, UN humanitarian chief - is the world doing enough to get aid into Gaza?Tom Fletcher, Chief of Humanitarian Affairs for the United Nations, tells Fergal Keane, the BBC’s special correspondent, that Israel is subjecting Gaza to enforced starvation. Gaza faced an aid blockade of nearly three months - now, limited supplies of food, medicine and fuel are being allowed into the territory. But Israel argues Hamas is stealing food aid.Mr Fletcher has drawn criticism himself for some of the claims he has made about the impact of the blockade, which were retracted by the UN. Now, he says he regrets his choice of words.
Israel’s military campaign bega...2025-06-0222 min
NewscastFergal Keane Travels Inside GazaToday, the BBC’s special correspondent Fergal Keane travelled with the first Jordanian helicopter delivering aid inside Gaza since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was declared.Adam speaks to Fergal about what it was like to be the first international correspondent to fly with the Jordanians into Israeli-held territory in southern Gaza. And, the Office for National Statistics has projected a population growth of 7.3% between 2022 and 2032; the number is almost entirely based on the net migration of an estimated 4.9 million people over the 10-year period. Adam is joined by Stephanie Hegarty, BBC population correspondent, an...2025-01-2841 min
Episode with Richie SadlierEpisode With Richie Sadlier: Fergal KeaneWith the war in Ukraine and the ongoing genocide in Gaza dominating the news agenda, Richie is joined for the final show of the series by BBC special correspondent and veteran war reporter, Fergal Keane. Fergal, who's spent much of the last couple of years covering both conflicts, has been reporting from frontlines across the world for over three decades. But recently, he's been adapting how he does the job, taking on assignments that place him out of harm's way, yet still get him close enough so that he can tell the stories of the ordinary p...2024-06-0550 min
The Global StoryRafah: caught in the crossfire (again)The city the world is watching. Overflowing with hungry refugees and facing a lethal showdown between Hamas and Israeli forces, Rafah is at the heart of an urgent push for peace. Children are scavenging for food even as aid trucks line up over the border in Egypt and diplomats try to avert a further humanitarian catastrophe. President Biden is positive a deal can be reached. But Israel says its hostages must be home by Ramadan, or else.Katya speaks to the BBC’s Gaza correspondent, Rushdi Abualouf, and our special correspondent in Jerusalem, Fergal Keane.Th...2024-02-2825 minThe Global StoryGlobal anxiety: You are not aloneAnxiety disorders are the world’s most common mental health condition, affecting over three hundred million people, but only one in four affected actually get treatment for them. Data shared with us by Google says that over the last decade, countries are searching the term more frequently. Ukraine, Ireland and the Philippines the top three countries searching the word anxiety. In this episode, we explore how the disorders culturally manifest and hear what they look and feel like first hand. BBC Special Correspondent Fergal Keane, who was diagnosed with PTSD in 2008, lays bare his experience of the an...2024-02-1234 min
Are you an artist?Ben White : telling stories, making movies and being a plant in a playToday’s episode is with Ben White, who speaks about telling stories, making movies, traveling, but also being a plant in a play. Was mentioned : The Dracula Spectacular Musical, the horror movie you made you were proud of, the Korean film director Park Chan-wook, his visit to Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), Werner Herzog and his film Fitzcarraldo, the animal alpaga, Fergal Keane and his book The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and Ptsd, the series Andorre.Ben’s contact : bencamop@gmail.comLinkedIn : https://uk.linkedin.com/in/benwhitefilmproducer2024-02-091h 00
The Shift Control Sales PodcastMadness and the mediaFergal Keane is a renowned journalist, war correspondent and author of 'Madness: A memoir of war, fear and PTSD.'
Not a normal read for me but a brilliant biography and my first encounter with epigenetics and generational trauma.
And a good reason to be reminded about the importance of screening your media intake2024-01-0911 min
Seriously...South Africa: The Children of Paradise - Episode 1Three decades after the momentous transition from Apartheid to a democratic South Africa, Fergal Keane returns to see what happened to the hopes and promises of a better nation. In a famous speech thirty years ago, as he collected the Nobel Peace Prize, Nelson Mandela spoke of a “common humanity” in which all South Africans would live “like the children of paradise.”As the BBC’s South Africa correspondent at the time, Fergal Keane, along with his colleague and friend Milton Nkosi, lived through some of the country’s most desperate times. It was a period of extreme viol...2023-12-2229 minThe Global StoryIs South Africa living up to Nelson Mandela's legacy?BBC Special Correspondent Fergal Keane reported on the end of apartheid with his South African producer Milton Nkosi. Thirty years after the transition from apartheid to a democratic South Africa, the two of them have taken a trip around the country to visit the people they interviewed then, to see how life has turned out. They hear of the disillusionment but also the glimmers of hope. The Global Story brings you trusted insights from BBC experts around the world, with Katya Adler. We’re keen to hear from you, wherever you are in the world. #TheGlobalStory We wa...2023-12-1522 min
From Our Own CorrespondentHope and Disillusion in South AfricaKate Adie introduces dispatches from South Africa, Syria, the Netherlands and Germany.Fergal Keane reported from South Africa during the country's difficult transition to democracy after the end of apartheid. He revisits some familiar neighbourhoods and reflects on what happened to the hope and ambition that gripped the country at the time.Four years after Islamic State was defeated in Syria, thousands of children whose parents supported the group, are living in camps and detention centres with their mothers. Poonam Taneja met some of the children with uncertain futures, still hoping for a return to...2023-12-0928 min
The Documentary PodcastThe Children of Paradise: Without hope you're deadThree decades after the momentous transition from Apartheid to a democratic South Africa, Fergal Keane returns to see what happened to the hopes and promises of a better nation.
In a famous speech thirty years ago, as he collected the Nobel Peace Prize, Nelson Mandela spoke of a “common humanity” in which all South Africans would live “like the children of paradise.”
In this final episode, in which Fergal Keane and Milton Nkosi re-visit some of the places and people they encountered 30 years ago, they are in the Western Cape, around Cape Town. They visit a school in the sprawlin...2023-12-0628 minThe Documentary PodcastThe Children of Paradise: A deadly mixtureThree decades after the momentous transition from Apartheid to a democratic South Africa, Fergal Keane returns to see what happened to the hopes and promises of a better nation.
In a famous speech thirty years ago, as he collected the Nobel Peace Prize, Nelson Mandela spoke of a “common humanity” in which all South Africans would live “like the children of paradise.”
In this second episode, in which Fergal Keane and Milton Nkosi, re-visit some of the places and people they encountered 30 years ago, they return to KwaZulu-Natal. In the early 1990s, leading up to the country's first democratic election...2023-12-0628 minThe Documentary PodcastThe Children of Paradise: The future must changeThree decades after the momentous transition from Apartheid to a democratic South Africa, Fergal Keane returns to see what happened to the hopes and promises of a better nation.
In a famous speech thirty years ago, as he collected the Nobel Peace Prize, Nelson Mandela spoke of a “common humanity” in which all South Africans would live “like the children of paradise.”
As the BBC’s South Africa correspondent at the time, Fergal Keane, along with his colleague and friend Milton Nkosi, lived through some of the country’s most desperate times. It was a period of extreme violence and loss, bu...2023-12-0628 minFrom Our Own CorrespondentA Tribute To HopeKate Adie presents stories from Israel, the Middle East, Peru and Japan.The Israel-Gaza conflict has been framed by harsh words, and when talk of peace and reconciliation seem more distant than ever, is there space for understanding - or hope? Our correspondent Fergal Keane has spent his career reporting on divided societies, and after spending the last few weeks in Jerusalem, he reflects on the question of hope.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been back in the Middle East this week, working to keep diplomatic channels open to negotiate 'humanitarian pauses' in...2023-11-1128 min
Telltale Podcasts feat. Hustling The African DreamHustling The African Dream - Episode 2Hustling the African Dream is a podcast about innovative young Africans and their hustles. In this episode Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Sabelo Mpisi, takes us to South Africa where land and gender dynamics are forcing some women into the hustle.This podcast was produced in collaboration with The Human Sciences Research Council in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation.https://hsrc.ac.za/https://mastercardfdn.org/External media used in this episode (YouTube):02.53 - Fergal Keane, BBC Africa02.56 - Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh, Founder of the Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Xperience03.00...2023-11-0926 min
Bedside ReadingThe MadnessSend us a text"It took 20 years,” writes Fergal Keane in The Madness, “before I came to the point of accepting I was addicted to war.”This extraordinary book by War Journalist Fergal Keane is an exploration of his journey, generational trauma, PTSD, addiction and so much more.It seems right to release this episode this week, with Armistice Day at the weekend and so much conflict and horror in the world around us currentlyI loved talking to Forensic Psychiatrist Emily Ramsay about it.https://twitter.com/drerpsych2023-11-0733 min