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In AI We Trust?AI Literacy Series Ep. 9: Robbie Torney of Common Sense Media & Special Co-host Nuala O’ConnorIn this episode of In AI We Trust?, Miriam & Nuala speak with Common Sense Senior Director of AI Programs Robbie Torney to discuss AI's impact on children, families, and schools, focusing on AI literacy, which builds upon media and digital literacy. Robbie advises parents to engage in tech conversations with curiosity and empathy and encourages educators to view AI as a tool to enhance learning, noting students' prevalent use. Common Sense Media provides AI training and risk assessments for educators. Torney aims to bridge digital divides and supports AI implementation in underserved schools, highlighting risks of AI companions for...2025-06-101h 09
Strong Songs"Where The Streets Have No Name" and "With Or Without You" by U2Strong Songs Season Seven kicks off with two of the most famous songs ever recorded, from one of the biggest bands in the world. U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name" and "With or Without You" make up two-thirds of the three-song "suite" of hit singles that kicked off their 1987 album The Joshua Tree. As it turns out, the two songs have a lot to say to one another! They also have a lot to say about how U2 wrote music, and about the beautiful, messy human process of collaborative creativity.Written by: U2...2025-03-0759 min
Sunday MiscellanySnowy Landscapes and Fresh BeginningsDiplomatic travels and inner journeys, from Leitrim to Lourdes, from Ontario to Togo and Nauru – meeting a Daniel O’Donnell fan along the way… a New Year Miscellany with Joe Hayes, Pat Boran, Nuala O’Connor, Angela Keogh, Niall McArdle and Mary O’Malley2025-01-0535 min
KPL PodcastKPL Podcast December 2024 Week 2 with Special Guest Anne Shaw HeinrichThis week on the KPL Podcast, we have debut author Anne Shaw Heinrich. We discuss her first novel, God Bless the Child. This book is an emotionally charged story of motherhood, family, and redemption. Listen to the episode to learn more about this amazing story.Author readsThe Awakening by Kate ChopinNora by Nuala O' ConnorFortune's Rock by Anita Shreve2024-12-1336 min
The Road to Accountable AINuala O'Connor: Frontline Human-Machine Interface at WalmartJoin Kevin and Nuala as they discuss Walmart's approach to AI governance, emphasizing the application of existing corporate principles to new technologies. She explains the Walmart Responsible AI Pledge, its collaborative creation process, and the importance of continuous monitoring to ensure AI tools align with corporate values. Nuala reveals her commitment to responsible AI with a focus on customer centricity at Walmart with the mantra “Inform, Educate, Entertain” and examples like the "Ask Sam" tool that aids associates. They address the complexities of AI implementation, including bias, accuracy, and trust, and the challenges of standardizing AI frameworks. Kevin and Nuala...2024-07-1134 min
The Weekly WheatleyPodcast #225 - Nuala O'ConnorDerek talks to Nuala about her interesting upbringing, the positives in her autism diagnosis, how it can benefit her writing, why she wanted to write about Nora Barnacle, her new novel 'Seaborne', the correct representation of characters in her work, and how we can all read 'Ulysses'!
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Point Of ViewPoint of View with writer Nuala O' Connorn this episode of Point of View I have the great privilege of talking to Irish writer Nuala O'Connor, who is a prolific novelist, short story writer and poet, her latest and sixth novel 'Seaborne,' based on the life of 18th-century Irish pirate Anne Bonny, about whom much fake, fictional, fantastical stuff was written which gave Nuala a lot of freedom to invent.' Nuala has a talent for bringing to the page with her powerful imagination the lives of maverick women , in Miss Emily that of Emily Dickinson, in Nora published in 2022 she conjures in sensuous and reson...2024-05-2833 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 259 - Connor Ball (The Vamps / LUNARS)Just My Type. Emo McLovin pop-star, multifaceted instrumentalist and general good egg, Connor Ball, is our guest on Episode 259 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Vamps bassist unleashes secrets on the bands major misconceptions, his new punk side project and chicken shop catering. In this conversation, we discuss the birth of LUNARS, expressing pop-punk influences, constantly battling boyband stereotypes, guitar riffs vs bass solos, the pressure of taking on full frontman responsibilities, growing up in mainstream spotlights, recording with Busted vs writing with Blink-182, wild tour adventures, mental health reflection, watching Papa Roach play a pizza place, full circle achievements, home...2023-11-1058 min
Anatomia do LivroNora - Nuala O'ConnorUm livro que não me desapontou, foi exactamente a estopadona de que estava à espera.2023-10-0225 min
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kisah bangke[epub] [download] Nora: A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce by Nuala O'Connor[epub] [download] Nora: A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce by Nuala O'Connor Read Online Nora: A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce by Nuala O'Connor is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook Nora: A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://jaelangkungijo.blogspot.com/53018354-nora **Download Book Here ==> https://jaelangkungijo.blogspot.com/53018354-nora Book Synopsis : Acclaimed Irish novelist Nuala O’Connor’s bold reimagining of the life of James Joyce’s wife, muse, and the model for Molly Bloom in U...2023-09-0110 min
The County MeasureGalway Extra: Nuala O'ConnorBallinasloe based writer Nuala O'Connor has written a new piece of writing about being a "blow-in"2023-06-0504 min
Woman's HourBlack women and cancer, Eleanor McEvoy, Shamima Begum ruling, Yazidi women, A Victorian dress diaryNew research from Cancer Research UK and NHS Digital has revealed that Black women from Caribbean and African backgrounds are more likely to be diagnosed with certain types of cancer at later stages, when treatment is less likely to be successful. This study is the first to show that ethnicity is a significant factor in late-stage diagnosis for women with breast, ovarian, uterine, non-small cell lung cancer and colon cancer. Nuala speaks to Kruti Shrotri, Head of Policy Development at Cancer Research UK and Adobea Obeng who sought medical help three times over two years before she was diagnosed...2023-02-2253 min
IRELAND'S EDGEATOMIC HOPE + THE CLIMATE CASE FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY: Frankie Fenton, Kathryn Kennedy + Iida RuishalmeOn today’s episode, is there hope in the atom?We live in an energy crisis, with environmental catastrophe and war questioning our reliance on fossil fuels. Nuclear power was once the great green hope, but decades of concerns about accidents and radioactive waste have turned much of Europe off. But were those concerns overblown, and have they blinded us to a vital source of clean energy? In their new film, Atomic Hope, filmmakers Frankie Fenton and Kathryn Kennedy have collaborated with Finnish scientist Iida Ruishalme to explore the environmentalist pro-nuclear movement.2023-02-2245 min
The Irish Itinerary Podcast34. Nuala O'Connor in conversation with Carolina P. Amador-Moreno (16 June 2022)In this special Bloomsday conversation with Carolina P. Amador-Moreno, Nuala O’Connor discusses the research for her novel Nora (2021); her rewritings of Joyce's letters; her search for Nora Barnacle’s voice; the difficulty of finding a balance between the flavour and authenticity of a language and just too many convoluted constructions; the beauty of Irish prose and how it is perceived in the US; and the language of her childhood and how she co-opts it in her fiction as a way to honour that language and her parents. Nuala O'Connor also reads a short excerpt from her novel Nora and...2022-06-1634 min
GPWorks#24 GP Works Covid-19 LegacyAs the global COVID-19 pandemic recedes, host Aileen O'Meara meets with doctors Tony Cox, Mary Favier, Nuala O'Connor, and Diarmuid Quinlan to assess the impact and legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic for General Practice.2022-04-2225 min
RadioMoLIEvery Life is Many Days: Nuala O’Connor’s NoraEvery Life is Many Days is a podcast about James Joyce and his family in the contemporary novel. Presented by Professor Anne Fogarty of the School of English, Drama and Film at UCD and Director of the UCD James Joyce Research Centre, the podcast looks at how the many gaps between Joyce the man and Joyce the writer have in recent years been movingly explored in a number of novels that think about his life in very different ways.In this episode, writer Nuala O’Connor discusses her novel Nora, the challenges of writing a historical figure as...2022-04-051h 01
U22 The Centenary Ulysses PodcastEpisode 13: NausicaaA woman, a man, a beach at twilight, and at least one orgasm: but what exactly happens? Is Gerty MacDowell brainwashed or liberated by the women’s magazines she reads? Is the episode misogynist or empathetic? We complicate these binaries with Anne Fogarty, professor at University College, Dublin, Cathal Mac Thréinfhir, retired teacher in Limerick, Nuala O’Connor, Irish novelist, James Turner, professor at UC Berkeley, and Vicki Mahaffey, professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.2022-04-031h 07
The Old Galway DiaryThe Old Galway Diary Podcast - Episode 55 - Nora by Nuala O'ConnorIn this special episode Ronnie and Tom have both been reading Nora, a new book from Nuala O'Connor about the life of Nora Barnacle and her love story with James Joyce. You can find the articles referenced in this podcast on www.advertiser.ie/galway2022-03-2345 min
Dive Into An High-Impact Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.A Quiet Tide by Marianne LeePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577167to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Quiet Tide
Author: Marianne Lee
Narrator: Aoife Mcmahon
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 21 minutes
Release date: March 8, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
At the time of her death in 1815, twenty-nine-year-old Ellen Hutchins had catalogued over a thousand species of seaweed and plants from her native Bantry Bay. Ireland’s first female botanist, Ellen was a major contributor to nineteenth-century scientific discovery. And yet, like so many brilliant women lost in history, it is her personal story that will resonate today. In he...2022-03-0811h 21Explore New Full Audiobooks in Literature, Fairy Tales & FolkloreA Quiet Tide by Marianne LeePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577167to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Quiet Tide
Author: Marianne Lee
Narrator: Aoife Mcmahon
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 21 minutes
Release date: March 8, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
At the time of her death in 1815, twenty-nine-year-old Ellen Hutchins had catalogued over a thousand species of seaweed and plants from her native Bantry Bay. Ireland’s first female botanist, Ellen was a major contributor to nineteenth-century scientific discovery. And yet, like so many brilliant women lost in history, it is her personal story that will resonate today. In he...2022-03-0811h 21IRELAND'S EDGEALTERED STATES: Dr Roberta MurphyOnce regarded as breakthrough drugs in the treatment of a wide range of psychiatric illnesses and addictive conditions, psychedelics were the subject of a major moral panic in the sixties because of their counter cultural associations. Research and treatment centres were shut down and the drugs relegated to Class A illegal substances. The last ten years have seen renewed and growing interest and research into the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics. Dr Roberta Murphy is an Irish psychiatrist working in the Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London. In conversation with Nuala O’Connor she talk...2022-03-0827 minRadioMoLIEvery Life is Many Days: Anna Vaught's Saving LuciaEvery Life is Many Days is a podcast about James Joyce and his family in the contemporary novel. Presented by Professor Anne Fogarty of the School of English, Drama and Film at UCD and Director of the UCD James Joyce Research Centre, the podcast looks at how the many gaps between Joyce the man and Joyce the writer have in recent years been movingly explored in a number of novels that think about his life in very different ways.2022 marks the centenary of the publication of Ulysses on the 2 February 1922 by Shakespeare and Company in Paris. Inevitably...2022-02-1643 min
The EssayNuala O'Connor on PenelopeFive Irish writers each take a passage from James Joyce’s Ulysses and, through a close reading, explore its meaning and significance within the wider work, as well as what it means to them. Reading Ulysses is a famously challenging experience for most readers, so can our Essayists help?In the final essay of the series, novelist Nuala O'Connor chooses the last episode of the book - Penelope - which is the one Nuala discovered first. In Penelope, we hear Molly Bloom, the wife of the novel's main protagonist, speak to us. In the extract Nu...2022-02-0513 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 162 - Top 10 Albums of 2021 | Featuring Mystery GuestsJet Black New Year. 2021 was a amazing period for new music in the alternative scenes of punk, metal, emo and rock. As the calendar comes to a close, we're using Episode 162 of Sappenin' Podcast to highlight our favourite albums, experiences and achievements from the last twelve months, as well as some secret appearances from mystery guests. In this conversation, Sean and Morgan go back and forth, discussing their individual top five releases, that they formed a lasting connection with. The pair also reminisce their other musical obsessions, how being involved in events like Download Pilot, Heavy Music Awards and...2021-12-311h 18
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 161 - Jo O'Meara (S Club 7)Don't Stop Movin'. Pop music superstar, tv personality and dedicated mother, Jo O'Meara, is our festive guest on Episode 161 of Sappenin' Podcast! The S Club 7 poster-child spills secrets on starting a new chapter in her career, returning to solo material for the first time in sixteen years and the groups rollercoaster machine experience. In this conversation, we discuss dealing with life in the public eye and tabloids from a young age, how turning forty gave her a fresh prospective on everything, quitting her brutal smoking addiction, writing a series of heartfelt stories for new album 'With Love', the moment...2021-12-2451 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 160 - Brandon Boyd (Incubus)Drive. Influential vocalist, creative artist and never ageing mega babe, Brandon Boyd, is our guest on Episode 160 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Incubus frontman celebrates the bands thirtieth anniversary with us by unleashing secrets on their longevity, his famous paintings and returning to his universe of solo music. In this conversation, we discuss Brandon's larger than life experiences on new album 'Echos and Cocoons', why it's being described as dark and horny, the dynamics of his art exhibitions, growing up in a expressive household, launching his Moonlight Collective with some surprising names, wanting to make friends with Noel Fielding, inspiring...2021-12-1748 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 159 - Spencer Chamberlain (Underoath)Reinventing Your Exit. Scene leader, destroyed vocal king and devoted father, Spencer Chamberlain, is our guest on Episode 159 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Underoath frontman opens up on a career of collaboration, finding himself and musical art. In this conversation, we discuss the change of dynamics for the band since their return from hiatus, new album Voyeurist, how their own battles and relationship with religion affected their lives, songwriting secrets, taking time to work with new artists, the evolution of emo, Matt Cutshall (Emo's Not Dead), launching his own solo project SLO/TIDE, the Sleepwave days, unexpected opportunities, the time...2021-12-101h 10
The Women's PodcastEp 533 Christmas Book Club: Our best reads of 2021It has been another fantastic year for books: Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You, Megan Nolan’s Acts of Desperation, Catherine Ryan Howard’s 56 Days, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout, Louise Nealon’s Snowflake, Fíona Scarlett’s Boys Don’t Cry, the list goes on and on. In this episode Róisín is joined by our book clubbers Niamh Towey, Ann Ingle and Bernice Harrison to share their favourite reads of the year (some old, some new) and the books they’ll be gifting this Christmas. Books mentioned:56 Days - Catherine Ryan H...2021-12-0937 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 158 - Chris LoPorto (Can't Swim)Change Of Plans. Self love lyricist, tour driving expert and overall good egg, Chris LoPorto, is our guest on Episode 158 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Can't Swim vocalist gives us a call while on the road with Silverstein to have a relaxed chat on band life, finding himself and returning to the UK for 2000 Trees Festival 2022. In this convocation, we disses the bands humble beginnings in New Jersy, signing to Pure Noise Records from an early age, songwriting trial and errors, forgetting your mistakes, underground German sex cults, getting bloody in a GCW Wrestling ring, the time he met Miley...2021-12-0350 min
Dublin Book FestivalNeil Jordan & Nuala O'Connor in conversation w/ Breda BrownJoin Dublin Book Festival in association with Culture Ireland, as they bring a blend of traditional and contemporary Irish culture to Blue Metropolis. Presenter Breda Brown sits down with multi-award winning author and director Neil Jordan and author Nuala O'Connor with musical interludes from the enchanting duo Clare Sands & Susan O'Neill. Filmed in the beautiful, bookish surroundings of Kevin Street Library in central Dublin.2021-11-2957 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 157 - Aaran McKenzie (While She Sleeps / Film Maker)Know Your Worth. Professional film maker, heavy metal bassist and mental health advocate, Aaran McKenzie, is our guest on Episode 157 of Sappenin' Podcast! The While She Sleeps creative takes time to open up on his life behind the camera, Sleeps Society and some unforgettable life opportunities. In this conversation, we discuss how their Patreon model has created a new blueprint for the music industry, the reaction after its first anniversary, promoting a whole album campaign around so much uncertainty, launching his Aaran McKenzie Films business, shooting music videos for Sylosis, Havelock and Raiders, the ins and outs of videography...2021-11-261h 19
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 156 - Adam 'The Yin' Perry (Bloodhound Gang / "A") Three Cheers for Three Years! It's the 3rd anniversary of Sappenin' Podcast and to celebrate, Adam ' The Yin' Perry, joins us to share some of the most bizarre stories ever told on the show. In this conversation, the drummer for Bloodhound Gang and the rock band called "A", opens up on a career of unpalatable projects, circumstances and opportunities. Experience everything from his life changing battle with cancer to how A wasted millions of Warner Musics money, getting dropped and resigned twice on the same album cycle, the effect of his and Jason Perry's work with McFly, trying...2021-11-191h 38
Burning Books Ireland8: Nuala O’ConnorNuala O’Connor talks about miniature dolls, the beauty of short things, quitting alcohol and clearing the decks at fifty as she tells Ruth McKee which books she would save if her house was on fire. Nuala O’Connor is the author of Becoming Belle (2018), Miss Emily (2015), The Closet of Savage Mementos (2014), You (2010) and six short story collections, her most recent being Joyride to Jupiter. Her fifth novel Nora is about Nora Barnacle, wife and muse to James Joyce, published in Ireland in April 2021 with New Island, and is the One Dublin One Book for 2...2021-11-1234 min
Burning Books IrelandNuala O’Connor
Nuala O’Connor talks about miniature dolls, the beauty of short things, quitting alcohol and clearing the decks at fifty as she tells Ruth McKee which books she would save if her house was on fire.
Nuala O’Connor is the author of Becoming Belle (2018), Miss Emily (2015), The Closet of Savage Mementos (2014), You (2010) and six short story collections, her most recent being Joyride to Jupiter. Her fifth novel Nora is about Nora Barnacle, wife and muse to James Joyce, published in Ireland in April 2021 with New Island, and is the One Dublin One Book for 2022.
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Burning Books IrelandTrailer - Nuala O’ConnorAuthor Nuala O’Connor talks to Books Ireland editor Ruth McKee about miniature dolls, the beauty of short things, quitting alcohol and clearing the decks at fifty in the next episode of Burning Books, out on Friday 12th November on all podcast platforms. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit booksireland.substack.com2021-11-0900 minBurning Books IrelandTrailer - Nuala O’ConnorAuthor Nuala O’Connor talks to Books Ireland editor Ruth McKee about miniature dolls, the beauty of short things, quitting alcohol and clearing the decks at fifty in the next episode of Burning Books, out on Friday 12th November on all podcast platforms.2021-11-0900 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 154 - Deaf Havana: 'Fools and Worthless Liars' | 10th Anniversary with James Veck-GilodiThe Past Ten Years. On November 7th 2011, Deaf Havana released their second full length and breakthrough studio album, Fools and Worthless Liars, that created a connection to a dedicated audience and helped shape the bands career, for the decade to follow. On this special episode, vocalist and songwriter, James Veck-Gilodi, returns to celebrate the albums tenth year anniversary in style by dissecting it's legacy, secrets and larger than life storytelling. In this podcast, we discuss the pressure of stepping away from their original post-hardcore blueprint, writing these songs in his head, sarcastic lyrics, that famous line on Lower Than...2021-11-051h 13
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 153 - William Gould #2 (Creeper / Salem)Draculads. The prince of spooky, gothic, diy punk, William Gould, is our guest on Episode 153 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Creeper vocalist returns to give us an insight into his new project Salem, unexpected adventures along with some tricks and treats for the Halloween season. In this conversation, the cult leader opens up on getting to showcase another side of his creativity, writing songs in concepts vs everyday storytelling, how Salem started accidentally, Creeper's emotional return at Download Pilot, why he made Morgan cry, dealing with sweaty cloths, showing Gary Newman his cat, being chased in the woods, his love...2021-10-291h 26
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 152 - Adam Lazzara (Taking Back Sunday)Louder Now. Professional microphone swinger, emo forefather and lyrical genies, Adam Lazzara, is our guest on Episode 152 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Taking Back Sunday vocalist returns for a special discussion on the bands famous use of the number and dissects another round inspirational stories from a genre defying career. In this conversation, Adam opens up on the early days of his music adventure, obsessing over bands before starting Taking Back Sunday in New York, their documented evolution, new music plans, confusing the internet with a cover of 'My Name Is Jonas' by Weezer, his Fuckin Whatever project with John...2021-10-221h 06
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 151 - Sam McTrusty (Twin Atlantic)Transparency. Scottish accent enthusiast, flamboyant dancer and humble rockstar, Sam McTrusty, is our guest on Episode 151 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Twin Atlantic songwriter opens up on a new era of his life, the band and never fitting in. In this conversation, we discuss his artistic nature to go against the grain, how he accidentally created a new album while writing for somebody else, heavy metal screams vs underground dance vibes, the ugly realities of music business, celebrating the tenth year anniversary of their breakthrough album Free, why cult fan classics like Crash Land were never singles, their bizarre Warped...2021-10-151h 12
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 150 - Wade MacNeil (Alexisonfire / Gallows / Dooms Children)This Could Be Anywhere In The World. Modern punk icon, Alexisonfire guitarist and Gallows hellraiser, Wade MacNeil, is our guest on Episode 150 of Sappenin' Podcast! In this conversation, the Canadian saint opens up on a career of fighting against stereotypes, why punk isn't the only thing that represents him, his new solo and psychedelic 'Dooms Chidren' project, everything Alexisonfire (from their announcement for Slam Dunk Festival 2022, reunion vs future plans and the fifteenth anniversary of Crises), the time Gallows almost got abducted by a biker gang, his work composing for films, Dark Side Of The Ring, upstaging Tom Brady...2021-10-081h 02
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 148 - Hot Milk #2 (Hannah Mee & Jim Shaw)Split Personality. Chaotic, genre defying, power duo, Hot Milk, are our guests on Episode 148 of Sappenin' Podcast! Hannah Mee & Jim Shaw return for another round of uncontrollable, naughty but nice, madness with us, recorded backstage at their recent UK headline tour. In this conversation, we discuss the bands growth and rise to fame since their first appearance on the podcast, new ep "I Just Wanna Know What Happens When I'm Dead", their proud stance on oversharing, silly jokes, growing as people vs building their own safe space community, how members of Foo Fighters made sure they had vegetables, peeing...2021-09-2453 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 143 - Dustin Kensrue (Thrice)Image Of The Invisible. Melody master, Thrice vocalist and spiritual human, Dustin Kensrue, is our guest on Episode 143 of Sappenin' Podcast! The voice of an alternative generation is back with us, for his own dedicated episode, as we dive into a lifetime of inspirational energy. In this conversation, we discuss the bands new album Horizons / East. how they spent their lockdown building a new studio base, individual DIY input, bringing back The Alliance: Thrice fan-club, how subscription services like that have inspired people like While She Sleeps to create a new movement in music, the art of lyrics, finding unique...2021-08-201h 04
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithBonus: Bloodstock Festival 2021 (Skindred, Napalm Death, Vexed, Therapy?, Vicky Hungerford)Doom Riffs. August 11th-15th 2021 saw the return of the UK's resident number one heavy metal festival, Bloodstock Open Air, to the fields of Catton Park. To celebrate it's twentieth anniversary, we sent our very own Morgan Richards to throw his horns up, experience another side to the alternative community and record a series of exclusive conversations for this special bonus episode of Sappenin' Podcast. In this episode, we're joined by a collection of guests including riff master Mikey Demus (Skindred), Barney Greenway (Napalm Death), Megan Targett & Jay Bacon (Vexed), Andy Cairns & Michael McKeegan (Therapy?) and Bloodstock head booker...2021-08-171h 33
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 141 - Aaron Beam (Red Fang)Wires. Sludge metal bassist, vocalist and one time comedian, Aaron Beam, is our guest on Episode 141 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Red Fang leader opens up on the bands reputation for huge riffs, good times and hilarious music videos, with plenty of insane tangents in between. In this conversation, we dive into Aarons love for comedy, how he tried his hand at stand up, the adrenaline addiction of live music, new album Arrows, working in a animation studio (without originally been given an actual job), longevity vs not taking life too seriously, video concepts, cameos from actors Brian Posehn & Fred...2021-08-061h 19
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 137 - Mike Hranica (The Devil Wears Prada)Nightfall. Poetic lyricist, author and hockey fashion fan, Mike Hranica, is our guest on Episode 137 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Devil Wears Prada vocalist gets deep as we reflect, uncover and dissect a host of his different artistic viewpoints and emotions. In this conversation, we discuss everything from the bands generation defying back catalogue, to Mike's other personal creative outlets, deciding to follow up their cult classic Zombie EP eleven years later with the recent release of ZII, the evolution of metalcore, what really makes something 'heavy', how working with Adam Dutkiewicz from Killswitch Engage changed their lives forever, his...2021-07-091h 15
Newstalk Breakfast WeekendsGrowing Concerns over Delta Variant & Potential Changes to Vaccine Strategy and Easing of RestrictionsThere were further reports this morning of the growing concern regarding the fast-spreading Delta variant of coronavirus.It’s up to 60% more transmissible than the original variant and it could account for 90% of new cases across the EU in the coming months.So, what measures should be implemented, and should the easing of restrictions be deferred until a larger percentage of the population is vaccinated?Brianna Parkins was joined by Cliona O’Farrelly, Professor of Comparative Immunology at Trinity College Dublin & Dr. Nuala O’Connor, Cork GP and Clinical Lead on Covid-19 for the Irish College of General Practitioners to discus...2021-06-2615 min
Creative Places & FacesTop 21st Century Author, Nuala O'Connor, From Dublin To Galway To Paris And MoreThis guest's latest novel has received rave reviews in lots of top publications worldwide. The New York Times review said, NORA is entirely convincing in her raw sensuality, her stubborn determination, her powerful sense of grievance and her inability to stop loving a deeply erratic, wildly manipulative yet enormously talented man.’ Author, Joseph O'Connor's review describes NORA as, "An exceptional novel by one of the most brilliant contemporary Irish writers..."In my humble opinion, today's guest is one of the 21st century's best writers not only in Ireland but in the world.The Dub...2021-06-221h 07
The Stinging Fly PodcastNuala O'Connor Reads Nicole FlatteryOn this month's episode of The Stinging Fly Podcast, Declan Meade is joined by Nuala O'Connor, to read 'Sing, Dance, Earn Your Keep', an essay by Nicole Flattery first published in the Winter 2015 issue of the magazine.
Nuala O'Connor is a writer of novels, short fiction, poetry, and essays. She also publishes under the name Nuala Ní Chonchúir. Nuala's fifth novel NORA, about Nora Barnacle, wife and muse to James Joyce, was published earlier this year by New Island, and her chapbook of historical flash fiction, Birdie, was recently published by Arlen House. She is the ed...2021-06-1646 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 131 - The Offspring (Dexter Holland & Noodles)Smash. Punk legends, original pranksters and certified geniuses, The Offspring, are our guests on Episode 131 of Sappenin' Podcast! The dynamic duo of Dexter Holland and Noodles (not his real name) take time to share some laughs and insights into nearly four decades of unbelievable shenanigans. In this conversation, we discuss the bands new album 'Let The Bad Times Roll', how it took them nine years to feel comfortable with it, the rise and fall of punk rock, important tips from their touring nightmares, unexpected hobbies, drunken show disasters vs emergency pee breaks, their impact on music today, helping return...2021-05-2854 min
ExpandingEp. 17 Retuning Stress the Natural Way with Nuala O'ConnorI learned so much about how our bodies show signs of imbalance. Good news is we can help ourselves heal and Nuala O'Connor is great source of knowledge.Check out her website https://retuningme.com/She offers individual session online and in person and also has a book Tap into Success https://retuningme.com/tap-into-success-book/ If you would like to get in touch with me, my website is:boyana.ie2021-05-2043 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Literature, Essays & Anthologies[German] - Nora Joyce und die Liebe zu den Büchern - Roman (Ungekürzt) by Nuala O'connorPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/523465to listen full audiobooks.
Title: [German] - Nora Joyce und die Liebe zu den Büchern - Roman (Ungekürzt)
Author: Nuala O'connor
Narrator: Felicity Grist
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 14 hours 34 minutes
Release date: May 14, 2021
Genres: Essays & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary:
Nora Barnacle ist zwanzig und Zimmermädchen in einem Dubliner Hotel, als sie den zwei Jahre älteren James Joyce kennenlernt. Aus der zunächst körperlichen Beziehung entwickelt sich eine tiefe Liebe. Nora ist bereit, alles für Joyce aufzugeben - verlässt mit ihm sogar ihre Heimat Irland, trotz seiner Weigerung, sie zu heiraten...2021-05-142h 34
IRELAND'S EDGE32 WORDS FOR FIELD: Manchán MaganWhat can we make of a language that has 32 words for field?Writer and broadcaster Manchán Magan encountered the remarkable richness of the Irish language as a young child, and his grandmother Sighle was determined that he would learn to speak it in the place where it was the common language of daily life. This was Muiríoch in the west Kerry Gaeltacht, where Manchán spent his childhood holidays in his grandmother’s house. The Irish he learned there dates back to a time when the multiplicity of words for objects, actions, ideas and feeli...2021-05-1121 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 124 - Holding Absence (Lucas Woodland & Scott Carey)This Is Holding Absence. Best friends, songwriting brothers and Welsh dreamers, Lucas Woodland and Scott Carey, are our guests on Episode 124 of Sappenin' Podcast! In preparation for the band's second studio album 'The Greatest Mistake Of My Life' being released on April 16th 2021, we get an honest, inspirational and very chaotic look, into their new reimagined era. In this conversation we dive into the struggles of starting over, line up hiccups, their mission to change music fashion, ditching their famous black and white filters, growing up together, songwriting secrets, working with producer Dan Weller (Young Guns, Enter Shiakri, Dream...2021-04-091h 16
Be Your Best You! - Passion into Purpose with David DelaneyJourneys with words - Niamh Boyce.Niamh Boyce is an award-winning novelist and poet. The Kildare native’s first book, The Herbalist (2013), was an instant success. The Irish Times called it, “The most entertaining yet substantial historical novel since Joseph O’Connor’s Star of the Sea.”
Inside the Wolf (2018), her first collection of verse was met with similar positivity. Nuala O’Connor said, “In these clever, concise poems, Niamh Boyce resurrects the ancestors who gifted her a legacy of words…Boyce has the artist’s unpeeled eye: she dissects fairy tales and reassembles them with colour, menace and wit.”
Niamh Boyce lives with her family in Ballylinan, Co La...2021-03-2622 min