Shows
Seguimos En la NadaSeguimos en la nada Paul Durcan 1 30 11 25Primaer capítulo dedicado a la poesía de Paul Francis Durcan (16 October 1944 – 17 May 2025).
2025-11-301h 05
Taking Care Of Business with Ronan BerryEpisode 92Midlands MEP Ciarán Mullooly warns that businesses and communities risk losing Just Transition funding if they don’t act fast and outlines what groups in Offaly, Longford, Westmeath and Laois must do now to protect their grants and local jobs.
Brian Egan, founder of Midlands based Reactable AI and DeepPurple AI reveals how AI is levelling the digital playing field for Ireland’s SMEs.
Benedicta Durcan of BnM and Paul Mahon of Watt Footprint join Ronan to discuss Accelerate Green, the programme scaling real sustainability businesses, creating high-skilled jobs, and putting Ireland at the forefront of climate solutions.
2025-10-2943 min
Sunday MiscellanyPoetry of the SkiesCosmic wonders and maths miracles; book tokens, baby names and a much loved poet’s birthday tribute, with Enda Wyley, Paul Durcan, Colm O’Regan, Doireann Ní Bhriain, Jamie O’Connell and Felicity Hayes-McCoy
2024-10-2139 min
The ClearOutReadings from Brando and Durcan - Slimy Slugs and Penile Compasses!A very simple and straightforward episode this week - Dara reads a lengthy unabridged extract from Marlon Brando's autobiography - Songs My Mother Taught Me, published in 1994. Brando's voice is frank and accessible and he shares his thoughts on acting, fame, and various female lovers during the time of his emergence as America's most captivating actor. He also speaks about being a damaged child and the difficulty he had trying to shake off feelings of worthlessness.Another distinctive male voice is that of the Irish poet Paul Durcan. Perhaps most commonly connected to his comic surreality...
2024-09-051h 05
Musical Theatre Radio presents "Be Our Guest"Be Our Guest with Bowtie Production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Director MEREDITH SHEDDEN and Cast JESSIE JAMES & LUCA MCPHEE)
Bowtie Productions was founded in 2019 with the goal of creating collaborative theatrical experiences for early-career artists in the GTA.
Led by like-minded arts performers and creators from the Toronto theatre community, Bowtie strives to illuminate impactful stories and produce intimate, rarely produced pieces of fan-favourite theatre.
Bowtie hopes to continue providing opportunities for artistic expression, community building and professional growth within the Toronto arts community.
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (2024)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the tale of how a “slip of a girlyboy” from c...
2024-08-1816 min
Threshold- Listening LibrarySelection Of Poetry 2 - read by Niamh LynchPrayer Before Birth (Louis MacNeice)
The Poem (Donald Hall)
A Mayo Tao (Derek Mahon)
Questions About Angels (Billy Cullens)
Making Love Outside Áras an Úachtarán (Paul Durcan)
Still I Rise (Maya Angelou)
2024-05-2712 min
Film Ireland PodcastFilm Ireland Presents: Alan Gilsenan, Director of Ghosts of BaggotoniaIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Alan Gilsenan, Director of Ghosts of Baggotonia.Ghosts of Baggotonia is a haunting and visually captivating film-poem exploring the literary and other ghosts of the bohemian quarter bordering Dublin’s Baggot Street during the mid-20th century. “Baggotonia” as it has become known – was both a permeable geographic area and a cultural movement, populated by writers, artists and other intellectuals living an anarchic life at odds with the over-arching drabness and the conservative mores of the time.Inspired by a rare collection of photographs from artist Nevill Johnson, the film is shot in...
2022-12-0941 minFilm Ireland PodcastFilm Ireland Presents: Alan Gilsenan, Director of Ghosts of BaggotoniaIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Alan Gilsenan, Director of Ghosts of Baggotonia.Ghosts of Baggotonia is a haunting and visually captivating film-poem exploring the literary and other ghosts of the bohemian quarter bordering Dublin’s Baggot Street during the mid-20th century. “Baggotonia” as it has become known – was both a permeable geographic area and a cultural movement, populated by writers, artists and other intellectuals living an anarchic life at odds with the over-arching drabness and the conservative mores of the time.Inspired by a rare collection of photographs from artist Nevill Johnson, the film is shot in...
2022-12-0941 min
New Books in LawAdam Hanna, "Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland" (Syracuse UP, 2022)Dr. Adam Hanna’s Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland (Syracuse University Press, 2022) is a richly detailed exploration of how modern Irish poetry has been shaped by, and responded to, the laws, judgments, and constitutions of both of the island’s jurisdictions.Focusing on poets’ responses in their writing to such contentious legal issues as partition, censorship, paramilitarism, and the curtailment of women’s reproductive and other rights, this volume is the first in the growing field of law and literature to monograph exclusively on modern Ireland. Dr. Hanna unpacks the legal engagements of both major and...
2022-07-071h 05
New Books in Irish StudiesAdam Hanna, "Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland" (Syracuse UP, 2022)Dr. Adam Hanna’s Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland (Syracuse University Press, 2022) is a richly detailed exploration of how modern Irish poetry has been shaped by, and responded to, the laws, judgments, and constitutions of both of the island’s jurisdictions.Focusing on poets’ responses in their writing to such contentious legal issues as partition, censorship, paramilitarism, and the curtailment of women’s reproductive and other rights, this volume is the first in the growing field of law and literature to monograph exclusively on modern Ireland. Dr. Hanna unpacks the legal engagements of both major and...
2022-07-071h 01
OTB BreakfastLiverpool and Conte, Golf's Super League, South Africa to 6N, Team of the Tournament, Paul DurcanWelcome to Thursday’s #OTBAM podcast - Ger and Eoin are in the studio, bringing you your sports breakfast fix. We've got Football with Mark Lawrenson, Golf with John Duggan, plenty of Rugby and GAA with Paul Durcan too. Timestamps and topics below. (01:00) – Kickoff with Ger Gilroy and Eoin Sheahan: Liverpool and World Rugby League. (28:30) – Duffer's Debut, Irish WNT and the Heffernan-Ireland link. (39:00) – Football with Mark Lawrenson (01:06:30) – Sports News with JD and the Saudi Super League explained. (01:28:00) – The Six Nations Team of the Season so far (01:45:00) – GAA with Paul Durcan - Sigerson fallout, Sligo's Division 4, Goalkeeper Revolution. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show...
2022-02-172h 03
Reader's HourEpisode 2 (with Molly O'Leary)Reader's Hour is an Irish literary radio show on Quarantine FM presented by Anna D'Alton and Catherine Gallagher. In our second episode, Molly O'Leary talks about fairy legends in literature. We discuss the appeal of Paul Durcan's poetry as well as the rise of the personal essay on the Irish literary scene.
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2020-11-1759 min
From A to Gen Z with Connie and JalehEpisode 3Follow us on social media! Instagram @fromatogenz // Twitter @FromAtoGenZPod // Facebook 'From A to Gen Z with Connie and Jaleh // This week Connie and Jaleh discuss poems about ancestry ('The Ancestors' by Jackie Wills, https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2020/aug/10/poem-of-the-week-the-ancestors-by-jackie-wills and 'Auntie Maureen' by Paul Durcan), the essay collection 'Intimations' by Zadie Smith, The Cut podcast episodes on dick pics ('The Joy of Sext') and Emily Ratajkowski's article in New York Magazine. They chat about Cher's tweets, the end of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and dissect the Friends episode 'The One with the Male Nanny' (S9E6) in...
2020-09-1752 min
Behind The Lines40. Tadhg CoakleyThis week’s guest on Behind the Lines is novelist and former All-Ireland minor winning hurler Tadhg Coakley. Nicky English gave Tadhg some bohemian mystique when he described him as “ a skinhead with a donkey jacket who adopted a very nonchalant attitude to life” but Tadhg was in his fifties before he became a published author, finally finding the confidence to make good on a decades-long desire to be a writer. We discuss how that came about, and how aspiring writers can overcome their fears and misgivings to go and become the real thing. We also t...
2020-08-1853 min
The Poetry Exchange40. The Death by Heroin of Sid Vicious by Paul Durcan - A Friend to JohnIn this episode, acclaimed film, TV and Theatre Director John Crowley talks about the poem that has been a friend to him: 'The Death by Heroin of Sid Vicious' by Paul Durcan. BAFTA winner and Tony nominated director John Crowley is internationally acclaimed for his work both on the stage and the screen, with credits including The Goldfinch (2019) and Brooklyn, which was nominated for three Academy Awards (including Best Motion Picture) and won the 2016 BAFTA for Best British Film.John visited The Poetry Exchange in London. He is in conversation with The Poet...
2019-11-2725 minThe Poetry Exchange40. The Death by Heroin of Sid Vicious by Paul Durcan - A Friend to JohnIn this episode, acclaimed film, TV and Theatre Director John Crowley talks about the poem that has been a friend to him: 'The Death by Heroin of Sid Vicious' by Paul Durcan. BAFTA winner and Tony nominated director John Crowley is internationally acclaimed for his work both on the stage and the screen, with credits including The Goldfinch (2019) and Brooklyn, which was nominated for three Academy Awards (including Best Motion Picture) and won the 2016 BAFTA for Best British Film.John visited The Poetry Exchange in London. He is in conversation with The Poet...
2019-11-2725 min
Business JazzBlood Rooms Are Perfect - S8E7This is a bloody episode recorded in a hospital in Cork City, Ireland - Roger used to live in this hospital. Paul & Roger discover that "Phlebotomists are people trained to draw blood from a patient (mostly from veins) for clinical or medical testing, transfusions, donations, or research. Roger has his blood taken in the "Blood Room". But there are not jars of blood stacked up. Topic discussed on this episode include: (1)black pudding and Clonakilty(the biggest selling Irish black pudding brand". (2) Paul can't remember the name of a pudding maker Tom Durcan from outside Kanturk. (3)Irish breakfasts (4)Do people...
2019-08-1631 min
QPR PodcastMo Farah's PlatypusOn this week's podcast, David Fraser hosts Paul Finney, Martin Durcan and the one and only Kevin Gallen in the studio! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2017-09-191h 08QPR PodcastMo Farah's PlatypusOn this week's podcast, David Fraser hosts Paul Finney, Martin Durcan and the one and only Kevin Gallen in the studio! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2017-09-191h 08
QPR PodcastThe Chinless PodcastOn this week's podcast, David Fraser hosts regulars Paul Finney and making his return after a spell on the sidelines, Chris Mendes. Making his debut is QPR season ticket holder Martin Durcan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2017-04-2446 minQPR PodcastThe Chinless PodcastOn this week's podcast, David Fraser hosts regulars Paul Finney and making his return after a spell on the sidelines, Chris Mendes. Making his debut is QPR season ticket holder Martin Durcan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2017-04-2446 min
Dublin City Libraries & ArchivesOur Literary Heritage: A sense of placeRathmines can boast a rich literary heritage having played host to many leading literary figures including James Joyce, William Carleton, George Russell and Paul Durcan. "A Sense of Place", a literary evening held at Rathmines Library, honoured the rich literary life of the area. Local writers Evelyn Conlon, Adrian Kenny, Siobhán Parkinson and Fintan Vallely read selected pieces of their work and discussed the locality and how it may have influenced their writing. The evening was chaired by Niall MacMonagle and also featured Fintan Vallely playing a jig called "The Barley Grain" on the flute.Recorded in front of a...
2016-11-231h 07
2012 Edinburgh International Book FestivalPaul Durcan at Edinburgh International Book Festival'If there were a prize for best reader of one’s own poems, Paul Durcan would probably win it hands down,' proclaimed the Guardian's reviewer of Durcan's latest poetry collection, Praise in Which I Live and Move and Have My Being. The popular Dublin-born writer paid a well overdue visit to the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2012 (his first since 1995) and thrilled audiences with his quirky, jaunty, insightful new poems. This is a live recording of the event.
2012-10-0800 min
Edinburgh International Book FestivalPaul Durcan (2012 event)
'If there were a prize for best reader of one’s own poems, Paul Durcan would probably win it hands down,' proclaimed the Guardian's reviewer of Durcan's latest poetry collection, Praise in Which I Live and Move and Have My Being. The popular Dublin-born writer paid a well overdue visit to the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2012 (his first since 1995) and thrilled audiences with his quirky, jaunty, insightful new poems. This is a live recording of the event.
2012-08-2600 min
Front Row: Archive 201204/05/2012With Kirsty Lang Artist Michael Craig-Martin reviews a major new exhibition about the art and architecture created and inspired by the Bauhaus school. He reflects on the movement's influence on modern design, children's toys and his own career.Irish poet Paul Durcan is renowned for his uncompromising poems about sectarian violence and failings in the Catholic Church, as well as confessional pieces about love and loss. He discusses his new collection, which takes in the decline of the Celtic tiger, condemnations of bankers and "bonus boys" - and the bliss of being old enough to...
2012-05-0428 min
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County LibraryTalking Books: Dermot Bolger interviews Paul DurcanThis is the final podcast in the second series of Talking Books, a programme run by the Arts Office of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council in conjunction with the County Library Service. Throughout 2009, writer-in-residence Dermot Bolger conducted a series of conversations focused on the business of writing. Dermot's guest in this final programme is the poet Paul Durcan, who recently published a retrospective collection of his poetry spanning 40 years. The podcast was recorded in Deansgrange Libary on the 17th of November 2009.
There were some technical problems with microphones on the day and, regrettably, this is reflected in the sound quality...
2009-12-1600 min