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To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums RevisitedEP53 - Silly Songs For Cynical People by The Would Be'sIn this episode I’m joined by Julie McDonnell, Aidine O’Reilly and Paul Finnegan of The Would Be's. We discuss the early years of the band: forming in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan in the late 80s; being championed by John Peel; supporting Morrissey; being lauded in the UK music press and their first three singles on Decoy Records including debut single 'I'm Hardly Ever Wrong'. We also chat about their brilliant new album HindZeitgeist. Episode notes are here.2025-07-271h 12
Restitutio601. 1 Corinthians in Context 18: Concluding ThoughtsWe’ll begin by reviewing what we’ve covered in this class before asking the question, “What happened after Paul sent 1 Corinthians?” Did the church receive his instruction? Did they reject it? How does 2 Corinthians fit in? We’ll take a look at the timeline to understand Paul’s three visits to Corinth and the three epistles he wrote them: 1 Corinthians, the severe letter (now lost), and 2 Corinthians. Then we’ll move through time to see how the church at Corinth continued to develop over the next one hundred years. Lastly, I’ll share some insights I’ve gained as I’ve come to ap...2025-05-221h 09
Restitutio600. 1 Corinthians in Context 17: Eschatology and the AfterlifeWe’ll begin by surveying what 1 Corinthians tells us about the end times. Then we’ll consider why Paul spent so much time in chapter fifteen making a case for the resurrection of the saints when Christ returns. By examining tomb inscriptions and literary sources you’ll learn about the four major options for the afterlife in the Greco-Roman world: (1) non-existence, (2) ascension to the stars, (3) the Hades myth, and (4) reincarnation. My hope is you’ll come to see how radical and fresh the Judaeo-Christian idea of resurrection was to the people of Corinth and understand why Paul felt the need to...2025-05-161h 08
Restitutio599. 1 Corinthians in Context 16: Love and Edification in the AssemblyToday we’re going to look at chapters 12, 13, and 14 of 1 Corinthians as a unit. We’ll see that the body analogy in 12, the love poem in 13, and the repeated concern for upbuilding in 14 are all slightly different angles of approach to the same goal. When the Corinthian Christians were getting together to worship, it was chaos. People were talking over each other, eager to manifest the holy spirit. Rather than telling them to cease from divine speech in the assembly, Paul instead focused their attention on the priority for being considerate of one another. Actually, he was way more radi...2025-05-091h 03
Restitutio596 1 Corinthians in Context 13: CommunionSo much was going on at the communion meal in Corinth. Some people were overdoing it, even getting drunk, while others went hungry. In order to better understand Paul’s instructions in 1 Corinthians 11, we’ll take some time to consider how the Romans did meals. Then we’ll draw on archeological discoveries from Corinth to reconstruct what the meeting space would have been like for Christian gatherings. Lastly, we’ll see how strongly Paul rebuked their lack of unity and concern for those in need and see how he challenged them to think of the meal as a spiritual event wi...2025-04-2150 min
Restitutio595 1 Corinthians in Context 12: WomenWhat was life like for women in the Roman empire? How did Christianity challenge cultural norms about the role of women? In today’s episode we’ll see what life was like for a range of women from wealthy single benefactors to athletes to freedwomen and slaves. We’ll focus our attention on the head-coverings passage in 1 Corinthians 11 and see why men were covering their heads and women were uncovering them. Lastly, we’ll work through the options for interpreting Paul’s instruction for women to remain silent during church services.
Scriptures Covered: 1 Corinthians 11:2-6, 10, 14-15; 14:34-36
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Restitutio594 1 Corinthians in Context 11: Money and Benefaction1 Corinthians 9 is a fascinating chapter. Paul masterfully lays out five arguments for why ministers should be paid for their work before telling the church of Corinth that he has chosen not to make use of this right and that he never would. Why not? What was it about the situation in Corinth that made Paul leery of taking their money? In order to get at this question we’ll consider how benefaction functioned in Greco-Roman cities. We’ll also consider two significant patronesses: Junia Theodora and Phoebe of Cenchreae. My hope is that this episode will open your eyes to s...2025-04-0751 min
Restitutio593 1 Corinthians in Context 10: ChristologyWhat does 1 Corinthians tell us about Christ? After a brief survey of the main ideas about Christ in the epistle, we’ll turn our attention to understanding 1 Corinthians 8.6. This verse has been a lightning rod for speculating about Christ’s relationship to God. Scholars like N. T. Wright and Richard Bauckham have asserted that Paul identified Christ with God, whatever that means. Their idea is that Paul reworked the shema, the core creed of Judaism, in order to bring Christ into the “divine identity.” In this episode, I’ll critique that view and offer in its place a contextual reading th...2025-03-2742 min
Restitutio592 1 Corinthians in Context 9: Food Sacrificed to IdolsAlthough often overlooked today, whether or not to eat food that had been sacrificed to idols was a major issue in first-century Christianity, especially in urban centers like Corinth. The city was teeming with temples, idols, and smaller shrines. Divinities abounded and devotees made offerings regularly from a little wine poured out at a home shrine to full animal sacrifices amid the pomp and circumstance of a city-funded celebration in the main forum. It’s hard for us to imagine the immense social pressure, especially on elite Christians, to attend state sacrifices, eat meals at temple dining rooms, and ac...2025-03-201h 10
Restitutio590 1 Corinthians in Context 7: LawsuitsHow should Christians deal with internal disputes? As with so many other issues, the Christians in Corinth were failing to distinguish between the body of Christ and the world. Today we’ll consider what Paul wrote in the first half of 1 Corinthians chapter six. In order to get a handle on his instructions to the church, we’ll consider the Roman legal system and how litigation worked. We’ll see that Paul wanted them to work out their grievances internally rather than going to court before unbelievers. However, does this mean that Christians should never go to court? Find out in...2025-03-0745 min
Restitutio589 1 Corinthians in Context 6: Homosexuality & SinglenessSo often we default to categories of thought prevalent in our time and without realizing it, read them into the Bible. As it turns out, first-century people living in Corinth did not think about sexuality like we do at all. In today’s episode, I want to begin by focusing rather closely on 1 Corinthians 6.9, which mentions same-sex relationships. This verse has been at the center of major translation disagreements that have sometimes opened the door wide to committed same sex relationships and at other times closed the door so tightly that even celibate men get locked out merely for ex...2025-02-2843 min
Restitutio588 1 Corinthians in Context 5: Sexual ImmoralityDo you know what blows my mind? That with all the permissiveness and sinfulness of the Roman world, what the Corinthian Christians were doing shocked Paul. He said that the sexual immorality of one man among them was so bad that such was not even found among the gentiles. That’s quite an indictment! Today we’re going to cover 1 Corinthians 5 and the second half of chapter 6. Both of these have to do with sexual immorality and, as such, today’s content is not appropriate for children. We’re going to cover the incident where a man was with his fath...2025-02-2147 min
Restitutio587 1 Corinthians in Context 4: Philosophy & WisdomPaul wrote extensively about worldly wisdom in 1 Corinthians. Due to the prevalence and esteem of philosophical schools, Paul probably felt a need to explain how Christianity measured up. In this lecture we’ll survey the five main philosophical options available to first-century Corinthians, including Platonism, Cynicism, Skepticism, Epicureanism and Stoicism. Then once we get a cursory grasp of how each of these worldly approaches worked, we’ll contrast them to Paul’s idea of spiritually discerned truths, which are available only to the mature in Christ.
Scriptures Covered: 1 Corinthians 1:17-25; 2:1-16; 3:1-4
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Restitutio586 1 Corinthians in Context 3: Factions & Status at CorinthNow that we’ve familiarized ourselves with the city of Corinth and Paul’s missionary activity there, we’re ready to dive into 1 Corinthians. As I mentioned previously, my strategy for this class is to focus on the major themes rather than covering every verse. Our first theme is the issue of divisiveness among the Christians at Corinth, which spans the first four chapters of the letter. In this episode we’ll look at the factions in the church in light of two major contributing background forces: imperial celebrity culture and competition for status among Corinth’s elite. By situating...2025-02-0649 min
Restitutio585 1 Corinthians in Context 2: Paul Founds the Church at CorinthHow did Christianity come to Corinth in the first place? Although many times we are left speculating about how an ancient church got started, we have definitive knowledge about the Corinthian church from Luke, Paul’s traveling companion. In what follows we’ll work through Acts chapter 18 to see how Paul initially founded the church in Corinth. We’ll also take time to consider what life was like for Paul as a tentmaker, how he broke from the synagogue, and how we date Paul’s time there using the Gallio inscription from Delphi.
Scriptures Covered: Acts 18.1-19; 1 Thessalo...2025-01-3049 min
Restitutio584 1 Corinthians in Context 1: Corinth as the ContextToday we’re beginning something new. I’ve been working on this class on 1 Corinthians for months and months. I had taken classes on 1 Corinthians at Boston University twice. The first time we just read through the entire epistle in Greek. The second time was when we learned about what modern scholars said about Corinth. I’ve taught this epistle in the past both in a home bible study (in Rhode Island) and at the college level (in Georgia). Then, last April I had the opportunity to visit many ancient cities in both Turkey and Greece, including Corinth, which gave m...2025-01-2346 min
Restitutio582 Kiwi Farmer Pursues Biblical Truth (Vaughn Madsen)Vaughn Madsen was a simple kiwi farmer who subscribed to evangelical Christianity in New Zealand. No, he wasn’t farming kiwis. A kiwi is what you call someone from New Zealand. Anyhow, like I said, he was a devout member of his local church when he came across a presentation by Warren Prestige about the state of the dead. Although he had always believed his deceased loved ones were in heaven, this presentation provided extensive biblical evidence that the dead–both righteous and unrighteous–are asleep until the resurrection happens at the coming of Christ. Sometime later his brother prompt...2025-01-1049 min
Restitutio578 Applying Old Testament YHWH Passages to Jesus (Jerry Wierwille)Have you ever noticed that the New Testament authors love to quote the Old Testament? This happens hundreds of times. Sometimes the quotation is direct, other times it is a paraphrase, still others a New Testament author will allude to the Old Testament. In today’s episode, we’re going to hear Dr. Jerry Wierwille explaining what Paul did in Romans 10.13 when he quoted Joel’s prophecy and applied it to Jesus.
Not only will this presentation help you to understand Romans 10.13 better, it will open your eyes to the various interpretive methods that first-century Jews used when q...2024-12-1254 min
Restitutio572 Isaiah 9.6 Explained: A Theophoric ApproachComparing the Hebrew of Isaiah 9.6 to most popular English translations results in some serious questions. Why have our translations changed the tense of the verbs from past to future? Why is this child called “Mighty God” and “Eternal Father”? In this presentation I work through Isaiah 9.6 line by line to help you understand the Hebrew. Next I look at interpretive options for the child as well as his complicated name. Not only will this presentation strengthen your understanding of Isaiah 9.6, but it will also equip you to explain it to others.
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Ireland Calls Radio Show New YorkPaul Finnegan President IBO and CEO/Founder Shatalla Chosen as An Ambassador for Project ChildrenHi everyone I had a fascinating chat with Paul, he is such an interesting guy and has done so much for the Irish and Irish Americans in New York.
I hope you enjoy our chat
Paul is now raising funds for the Project Children Move to Monaghan Project. You can join Paul's team on the link below or support if you cannot attend.
For more information click on the link. Thank you so much
Project Children Picnic + 5K Fundraiser: Paul Finnegan (runsignup.com)
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Restitutio555 Was Paul Really Subverting Caesar? (Clint Burnett)Scholars and pastors regularly point to specialized "technical" language in Paul's epistles to make the case that Paul was intentionally subverting Roman power by applying to Jesus terms that the ancients commonly applied to the Caesars. My guest today has done the hard work of analyzing the inscriptions, coins, and material remains of several key ancient cities to see how they talked about the Roman emperors in the New Testament period. In our conversation he shares his own journey to become an independent scholar as well as how his research offers a corrective to what many are saying about...2024-07-041h 09
Restitutio551 Read the Bible for Yourself 18: Helpful Tools to Understand the BibleThis is part 18 of the Read the Bible For Yourself.
What tools can help you understand the bible better? Today we'll cover some recommended resources for you to deepen your study of the scriptures, including bible dictionaries, commentaries, bible software, AI, and more. Of course, it's impossible to cover everything in a reasonable time frame, so I'll just recommend two or three of each resource type, focusing primarily on tools that I personally have and use regularly.
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Restitutio548 Read the Bible for Yourself 15: How to Read the General EpistlesThis is part 15 of the Read the Bible For Yourself.
In previous episodes, we've looked at Paul's church epistles and pastoral epistles. Today we move into the third section of epistles in the New Testament--the general epistles. Instead of surveying each of the eight general epistles, we'll just focus on two: Hebrews and 1 John. We'll ask about author, audience, occasion, purpose, and mode for each. Going through these two will hopefully provide you with helpful examples to enable you to read these epistles more fruitfully on your own.
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Restitutio547 Read the Bible for Yourself 14: How to Read the Pastoral EpistlesThis is part 14 of the Read the Bible For Yourself.
The Pastoral Epistles are letters to church leaders, instructing them how churches should function. Though they are not well read by most Christians today, they remain authoritative for pastors, elders, and deacons. Today we'll cover 1-2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon. We'll explore the major theme of how the church should be a well-run household where godliness prevails. Additionally, we'll consider qualifications for leadership, warnings against false teachers, and the incredible importance of sound teaching.
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The Happy EditEpisode 28 - Neurodivergence and The Senses with Sue HorrocksThis week Tess & Sarah talk with person-centered Psychotherapist, Systemic Family Practitioner and Clinical Supervisor Sue Horrocks. Throughout the episode they explore what neurodivergence is and how the senses can play a key role in making a person feel comfortable, or not, in their present situation. Sue explains how even small adjustments can make a huge difference in making a person feel more at ease and supported.
The Happy Edit Tool for this week: Look up. We spend so much time looking down. Take a moment, whatever you’re doing and look up. Observe what you notice. Maybe wha...2024-05-0649 min
Restitutio546 Read the Bible for Yourself 13: How to Read the Church EpistlesThis is part 13 of the Read the Bible For Yourself.
Before getting to the Church Epistles, we'll begin with an overview of how letters were written, read, and performed. Then we'll see how they are arranged in our Bibles. We'll spend a good deal of time talking about occasion. Why did Paul write each letter? What was going on that prompted him to initiate the expensive and elaborate process of writing to them? Lastly, we'll briefly consider how to apply what we read to our lives.
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Restitutio545 Read the Bible for Yourself 12: How to Read ActsThis is part 12 of the Read the Bible For Yourself.
Acts is an action-packed book full of excitement and wonder. We learn about the early expansion of the Church from a small group of ragged Christ-followers to dozens of house churches throughout major cities in the Mediterranean world. How did Christianity "go public"? The book of Acts tells that story. In this episode you'll learn four major emphases in Acts as well as how to think through application for us today.
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Restitutio523 Rethinking Adoptionism (Jeremiah Coogan)Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts
For centuries heresy hunters have labeled those who deny the pre-existence of Jesus "adoptionists." This ancient category was based on the idea some Christian groups denied the virgin birth, thinking instead that Jesus became the son of God at his baptism when God adopted him. Modern scholars such as Bart Ehrman and Michael Bird employ this term to describe several early unitarian Christian groups. My guest today is Dr. Jeremiah Coogan, a scholar of the New Testament and early Christianity. He's written a really helpful journal article analyzing...2023-11-2545 min
Restitutio520 In the Form of a God (Andrew Perriman)Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts
Philippians 2.6-11 has generated an immense amount of scholarly literature such as journal articles and monographs not to mention blog posts, video lectures, and podcasts. What does the enigmatic phrase "in the form of God" mean? Did Paul intend us to think Jesus refused to grasp at equality with God or that he refused to exploit the equality he already had? What does it mean that Jesus emptied himself? Today we are getting into the weeds in order to understand what Philippians 2 is all about. I don't want...2023-11-021h 00
Restitutio519 No Pre-Existence in Paul? (Andrew Perriman)Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts
My guest today is Dr. Andrew Perriman of London who will discuss his recent book In the Form of a God, which is part of the Studies in Early Christology series. (Read Perriman's helpful summary of the book here.) The focus for our conversation is looking at the subject of pre-existence in Paul's epistles. The question before us is whether Paul taught or assumed that Christ had a literal prehuman career prior to his birth. In this interview we'll cover five of the six major texts, including Galatians 4.4, 1...2023-10-2656 min
CenterPieceNYS3E10: Linda Bonnar, Checking InLinda Bonnar is a successful life coach and entrepreneur. She's also a former educator, and has built her services around both her experiences in the teaching profession, and her teenager years with mental health struggles in her hometown of Ballinasloe in County Galway in Ireland. During those fragile, formative years of her childhood she had the misfortune of being targeted by a clique of mean-spirited schoolgirls, which made her road to today all the more difficult.But she has used that hard journey to be of service to others, through her coaching and her business, Upstrive...2023-06-291h 02
CenterPieceNYS3E9: Jennifer Muldowney, a Heart Grows BiggerJennifer Muldowney, from Dublin’s fair city, in Ireland, is an author, a podcaster, and a member of that exclusive set of people who has given a TED Talk.But for this vivacious young woman, all these glamorous activities are in support of her unique, creative, small-ish, and growing business, which, not to put too fine a point on it, services the industry of passing and death. Jennifer's work is as much a service to the living survivors, as it is to the departed. If you don’t know Jennifer, stick aroun...2023-05-291h 08
Restitutio496 Early Church History 14: Paul of Samosata and Photinus of SirmiumThis is part 14 of the Early Church History class.
We've been learning about the controversy over Christ's origins in the last couple of episodes. This battle raged between groups of Christians who agreed that Jesus pre-existed for sixty years. But today we are taking a break from that and looking instead at the early Christians who held to a dynamic monarchian Christology. Specifically, we'll consider two influential bishops: Paul of Samosata and Photinus of Sirmium. Although sometimes mislabeled as adoptionists, these two believed in the virgin birth but did not think Christ existed before then. Although what...2023-05-191h 06
CenterPieceNYS3E8: Denis Maguire, Life on the PeninsulaWhen it comes to experiences, life is an embarrassment of riches. Even more so, if you're an adventurous, wandering type, which might be another way of saying 'if you're Irish'.Certainly Denis Maguire is, although he has gone about it in his own quiet way. As a thoughtful playwright, flimmaker and artist, boisterousness is not for him. Raised in Galway City in Ireland, of rebel lineage, and later a college student in Dublin, he left his native Ireland and headed off to study in Moscow in his late teens. This was right after the collapse of the Sovi...2023-04-2656 min
CenterPieceNYS3E7: Corina Galvin, Quiet InfluencingCorina Galvin calls County Mayo in Ireland her home. She's also been a New Yorker for almost three decades. And she has accumulated a lot of frequent flyer miles along the way. That's because her job in event planning and management puts her constantly up in the air, traveling all over the globe, meeting some significant influencers in the process. This job, the only career of her working life, also allows her to divide her down time nicely between Ireland and New York, keeping her connections to her siblings, all in the west of Ireland, and her moth...2023-03-281h 05
Restitutio488 Early Church History 8: Origen of AlexandriaThis is part 8 of the Early Church History class.
Origen of Alexandria is the man behind the curtain. Although few Christians today would recognize his name, most denominations are still on a trajectory he initiated eighteen hundred years ago. His influences in theology, christology, eschatology, apologetics, textual criticism, asceticism, hermeneutics, and Christian philosophy are astonishing. Understanding Origen's life and ideas is a major key to comprehending the history of ideas within Christianity's most creative and speculative period. With the knowledge you've gained from our previous two episodes, you'll be able to see how Origen drew on Philo...2023-03-231h 00
CenterPieceNYS3E6: Jane McCooey and her Band of Sisters.Jane McCooey thrives when she’s bringing people together to solve a problem, to the benefit of all.When Jane, from County Armagh in Ireland, is confronted with obstacles, she’s not afraid to reach out for help, and her first port of call is often to tap into the familiar power of sisterhood. Before you know it, she’s fallen in with a band of sisters. She’s done this repeatedly–sports being a prime example–and more recently in the world of work.Why there, you ask?Because, you could say, men...2023-02-2858 min
Restitutio483 Early Church History 3: Christianity in the Second CenturyThis is part 3 of the Early Church History class.
Today we begin to look at the second century. We’ll start by considering Jewish Christian movements, including the Nazarenes and the Ebionites. Next we’ll shift gears and explore the cultural pressure of asceticism and how it began infiltrating Christianity. We’ll briefly survey the influence of Marcion and his followers before sketching out the various christologies of second century. This episode is a hodgepodge of unrelated topics that overlap in the same time period. This will serve as a good introduction before we get into other topics...2023-02-1750 min
The Cannabis ReviewTHE CANNABIS SUPPLY CHAIN | Paul Finnegan (Founder, Naturecan)In this episode, we are joined by Paul Finnegan. Paul is a co-founder of Naturecan. He has worked on business strategy and supply chain for several years, spending a large amount of time in the US sourcing the best quality CBD raw materials. Paul has also managed the Novel Food process with the Regulation team and the ACI.
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2. CBD in the U.K.
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CenterPieceNYS3E5: Niall O'Leary–A Life By, And Of, Design.Niall O'Leary is best known as a performer of Irish dance in the New York area, and further afield. A lesser known fact about Niall is that he also has his own Manhattan-based architecture practice.The amazing thing about Niall is how he has managed to satisfy his innate need to create and design in these two very disparate disciplines. To him there is barely a difference between them. Maybe every young person should be trained to think like Niall, so when they are asked what they want to be when they grow up, they'll transcend the us...2023-01-3157 min
CenterPieceNYS3E4: A Sort of Christmas Carol'Tis the festive season, and as yet another year ends, a time for self-reflection.So we thought we'd take a moment this Christmas to have a closer look at this podcast, delivered in the words of creator, producer and host Paul Finnegan, to explain why he does it, and to give you a walk-through on how he goes about doing it. We hope you'll find it a relaxing and perhaps thought-provoking, and hopefully entertaining listen, worthy of your precious time.It's a Christmas Carol, but by no means up to Dickensian snuff, not ev...2022-12-2039 min
CenterPieceNYS3E3: Ray O'Hanlon, Stringer of PearlsRay O'Hanlon is a long-standing journalist, author and editor of the weekly Irish Echo news service, which has been a pillar of the Irish American identity since 1928. That's a stretch coming up on 95 years, and Ray has been with the Echo for more than one third of that time! Ray sees his work as stringing together elements, pearls he calls them, of larger stories, creating a broader context that transcends any particular incident or era. It can be said he has been the string itself, defining and chronicling enormous changes among the Irish in American, and their prof...2022-11-261h 06
CenterPieceNYS3E2: Helen McNamara O'Shea, Healer at Heart.In this episode, Helen McNamara O'Shea tells us of the brave leap she made from a career as an accomplished doctor to that of a singer/songwriter. Given that Helen describes herself as 'ancient', which she is not by any means, it seemed, on the face of things, a switch that didn't make a whole lot of sense.But that's on the face of things, because both careers, to Helen, have something fundamental in common. Healing.And that's what Helen is at heart, a healer. She just does it now through the power of...2022-10-271h 03
CenterPieceNYS3E1: Donie Carroll, A Song of Freedom.County Cork, on Ireland's southern shore, is its biggest county, bigger than all the rest, all thirty one of them. Corkonians, as the people of Cork are known, are intensely proud of their heritage. They often claim, in all sincerity, that Cork City, not Dublin, is the true capital of Ireland. And they might be right. One need only ask the British about their experiences dealing with 'the rebel county'.By the time the centerpiece of this episode, musician and singer Donie Carroll, left his native Cork for New York, he'd already experienced many twists and turns on t...2022-09-2754 min
CenterPieceNYSeason Three Introduction: A Conversation with John Lee.Season Three kicks off with a short conversation between CenterPieceNY host, Paul Finnegan, and fellow New York Irish podcaster, John Lee, to preview what's ahead.Check out Irish Stew, the podcast for the Global Irish Nation, co-hosted by John and Martin Nutty.==========================================Thanks to Purple-Planet for Intro/Outro music, and to FreeSound for the sound FX.Learn more about our sponsor: Fox Lifestyle Hospitality Group.Check out the Celtic Irish American Academy. Support its work by donating (in...2022-09-1621 min
CenterPieceNYS2E10: Eamon Harkin-This Is The Only Time We Live In.Here in the tenth and final episode of Season Two, we get to know Eamon Harkin, originally from Derry in Ireland, who has achieved celebrity in the world of DJs, and is taking dance culture and its community to a whole other level in Queens, the biggest borough in the city, and one that is not so outer-borough anymore.Eamon’s story takes us from the troubled streets of Derry in the 70s and 80s, over to a hopping London in the 90s, then on to New York, a city in shock in the wake of 9/11, to th...2022-06-301h 03
CenterPieceNYS2E9: Amy Brett-The More Things Change...Amy Brett is a passionate and skilled event planner, an avid Gaelic footballer and a powerful fundraiser for great causes. And she's all 'Mayo for Sam', red and green, through and through.Based in Sunnyside, Queens, she's having the craic in New York. For many from previous generations, that's a familiar tale.The more things change, the more they stay the same.But above all she's a community builder. She loves to bring people together; it's the thing amidst everything else that stands out about her.In January this year, in the...2022-05-281h 05
CenterPieceNYS2E8: Claire McGovern and her Soft Power.Claire McGovern is a sustainable interior designer, art advisor and manufacturer, whose recent work uses Irish wool as its basis, a textile she has come to see as a 'miracle fiber' and after listening to this episode you'll think so too.Claire spent her formative years in a small enclave in south Dublin called Dartry, nestled between the more well-known suburbs of Milltown and Rathmines. Perhaps it was under the shelter of these leafy idyllic suburban surroundings that she first developed her creative flair, and a passion for nature's sustainability on a fragile, threatened planet, or perhaps t...2022-04-2857 min
Reasonably Happy with Paul OllingerMoney and Comedy (with Christian Finnegan)Description: Christian Finnegan is a comedian and actor, well known for his work on Chappelle’s Show and the popular sitcom, Are We There Yet? He has performed on Comedy Central Presents, Conan, The Late, Late Show with James Corden, and his five comedy specials are in regular rotation on all major streaming services. An avid music fan, Christian wants to connect formerly-cool middle aged people to the best in new music. Check out his Substack, New Music for Olds here.
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Restitutio438 Is God a Trinity of Persons? (Sean Finnegan)The Trinity remains a massively popular theory to understand God in Christianity today as it has since the fourth century. Some go so far as to condemn any attempt to understand the concept while others are content to allow their faith to seek understanding (fides quarens intelectum). Nevertheless, most Christians have never honestly assessed this doctrine in light of scripture, reason, and history.
In what follows, we'll begin by taking systematic theologian Wayne Grudem's definition of the Trinity to build an understanding of this model of God (social Trinity). Next we'll take a brief survey of the...2022-04-081h 08
CenterPieceNYS2E7: The Computer Club, Part IWe're taking a slightly different approach in this episode. We've gathered some thoughts and memories of several centerpieces, but the centerpiece of their lives in New York was, for a few years, a decade ago, a thing called 'The Computer Club'.The reason we are doing this now is because one of us, Paraic, had to leave the stage this month, and we've put together this episode in his honor. We hope it will help us grieve.Have a listen. If you do, you'll end up feeling connected to a time and a good place. And t...2022-03-2937 min
CenterPieceNYS2E6: Martin Nutty, the Pensive Podcaster.Martin Nutty, all 6 foot 4 inches of him, burst onto the global Irish community scene in 2020 when he fetched up alongside the previously-minted local New York Irish community celebrity John Lee, to stand up the innovative Irish Stew podcast. From the throes of the pandemic in 2020 to the current reemergence, he and John have roped in dozens of amazing members of the Global Irish Nation, and in doing so are helping to define it. And Martin has the voice that is the envy of all male podcasters, one as deep as he stands tall. (Now...2022-02-261h 10
CenterPieceNYS2E5: Shelley Ann Quilty-Lake, the Unapologetic Advocate who Belongs.They say that diversity is being asked to the dance, while inclusion is being asked to dance, but belonging is hearing your music play at the dance. To belong is a fundamental human need, but the road to true belonging continues to be a long one for many in the US. Shelley Ann Quilty-Lake, or simply Shelley, devotes her day, and her life as a lawyer, to those excluded from the dance, and to those who've made it into the dancehall but who aren't allowed onto the dancefloor. Discrimination, racism, and other -isms, are often deeply buried, but...2022-01-281h 01
The Potters CastInventory Like a Bank | Dan Finnegan | Episode 803Dan Finnegan has been making useful stoneware pottery in Fredericksburg Virginia since 1980.Dan trained in England at the Winchcombe Pottery and spends most summers working in England. Dan has trained more than a dozen assistants, founded Liberty Town Arts Workshop in Fredericksburg, and is the curator of "Pottery on the Hill" in Washington DC.2022-01-2748 min
CenterPieceNYS2E4: Breda Skeados and the Baker's DozenBreda Skeados is the middle child in a family of thirteen siblings from the rural West of Ireland, all born in a twenty-year period between the 30s and 50s. Ten survive to this day. Even during that time, in her hometown of Dunmore, County Galway, families of this size were on the wane. In fact it was so remarkable, some smarty pants composed a rhyme to keep track of all their names in order, a rhyme still recited by children in the region to this day! Breda was raised in a small house on a sm...2021-12-3059 min
CenterPieceNYS2E3: Sophie Colgan–Speaking Truth to PowerSophie Colgan is one of the finest examples of strong leadership on the rise today among the young in the Irish community of New York.Upon first arrival in the Big Apple in 2013, Sophie Colgan picked up on the background noise of goodwill that benefits all Irish people who come here, an almost universal feeling that has its origins in the aggregation of centuries of small and big contributions to community that the Irish have given this great city. Sophie returned to Ireland to finish her college studies, but returned immediately after, in 2014. She couldn't wait...2021-11-301h 06
CenterPieceNYS2E2: Jacqueline Kealy - from Tuam to the stage lights of New York City!We know County Galway in Ireland has it share of towns (and a city!), each with their own character and traditions, but Tuam–along the northern edge of the county–stands apart in its creative take on the world.It is no surprise that such a free-thinking place, with its vibrant music and theatre scene, should produce an adventurous young lady like Jacqueline Kealy, our centerpiece for this episode.In fact, Ireland produces more such women than most nations, and we'll explore that theme too in this episode. Raised in Tuam, Jacqueline left Irel...2021-10-2857 min
Irish Stew PodcastS3E4: Paul Finnegan - Community Leader For the Irish in NYFor Paul Finnegan it all goes back to his hometown of Galway City, “a small city but I refuse to call it a town” he says and a “crucible of many great things,” notwithstanding its reputation for being “where ambition goes to die.”But Paul explains why, despite his love for “The City of Tribes,” he traded “one great city for another'' and moved from Galway City to New York City, where he embarked on a career as a career changer--becoming the executive director of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center, working in the software and foodservice industries, and enjoying an 11...2021-10-251h 03
CenterPieceNYS2E1: Adrian Flannelly - the Godfather of Irish talk radio in New York.So we're all podcasters nowadays, but what is podcasting but radio on demand ? In this episode we hear the story of one of the great radio pioneers among New York's Irish community, who is still standing and still broadcasting after 50 years, who was plying his trade when it required serious work and investment to do so: studio time, air time and a lot more equipment than a bit of editing software, an Internet connection, and a microphone (or two).We refer of course to the legendary, the notorious, the amazing Adrian Flannelly.And Adrian is even m...2021-09-301h 02