Arts Episodes

S2E8: Peter Quinn - Interpreter of Irish America
May 10, 2021

S2E8: Peter Quinn - Interpreter of Irish America

With the republication of his epic novel Banished Children of Eve , the Bard of Hastings-on-Hudson Peter Quinn joins us for a sometimes serious, occasionally irreverent, always insightful look into the global Irish identity f...

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Episode S2E7: Sorcha Glackin: Storyteller of Sight and Sound
April 26, 2021

Episode S2E7: Sorcha Glackin: Storyteller of Sight and Sound

Sorcha’s story takes us back and forth across the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean as she sets her course towards storytelling and journalism on radio and TV for RTE, Newstalk, BBC and CBS. With a step into the unknown she landed...

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S2E5: Jack Byrne - Mystery Writer
March 29, 2021

S2E5: Jack Byrne - Mystery Writer

Jack Byrne Links Under the Bridge: Amazon Publisher: Northodox Press Blog Twitter Facebook Episode Details Jack Byrne grew up in Liverpool, the son of post WWII Irish emigrants. In his first novel, Under the Bridge , Jack tak...

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S2E4: Turlough McConnell - Champion of Irish Culture in America
March 15, 2021

S2E4: Turlough McConnell - Champion of Irish Culture in America

Turlough Links “Seamus” Plug: History Loves A Parade: 260 Years of the St. Patrick's Day Parade - Online on Wed, March 17, 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET · Website: Turlough McConnell Communications · LinkedIn · Twitter · F...

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S2E3: Liza Donnelly: Visual Journalist, New Yorker Cartoonist, Speaker, Feminist
March 1, 2021

S2E3: Liza Donnelly: Visual Journalist, New Yorker Cartoonist, Speake…

From when her mother gave her a book of James Thurber’s cartoons, Liza Donnelly has expressed her wit and rising political consciousness through pencils, pens, watercolors, and now through her live drawing on an iPad at the Oscars, the Democratic National Convention, other marquee events for CBS.

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S1E8: Alison McKenna - Actor, Producer, Culture Maker
Jan. 4, 2021

S1E8: Alison McKenna - Actor, Producer, Culture Maker

Alison McKenna shares tales from acting on the stages of the Abbey, Gate, and Royal Shakespeare Company, traces her journey as a producer for the theatre and cultural programming such as New York’s centerpiece 1916 Centenary commemoration, and demonstrates why she’s an in-demand voiceover artist in…

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