Episodes
S4E7: Brian McDonald - An Irish-American Story of 9/11 & the FDNY
It wasn’t planned this way, but we recorded our episode with writer Brian McDonald on Sept. 11, a date that looms large in his ne…
S4E6: Flor MacCarthy - A Broadcaster in Pursuit of Unexpected History
Flor MacCarthy was born in West Cork and shares memories of one of Ireland's most idyllic regions. Her childhood was one rich in …
S4E5: Aedín Moloney – Saying “Yes!” to a Life on Stage
Growing up in a Dublin home with no TV, Aedín turned to books, reading them aloud, drawing out the characters, and letting the wo…
S4E4: Elaine Ní Bhraonáin PhD - Irish Language, Irish In NYC & A Moth…
Our conversation with the warm and welcoming Elaine Ní Bhraonáin takes us from her childhood in South County, Dublin, to New York…
S4E3: Larry Kirwan – Rocking Renaissance Man from Black 47 to Broadway
We’re not sure what’s more impressive—that Larry Kirwan originated and co-wrote the Broadway hit Paradise Square, or that his ear…
S4E2: John McCourt - Tracking James Joyce in Trieste
Our Bloomsday episode with the engaging James Joyce scholar John McCourt takes us to Italy for the first time, specifically its o…
S4E1: Mark Little - From RTÉ to Journalism’s Digital Frontier
Our new season of Irish Stew opens with trailblazing journalist Mark Little, a former RTÉ newscaster working to make sense of soc…
S3E17: Check In: Liza Donnelly - Bonus Episode
Liza Donnelly: New Yorker Cartoonist & “Very Funny Ladies” Irish Stew’s favorite cartoonist is back to tell you about her just-pu…
S3E16: Check In: Ted Smyth - Bonus Episode
We last spoke with Ted Smyth back at the start of 2021. A lot has happened in the world of politics in the intervening period. Te…
S3E15: Check In: Jack Byrne - Bonus Episode
We first sat down with Liverpudlian, Jack Byrne back in Season 2 when we talked about his first novel: Under the Bridge. You can …
S3E14: Dan Mulhall - Ambassador for Ireland & James Joyce
Season III of Irish Stew concludes with our conversation with a very Global Irish citizen, Dan Mulhall, Ireland’s Ambassador to t…
S3E13: Cady Coleman: Irish American Astronaut & Musician
In this episode, we reach for the stars with Irish American astronaut Dr. Cady Coleman, a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions a…
S3E12: Gregory Harrington – Musical Explorer, Violin Virtuoso
From Carnegie Hall to Lambeau Field, Gregory Harrington elevates the Global Irish Nation Conversation through his music. Born in …
S3E11: John Greene & Maurice Casey - Telling the EPIC Story of Irish …
In this episode we explore the “roots” and “routes” of the Irish diaspora for a very “Global Irish Nation Conversation” with CEO …
S3E10: Kristen Shaughnessy: Journalist, Storyteller, Anti-Ageism Advo…
Despite growing up with no TV in a rural upstate hamlet, Kristen Shaughnessy would go on to become a fixture in New York TV news …
S3E9: Jennifer Petoff - A Traveling American Techie in Dublin
Born in the Irish America hotbed of Buffalo, New York, Jennifer Petoff lives in Dublin now. Following a career that has taken u…
S3E8: MacDara Ó Conaola – Aran Islander Keeping Irish language & Mu…
On this serving of Irish Stew, we travel from Manhattan (pop. 1.6 M) to Inisheer (pop. 250) to explore the sights, sounds, haunti…
S3E7: Val Cummins PhD - Tapping the energy of Coastal Ireland
Through her work on the award-winning The Coastal Atlas of Ireland and on harvesting the power of ocean winds, our guest Val Cumm…
S3E6: Colin Broderick - Searing Storyteller of the Irish
Colin Broderick likes to tell stories, needs to tell them, be they dark, dank, and dangerous, be they bright, affirming, and know…
S3E5: Clare McGee - Business Whisperer & Derry Girl
Clare McGee wears multiple hats, most notably as a principal of Innovate-NI , a management consulting company established 2016 in…
S3E4: Paul Finnegan - Community Leader for the Irish in NY
For 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 “c…
S3E3: Jim Walsh & Damian Shiels - Unearthing Diaspora History
How much of our history would remain buried if not for a few intrepid explorers of the past? In this episode we explore little kn…
S3E2: Natalie Nugent O'Shea - Passionate Purveyor of Irish Arts in Am…
Natalie Nugent O’Shea takes us from St. Paul, Minnesota, around the world with Riverdance, to Dublin to start a family, and then …
S3E1: Vinny Warren - WASSUP with this Irish ad legend?
WASSUP? Season III of Irish Stew is WASSUP! We launch with an episode on the Irish ad man responsible for the memorable Budweiser…