Season 7

June 8, 2025

Coming Home to Belfast with Máirtín Ó Muilleoir & Connla McCann

When you have a good story to tell, why not invite the world? For our Lost In Belfast series finale, we convene in the Titanic Hotel’s grand vaulted hall, where the ill-fated ship was designed. Hundreds have gathered from across local communities and from around the globe for the Belfast Internatio…

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June 1, 2025

4,000 Keys: Unlocking Linda McKenna's Poetic Journey

In the 10th episode of the Irish Stew Podcast's Lost in Belfast series, host Martin Nutty sits down with poet Linda McKenna. Together, they discuss poetry, history, and forgotten voices of Irish history. Linda's path to poetr...

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May 25, 2025

Solas Nua – Illuminating Irish Arts in Washington, DC

In this episode of Irish Stew , host Martin Nutty connects with key figures from Solas Nua , a dynamic Washington, D.C.-based arts organization devoted to contemporary Irish culture. Recorded during the Capital Irish Film Fes...

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May 18, 2025

Reviving the Spirits of Belfast with McConnell’s Whisky CEO John Kelly

Join us in jail, or is it gaol, as in the Crumlin Road Gaol, the last Victorian era prison relic in Northern Ireland, now being put to better use as the home of the Belfast Distillery Company, working to revive the classic ol...

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May 11, 2025

Suzanne Savage – Serenade for a City of Music

When you’re in a UNESCO City of Music, you expect to hear some great sounds, which we did when we found our way to the Duncairn Centre for Culture & Arts to hear the Belfast singer, songwriter, performer, and musical explorer...

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May 4, 2025

The Irish Question: A Film on Brexit, History, and Unity

This episode of the Irish Stew Podcast features a discussion with documentary filmmaker Alan Gilsenan and journalist John Walsh about their film 'The Irish Question.' The film delves into the recent history of Ireland, the ...

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April 27, 2025

LIVE at 1st Irish Festival, Act II: John Duddy & Ciaran Byrne, Northe…

Former champion boxer John Duddy from Derry and one-time construction worker Newry’s own Ciaran Byrne share their unlikely paths to acting on stage and in film in part two of our first live podcast recording for Origin Theatr...

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April 27, 2025

LIVE at 1st Irish Festival, Act I: Labhaoise Magee & Crissy O'Donovan…

After Origin Theatre’s artistic director Mick Mellamphy welcomes our paying (!) audience to the 1st Irish Festival’s first live podcast event, we introduce theatre makers, Derry’s own Labhaoise Magee of Fair Play Productions ...

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April 20, 2025

Belfast Night Czar Michael Stewart & Foodie Entrepreneur Caroline Wil…

We found the right guides for Belfast’s burgeoning food and festivities scene in Michael Stewart and Caroline Wilson. Caroline is a lawyer-turned-serial-entrepreneur of food and drink experiences. She founded Belfast Food Tou...

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April 13, 2025

Irish Whiskey Alchemy & Artistry at Hinch Distillery

Join us as we get “Lost Outside of Belfast” when we take a 25-minute cab ride from the city center to Hinch Distillery in bucolic County Down. With Head Distiller Will Stafford as our guide, we explore the sensory journey of ...

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April 6, 2025

Gatsby: Death of an Irishman - Patrick O'Sullivan Greene

We commemorate the 100th Anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby this week with Patrick O'Sullivan Greene, author of Gatsby: Death of an Irishman . Patrick guides us through F. Scott Fitzgerald's troubled Midwes...

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March 23, 2025

Elizabeth Stack Reprised

In this episode of the Irish Stew Podcast, host Martin Nutty discusses his experience celebrating St. Patrick's Day at the American Irish Historical Society, meeting its executive director, Dr. Elizabeth Stack. Despite her su...

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March 16, 2025

Larry Kirwan is Back and Rockin’ The Bronx

Join us as Larry Kirwan spins us back to the vibrant, violent New York City of the 1980s and the lives of the mostly undocumented Irish who called a patch of turf there home, in his novel Rockin’ The Bronx. Best known as the ...

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March 9, 2025

William Spencer Reilly - Sober St. Patrick’s Day “Reclaims the Day”

“St. Patrick’s Day Today, Hungover Tomorrow.” Seeing that slogan on a St. Patrick’s Day T-shirt sent William Spencer Reilly on a mission to “reclaim the day” from negative stereotypes to what is best about Irish culture. So, ...

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March 3, 2025

From Hostilities to Hospitality with Anthony & Andrea Kieran of Belfa…

Join us in the Queen’s Quarter at the former derelict buildings that Anthony and Andrea Kieran transformed into Belfast’s stunning five-star boutique hotel, Regency House. Their story intertwines personal histories with The T...

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Feb. 24, 2025

Pride & Politics: Belfast’s Trailblazing Lord Mayor Micky Murray

Join us for the first stop on Day 2 of our Lost in Belfast Road Trip as we visit the magnificent City Hall to meet Lord Mayor Micky Murray. The city’s youngest and first openly gay Lord Mayor shares refreshing new perspective...

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Feb. 17, 2025

Exploring “Belfast’s Great Shared Space” with The Linen Hall’s Julie …

The third stop on our “Lost in Belfast” series is the city’s oldest cultural organization, The Linen Hall Library, located in an 18th-century building across the street from City Hall and a reminder of Belfast’s days as “Line...

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Feb. 10, 2025

Celebrating Irish Cinema: Conversations with Mary Robinson & Eva Birt…

For the 2nd year in a row, Irish Stew hosts Maedhbh Mc Cullagh, the director of the Capital Irish Film Festival, who discusses the festival's offerings, the audience's response, and the challenges and rewards of organizing su...

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Feb. 3, 2025

Belfast Graft & Craft: Gerry White’s Jawbox Gin Journey

Gerry knows gin from his time behind the bar and from sipping his favorite tipple from the other side of the stick. But he found his perfect gin, though he could imagine just how it would taste, a taste he finally captured in...

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Jan. 27, 2025

Niall McKenna: Belfast Chef Knows “What's It All About”

Join us in the first leg of our “Irish Stew Gets Lost in Belfast Road Trip” in the vibrant Cathedral Quarter at its prime culinary destination Waterman House as we explore the recipe for restaurant success with Chef and Found...

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Jan. 20, 2025

Paddy Cullivan Reunites Ireland with Comedy

Star Trek said it would happen in 2024, but for Paddy Cullivan, 2032 will be the year of Irish Unification. Through hot takes on Irish history and AI-fueled visions of Ireland’s future, Paddy charts the course to unity in 203...

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