Episodes

No Ordinary Heist is No Ordinary Film: Live at CIFF26 with Director Colin McIvor & Producer Ruth Carter
March 29, 2026

No Ordinary Heist is No Ordinary Film: Live at CIFF26 with Director C…

No Ordinary Heist had just finished rolling when Irish Stew cohosts Martin Nutty and John Lee took to the AFI Silver Theatre stage on the second night of the 2026 Solas Nua Capital Irish Film Festival in metro-Washington, DC....

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From Burgerland to Fergie’s Pub: An Irish Publican’s Philadelphia Story
March 15, 2026

From Burgerland to Fergie’s Pub: An Irish Publican’s Philadelphia Sto…

North Dublin native Fergus “Fergie” Carey didn’t just open a bar in Philadelphia, he helped invent a neighborhood, a scene, and a sense of community that stretches from Center City to the Irish arts world and back again. In t...

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Michael Dowling on Leadership, Democracy, Optimism, and the Glucksman Award
Feb. 22, 2026

Michael Dowling on Leadership, Democracy, Optimism, and the Glucksman…

For it’s 150th episode, Irish Stew podcast welcomes back a clear-eyed optimist for troubled times, Michael J. Dowling. Glucksman Ireland House is honoring him with the Outstanding Public Service and Lifetime Contribution to P...

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In Time: Dónal Lunny, Nuala O’Connor’s Film Chronicle of the Enigmatic Innovator
Feb. 15, 2026

In Time: Dónal Lunny, Nuala O’Connor’s Film Chronicle of the Enigmati…

Filmmaker Nuala O’Connor joins Irish Stew cohosts Martin Nutty and John Lee for a “Global Irish Nation Conversation” on her documentary In Time: Dónal Lunny , her filmic tone poem in black and white on the enigmatic innovator...

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Irish Women in Film II
Feb. 8, 2026

Irish Women in Film II

In this conversation recorded at the 2025 Capital Irish Film Festival, host Martin Nutty sits down with two trailblazing Irish filmmakers who are pushing boundaries in their respective genres. Aislinn Clarke discusses her gro...

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Irish Women in Film I
Feb. 1, 2026

Irish Women in Film I

Recorded at the 2025 Capital Irish Film Festival in Washington DC, this episode features a conversation with two Irish women who have both made significant transitions into film from other careers. Kathleen Harris , a former ...

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Drumshanbo From Jam to Gin—Sláinte! - Day 8
Jan. 28, 2026

Drumshanbo From Jam to Gin—Sláinte! - Day 8

Irish Stew wraps its Off the Beaten Craic in the Hidden Heartlands Series in Drumshanbo, the Co. Leitrim town rewriting the rural renewal playbook. What began as a desperate effort to save a shuttered jam factory has become o...

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Malaysian Chef, Woodland Retreat, E-Bike Ramble: Off the Beaten Craic in Leitrim - Days 7 & 8
Jan. 25, 2026

Malaysian Chef, Woodland Retreat, E-Bike Ramble: Off the Beaten Craic…

Irish Stew’s latest “Off the Beaten Craic” adventure in County Leitrim discovers three new ways to slow down, tune in, and taste this corner of Ireland, through food, forest, and a gentle spin along the Jackalope Trail. First...

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Small County Thinks Big – the Leitrim County Council and Landmark Hotel Story - Day 7 - Part II
Jan. 18, 2026

Small County Thinks Big – the Leitrim County Council and Landmark Hot…

It may be the smallest county in Connacht, the smallest by population in Ireland, with the smallest stretch of beach on the Wild Atlantic Way, but in their latest episode the Irish Stew podcasters learn that Leitrim is capita...

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Echoes of Iron Age Ireland with Noel Carberry at the Corlea Trackway - Day 7
Jan. 11, 2026

Echoes of Iron Age Ireland with Noel Carberry at the Corlea Trackway …

Irish Stew Podcast is “Off the Beaten Craic” in Co. Longford for the sound of the low whistle and the sight of an Iron Age roadway at the Corlea Trackway Visitors Centre, located a half hour’s drive north from their home-away...

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Ambling over Cloncrow Bog with Tyrrellspass community advocate Eugene Dunbar - Day 6
Jan. 4, 2026

Ambling over Cloncrow Bog with Tyrrellspass community advocate Eugene…

The Irish Stew podcasters venture across Westmeath one last time, to the county’s eastern reaches to explore the picturesque village of Tyrrellspass, where they once again find a story of community commitment…and a bog. The c...

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