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Feb. 24, 2026

Filmmaker Ruán Magan – making the invisible visible

Filmmaker Ruán Magan – making the invisible visible

Award-winning director, producer, and writer Ruán Magan joins Irish Stew for a timely conversation ahead of his double appearance at this weekend’s Solas Nua Capital Irish Film Festival, where he’ll present two very different visions of Ireland on screen. Ruán reflects on a creative life that has taken him from…

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Feb. 22, 2026

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

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

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 Public Health Award at its New York City Gala on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. After decades of…

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Feb. 15, 2026

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

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

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 of Irish music. Co‑founder of the seminal groups Planxty, The Bothy Band, and…

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Feb. 8, 2026

Irish Women in Film II

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 groundbreaking Irish-language horror film Fréwaka, exploring how her childhood love of horror (she saw The Exorcist at…

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Feb. 1, 2026

Irish Women in Film I

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 Irish Times video journalist, discusses her environmental documentary Birdsong, which won the 2025 CIFF Audience…

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Jan. 28, 2026

Drumshanbo From Jam to Gin—Sláinte! - Day 8

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 one of Ireland's most remarkable community-led success stories. At The Food Hub…

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Jan. 26, 2026

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

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

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, we meet Malaysian‑born chef and restaurateur Sham Hanifa. At age 20 he…

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Jan. 18, 2026

Small County Thinks Big – the Leitrim County Council and Landmark Hotel Story - Day 7 - Part II

Small County Thinks Big – the Leitrim County Council and Landmark Hotel Story - Day 7 - Part II

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 capitalizing on its offer of a great quality of life, relative affordability,…

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Jan. 11, 2026

Echoes of Iron Age Ireland with Noel Carberry at the Corlea Trackway - Day 7

Echoes of Iron Age Ireland with Noel Carberry at the Corlea Trackway - Day 7

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-from-home in Athlone. There they met their guide Noel Carberry…

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Jan. 4, 2026

Ambling over Cloncrow Bog with Tyrrellspass community advocate Eugene Dunbar - Day 6

Ambling over Cloncrow Bog with Tyrrellspass community advocate Eugene Dunbar - Day 6

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 community leader giving cohosts John Lee and Martin Nutty the grand tour of his charming…

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Dec. 28, 2025

Two Shores, Many Crises: 2025 Politics in America and Ireland with Ted Smyth

Two Shores, Many Crises: 2025 Politics in America and Ireland with Ted Smyth

In this end of years politics episode, Martin Nutty sits down with Ted Smyth, former Irish diplomat and president of the advisory board at Glucksman Ireland House, NYU, to discuss the political landscape on both sides of the Atlantic. Smyth offers stark assessments of Trump's second term, characterizing it as…

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Dec. 21, 2025

Stew in Review: Irish Stew Cohosts Toast 2025

Stew in Review: Irish Stew Cohosts Toast 2025

Irish Stew couldn’t make it to Dublin, so cohost Martin Nutty and John Lee settled for the Dublin House, a venerable watering hole on New York’s Upper West Side, known for its low-key vibe, high quality pints and its 10-foot-tall neon sign in the shape of a harp that has…

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Dec. 14, 2025

Keeping Hope Afloat with Sean Granahan of The Floating Hospital

Keeping Hope Afloat with Sean Granahan of The Floating Hospital

In this season of giving, Irish Stew welcomes Pennsylvania-born lawyer-turned-nonprofit leader Sean Granahan, the president of The Floating Hospital, a 160-year-old New York charity with deep Irish roots that still cares for the city’s poorest families. Founded in 1866 out of Trinity Church in the wake of the Civil War…

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Dec. 7, 2025

“That Beats Banagher!” with Historian James Scully & Horse Racing’s Mark Boylan

“That Beats Banagher!” with Historian James Scully & Horse Racing’s Mark Boylan

The Irish Midlands flow to the relentless rhythm of the River Shannon and along its banks the Irish Stew podcasters found themselves again, Day Five of their “Off the Beaten Craic in the Hidden Heartlands” wanderings, gazing across its broad expanse from the docks of the County Offaly town of…

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Nov. 30, 2025

Birr Castle - Citadel of Science, with Historian Brian Kennedy - Day 4 - Part 2

Birr Castle - Citadel of Science, with Historian Brian Kennedy - Day 4 - Part 2

Ireland has no shortage of stately manors, but as Irish Stew hosts Martin Nutty and John Lee learned, no other historic property has a legacy like Co. Offaly’s Birr Castle Demesne, which for generations has been an incubator of breakthroughs in engineering and science. With local historian and educator Brian…

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Nov. 23, 2025

Peatlands for Prosperity’s Promise with Douglas McMillan & Donie Regan - Day 4

Peatlands for Prosperity’s Promise with Douglas McMillan & Donie Regan - Day 4

The poet Seamus Heaney once said, "I think of the bog as a feminine goddess-ridden ground, rather like the territory of Ireland itself." And that territory is 14- to- 21 percent bog. So, on their fourth day “Off the Beaten Craic in the Hidden Heartlands,” Irish Stew cohosts John Lee…

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Nov. 16, 2025

Growing Green with Organic Farmers Pippa Hackett & Margaret Edgill - Day 3

Growing Green with Organic Farmers Pippa Hackett & Margaret Edgill - Day 3

How did Ireland become a food destination? Thanks go to chefs like John Coffey (https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/food-drink/john-coffey-irish-stew-podcast) of Athlone’s Thyme Restaurant and Belfast’s Niall McKenna (https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/niall-mckenna/) of the Waterman House, both past Irish Stew guests. But ask those chefs that question and they’ll thank their lucky stars for the local producers who…

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Nov. 10, 2025

Hidden Heartlands History Hike with Athlone’s Vincent Harney

Hidden Heartlands History Hike with Athlone’s Vincent Harney

Despite the “Off the Beaten Craic” theme to the current Irish Stew podcast series, on this episode hosts Martin Nutty and John Lee follow the well-worn track of history that flows through Athlone like the broad River Shannon. Their guide is the affable Vincent Harney of Athlone Guided Tours, a…

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Nov. 2, 2025

Sean's Bar Shanachie - Timmy Donovan

Sean's Bar Shanachie - Timmy Donovan

The oldest pub in Ireland, Europe…the world? Lend an ear as we explore the legend and lore of Sean’s Bar with the pub’s official storyteller Timmy Donovan. A central character in the Sean’s Bar story for the past 37 years, Timmy flips the calendar back to AD 900 when Luain…

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Oct. 26, 2025

Chef John Coffey – Homegrown Haute Cuisine in the Hidden Heartlands – Day 1

Chef John Coffey – Homegrown Haute Cuisine in the Hidden Heartlands – Day 1

Taste Ireland…more specifically, taste the Hidden Heartlands of the Irish Midlands through a completely original cuisine designed around the fresh local produce from surrounding farms, on offer at Athlone’s Michelin Bib Gourmand culinary destination, Thyme Restaurant. Chef John Coffey conjures up his ever-evolving menu around the vegetables local organic farmer…

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Oct. 19, 2025

Irish Stew Goes “Off the Beaten Craic” in the Hidden Heartlands

Irish Stew Goes “Off the Beaten Craic” in the Hidden Heartlands

Your cohosts are back from an eight-day road trip through Ireland's Hidden Heartlands, where instead of profiling a person, they went “Off the Beaten Craic” to explore a place - the Irish Midlands. Some tourists might view it as "drive-through country,” as they motor west from Dublin to the Wild…

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Oct. 4, 2025

A Life in Sound: John Davis on Music, Economics and What Really Matters

A Life in Sound: John Davis on Music, Economics and What Really Matters

Guest Overview John Davis, the inquisitive everyman, serves as the perfect foil to economist David McWilliams on Ireland's beloved David McWilliams Podcast. Known for his genuine curiosity and ability to ask the questions listeners are thinking, Davis brings a unique perspective shaped by decades in the music and media industries.…

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Sept. 22, 2025

Neale Richmond: Minister for International Development and Diaspora

Neale Richmond: Minister for International Development and Diaspora

With the Aer Lingus College Football Classic last month and Ireland’s first NFL game at the end of this one, Neale Richmond kicks off the episode with a timely gridiron tale. “I'm not just a very old and average rugby player, but I'm the only member of the Irish Parliament…

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Sept. 7, 2025

Joe Kennedy III: Politics, Peace & Public Service - Belfast, Boston & Beyond

Joe Kennedy III: Politics, Peace & Public Service - Belfast, Boston & Beyond

In something of an epilogue to our “Lost in Belfast” series, former U.S. Congressman and U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Joseph Kennedy III joins Irish Stew for a wide-ranging conversation on politics, peace, and public service. From the streets of Belfast to the tumult of Washington, Kennedy reflects on…

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