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Preview of episode featuring astronaut Cady Coleman. You can get the full episode on all major podcast platforms or on our website: https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/CadyColeman/

In this episode, we reach for the stars with Irish American astronaut Dr. Cady Coleman, a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and 159 days in orbit on the International Space Station (ISS). Cady says she’s one-quarter Irish on both sides, but that it adds up to much more than…

Full episode can be found at: https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/s3e12

From Carnegie Hall to Lambeau Field, Gregory Harrington elevates the Global Irish Nation Conversation through his music. Born in Dublin, based in New York City, he is redefining the classical violin virtuoso for the 21st century, pairing his expressive lyricism, tonal beauty, and impeccable musicianship with his uncanny ability to…

You can find the full episode at: https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/s3e11

In this episode we explore the “roots” and “routes” of the Irish diaspora for a very “Global Irish Nation Conversation” with CEO Patrick Greene and Historian-in-Residence Maurice J. Casey Ph.D. of Dublin’s EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum, voted Europe’s leading tourist attraction the last three years running. Patrick shares how…

You can listen to the full episode at: https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/KristenShaughnessy

Video of the Irish Stew Anniversary Party from Jan 18, 2022 *Note: Unfortunately we had trouble with Turlough McConnell's Zoom stream which broke up. Apologies for being unable to capture his remarks in full Featuring: Kristen Shaughnessy, André Archimbaud, Rosa Nutty, Turlough McConnell, Brian McCabe, Bill Schultz, John Lee, and…

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 as reporter and anchor with the 24-hour news station New York 1. Kristen was on the frontlines of the non-stop news coverage of the 9/11…

You can get the full podcast episode at: https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/JenniferPetoff

Born in the Irish America hotbed of Buffalo, New York, Jennifer Petoff lives in Dublin now. Following a career that has taken unexpected twists. A holder of a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University, we talk about women in STEM and how Jennifer made her way to Dublin, where she…

Francis Edward Ledwidge (19 August 1887 – 31 July 1917) was an Irish poet from Slane, County Meath, sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds". He was later also known as a First World War war poet. He was killed in action in 1917 BEHIND THE CLOSED EYE I…

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On this serving of Irish Stew, we travel from Manhattan (pop. 1.6 M) to Inisheer (pop. 250) to explore the sights, sounds, haunting landscape, natural history, and vibrant culture of the Aran Islands with our affable tour guide—Irish language advocate and sean-nós singer, MacDara Ó Conaola. MacDara guides us over…

Ful Episode: https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/s3e7-val-cummins-phd-tapping-the-energy-of-coastal-ireland Val Cummins has over 25 years of expertise in the marine and energy fields at national and international levels. She brings a considerable track record in team building, leading complex projects with diverse disciplines, and high levels of stakeholder engagement through previous roles (i.e. Director of Coastal…

Through her work on the award-winning The Coastal Atlas of Ireland and on harvesting the power of ocean winds, our guest Val Cummins is a compelling advocate for embracing the potential off Ireland’s shores. Just named the best Irish-published book of the year, and weighing in at a hefty 10…

Colin Broderick is an author, a playwright and a movie maker. Join Irish Stew as we explore his backstory at: https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/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 knowing. It’s all there in his new film A Bend in the River, his highly personal tale of a writer returning to his native County Tyrone still in the…

Preview of Clare McGee episode S3E5. Full audio can be found at: https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/s3e5

Clare McGee (https://www.linkedin.com/in/claremcgee) wears multiple hats, most notably as a principal of Innovate-NI (https://innovate-ni.com/about-us) , a management consulting company established 2016 in Derry, Northern Ireland. Along with cofounder Dr. Barney Toal (https://twitter.com/BarneyToal) , the company focuses on small business development, entrepreneurship, digital and social innovation projects. Clare is also a…

Preview for Season 3 Episode 4 feturing Paul Finnegan, a stalwart of the Irish American community

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 “crucible of many great things,” notwithstanding its reputation for being “where ambition goes to die.” But Paul explains why, despite his love…

How much of our history would remain buried if not for a few intrepid explorers of the past? In this episode we explore little known Irish diaspora stories buried in cemeteries over 1,300 miles apart in Colorado and Georgia. Drawing on his research of an abandoned cemetery high in the…

Preview for Season 3 Episode 3 featuring historians Damian Shiels and Jim Walsh and their respective projects at Andersonville, Georgia and Leadville, Colorado