Author Episodes

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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Dec. 9, 2024

Maurice Casey: The Search For Forgotten Revolutionary Lives

In this episode of the Irish Stew Podcast, host Martin Nutty welcomes back Maurice Casey to discuss the exciting developments in his life since his last appearance. Now a Research Fellow at Queen's University in Belfast, Maur...

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Nov. 18, 2024

Cady Coleman – An Astronaut's Guide to Mission, Wonder & Making Chan…

Cady Coleman splashes down on Irish Stew to help us explore“The Final Frontier” through the pages of her new book, Sharing Space: An Astronaut's Guide to Mission, Wonder, and Making Change. Part memoir, part chronicle of the ...

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Nov. 11, 2024

S6E18: Cauvery Madhavan - The Inheritance

In this special check-in episode of the Irish Stew Podcast, host Martin Nutty welcomes back author Cauvery Madhavan to discuss her new novel, 'The Inheritance.' Cauvery shares the inspiration behind the novel, which weaves to...

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Nov. 4, 2024

S6E17: Michael Dowling - Talks Aging, Storytelling & Gun Violence

Healthcare thought leader Michael J. Dowling returns to Irish Stew to discuss his new book The Aging Revolution: The History of Geriatric Health Care and What Really Matters to Older Adults , the launch of Northwell Studios t...

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Oct. 21, 2024

S6E16: John Connell - Lessons From the Lambing Life

John Connell traveled far from Ireland in his 20s, and early in his career, his work yielded accolades in journalism and filmmaking. Yet happiness and contentment proved to be elusive. Returning to the family farm in Longford...

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Sept. 23, 2024

S6E14: John Kearns – Relentless Writer

Irish Stew delves into the rich world of Irish American literature through the eyes and pen of guest John Kearns, a New Yorker by way of Philadelphia and a relentless storyteller in short stories, novels, plays, poetry, scree...

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Aug. 19, 2024

S6E13: Julie Breathnach-Banwait - Irish Poetry From Tasmania

In this episode of Irish Stew, hosts John Lee and Martin Nutty welcome Julie Breathnach-Banwait, a poet and child psychologist. Julie shares her unique journey from her Connemara home ( Ceantar an nOlieán ) off the west coast...

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June 17, 2024

S6E9: Charles R. Hale - Untangling the Shadows at McSorley’s Old Ale …

Is this one of our author episodes or should it fall into our Irish Drinks category because your co-hosts have grabbed a table by the pot-bellied stove at New York’s legendary McSorley's Old Ale House for a conversation with ...

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June 3, 2024

S6E8: Kate Kerrigan asks, Am I Irish Yet?

Writer, performer, and force of nature, born Morag Prunty, but best known by her pen name Kate Kerrigan whisks us from London where she grew up with an Irish identity to Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way where she’s living with an ...

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Jan. 28, 2024

S5E22: Dan Mulhall - Check-In - The Pilgrim Soul of WB Yeats

When we last talked with Dan Mulhall, he was Ireland’s Ambassador to the United Stares. Since then, he retired after a 44-year career in diplomacy, but he’s been busier than ever as we learn in this check-in episode with Mart...

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Dec. 18, 2023

S5E19: Fin Dwyer Check-In - A Lethal Legacy

Fin Dwyer of Irish History Podcasts pays a return visit to Irish Stew. We last hosted Fin two years ago . Since then, Fin has continued to fascinate his listeners with in depth episodes on a broad range of Irish History topi...

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Nov. 13, 2023

S5E16: Brian O'Sullivan - Imagining Iron Age Ireland…from New Zealand

Join us as we travel from Ireland all the way to New Zealand to explore a vision of Ireland from centuries ago in our conversation with Brian O’Sullivan. He’s an author, cultural researcher, strategic analyst, and founder of ...

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Oct. 2, 2023

S5E13: Naoíse Mac Sweeney: Demythologizing The West

In this Global Irish conversation, we search for the true origins of Western Civilization with a most global of guests, Naoíse Mac Sweeney, author of The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives . Her father is from Cork City, h...

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Sept. 18, 2023

S5E12: Jane Ferguson - No Ordinary Correspondent

Growing up in The Troubles in Northern Ireland, Jane Ferguson spent most of her life reporting on the global troubles in Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Gaza, Syria, and Afghanistan, reporting for CNN International, Al Jazeera, ...

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