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Alan Bennett was a stand-up comedian for a while and during that time he toured with David O'Doherty and Maeve Higgins and did well in some competitions and co-ran Schnitzel Comedy Club. Then he started writing fiction and it has been published in several literary magazines and anthologies including 30 Under 30 which Joseph O'Connor chose as one of his books of the year for The Irish Times. He received a Masters with first class honours in creative writing from UCD and a BA in fine art painting from LSAD. Now he's working on getting his novel on, and being in charge of HeadStuff.org.

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If you’re a regular listener of The HeadStuff Podcast, you’ll be aware of Music Editor Dave Hanratty’s dulcet tones, wild opinions and general Herculean presence. After much deliberation, we have decided to open Pandora’s Box and give him…
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34. John Connolly

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We sit down with John Connolly, author of the Charlie Parker series of crime thrillers, and the wonderful The Book of Lost Things. Dave Hanratty, HeadStuff music editor, is on co-host duties. John Connolly episode: This conversation…
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30. Rick O’Shea

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Rick O'Shea joins us on The HeadStuff Podcast to speak to us at length about his sexy voice, and how he has won awards for it. It's very important that we understand that he has won awards for having a sexy voice. After we applaud him on…
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28. Tommy Pallotta

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Tommy Pallotta is an American film director and producer who has produced films like A Scanner Darkly, Waking Life and directed films such as American Prince and, his latest, The Last Hijack. We sat down to talk to him in the IFI, and the…
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27. Timi Ogunyemi

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In this episode of The HeadStuff Podcast we have a little bit of trouble explaining what Timi Ogunyemi does. Timi even struggles himself. The reason we know him and love him is because he's a fascinating person, he's a popular blogger and…