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Joe Rooney is a stand up comedian best known for his role as Father Damo in the Channel Four series Father Ted. He has also acted and written for the RTE series Killinascully, Red Rock (TV3), Roy (BBC), the feature film South and on the stage in The Shawshank Redemption (Edinburgh Fringe) and The Chastitute (Gaiety Theatre). As a stand up he has performed in cities worldwide including Shanghai, Moscow, Dubai, Chicago, Toronto, Barcelona and Bangkok.

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Episode 60 – Gerard Walsh

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This week on PODAROONEY, I talk to Gerard Walsh. Dublin born Gerard has directed one of the most exciting independent Irish films coming out this year with his second feature second feature South. South tells the story of a young man, named…
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Episode 59 – Karrie

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I heard Grammy-nominated guitarist Jimmy Smyth was playing up in JJ Smyth’s, the venue on Aungier St, and popped up to see him. I didn’t realise he was playing with the legend Mary Coughlan and his opening act was Karrie. Jimmy dropped me…
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Episode 57 – B. Dolan & Paul Currie

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This week on PODAROONEY, I chat with B. Dolan and Paul Currie. B. Dolan is an American rapper, spoken word artist, activist, screenwriter and composer based in Providence, Rhode Island. His latest album is Kill The Wolf. His other albums…
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Episode 56 – Pat O’Mahony

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This week on PODAROONEY, I chat with Pat O'Mahony. Pat has been a radio producer on RTE for the likes of Liveline, Mooney, Late Debate and The Ryan Tubridy Show and has produced 5 documentaries for the excellent RTE Documentary On One…
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Episode 55 – Barry Crimmins

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This week on PODAROONEY, I chat with Barry Crimmins. I became aware of Barry from watching the documentary Call Me Lucky directed by Bobcat Goldthwaite on Netflix and his interview on Marc Maron's podcast. I was amazed that I got a chance…
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Episode 55 – Jimmy Smyth

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This week on PODAROONEY, I chat with Jimmy Smith. I interviewed Jimmy in front of a live audience in Boyles Bar in Slane. I first saw him on television when I was a young fella growing up in Meath and he was playing and singing with the…
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Episode 53 – Dave Johns

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This week on PODAROONEY, I chat with comedian Dave Johns. Newcastle native Dave is the lead actor in Ken Loach's latest film I, Daniel Blake which won the Palm D'Or at Cannes Film Festival this year. He has appeared on Never Mind The…
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Episode 52 – Alison Spittle

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This week on PODAROONEY, I chat with Alison Spittle. Alison was a contestant in one of those comedy talent contests I hosted that we all enter when we are starting out but bear no resemblance to what real life comedy performing is like. It…
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Episode 51 – Feather

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This week on PODAROONEY I chat with Feather. I first heard of Feather through a Nialler9 tweet. He tweeted a link to a song called "Pit" by Ben Bix and Feather and I completely loved it. I was really interested in interviewing her and…