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This week on PODAROONEY, Joe Rooney chats to comedian Ola Labib. The Sudanese diaspora has been instrumental in achieving a successful Sudanese revolution. One of the most active communities has been the British-Sudanese community. And…

In July of 2013 Chicago singer-songwriter Steve Grand uploaded a video for his song "All American Boy". It was a video for a country song with a bare bum and a gay twist and a within days it had a million hit and Steve was the face of new…

This is the live “Fascinated” show from the Dublin Podcast Festival to YouTube. My guests on the night were the fabulous singer-songwriter Naimee Coleman and the wonderful Niamh Kavanagh. Hits were sung and we even recreated the moment…

In this episode of Fascinated I catch up with the wonderful Jann Arden in the midst of the worldwide Corona Virus epidemic. Last week she was supposed to be  inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards but the…

The Alison Spittle Show – Episode 79 – Bláithín de Burca In Episode 79 – recorded at HeadStuff HQ during the Vodafone Comedy Festival– Alison talks to comedian Bláithín de Burca about The Try Channel, “Reply Guys”, Youtube comments, the…

On Episode 34 of FNI WrapChat is Gary Cooke. This one is a really funny one which had us in stitches. Gary Cooke is an Irish Actor, satirist, writer and facilitator who is one of the stars, on screen, of Aprés Match, and, on stage, I,…

The Alison Spittle Show – Episode 62 – Shane Torres In Episode 62 – recorded in HeadStuff HQ – Alison talks to comedian Shane Torres about the profitability of urn rentals, faith stabilisers, the Portland comedy scene, Denny's coffee, TR…

The humour editor of HeadStuff interviews Karl MacDermott about his new book Juggling With Turnips which touches upon Karl's own career as a stand-up comedian in Ireland in the 1990s. Reading your recently published book, Juggling…

The Alison Spittle Show – Episode 50 – Mark Baldwin In Episode 50 – Alison talks to animator, Mark Baldwin about the dangers of watching good TV, Swords’ identity crisis, Rage Against The Machine, Dusty Rhodes, Art Attack, the ethics of…

English comedian Helen Bauer tells us how great it was to grow up in a service station somewhere south of London. Then there’s a Kardashian/Star Wars cultural exchange and Edwin introduces us to the concept of Arse Memory. There’s way too…