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Tara Flynn

#23 | Evie Nevin

In show twenty-three, Evie Nevin visits Headstuff HQ to tell Tara all about disability, accessibility and visibility. How does Dublin fare in terms of getting around? Evie has gone over to the dark side recently and gone into politics. Can…

#22 | Difficult Woman

In show twenty-two Tara shows how a Good Girl becomes a Difficult Woman and when being ‘nice’ can be gross. Rightness: which is better - correct, or just? Should you always give in and play Twister? Tara has a back and forth with herself -…

#21 | Ellie Kisyombe

In show twenty-one, Ellie Kisyombe comes in to studio. She tells Tara about the wonderful Our Table project (www.ourtable.ie) that shows how food can connect people, and what we all need to do to end Direct Provision. There’s also…

#20 | The A-Word

CW: abortion. Last year, the Republic of Ireland voted to repeal the 8th amendment to its constitution. For the first time there is now (like this-week-now, January-2019-now) access to abortion for some here at home. But misinformation…

#19 | Christmas

Look, it’s that time of the year again and there’s nothing we can do about it. Here’s a bumper, annual-size Taranoia to help you through. What have we learned this year? What’s been banned and who’s the boss of you? Also features Tara being…

#18 | Dr Mary McAuliffe

In show eighteen, Tara asks historian Dr. Mary McAuliffe why the past is so important to the present. Where are all the women in the books, and were historians telling us where they were all along? What do we really mean when we talk about…

#17 | High Horse

In show seventeen, High Horse, Tara shares the English language’s three most powerful words. She digs deeper into her own privilege and explains the concept of the subterranean horse. Why does asking for kindness get read as preachy? What’s…

#16 | Michelle Read

In show sixteen, Tara has her old mate Michelle Read in to chat about improv, comedy, and Michelle’s award-winning plays. How did they get into a dog-suit together? What was comedy like in the 90s? How do you turg? And bonus content: has…

#15 | Loneliness Dicks With Your Brain

In show fifteen, it’s 10 years since Tara and Carl went on their first date. TEN YEARS. That’s given Tara time to think about all the time she was single, often happily, but then sometimes loneliness dicked with her brain. Includes dick…