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Tales of the Irish Diaspora. We all come from somewhere else. Find out more and subscribe to us at www.plasticpodcasts.com© 2020 The Plastic Podcasts Arte Ciencias Sociales Mundial
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  • Michael Flavin – The Many Small Steps of Birmingham Irishness
    Feb 16 2024
    The proud possessor of three masters degrees and two doctorates, Michael Flavin is a Reader in Global Education in the African Leadership Centre at King’s College London. He is the author of two books on technology enhanced learning, two on nineteenth-century literature, and two novels. The first of these, One Small Step, tells the tale of a Birmingham Irish boy and the aftermath of the pub bombings of 1974. He’s also an open, incisive and entertaining interviewee. Plus John Merrigan and Danielle Morgan (aka Fatdan) raise two unique Plastic Pedestals
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    57 m
  • Fatdan Fables - John and Danielle Sing Songs of Behan and Beyond
    Oct 20 2023
    John Merrigan and Danielle Morgan – aka fatdan productions – take a break between rehearsals to tell us about their lives, their love and their latest play (with music): “Brendan, Son Of Dublin.” Theirs is a journey that takes us from Dublin and Tipperary to London and Liverpool via Dubai, from working a life surrounded by books and theatre to the oil industry, from the BRIT School to the police. They talk about Wilde and Lynott and the centenary of Behan, about musicals for people who don’t like musicals and reveal the mystery of “fatdan”. Plus, Emma O’Rourke places Sinead…
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    1 h y 2 m
  • Emma O'Rourke: Painting Memories in Light and Shade (and Knicker Pink)
    Jul 27 2023
    London-born artist Emma O’Rourke uses her own personal archive – and those of other people and institutions – to negotiate that most Irish of concerns: memory and remembrance. Whether sourcing family photos, the recollections of strangers or museum artefacts, her abstractions are both warm and bold. We talk about the effects of interpreting memory along with family, class, holidays and the “best colour”. Plus Declan McSweeney raises James “Big Jim” Larkin onto The Plastic Pedestal.
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    57 m
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