The Irish Itinerary Podcast
The Irish Itinerary Podcast is an audio podcast brought to you by EFACIS, the European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies. As an innovative addition to our longstanding Irish Itinerary circuit which organises live events all across Europe, this series will bring together some of the best contemporary Irish authors and artists in conversation with leading Irish Studies scholars from across Europe. This exciting new project is designed in the spirit of open access and inclusivity, and made possible by the generous support of Culture Ireland, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Irish College, Leuven.
Episodes
59 episodes
59. Dave Robb in conversation with Christoph Reinfandt (24 April 2025)
In his conversation with Christoph Reinfandt, Dave Robb discusses the music of Gerhard Gundermann which he translated for his CD Filling Stations for Losers. Songs of Gundermann. He talks about protest songs and Gundermann’s own critic...
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Episode 59
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57:54
58. Louise O'Neill in conversation with Helen Penet (13 March 2025)
In her conversation with Helen Penet, Louise O’Neill discusses her novel Idol (2022) and lifts the veil on two forthcoming books. She talks about the unreliability of memory; how #MeToo has changed our understanding of consent; wellnes...
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Episode 58
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49:20
57. Catherine Prasifka in conversation with Dilâra Yilmaz (13 February 2025)
In her conversation with Dilâra Yilmaz, Catherine Prasifka discusses her latest novel This Is How You Remember It (2024). She talks about the use of the second person; how the internet is becoming more and more entangled in life, a slo...
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Episode 57
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46:18
56. Breandán de Gallaí in conversation with Gyula Glaser (16 January 2025)
In his conversation with Gyula Glaser, Breandán de Gallaí discusses the very beginning of his interest in dance; the impact of Riverdance on Irish dancing; Irishness and how this is not a defining part of the dance form; the creation of his own...
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Episode 56
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42:05
55. Emilie Pine in conversation with Michelle Witen (12 December 2024)
In her conversation with Michelle Witen, Emilie Pine talks about her novel Ruth & Pen (2022). She discusses the city as an urban, but also internal landscape; the infertility journey depicted in the novel and how she wanted to give...
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Episode 55
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47:37
54. Colin Walsh in conversation with Kersti Powell (14 November 2024)
In his conversation with Kersti Powell, Colin Walsh talks about his debut novel Kala (2023), how he needed to constantly toggle between character and structure in writing the story; how his characters, and society in general, are compl...
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Episode 54
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52:08
53. Victoria Kennefick in conversation with Lucy Collins (17 October 2024)
In her conversation with Lucy Collins, Victoria Kennefick discusses her most recent poetry collection Egg/Shell (2024). She talks about the changes in her creative practice occasioned by events in her life and how these have produced a...
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Episode 53
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44:54
52. Kimberly Campanello in conversation with Adam Hanna (20 June 2024)
In her conversation with Adam Hanna, Kimberly Campanello reads from and discusses her poetry-object MOTHERBABYHOME (2019). She talks about the path that led to the work and the composition process; the use of reports in her work and ho...
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Episode 52
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46:41
51. Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin in conversation with Georgina Nugent (16 May 2024)
In her conversation with Georgina Nugent, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin reads several poems from her latest collection The Map of the World (2023). She also talks about the motif of hair in her poetry and the themes of death, history, water a...
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Episode 51
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48:15
50. Kerri ní Dochartaigh in conversation with Fiona McCann (25 April 2024)
In her conversation with Fiona McCann, Kerri ní Dochartaigh discusses the writing and editing process of Thin Places (2022) and the importance of form; the community of writers and how citation is an act of love; the real power we find...
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Episode 50
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47:50
49. Scott McKendry in conversation with Alex Alonso and Jessica Bundschuh (21 March 2024)
In his conversation with Alex Alonso and Jessica Bundschuh, Scott McKendry talks about and reads from his recently published poetry volume GUB. He discusses the new orthography he designed for his North Belfast accent in this volume; t...
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Episode 49
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48:45
48. Sharon Dempsey in conversation with Lucy Cullen (15 February 2024)
In her conversation with Lucy Cullen, Sharon Dempsey reads from and discusses her novel Who Took Eden Mulligan? (2021). She also talks about how her critical work as a PhD candidate influences her creative work; how crime fiction is th...
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Episode 48
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39:29
47. Joseph Woods in conversation with Irene De Angelis (18 January 2024)
In his conversation with Irene De Angelis, Joseph Woods discusses his time as director of Poetry Ireland; his nomadic life and how linguistic and self-chosen exile helped him find his voice as a poet; his various poetry volumes and their connec...
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Episode 47
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50:19
46. Sheila Armstrong in conversation with Hedwig Schwall (14 December 2023)
In her conversation with Hedwig Schwall, Sheila Armstrong discusses and reads from her first novel Falling Animals (2023). Sheila talks about the neoliberalism at the core of her novel; about how we went from small scale, traditional i...
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Episode 46
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48:22
45. Gavin McCrea in conversation with Helen Cullen (16 November 2023)
In his conversation with Helen Cullen, Gavin McCrea discusses Irishness and how writing has been important in the process of going away from and coming to terms with Ireland. McCrea also talks about creating a voice for women without a voice in...
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Episode 45
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48:13
44. Denis Rafter in conversation with Marisol Morales-Ladrón (12 October 2023)
In his conversation with Marisol Morales-Ladrón, Denis Rafter discusses his career as an actor, director and theatre artist in Spain; the fact that sometimes he feels like a fish out of water, struggling to express himself and to break down lan...
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Episode 44
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50:25
43. Alan Gilsenan in conversation with Nathalie Lamprecht (25 May 2023)
In his conversation with Nathalie Lamprecht, Alan Gilsenan discusses his documentary film The Laughing Boy (2022), which tries to uncover how the song The Laughing Boy, written by a young Brendan Behan and later used in his pl...
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Episode 43
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47:45
42. Nicky Gogan and Paul Rowley in conversation with Kate Huber (20 April 2023)
In their conversation with Kate Huber, Paul Rowley and Nicky Gogan talk about their documentaries Seaview (2008), Build Something Modern (2011) and The Red Tree (2018). They discuss their journey into filmmaking and h...
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Episode 42
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55:08
41. Catherine Dunne in conversation with Auxiliadora Pérez-Vides (16 March 2023)
In her conversation with Auxiliadora Pérez-Vides, Catherine Dunne discusses how stories have the power to change the minds of people; how she wants her characters to speak for themselves and how she allows them to inhabit her while writing. She...
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Episode 41
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49:32
40. Barry McCrea in conversation with Michael G Cronin (16 February 2023)
In his conversation with Michael G Cronin, Barry McCrea discusses the genesis of his novel The First Verse (2005); the influence of Latin-American magical realism and other non-English literary works on both the story and style of the ...
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Episode 40
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44:48
39. Zoë Seaton in conversation with Eleanor Lybeck (19 January 2023)
In her conversation with Eleanor Lybeck, Zoë Seaton discusses the history of Big Telly Theatre Company; their response to the pandemic; and their use of technology. She also talks about making work, with and relevant to the community, that is t...
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Episode 39
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44:06
38. Vivienne Roche in conversation with Charles Armstrong (15 December 2022)
In her conversation with Charles Armstrong, Vivienne Roche talks about being a sculptor first; the influence of her father and the language of engineering on her work; sculpture’s potential for abstraction and her interest in architecture; work...
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Episode 38
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40:01
37. Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin in conversation with Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha (17 November 2022)
In his conversation with Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha, Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin talks about the story at the origin of his novel Madame Lazare (2021); the importance of memory, narrative and folklore in his novel and the relationship betwee...
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Episode 37
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49:30
36. Padraig Regan in conversation with Jessica Bundschuh (13 October 2022)
In their conversation with Jessica Bundschuh, Padraig Regan reads from old and new work and discusses Timothy Morton’s work on ecology. Padraig also discusses their scepticism towards the concept of ‘nature’, their interest in embodiment and ho...
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Episode 36
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40:29
35. Evelyn Conlon in conversation with M. Teresa Caneda-Cabrera (21 July 2022)
In her conversation with M. Teresa Caneda-Cabrera, Evelyn Conlon discusses the impact of the lockdowns and her aversion to ‘doomscrolling’; being a writer who is a feminist and being political by engaging in stories that are not considered the ...
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Episode 35
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