Wigs On The Green
Wigs on the Green is hosted by Tamara and Marina, two women who believe the most important stories in Irish public life are the ones that never made the front page. Each episode, we sit down with the OG upstarts of Irish grassroots politics, activism, social change, disability rights, and queer history...the people who went out on a limb before it was safe, popular, or even legal to do so.
Because Ireland didn't change by accident. It changed because people got mad, got organised, and refused to go away. And right now, with so much still to fight for, there has never been a better time to hear how they did it.
Expect honest conversations, the odd argument, a lot of laughter, and stories that will genuinely make you proud of this little country, and furious on its behalf in equal measure.
Left wing. Unashamedly woke. Never boring.
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Wigs On The Green
02 - Frankie Fenton: Art, Activism and the Nuclear Question
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Frankie Fenton is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and co-director at Kennedy Films. His work spans disability, gender equality and climate, screening in over 50 countries on Channel 4, Al Jazeera, PBS and RTÉ.
In this episode, Frankie talks about the films that shaped him, nine years cutting his teeth in London post-production, and what drove him back to Ireland to make work that actually meant something. We go deep on Atomic Hope, his 2022 documentary following pro-nuclear activists, and why the nuclear conversation in Ireland is more urgent now than ever.
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