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Dildos, vibrators, cock rings, pocket pussies, do you use them, do you like them? is there such a thing as too big or too good? What have we tried? Why do women use them more than men? Is the shame around sex toys irrational? And how do they affect our bodies. We also chat about … Continue reading 11 – Sex Toys →

We chat with special guest Ronan about the role drugs have in our sex life – endogenous hormones, prescription drugs, and of course the wicked world of narcotics. How can they alter our experience of love and sex? What are the risks of abuse? Does the pill change who girls are attracted to? Does taking … Continue reading 10 – Drugs →

In our most controversial conversation yet we address the thorny topic of age gaps. Are age gaps hot or just plain creepy, how much is too much, celebrity age gaps, what the research says, and of course we talk about our our own!   Download: 9 – Age Gaps Find us on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, … Continue reading 9 – Age Gaps →

In this very special episode of Everybody Wants To Love You, we come to you from our den of iniquity, our very (un)marital bed. We answer the questions we ask our guests – our funniest sexual encounters, our sexiest moments, and finally delve into our sexual ambitions. Download: 8 – Bedroom Confessional Find us on: … Continue reading 8 – Bedroom Confessional →

Listeners tell us their sex education horror stories, we compare our sex educations in the 90s and 2000s, on the playground and in the classrooms, our parents reactions to our first relationships.   Download: 7 – Sex Education Find us on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Feedburner Meet us on: Instagram, Discord

We discuss our own squicks and icks, sturn ons and turn offs, the things that gross us out in bed, and what ‘ick’ culture means for the world of sex and relationships.   Download: 6 – Squicks, Icks, Turn Ons and Turn Offs Find us on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Feedburner Meet us on: Instagram, Discord

This week talk movies – what are the hottest moments on screen, which films accurately portray love and heartbreak, and how real life is nothing like the movies. Feat: Before Sunrise, Penelope Cruz's hot rage and why James Spader is Hot Actually.   Download: EP5 – Love & Lust on Screen Find us on: Apple … Continue reading 5 – Love & Lust on Screen →

We chat with the fabulous ‘Petunia’ about bisexuality, cuck queening, disability, stripping, anorgasmia and sex work.   Download: Episode 4 – Stripping Tales and O Woes Find us on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Feedburner Meet us on: Instagram, Discord

Our guest is artist and Berlin flaneur Constantin Montana.  We discuss…  The differences between gay life in Berlin and New York. How the internet changed hookup culture.Comparing our sexual educations.The effects of porn on kids.The death of subculturesDifferences between dating in gay and straight cultures‘The chat’The glorious sluttiness of actorsMeeting ‘the one’. Download: Episode 2 – … Continue reading Love You – EP2 – The Good Old Gays →

Everybody Wants to Love You is a new podcast about love, sex, and the things that get left unsaid. Hosted by former comedian Gareth Stack and one time actress Nicole O’Connor, the show features interviews, listener problems and intimate uncensored discussions of sexuality in the age of chaos. Download: Everybody Wants To Love You – … Continue reading Everybody Wants to Love You →

Download: Why do people kill? Psychology in Mind Episode 6 Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, SoundcloudRead: Show Notes A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. Todays Question: Why do people kill? We’ll be exploring the topic of … Continue reading Why do people kill? Psychology in Mind Episode 6 →

Download: Are Psychedelics good for us? Psychology in Mind EP5 Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud Read: Show Notes A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. Todays Question: Are Psychedelics Good For You? Psychedelic drugs, are they the … Continue reading Are Psychedelics Good For Us? Psychology in Mind Episode 5 →

Download: Psychology in Mind – Episode 4 Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud Read: Show Notes A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. Todays Question: Are People Irrational? In everyday life we have make many decisions. We can … Continue reading Are People Irrational? – Psychology in Mind Episode 4 →

Download: Mic Drop Mic Drop is a new one off drama, starring Adam Tyrell, based on the play that debuted to critical acclaim at the ‘Scene + Heard’ Festival in Summer 2017. This one-man show tells the story of Irish web entrepreneur Perry Pardo. Perry is the living embodiment of the new Ireland. A working … Continue reading Mic Drop (Radio Drama) →

Download: The Listening Stage Each year, legendary radio dramatist Roger Gregg teaches a unique intensive course in radio drama. The Listening Stage follows students of The Gaiety School of Acting’s radio drama course, as they pursue their hopes and dreams of fame. This fly on the wall doc embeds us in Roger’s annual weeklong workshop, … Continue reading The Listening Stage →

Download: Psychology in Mind – Episode 3 Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud Read: Show Notes A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. Todays Question – Is Psychology Unethical? We take a dive into the history of ethical … Continue reading Is Psychology Unethical? – Psychology in Mind Episode 3 →

Probably my final two radio productions (at least under the sound and vision scheme), were both completed last year. By coincidence they’re both coming to air really soon. Download: The Listening Stage and Mic Drop Trailer Each year, legendary radio dramatist Roger Gregg teaches a unique intensive course in radio drama. The Listening Stage follows … Continue reading My two final Radio Programmes – Coming Soon →

Download: Psychology in Mind – Episode 2 Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud. Read: Show Notes A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. Todays Question – Can we trust our memories? Our guest today, Dr Richard Roche, neuroscientist … Continue reading Psychology in Mind – Can We Trust Our Memories? (EP2) →

Download: Psychology in Mind – Episode 1 – Creativity Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud. A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. In this episode we discuss creativity. What is creativity? Is it possible to become more … Continue reading Psychology in Mind – Episode 1 →

Download: The Free School The Free School, Dead Medium Productions’ new documentary about Ireland’s first ‘Sudbury Valley School’, broadcast this morning on Newstalk. Wicklow Sudbury is an experiment in alternative education, bringing ‘free schooling’ and ‘unschooling’ to Ireland. You can stream the programme above, or download at our podcast link below. It will also be … Continue reading ‘The Free School’ Documentary →

Download: The Free School Trailer Think back, what were your least favourite parts of school? Maybe math, maybe physics, maybe you just hated gym. Now imagine a school where you didn’t have to do anything you didn’t want to. A school with no exams, no homework, no classes, not even any teachers. What if I … Continue reading The Free School – Upcoming Newstalk Documentary →

Download: The Bee Loud Glade – EP1 – Gerry Murphy To subscribe to this series and lots more from Roger Gregg, check out the brand new Crazy Dog Audio Podcast The Bee Loud Glade Cabaret is a series of twelve bite-size programmes bringing some of the best of the contemporary Irish spoken word scene to … Continue reading The Bee-Loud Cabaret on RTE Lyric →

Download: The Art of Television The A.R.T of Television is a historical comedy about censorship, set in the early years of Irish TV broadcasting. A time when government and church fought young broadcasters struggling to innovate on the nation’s fledgling television channel. American writer Claude Chabert lands a job on the early Irish soap opera ’Home … Continue reading The Art of Television →

Download: The Muse Unbidden The Muse Unbidden is an exciting one off drama from Roger Gregg, one of Ireland’s most influential radio dramatists. The play, a success on stage at the Collaborations festival in Smock Alley theatre in 2012, follows a group of would-be poets enrolled in a performance poetry workshop led by a charismatic … Continue reading The Muse Unbidden →

Download: ART Trailer Dead Medium Productions Presents ‘The A.R.T of Television’! It’s winter 1968, the long hangover after the Summer of Love. A.R.T is Ireland’s finest, and indeed only television station. But the nations flagship soap ‘Home Farm’ is failing as viewers frog march towards the satanic protestant seduction of the BBC. American ad man … Continue reading The ART of Television – All new comedy drama, coming soon! →

Download: Migrant Fictions (54 Megs) Migrant Fictions is an ambitious new drama project, bringing together the talents of a diverse group of immigrant writers to capture their experience as émigrés to Ireland. German-Polish writer / director Dominik Turkowski developed five short drama scripts through workshops with writers from the immigrant community. Their stories capture the … Continue reading Migrant Fictions →

A new podcast in which two writers attempt to develop a film in real time, with no preparation. Featuring Gareth Stack & James Van De Waal. Download: Let’s write a film – Episode 2. Previous episodes.

A new podcast in which two writers attempt to develop a film in real time, with no preparation. Featuring Gareth Stack & James Van De Waal. Download:  Let’s Write A Film.

Download: Getting into the Game Documentary Broadcasting Bank Holiday Monday 31st October, 11AM on Newstalk. Getting into the game is a new documentary aimed at kids who play games. Video games. Kids who play videogames and wonder maybe, possibly, perhapsily, if they’d like to make them. Growing up I remember getting those magazines full of strange … Continue reading Getting Into The Game →

Download: The Wedding Tree Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud. The Wedding Tree is an audacious new radio drama, set in the aftermath of an accident at an Irish nuclear power plant. In the wake of the disaster, fire officer Cian Mitchell is confined to hospital. Tormented by his injuries, Cian finds unlikely comfort in the company … Continue reading The Wedding Tree →

Download: Ideopreneurial Entrephonics. My latest report for Culture File looks at the recent Ideopreneurial Entrephonics II festival of avant garde music and modular analogue synthesis, held in the mysterious confines of Dublin’s Freemasons Lodge.

Download: The Wall in the Mind – 6 – Die Mauer Im Kopf Claire meets an old friend at the abandoned CIA listening post at Teufelsberg (Devils Mountain). As a storm begins, Claire learns the truth about what happened to Emil. Violence, death, and horrible secrets from the past finally exhumed, in the final episode of … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – 6 – Die Mauer Im Kopf →

Download: The Wall in the Mind – 5 – Who is Emil Reichman? Claire is pushed to extremes in her quest to discover what happened to Emil. Her actions have consequences, both for her and the people she loves. Claire receives another mysterious tape, recorded after her release from jail in 1989, revealing a terrible secret … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – 5 – Who is Emil Reichman? →

Download: The Wall in the Mind – 4 – Secrets and Lies In Episode 4 of ‘The Wall in the Mind’ we learn more about the relationship between Claire and Emil, and Claire’s friendship with Matthaus back in 1989. Claire confesses to Matthaus why she came to Germany. In the present, Matthaus tries to convince Claire … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – 4 – Secrets & Lies →

Download: The Wall in the Mind – 3 – No Friends Like Old Friends Update: Soundcloud is currently broken (I’m substituting local links, apologies if this screws with your podcast feed). Shortly after her release from prison in 1989, Claire believes she can see Emil in videotaped footage of the fall of the wall. In 2014, … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – 3 – No Friends Like Old Friends →

Download: The Wall in the Mind – 2 – The People’s Republic of Friedrichshain We slip between past and future – Claire’s memories of her incarceration and her search for answers in the present. Claire finds the city, and her old friends much changed. Claire searches for Emil amongst the last of the Berlin squats, and … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – 2 – The People’s Republic of Friedrichshain →

Download: Behind the Wall – 1 – The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere Update: Soundcloud is currently broken (I’m substituting local links, apologies if this screws with your podcast feed). Claire O’Hanlon, a respected lecturer, is tormented by nightmares of her arrest and imprisonment in 1989. In the present day – a mysterious cassette tape arrives … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – 1 – The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere →

Download: Behind the Wall – 15 – The Card in the Rubble In the final behind the scenes episode of ‘The Wall in the Mind’ I talk about the mysterious find that inspired the mystery at the heart of the series. At a town outside Berlin called Blankenburg. There lie the ruins of a barracks of … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 15 – The Card in the Rubble →

Download: Behind The Wall – 14 – Mia Gallagher Interview Mia Gallagher is an actress and author who plays one half of the lead role of Claire in the Wall in the Mind. We talk about playing a complex tormented character, collaboration between actor and writer and the physicality of performance. Mia’s latest novel ‘Beautiful pictures of … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 14 – Mia Gallagher Interview →

Download: Behind the Wall – 13 – James O’Connor Interview In today’s episode of ‘Behind The Wall’ I speak to writer / director and one of the stars of ‘The Wall in the Mind’, James O’Connor. James plays the character of Emil Reichmann, a squatter and activist fighting against the corrupt communist regime of the DDR. … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 13 – James O’Connor Interview →

Download: Behind the Wall – 10 – Sven Moritz Interview In today’s episode of ‘Behind the Wall’ we speak to Sven Mortiz, who plays the character of Matthäus Kassmayer in the present day in ‘The Wall in the Mind’. Sven talks about living through the reunification of Germany, and a childhood lived in the communist state … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 12 – Sven Moritz Interview →

Download: Behind the Wall – 10 – Jasmin Gleeson Interview An interview with Irish actress Jasmin Gleeson, who plays one half of the character of Claire in ‘The Wall in the Mind’. We talk about the unique challenges of sharing a role, as well as how the experience of on location radio drama recording differs from … Continue reading Behind The Wall – 11 – Cast Interview – Jasmin Gleeson →