Live from the Convent

Old Melons remembers a pre-marriage date with Donald, her husband. He was a fish when they first met. 

'Connie's Warehouse', the film from 1962 which shocked the whole world. Bobert Bedford and his process, and possibly coming down from Ayahuasca during the shoot. 

Nuala Ní Choinbheartaigh and her husband, Donald, visit a fortune teller. There is a specific bone to be picked.

Baseball caps and parkas are no more. Where does that leave film directors? Filmmakers: Magnus, Dmitri, Daniel and others, open up.  

Big Mack, Mary, Bradley, Samuel, Gertrude, Holly and an always silent managing partner, Jeffrey, discuss how best to market virtual holidays to the public in the boardroom. 

An omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent looming column outside a bedroom window that is a giver of all sorts. 

Hands shaking holding their coffee cups, the first of a series of interviews with the band, "Cherry Pie Pile-Up."   Cindy, Randy, an ancient English guitarist, their manager, Joey (Cindy's husband).... The drummer wasn't available, he might be the next time we can host an interview with them.  

A few seconds in between each track, so please let it run. Three in all. Put together on Garageband as a break from talking. 

A form and the accompanying paperwork are never done...

People lying in their beds listening to the rain.  

Simone Spadehard will have to show a part of herself that is less than perfect for a film. She calls on her friend, Graham, a very talented makeup artist, to help.  

Someone in a padded cell cannot get over the concept of a photograph. Nuala Ní Choinbheartaigh expounds her varicose veins accessories business, VariCoz.  

Danté Van Der Merwe has invented a device that women can wear late at night to electrocute the shit out of potential attackers. Adya Sharma, a playwright, with a special interest in women's deepest darkest fears, contributes. 

A dish containing prawns crossed with mussels, a creation of the copilot's mother, turns out to be a very big problem for flight 69XFOCKFLAP1800 to Boppbrobap City. Will the passengers make it home safely and in time for Christmas? 

Old Melons/ Nuala Ní Choinbheartaigh talks about her old summer job of mango-picking and a start-up idea that came to her during this time. "Manino Bambino," a man-carrying business that really took off, and made her a very rich woman until she lost it all through a risky investment decision. 

The host quarrels with her badder (yes, I realise it should be worse) half. 

Poetry from the host... 

Psychotherapist and psychiatrist, Beatriz Glaubschnitzleute, talks about her patients getting to and going through the box-reveal process. 

Ever wondered how those unidentified, flickering, hovering vehicles late at night insure themselves? Well, there's an insurance company that spotted the saggy, gaping hole in the market and made it their business to sew it up tight. 

The host flexes her make-do muscle with a saucepan.

Nuala Ní Choinbheartaigh tells us about her adventure on the Nile and how her husband, Donald, started off as a fish-sort.

An interview with a fringe/ bangs killing it in the entertainment industry. 

Nuala talks about her nights out with her mafia male friends back in 1771. 

Rang-a-Tang-Titsie and his friend have been on the road for thirty years or so, getting into all types of trouble. 

A stalker through the ages. A long-tortured spirit in a brand new iron finds its obsession in the form of a Limerick woman this century. 

Nuala Ní Choinbheartaigh tells us about a woman she knew in Chicago who scaled buildings using a sticky body fluid. Her breaking the silence on this well-guarded story was inspired by last week's podcast about spiders and their spinnerets.  

Spiders and sexual cannibalism and web-making in Space. The enigma of the spider. Just don't get up in the middle of the night for a glass of water.  

Two short stories, from a mother and son. Tommy and Treasa Woodward. 

Satellites brighter than stars... Cybernetic symbiotes.... Lone Smuk is an anagram of Elon Musk.. 

Introduction to a trillionaire. Nuala Ní Choinbheartaigh (Old Melons) reminisces about the horse that romanced her one day.  

Neil Webster bought a ghost train in Blackpool. He tells us about his day-to-day normal. 

Focussing on the often overlooked grain of sand - through the eyes of the writer we featured in Podcast 2: Milly Florentina, and artist, Michael Blaine.We will also be diving into the kinky world of Findom in the second part.

A cat called Baby, a family pet, goes missing. She returns after a week. Where was she? What kind of trouble did she get into? This podcast explores the possibilities. 

The host and Nuala Ní Choinbheartaigh (Old Melons) talk about being addicted to chocolate and beef patties. Nuala reminisces about her trip to the Congo and the concert she put on there. Her album, "Greasy Overtime," was banned and the songs have never been played on radio or anywhere. Motivational Speaker and entrepreneur, Mikey Barnacle McDoppelson, recommends a morning routine for us to adopt to be more successful in life. 

The host talks about the main thing you need to do to succeed as an artist (mainly die) and creating a treasure hunt for close friends and family leading to your social media and email passwords in the event of an untimely death.  Nuala shares a new bedtime story: Big Nuts in China Town, as well as another rap.

The host addresses the challenges of men and women living together and not being able to leave the house for a breather from one another. She also recommends some games for people to play at home: playing "shop" with price tags and your own personal objects and practising using your left hand (or whatever the non-dominant hand is) to reacquaint yourself with your (full) body.Nuala Ní Choinbheartaigh (Old Melons) elaborates on her entrepreneurial days in very hard times - running a soap empire which she sold to a Chinese man, well before soap was in such high demand, as well as being a fish-smoker for the supermarkets. The author, Milly Florentina, tells us about her newest book, "The Windless Backside," and the lead-up to the moment she thought of the book's famous title. 

A brief introduction to the podcast host and regular special guest, Nuala Ní Choinbheartaigh (Old Melons). Is moving in with your ex who looks like a frontline Viking a good idea during uncertain, quarantine times? Is information overload on coronavirus updates and international news a reason why many feel restless and anxious? Are groups of people secretly meeting up in pubs when they should be indoors? Nuala, a woman of an undisclosed, almost-unnatural old age, tells us about her sex life, her deceased husband and a horror story about a baboon.