Podcasts about first fortnight

On this week's recall episode, Irish comedian Joanne McNally joins Jann Arden from her Winnipeg hotel for a chat about Just For Laughs Festival (recorded back in 2023) , her comedy tours, and all the topics she explores on The Prosecco Express. Joanne created, wrote, and presented the funny and insightful documentary ⁠Baby Hater⁠, which was broadcast in Ireland for TV3. Her first one-woman show, ⁠Bite Me⁠ - a show about eating disorders - was nominated for multiple awards including Best Performer, Best Production, and a First Fortnight award at the Dublin Fringe in 2016. Find out more about Joanne and see her on an upcoming tour date: ⁠https://www.joannemcnally.com/⁠. Listen to her podcasts ⁠My Therapist Ghosted Me Here⁠ or Joanne McNally Investigates. Leave us a voicenote! ⁠⁠https://jannardenpod.com/voicemail/⁠⁠ Get access to bonus content and more on Patreon: ⁠⁠https://patreon.com/JannArdenPod⁠⁠ Order ONLYJANNS Merch: ⁠⁠https://cutloosemerch.ca/collections/jann-arden⁠⁠ Connect with us: ⁠⁠www.jannardenpod.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/jannardenpod⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.facebook.com/jannardenpod⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Orla Lenihan, Assistant Professor in Corporate Governance, University of Galway // Maria Fleming, CEO of First Fortnight, Ireland's mental health arts festival and Chair of NCFA, the National Campaign for the arts // Jo Mangan, Director of the Performance Corporation

From trade wars with China to mass deportations, Donald Trump's first fortnight back in the White House has already sent shockwaves through global politics and markets. Today we're breaking down exactly what Trump's biggest policy changes mean for the world and what these early moves tell us about what we can expect from Trump's second term. THE END BITS Support independent women's media Check out The Quicky Instagram here Support independent women's media here GET IN TOUCH Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice note or email us at thequicky@mamamia.com.au CREDITS Host: Claire Murphy With thanks to: Amelia Lester, Deputy Editor at Foreign Policy Magazine & Mamamia US Correspondent Executive Producer: Taylah Strano Audio Producers: Lu Hill Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A new film shot in Limerick focusing on trauma experienced by working-men is to be given its premier at the Omniplex Cinema next week.The No Show has been created by Catherine O'Halloran & and artist and activist Grace Dyas in collaboration with Limerick City Build.Over two years, they worked with young men in in the city to devise a trauma-informed contemporary art film.Note:The No Show was shot by Shane Serrano for Crude Media.It will premiere on the 13th January at 6:30 PM in the Omniplex Cinema at the Crescent Shopping CentreThis project was funded by the Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme, managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts.It will be presented by First Fortnight in partnership with Limerick City Build.Live 95s Nigel Dugdale chatted with Catherine and Grace who told him that, despite recent successes, Limerick still has a hidden story that needs to be told.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spoken word artist, seanchaí and curator Stephen James Smith previews his 'Therapy Sessions', which are a staple of this month's First Fortnight Festival.

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First fortnight Ireland's mental health festival has been in full swing for the last two weeks, Clare met CEO Maria Fleming to hear about the research behind the stunning events. We hear the neuroscientist view on new years resolutions and Ciara Kelly talks about 100 days of walking following two hip replacements

Ruth Fitzmaurice, author of the book “I Found My Tribe”, joins Ray ahead of her appearance at this year's “First Fortnight” festival in Dublin; Emma O'Hagan joins us from Leitrim where she and her partner have built a tiny home; and Conor Pope is back to help with all your consumer queries.

Ruth Fitzmaurice was the author of the book “I Found My Tribe” about finding solace in the cold waters of the Irish Sea after her husband Simon was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. Ruth will speak at this year's “First Fortnight” festival in Dublin

No new year's resolutions here instead Sinéad asks what are you doing to get yourself through January from taking up a hobby to re-watching beloved series listeners had a lot of suggestions. We met two of the most talented young musicians in Ireland classical violinist Julieanne Forest and pianist Dida Condria joined us ahead of their upcoming performance in Solstice Arts centre, plus starting the year well as First Fortnight arts and culture festival returns, CEO of First Fortnight mental health charity Maria Fleming joined us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Irish comedian Joanne McNally joins Jann Arden from her Winnipeg hotel for a chat about Just For Laughs Festival, her fall tour, and all the topics she explores Off the Prosecco Express. Joanne created, wrote, and presented the funny and insightful documentary Baby Hater, which was broadcast in Ireland for TV3. Her first one-woman show, Bite Me - a show about eating disorders - was nominated for multiple awards including Best Performer, Best Production, and a First Fortnight award at the Dublin Fringe in 2016. Find out more about Joanne and see her on an upcoming tour date: https://www.joannemcnally.com/. Listen to her podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me Here.

Artists have always championed initiatives of great social importance, often becoming beacons for social change. With this idea as their foundation, Irish charity, First Fortnight aims to challenge mental health prejudice through arts and culture.  First Fortnight CEO Maria Fleming, discusses the charity's annual festival whose aim is to create mental health awareness and end stigma. She delves into how unscripted conversations can help to change people's perceptions about the ordinary experience of mental health.  Maria also shares how her own experiences have shaped her thinking around mental health and the specific mental health challenges that we all faced during covid.  In this episode, Maria also reminds us how important it is for people working in the arts and culture industry to take care of their own mental health as well; First Fortnight provides free mental health care to the whole of the cultural sector. —————————————-  THE ARTS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN PODCAST Investigate new ideas and learn from your arts, culture and heritage peers! Join us every two weeks as we interview arts industry experts and get their take on the biggest issues facing the arts and culture world today. You'll get ideas to try and practical tips, plus hear from arts and culture managers working in every role from marketing to management –  and every area –  from theatres and music venues to festivals, museums, heritage sites and more. —————————————-  GOT A GREAT TOPIC OR STORY TO SHARE? Got a great topic for the podcast? Want to share your story with the arts and culture world? Get in touch! podcast@ticketsolve.com —————————————-  RESOURCES A big thank you to Maria Fleming, CEO of First Fortnight. To learn more, participate or donate visit: https://www.firstfortnight.ie/ —————————————-  GET MORE INSIGHT AND SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE! Facebook – www.facebook.com/Ticketsolving Twitter – twitter.com/ticketsolvers LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/company/ticketsolve  Instagram – www.instagram.com/ticketsolve/

Healthcare services in many nations are under pressure to adapt their design to meet the challenges in today's world. Two exemplary leaders in this challenging field, Margaret Stone and JP Swaine of the Irish Health Service share their experience in working with organizational network analysis and other means to engage the power of people within the 147, 000 employee organization. Starting small and thinking big, both leaders bring leadership skills fit for complex systems. Margaret Stone is a change maker, leader and believer in empowering staff through a social movement to shape the culture of a health service – and by translating values into behaviors. She has extensive experience in developing and leading programs to enable change in culture in the Irish Health Services. A Social Movement Change Leader and Viral Change fellow with a specific interest in developing and enabling people to their best abilities to improve Health Services.JP. Swaine is the Culture Transformation Manager with HSE Culture & Engagement and leads nationally on the Values in Action movement in the Health Services in Ireland. Values in Action is a behavior-based social movement in the Irish Healthcare system. JPs diverse experience is grounded in understanding social systems and cognitive psychology. He has worked for many years in the Irish Community Mental Health Services and developed the First Fortnight social enterprise, Irelands Mental Health Arts Charity.Subscribe and share this episode and podcast to others seeking to create better workplaces with restored vitality.Contact or Follow Dawna Jones on any one of these channels:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawnahjones/Twitter: EPDawna_JonesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightful_dawna/Navigating Uncertainty Newsletter: https://dawnajones.substack.com/Medium: @dawnajonesWebsite: dawnajones.comThanks to Mark Romero Music for the intro track, Alignment.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/insight-to-action-inspirational-insights-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This feel-good film was produced by Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, and directed by the Swiss filmmaker - and Bond veteran - Marc Forster - First fortnight - Notifications Off They have commissioned work by Electronic Sheep - Till star Danielle Deadwyler plays Mamie Till-Mobley

Authors Edel Coffey and John Connolly with books to look forward to this year, Ronan Conway on First Fortnight, The Commitments musical is at the Olympia Theatre and James Killeen stars as Jimmy Rabbitte and a lifelong love for a tradition that brings us back to fond memories of days gone by.

Ronan Conway left his day job to find more meaning in his work. Soadabread Box is part of the First Fortnight Mental Health Art and Culture Festival, January 6-15.

No new year's resolutions or diet plans here! Did you know that audience members hearts beat in time during a theatre performance? Mind blown! just 1 of the many things we learned from Maria Fleming CEO of mental health festival First Fortnight. What is in a number quite a lot actually as numerologist Gráinne Tyndall told us how our birth date can tell us a lot about what life path we are on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Piaf at the Gate review - A Christmas Carol - First fortnight, Spliced

Federal Member for Burt Matt Keogh and Federal Member for Canning Andrew Hastie join Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings for their weekly segment ‘Behind Party Lines'. Hastie, the shadow minister for Defence, and Keogh, the Veterans Affairs Minister, discussed the first fortnight of Parliament, the situation in Taiwan, climate change and wages for aged care workers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are nearly at the end of the first sitting fortnight of the 47th Parliament, and it has been a packed agenda. This week we're unpacking quick recap of how much things have changed in this new Parliament, and what changes are likely on the horizon.This was recorded live on Wednesday 3rd August 2022 and things may have changed since recording.The Australia Institute // @theausinstituteHost: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, Australia Institute // @ebony_bennettGuest:Bill Browne, Director, Democracy & Accountability program // @Browne90Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermaceyEdited by: Lizzie JackTheme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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Political editor Katharine Murphy and newly appointed energy and climate change minister Chris Bowen discuss how he's working with states and territories to help fix the energy crisis, “meeting and beating” Labor's 43% emissions reduction target, and dealing with a large Senate crossbench

Susan Quirke has curated CISTIN for First Fortnight, on Thursday at 7pm See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

People who chose to have pets instead of having children are selfish Pope Francis has suggested, listeners had a lot to say about this, speaking of pets Hazel Mullins our vet from Highfield veterinary clinic is back for our vets and their pets series and had lots of advice for those who adopted a puppy over Christmas plus an important art and culture festival challenging mental health stigmas is on going Sinéad met the new CEO of First Fortnight festival Maria Fleming. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

First Fortnight CEO Maria Flemming joins Louise to chat about First Fortnight which is a charity that challenges mental health prejudice through arts and cultural action. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Panti Personals S2 E 3 SIVE Panti Bliss is with alt-folk artist Sive in this episode of The Panti Personals. A proud Naas native Sive's voice and music is transformative, often called 'dream folk', and beyond her creative and artistic life she uses music and song as a community musician in choirs whose members include those with dementia and care home residents. During lockdown, while some of us were binging on Netflix, she co founded a social enterprise called Embrace Music, using music to make a positive difference in the world, and wrote a song cycle for the hospice movement 'Murmurations'. She's a climate warrior or worrier and says if you're not concerned about what's happening in the global environment you're not paying attention to the world. In this up close and personal conversation Sive shares three songs with Panti - one of her latest 'I Think Before I Speak' and one of her old ones 'If I Had A Home To Go To' as well as a beautiful ballad 'Tenlach' - an old Irish word for home and hearth. Other music you hear in this episode includes: Sive - 'We Are Moving' ( from her first album) Murmurations - 'Better Days to Come' Murmurations - 'Blackbird's Lament' Murmurations - 'The Dawning' (from The Irish Hospice project). as well as a clip from a recording with one of her community choirs. You can find out more about Sive and her music : https://www.sivemusic.com/about and you can support her on patreon where she shares a new demo every month - patreon.com/sivemusic. Sive has a gig in Clonacody House in Tipperary on 21st December with Mike Hanrahan and Emma Langford, and will be taking part in a First Fortnight event in the Riverbank Arts Centre in Kildare on the 15th Jan. Transcript of the episode :https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/e8603252b02f444e9fde29a5c5630c42/edit_v2?share_code=87cfc10b3d45687c12ac The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media, produced by Helen Shaw and mixed by John Howard. We record in Camden Recording Studios in Dublin. Find out more and see the videos from the show on www.pantisocracy.ie

Panti Bliss is with alt-folk artist Sive in this episode of The Panti Personals. A proud Naas native Sive's voice and music is transformative, often called ‘dream folk', and beyond her creative and artistic life she uses music and song as a community musician in choirs whose members include those with dementia and care home residents. During lockdown, while some of us were binging on Netflix, she co founded a social enterprise called Embrace Music, using music to make a positive difference in the world, and wrote a song cycle for the hospice movement ‘Murmurations'. She's a climate warrior or worrier and says if you're not concerned about what's happening in the global environment you're not paying attention to the world. In this up close and personal conversation Sive shares three songs with Panti – one of her latest ‘I Think Before I Speak' and one of her old ones ‘If I Had A Home To Go To' as well as a beautiful ballad ‘Tenlach' – an old Irish word for home and hearth. Other music you hear in this episode includes: Sive – ‘We Are Moving' (from her first album) Murmurations – ‘Better Days to Come' Murmurations – ‘Blackbird's Lament' Murmurations – ‘The Dawning' (from The Irish Hospice project). as well as a clip from a recording with one of her community choirs. You can find out more about Sive and her music : www.sivemusic.com and you can support her on patreon where she shares a new demo every month – patreon.com/sivemusic. Sive has a gig in Clonacody House in Tipperary on 21st December with Mike Hanrahan and Emma Langford, and will be taking part in a First Fortnight event in the Riverbank Arts Centre in Kildare on the 15th Jan. The Panti Personals is an independent podcast by Athena Media, produced by Helen Shaw and mixed by John Howard, the theme music is Knots by Lisa Hannigan used with her kind permission. We record in Camden Recording Studios in Dublin. pantisocracy.ie/sive for more

Liam and Jon review the first two weeks of the BPL season and discuss the Belarus national team's prospects ahead of their first two World Cup 2022 qualification fixtures, whilst Dan speaks to the undisputed king of English language BPL commentary.

#37: First Fortnight Mental Health, Art and Culture Festival was born out of the crash to help tackle the stigma and start a conversation around mental health. In it's 10th festival, First Fortnight was staged for the first time online in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Festival Programme Coordinator Edel Doran and co-founder JP Swaine join host Hayden Moore to talk all things First Fortnight, from it's foundations in 2009 to current day. 

Poet Stephen James Smith curates the Therapy Sessions as part of First Fortnight, the festival challenges mental health stigmas & prejudices, Zara Hedderman and Pat Carty review new albums - Electronic punk duo, Sleaford Mods, LA duo Midnight Sister& alternative rockers Shame.

To celebrate Little Christmas, Sinead Gleeson, the editor of the Art of the Glimpse her collection of 100 Irish Short stories, takes a look at some stories by women writers, performance poet Sinead O'Brien with her debut is Drowning in Blessings & the Therapy Sessions at First Fortnight, singer Laura Quirk of Lemoncello & actor Roxanna Nic Liam.

Sinéad Gleeson, editor of 'The Art of the Glimpse' celebrates Nollaig na mBan by sharing selected stories from women writers, performance poet Sinéad O’Brien discusses her debut album 'Drowning in Blessings', The Therapy Sessions at First Fortnight with Laura Quirke of Lemoncello & actor Roxanna Nic Liam.

2021 marks the 10th year of the First Fortnight annual festival that challenges the stigma surrounding mental health through art and culture. Now more than ever we need to pay attention to how we are doing mentally and this festival encourages us to engage with the art and our own mental health. With over 70 events available online there is something for everyone this year as project co-ordinator Edel Foran explained to Sinéad See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Radie Peat of Lankum & fellow musician Katie Kim collaborate for Nollaig na mBan on an audio/visual streaming event, the worlds of science & art are sometimes perceived as the opposite ends of the human spectrum, the fields are not as mutually exclusive as we might think, health.firstfortnight.ie, music with Ollie Cole & writer Sheridan Le Fanu.

Edel Doran who is the Programme Coordinator for the First Fortnight Mental Health Art and Cultral Festival she chats to Louise about the 10 year anniversary of the festival. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Edel Doran, Programme co-ordinator of First Fortnight Festival on how the arts event has moved online this year.

Welcome to See Change Sessions with Alittlegail! This podcast in collaboration with See Change and hosted by Abigail McDonnell, is all about starting the conversation and breaking the stigma surrounding mental health and the difficulties that may come within it. This week Abigail talks to See Change Ambassador Rick Rossiter, an amazing advocate for Mental Health and the wonderful Edel Doran from First Fortnight, one of the wonderful See Change partners. Helplines: Call 999 or 112 if you or someone you know is about to harm themselves or someone else. Samaritans Free 24 hour listening service for anyone in distress. FreePhone: 116 123 Email: jo@samaritans.org. For free 24/7 support in a crisis, free-text HELLO to 50808.

In this special episode of The Arts & Everything In Between Podcast,  David Keegan, CEO of First Fortnight and poet Stephen James Smith join Paul Fadden of Ticketsolve. With World Mental Health Day taking place on Saturday, October 10th, we're sharing a conversation from the Ticketsolve Academy series about mental health and well-being in the arts.  ---------------------------------- First Fortnight is a charity that challenges mental health prejudice through arts and cultural action.First Fortnight utilises arts and culture to challenge mental health stigma while supporting some of Ireland's most vulnerable people through creative therapies.  In Ireland, one in four people are predicted to struggle with their mental health at some point in their lives. Special guest, Dave Keegan is CEO of First Fortnight.  Stephen James Smith is a Dublin poet and playwright central to the rise of the vibrant spoken word scene in Ireland today.  To date, his poetry videos have amassed over 3 million views online. Topics:  Mental health  Well-being  Covid-19  -------------------------------------- FURTHER READING & RESOURCES:  Arts Advocacy Toolkit  https://mailchi.mp/c82ec42bc616/arts-advocacy-toolkit Arts Working Group Open Call Webinar Video Catch Up  https://mailchi.mp/553499e5f781/artsworkinggroup-webinarcatchup Arts Working Group Open Call Webinar Resources https://www.ticketsolve.com/blog/arts-working-group-open-call-webinar1/ Arts Working Group Q&A  https://www.ticketsolve.com/blog/arts-working-group-open-call-webinar-questions-and-answers/ Arts Working Group Recovery Toolkit: Module 1 Reopening with Clear Communications  https://mailchi.mp/24d1a01b137b/reopening-toolkit The Arts Recovery Toolkit  https://arts-recovery-toolkit.ticketsolve.com/ COVID-19 Venue Guidelines for Reopening Video  https://www.ticketsolve.com/blog/covid-19-venue-guidelines-video-resource/ ---------------------------------------- THE ARTS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN PODCAST  It's tough but rewarding working in the arts and often so busy you have little time to share with your peers and investigate new ideas. Every couple weeks join presenters as they interviews arts industry experts getting their take on the biggest issues facing the arts world today. There will be ideas to try, practical tips, lots of learning and of course - lots of laughs. If you work in theatres, venues, festivals or the arts and cultural sector this podcast is what you need! ---------------------------------------- WANT TO BE ON THE PODCAST If you have some great tips and tricks to share with the arts industry, we would love to have you on as a guest. To be a guest on the podcast, drop us an email on podcast@ticketsolve.com  ---------------------------------------- FOLLOW TICKETSOLVE  Facebook - www.facebook.com/Ticketsolving Twitter - twitter.com/ticketsolvers LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/company/ticketsolve  Instagram - www.instagram.com/ticketsolve/

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Hello and welcome back to the magic minds podcast stories the have the power to inspire. This week we bring you something slightly different from our normal interview style. For this week's episode Matt was invited on a panel to speak about mental health in collaboration with first fortnight. This event was organised by a friend Tadgh Luby and his college friend Hugh Duignan. on the panel was fitness expert Jody Kennedy,  Dr Shay Ward who is a Dr in psychology and Matt  who works in the national Rehabilitation Hospital. Matt  a training facilitator on a brain injury program. As you know Matt is the host of magic minds podcast. He also has his own personal experience with mental health and is trained in Suicide Prevention. All the Panel are mental health advocates. on the show all the panel spoke about their experience with mental health and they talked about our professions. The floor was then open to questions from the audience on topics such as on social media, medication, mental health service, and things that people can do to help their mental health, low hanging fruit as Jodi Called it. This was a fantastic event the receive lots and lots of positive reviews after it. Hope you enjoy the show, thanks to Jodi, shay, Hugh, and Tadgh for an amazing event, and to be a part of it. Magic minds are honored and grateful to be involved in such a brilliant event. check out our website for more information on our previous interviews http://magicminds.ie/ Special thanks to our: Sponsors: Niall Reilly- www.rooneymedia.com Andrew O'Connell- www.libertiesphoto.ie Supports: Shannon's Hopeline -  www.shannonshopeline.ie Mental Health Warriors -  https://www.facebook.com/Mental-Health-Warriors-373240606467593/ Magic Minds Podcast Team Matt Burke- Host Andrew O'Connell- Video Production & social Media  Hannah Burke - Social Media  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/magic-minds/message

This was a very special encounter. Meggan and I became 'Insta friends' a while back and finally met in real life a couple of days ago for this great podcast chat. Meggan's insightful, honest and incredibly strong and courageous. In this chat, Meggan and I discuss the ups and downs of life, the importance of routine, surrendering and savouring life being good, eating well, self-care, feeling depressed, self-harm, Art Therapy, always learning, emotional pain and learning coping skills, mental health issues, personal growth and development, therapy, being kind to yourself and others, compassion-focused therapy, tips for distress, self-worth, affirmations, finding your tribe, flashbacks, taking tiny steps to self-improvement, hope prevailing, finding your purpose and trying to get rid of those cunty inner critics! Meggan also mentions First Fortnight & Kind Ireland, check them out here: www.firstfortnight.ie & Kind Ireland & @the_happyplug

I sit down with Jim Crickard on the rooftop of the Tara Building before his Therapy Sessions gig, as part of the First Fortnight Festival. We chat about poetry, Panti Bliss, First Fortnight Festival, Drag and Poetry and plenty of other great things. Jim Crickard’s poetry is camp and entertaining work with a sassy social-political edge. His work explores themes such as culture, sexuality and identity. In 2019 he was selected by Poetry Ireland for the inaugural Versify series, and performed to a sold out show at Dublin Fringe Festival. He came second in the 2019 All Ireland Poetry Slam Final. In 2018, he won the Cuirt Spoken Word Platform and was awarded a slot to perform at Electric Picnic. In January, 2020 he will be performing in Cork and Dublin with the First Fortnight festival alongside acclaimed poet, Stephen James Smith. He was shortlisted for the 2018 O'Bheal International Five Words Competition, and has work published in Automatic Pilot, A New Ulster, and Contemporary Poetry. He can be found on Facebook. With Being Earnest, I hope to create a space away from the noise of everyday life and distraction. I hope to offer a place, to listen, to share, to be engaged and hopefully inspired. Each week I'll be joined by sound people doing great things to have honest and genuine chats. I hope you enjoy Being Earnest. Thanks for Listening. Many more thanks go to the following people: Photography: Caitríona Muireann Music: Chef Brian- LATASHÁ/YouTube Audio Library Special Thanks to Jen Butler Go Raibh Míle Maith Agat agus Grá Mór

This month as we kickstart off a new decade of storytelling, we bring you highlights from our first Story Slam of 2020. Teaming up with our friends at First Fortnight, we bring you four stories of friendship as told by Barry Lane, Daisy McCarthy, Amelia Goonerage & our winner of the night, Mairead Murphy. Visit www.firstfortnight.ie to learn more about the festival and to find links & resources about mental health in Ireland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's event guide show takes a look at everything happening in The Dock Arts Centre and Carrick Cineplex as well as the Operation Transformation walks and the launch of Faye Hayden's book 'Bedtime Stories for Mother's and Others' in the Reading Room. Paul Cunningham of The Dock Arts Centre walks us through all the offerings in the venue for the rest of the month with Jack L, Donal Lunny, First Fortnight and if you catch it early in the day Sharon Shannon this evening. Faye Hayden joins Breifne to recap her book 'Bedtime Stories for Mothers and Others' which will be launched officially on Saturday afternoon in The Reading Room on Bridge Street, Carrick on Shannon at 2pm on Saturday. Local Arts Activist Mary Blake will be introducing the book. We take a look back at the conversation we had with Trish Forde of the Leitrim Sports Partnership about the Operation Transformation walks taking place in Ballinamore, Manorhamilton and Carrick on Shannon on Saturday (11am) and Dromahair on Sunday afternoon (1pm). She'll be giving us all the other details in the show. We also have our weekly check in with Justin Farrell of Carrick Cineplex about the new releases and some of the Irish interest on the silver screen this week.

A screening of Horrible Creature as part of First Fortnight 2020 was followed by a Q&A with director Áine Stapleton and Dr Ciara O Shea, Clinical Psychologist, hosted by Tiina Ylönen. Recorded at the Irish Film Institute on January 8th 2020.

Oisin McKenna joins us to speak about the First Fortnight Mental Health Art & Culture Festival. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of the Boundless & Bare podcast Melissa Ridge sits down with Hazel Hogan, a 26 year old poet from Dublin. Hazel Hogan who started when she was ten discusses everything from Grangegorman to her brand new podcast Being Earnest with Hazel Hogan. Hazel Hogan is a poet from North Dublin. She was featured in Arbutus Yarns 'This Ain't No Disco' and was selected to take part in the Dublin City of Literature project, Dublin: A Year in Words. Follow Hazel Hogan on instagram:@hazel.hoganListen to Being Earnest with Hazel Hogan here:https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/being-earnest-with-hazel-hogan/id1487890058http://beingearnestwithhazelhogan.libsyn.com/being-earnest-with-hazel-hogan-0Echo of Love by Hazel Hogan: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/echo-of-the-love-a-liberties-festival-poem-by-hazel-hogan-1.3160316Grangegorman by Hazel Hogan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aedOs_eD8WUStories & Strikes by Hazel Hogan https://www.rte.ie/culture/2017/0308/858186-poem-for-international-womens-day-by-hazel-hogan/Read more about Hazel and First Fortnight here: https://www.rte.ie/culture/2017/0103/842412-first-fortnight-preview/Produced by Willem McCarthyMental Health Services: Samaritans // Childline // Aware // 1800 80 48 48 // DRCC // 1800 77 8888Boundless & Bare LinksSpoken Word Gig GuideBND BlogFollow us on:TwitterFacebookInstagram

In this episode of the Boundless & Bare podcast Melissa Ridge sits down with Hazel Hogan, a 26 year old poet from Dublin. Hazel Hogan who started when she was ten discusses everything from Grangegorman to her brand new podcast Being Earnest with Hazel Hogan. Hazel Hogan is a 24 year old poet from Dublin, Ireland. Her poem ‘Grangegorman’ is on the recommended list to be studied as part of the Junior Certificate English curriculum. Her poetry was submitted into the Irish Poetry Reading Archive as part of the UCD digital library. She was selected to take part in the Dublin City of Literature project, Dublin:A Year in Words curated by Stephan James Smith and Linda Devlin and supported by UNESCO. Hazel is a member of the spoken word and Graffiti collective OutStraight a concept-based show combining spoken word theater with visual art graffiti. She was the co-founder and the currator of the variety night Words in the Warehouse. She was recently featured in Episode four of Myles O'Reilly and Donal Dineen 'This Ain't No Disco'. "Those are some fighting words" Saul Williams. "A true warrior of words" RTE Culture. "Powerful stuff" Brenda Donohue, The Ray D’Arcy Show. Follow Hazel Hogan below @hazel.hogan Facebook Listen to Being Earnest with Hazel Hogan here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/being-earnest-with-hazel-hogan/id1487890058 http://beingearnestwithhazelhogan.libsyn.com/being-earnest-with-hazel-hogan-0 Echo of Love by Hazel Hogan Grangegorman by Hazel Hogan Stories & Strikes by Hazel Hogan Read more about Hazel and First Fortnight here:

Edel from the First Fortnight Festival tells us all about the festival which is happening in January 2020. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With Being Earnest, I hope to create a space away from the noise of everyday life and distraction. I hope to offer a place, to listen, to share, to be engaged and hopefully inspired. Each week I'll be joined by sound people doing great things to have honest and genuine chats. The Poet Geoff was the writer in residence for Dublin City Council for the Dublin North West area in the summer of 2018, and again this year, working on the show When I Grow Up. This year he had the honour of writing the 100 year commemorative poem celebrating the first Dáil in Ireland titled ‘January 1919’. Geoff was recently commissioned as part of the Dublin’s Culture Connects project to write for the Local Heroes initiative. Geoff’s poem A Letter To Leo was chosen as the flagship piece for the My Name Is campaign against child homelessness in Ireland.    Geoff has written and performed a poem for the documentary Baristas, which has gone to number 1 in 8 countries, top 10 in the Us and Uk and top 5 in Canada in the documentary charts.    Geoff is currently working with First Fortnight and the Travelling Community on a piece that aims to address the reasons behind the high levels of suicide among Travellers today.    Geoff been featured on RTÉ, TV3, Today Fm, 98 FM, FM104 and Newstalk and in The Sunday Business Post and The New York Times. I hope you enjoy Being Earnest. Thanks for Listening. Many more thanks go to the following people: Photography: Caitríona Muireann Music: Chef Brian- LATASHÁ/YouTube Audio Library Equipment: Colm Ó Raghallaigh Special Thanks to Jen Butler Go Raibh Míle Maith Agat agus Grá Mór

This live panel discussion is the final, live bonus episode of this podcast series. This event is an interactive dialogue on the mental health system in Ireland facilitated by A Lust for Life - tackling stigma, shame, and structural problems in the Irish Mental Health system. The panel discussion tackles the themes arising from the podcast series, and more, and is Chaired by podcast co-host Paula McLoughlin. The event also features live music from Lee O’Brien from the band Winterking.  Panellists are: • Niall Breslin, Co-Founder, A Lust for Life • Dr Eddie Murphy, Clinical Psychologist • Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children • Dr Miriam Kennedy, Irish College of Psychiatrists • Shari McDaid, Mental Health Reform • Emilia Marchelewska, Cairde Credits: Artwork: Natalie Keville Music: Larry Goldings: Radio Music Vol. 1, Migrant song Producer: Ciara O’Connor Walsh  This podcast is kindly supported by Revive Active, a range of life enhancing supplements that have been scientifically developed by a dedicated and passionate team of experts.  https://reviveactive.com/ And this podcast was recorded live with thanks to Jack Power from Camden Recording Studios.

As part of the First Fortnight festival, I recently sat down with Dublin’s double All-Ireland winning players Nicole Owens, Noelle Healy and Sinéad Finnegan for a live panel discussion in The Sugar Club, Dublin. We spoke about how sport can impact your mental health in both positive and negative ways, discussing vulnerabilities with teammates and in the media, living a balanced lifestyle and the rise in popularity of ladies football in recent years. It was an incredibly insightful and inspiring conversation that men, women, boys and girls will relate to. Noelle Healy is the first voice that replies to my first question, Nicole Owens is the second and Sinéad Finnegan is the third. Hope you enjoy, Alan

The Irish premiere screening of Beautiful Boy at the IFI on January 9th 2019 was followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Nick Kelly, Dr. Bobby Smyth and Josen McGrane of First Fortnight, hosted by Donald Clarke of the Irish Times. Beautiful Boy opens at the IFI on the 18th of January 2019. https://ifi.ie/beautiful-boy

We can all struggle with our mental health at times in our life. The first two weeks in January aren't called the January Blue's for a sales campaign. But our guest, Mental Health Social Worker, Cognitive Psychotherapist and co founder of mental health charity First Fortnight, JP Swaine, believes in the potential for art, music, film and literature to help us deal with some of the issues and traumas life puts in our path. In this part JP speaks about the genesis of the Charity, his own personal experiences, what drives him and his colleagues to help people work through their mental health challenges and why getting rid of the stigma, removing the feeling of failure and tackling the othering associated with asking for help benefits everybody. Part 2 coming soon. You can read about First Fortnight and their events here:https://www.firstfortnight.ie/events Please support our podcasts for the price of a cup of coffee by going to https://www.patreon.com/tortoiseshack

John is a creative producer and queer performer from Kildare. They trained as a producer with Red Bear Productions from 2015 on and was one of the first batch of creative producers to participate in Generator at Smock Alley, developed by Caoimhe Connolly & Cliona Dukes. They produced ‘How to be Angry’ (Brazen Tales) and ‘Dummy’ (MORB) at DFF 2017. Most recently they did an internship with THISISPOPBABY and will be returning as ASM for RIOT: Homecoming at Vicar St (May 1st-6th,[tickets here](https://bit.ly/2TtxkPY)). They have just set up a theatre company: Taking The Biscuit with Aisling O’Mara and Dani Galligan. Their first production: Nothing But A Toerag at First Fortnight 2019 is running the 7th-12th Jan at 8pm (2:30pm Sat) at Smock Alley. ([You can nab your tickets here](https://bit.ly/2RifbqU)). They are also working with Bitter Like A Lemon on ‘In Our Veins’ at the Peacock (April 10-20th, [tickets here](https://bit.ly/2BwOmqq)). In drag, they go by Avoca Reaction (cos that’s what drag should do). Avoca is an intergender drag entity who believes that drag is the expression of our oppression. You can catch Avoca at ‘Avocas Big Durty Queer Cabaret’ on January 17th at 8pm in Drop Dead Twice.

On this week's episode Niamh Maher is joined by broadcaster and arts editor Nadine O'Regan. They're discussing the First Fortnight festival which aims to challenge the stigma surrounding mental health through creative arts! They're also tackling resolutions (or lack thereof) the frightening reality of being trolled and TIDYING UP! Niamh also sits down with the crazy talented Molly Sterling ahead of her headline gig at Whelan's, they're chatting about inspiration, being labelled a 'wordsmith' and 'balls to the wall' ballads!

The dawn of a New Year often provides a time to take stock and look after ourselves. For the first two weeks of the year the First Fortnight Europe festival is back to raise mental health awareness through arts and culture. Cormac was joined in studio by J.P Swaine, Cathy Davey and Blaithín Carney to discuss the festival.

Camille Lucy Ross was last seen on stage at Smock Alley as Margaretta in The Grimm Tale of Cinderella and recently appeared in Coast by Tracy Martin with Red Bear Productions at Dublin Fringe 2016/Project Arts Centre. She can also be seen in Bridget & Eamon (RTE) and regularly appears in sketches for Republic of Telly (Jason Butler/RTE) and Callan’s Kicks (James Cotter/RTE & Catchy Title). Camille is Artistic Director of Brazen Tales Productions and recently co-wrote & performed her one-woman show Big Bobby. Little Bobby at Dublin Fringe 2015, First Fortnight festival & Brighton Fringe 2016 (Winner First Fortnight Award* Best Performer & Little Gem Nominee). Camille is a graduate of LA’s iO West Improv school (where alumni include Amy Poehler & Tina Fey), The Gaiety School of Acting, has an honours degree from UCD and completed Play On (a Playwriting programme with Dublin Theatre Festival). Camille is part of a Long-form improv group called Tiny and is also developing her comedy writing for stage and screen.

We keep a list of people we’d like to feature at Banter and Paul Kimmage has been on that list for ages so we were delighted to persuade him to join us at the Workman's Club in Dublin in January to talk about his life and work as part of this year’s First Fortnight mental health festival. One of the most influential and widely read sportswriters in the country, Paul talked to us about his life as a professional cyclist, his career as a sportswriter, the mental stresses and strains that occur in sport and sportswriting and the art of the interview.

Every year, we host a Banter event as part of the First Fortnight mental health arts festival and this year, we were joined at Dublin’s Sugar Club by snooker legend Willie Thorne. The man known as Mr Maximum talked to us about his career on and off the snooker table and the many troubles and problems he’s faced because of addiction and depression.

FIRST Fortnight is delighted to unveil its second podcast of 2015 featuring filmmaker Frank Berry. Frank’s latest film, I Used To Live Here, has just been released in Irish cinemas and last year picked up the Best First Feature Award at the Galway Film Fleadh. The film follows Amy Keane, a 13-year-old trying to cope with the death of her mother and the reappearance of her... Read More

FIRST Fortnight is delighted to unveil its first podcast of 2015 featuring John Kavanagh, Mixed Martial Arts coach and Conor McGregor’s head coach. John sits in with First Fortnight’s JP Swaine and guests Diarmuid Lyng, Wexford hurler, broadcaster and youth facilitator with Soar (soar.ie) and Ruairí McKiernan, Irish social entrepreneur, campaigner and founder of SpunOut.ie, to discuss mental health within a sports context. Listen below and... Read More

For http://www.connect-communicate-change.com Philippa talks about the vital first fortnight when an organisation first sets themselves up on twitter.