Podcast appearances and mentions of john o'brien

Con Carlos López I “Swing for Kids” es uno de los espectáculos más alocados y auténticos que se pueden ver en nuestra escena musical. ¿Alguien dijo que esto del jazz o del swing no es para niños? Equivocado estaba. En el programa de hoy os presentamos el disco que reúne los temas de un show que no hay que perderse si se tiene oportunidad de acudir a él. Quizá sea también un buen regalo para incluir en la carta a los Reyes Magos de Oriente y seguros estamos que será un acierto, puesto que con él podrá disfrutar la familia al completo. Quien no haya bailado nunca a ritmo de swing, aquí está la música que permitirá toparse con ello y quien piense que es demasiado joven o adulto para toparse con esto que también llamamos “jazz”, pues aquí tiene la prueba que lo desmiente.

Con Carlos López I “Swing for Kids” es uno de los espectáculos más alocados y auténticos que se pueden ver en nuestra escena musical. ¿Alguien dijo que esto del jazz o del swing no es para niños? Equivocado estaba. En el programa de hoy os presentamos el disco que reúne los temas de un show que no hay que perderse si se tiene oportunidad de acudir a él. Quizá sea también un buen regalo para incluir en la carta a los Reyes Magos de Oriente y seguros estamos que será un acierto, puesto que con él podrá disfrutar la familia al completo. Quien no haya bailado nunca a ritmo de swing, aquí está la música que permitirá toparse con ello y quien piense que es demasiado joven o adulto para toparse con esto que también llamamos “jazz”, pues aquí tiene la prueba que lo desmiente.

This July, Cork Opera House sees the exciting premier of a brand new opera, from the creative team of composer John O Brien and Librettist Eadaoin O Donoghue. To delve into this fascinating story, Eadaoin joined Elmarie Mawe live in Studio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Criminal defense lawyer Lisa Peebles was taken aback by a secretly recorded phone call and police interrogation video that surfaced in a 20-year-old kidnapping case. They held the stench of a cover-up. She recruited an investigative reporter to help unearth the truth and exonerate Gary Thibodeau, the man convicted in the 1994 kidnapping and murder of 18-year-old Heidi Allen.Scrapped: Justice and a Teen Informant exposes the underbelly of a system built more for finality than justice. It's the true story of Peebles' pursuit of new evidence against three new suspects and her discovery that Heidi had lived a double life: convenience store cashier and undercover informant. The sheriff's office hid the truth after her death as the real killers roamed free. Peebles became a de facto prosecutor to prove their guilt and Gary's innocence. As Heidi's family stood by the sheriff, her remains were likely secreted right under their noses - probably inside a scrapped van and shipped to a car shredder in Canada. SCRAPPED: Justice and a Teen Informant-Lisa Peebles and John O'Brien

Affiliate Marking Journey - Featuring John O Brien #10 To begin your online journey start here - https://driverfunnel.clickfunnels.com/icebergeffect Online we always hear stories of entrepreneurs that have made a success of themselves. That is great and we can learn a lot from them. However, what about the people like you and me who are still on that journey to success and having to overcome the problems along the way? John has experianced affiliate marketing and now has a plan to progress even further in his career online To find out more About John O Brien, visit his Facebook profile here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/organicmarketingstrategy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ben6223/message

When it comes to social progress, the “edge” of possibility expands over time. The Centre for Welfare Reform's John O'Brien John wants to find the edge of what is possible for all people in their communities so that what seems like just a dream today could be an achievable goal tomorrow. He joined Genia Stephen on the podcast this week to talk about his ideas about how to widen this edge, which starts with understanding what the main dimensions of inclusive communities are, and where the edge sits in most communities today (hint: it's about control and freedom). This was a great conclusion to a two-part series with John O'Brien!

Belonging, respect, sharing spaces, contribution, and choice are the five valued experiences for the good things in life as defined by John O'Brien. The experiences are the same for everybody, but far too often, people with disabilities have more access barriers to these valued experiences. John joined me for the podcast this week to talk about the social foundations that prevent those with disabilities from fully experiencing the five valued experiences—the “diabolically clever” forces of social devaluation and exclusion. We consistently underestimate what's possible for people with disabilities, and we've seen time and again that it's up to people with disabilities themselves, and their loved ones, to be the drivers of innovation and progressive change. This was the first in a two-part series with John so stay tuned for more on inclusive communities, social progress, and personal autonomy!

Episode 182 Dante Villagomez: Pocket Piano, Percussion and Effects John O'Brien: Guitar John O'Brien is a member of Pittsburgh's Jazz Rock quartet 'The Clock Reads'. Check out their music below! www.theclockreads.band/ Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar Now on Patreon for those who wish to further support the podcast www.patreon.com/spicespeculiar The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

Welcome to Episode #348: with John O'Brien, John O'Brien, EMEA Managing Partner at ONE HUNDRED, Omnicom's ethical purpose consortium consisting of nine of Omnicom's leading global agencies. During this episode, John and I will be talking about several topics such as how to grow your business' market share and the role of social media in bringing your business forward. You should always look at a long term relationship with your customers. You should not only be excellent in recruiting them but also in retaining them. Building a good business is not just about a product but about solving something for your customers. Sustainability is a long term investment and it's a must for businesses to act on and appreciate what's happening in the world for these businesses to survive - Never stop being innovative. It may require initial investment but in the long run it often reduces costs. In partnership with Pure Sport CBD. Relieve. Relax. Perform. CBD For Active Lifestyles. Use the code 'justdoit20' to get 20% off on your purchase. Learn more about the contents discussed in this episode: Connect with John via LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter. Check out John O'Brien's website.

Welcome to the trailer for Episode #348: Growing Your Market Share, with John O'Brien, EMEA Managing Partner at ONE HUNDRED, Omnicom's ethical purpose consortium consisting of nine of Omnicom's leading global agencies. In this Wednesday's episode, John and I will be talking about several topics such as how to grow your business' market share and the role of social media in bringing your business forward. Here's some key highlights: You should always look at a long term relationship with your customers. You should not only be excellent in recruiting them but also in retaining them. Building a good business is not just about a product but about solving something for your customers. Sustainability is a long term investment and it's a must for businesses to act on and appreciate what's happening in the world for these businesses to survive Never stop being innovative. It may require initial investment but in the long run it often reduces costs. In partnership with Pure Sport CBD. Relieve. Relax. Perform. CBD For Active Lifestyles. Use the code 'justdoit20' to get 20% off on your purchase. Join us on Wednesday for the full episode.

#FuturePRoof: Rethink and reconnect With Stephen and Sarah Waddington The Conservatives had a good local election last week however Labour seems more disconnected than ever. Meanwhile the SNP has extended its lead in Scotland and is demanding a second vote on independence. Actor, director and writer Noel Clarke was awarded the prize for outstanding British contribution to cinema by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Two weeks earlier BAFTA was informed about the existence of several allegations of verbal abuse, bullying and sexual harassment. Income for the top 150 agencies was down 4.3% to £1.36 billion in 2020 compared to £1.42 billion in 2019, according to PRWeek. However more than 50 agencies launched during the COVID-19 pandemic between January 2020 to March 2021. The PRCA UK National Conference: Communications and influence in the post-pandemic erais planned as an in-person event on 8 July. The CIPR (19 May) and PRFest (14-18 June) have also announced conferences on sustainability. Both are virtual. ESG is both a label and an organising principle that represents everything about people and the planet. A new report by Stephen and Dr Jon White, published by Vuelio, explores the role of PR in supporting planning, horizon scanning, metrics and reporting. David Gallagher and John O’Brien’s book Truth Be Told is Stephen’s recommendation of the month. Sarah’s shout out is for Rich Leigh and the team at RadioActive who have organised meetups in London and Manchester on 1 and 22 July respectively. www.futureproofingcomms.co.uk/

Episode 168 Dante Villagomez: Percussion, Pocket Piano and Effects John O'Brien: Guitar Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar Now on Patreon for those who wish to further support the podcast www.patreon.com/spicespeculiar The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

Show Notes:President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith welcome Seana Murray and John O'Brien from the Microsoft Mixed Reality Team as we explore more Alternatives to Traditional Higher Education.  Featured Quotes:And so, the new [Case Westen University] medical school is going completely holographic, and they have taught already a number of semesters doing holographic anatomy and cadaveric research. And if I remember correctly, they had decided at one point that approximately…their students are getting approximately 30% additional recall by learning anatomy via spatially contextual holograms versus flat textbooks. And so, that is a huge uptick in recall, and particularly since these are our future doctors.Seana Murray, Business Program Manager, Microsoft Mixed Reality TeamThere are certain topics that it’s so much easier to teach and for people to appreciate if you can see it in three dimensions instead of on a screen or in a book—and I love reading, don’t get me wrong—but as human beings, we’re used to operating in a 3D world. We spot patterns and process information; our brains are geared to process information that way. And so, I think this is going to open up kind of a whole new frontier for history, for astronomy, for physics, for… you name it.John O’Brien, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Mixed Reality TeamLinks Associated with this Episode:TranscriptFollow Us:Solutions for Higher Education PodcastSUU BlogSUU Facebook

Nearly a year on from the launch of the U.S. Soccer Podcasts, Charlie Davies and Jordan Angeli have found it telling how often former U.S. Men’s National Team alumni would tell them the best they ever played with was John O’Brien. So, we brought him on the podcast! A talented young U.S. player in a time before an academy setup existed here, O’Brien explained his decision to venture to the Netherlands to sign with famed Dutch side Ajax at age 17. Once there he rose through the ranks of the youth teams to become a starter in the UEFA Champions League, win two Eredivisie titles and a Dutch Cup. He also reflected on his eight years representing the USMNT, including his integral role in the team’s run to the quarterfinals at the 2002 FIFA World Cup as well as the U-23’s fourth place finish at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Reflecting back on his international career, the talented midfielder discussed his favorite memory – a World Cup qualifier against Jamaica on Oct. 7, 2001 in Foxborough. He vividly remembered the USMNT being the first National Team in any sport to represent the United States after the Sept. 11 attacks, and recalled how the team learned of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan just hours before kickoff of the match that would see the team qualify for the 2002 World Cup. Despite all his accomplishments, O’Brien’s career was riddled by injuries and he retired following the 2006 FIFA World Cup. After leaving the game he went to school and recently earned his doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology. Now Dr. O’Brien explained how he’s using his own experience as a former player to work with athletes today and what he would tell his younger self today.

iIrish: Songs, Stories & Shenanigans, Podcast23: St. Valentine’s Day, President’s Day   When you want to know, where to go, what to do, to be seen, to make a difference, you come here, to iIrish: the Truth & the Pulse of what matters   Hello Everyone! Welcome back to iIrish; Songs, Stories & Shenanigans. Happy Valentine’s Day (Sunday) and President’s Day (Monday). Now wouldn’t that be ironic, for the Impeachment trial were to wrap up on President’s Day? We have a great show for you today, including talking about those two U.S. holidays, and their deep Irish connections.   Just for a minute, we’re going to move From the Present to acknowledge the Past, and then roll forward: So, Let’s take a look at On This Day in Irish History: 12 February 1989 - In one of the most controversial incidents of the recent “Troubles,” the Catholic solicitor, Pat Finucane, was murdered by gunmen in his own house in north Belfast. 13 February 1820 – the death of Leonard McNally, defense barrister, composer and one of the first members of the United Irishman. On his death, it was discovered that he had been accepting government money to betray the United Irishmen while acting as their barrister. 18 February 1979 - Leo Varadkar, current Tanaiste (TAW-nuhsh-tyuh), and former Taoiseach, was born in Dublin. 19 February 1624 - Death of Sir Arthur Chichester, chief instigator of the Plantation of Ulster. 19 February 1919 - A local IRA unit, led by Seamus Robinson, Dan Breen and Sean Traecy, ambushed and killed RI Constables MacDonnell and O’Connell at Soloheadlbeg, Co. Tipperary, marking the beginning of the Anglo-Irish War.   Moving to the present: What’s the News, What’s the News? What’s the news today?   Rugby score : Wales 21 Ireland 16   St. Valentines Day The holiday has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, which is held in mid-February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included fertility rites and the pairing off of women with men by lottery. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with St. Valentine’s Day. It came to be celebrated as a day of romance from about the 14th century. Although there were several Christian martyrs named Valentine, the day may have taken its name from a priest who was martyred about 270 CE by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus. According to legend, the priest signed a letter “from your Valentine” to his jailer’s daughter, whom he had befriended and, by some accounts, healed from blindness. Other accounts hold that it was St. Valentine of Terni, a bishop, for whom the holiday was named, though it is possible the two saints were actually one person. Another common legend states that St. Valentine defied the emperor’s orders that soldiers could not marry; he believed it made them fiercer. St. Valentine didn’t agree, and secretly married couples. It is for this reason that his feast day is associated with love. Formal messages, or valentines, appeared in the 1500s, and by the late 1700s, commercially printed cards were being used. The first commercial valentines in the United States were printed in the mid-1800s. Valentines commonly depict Cupid, the Roman god of love, along with hearts, traditionally the seat of emotion. Because it was thought that the avian mating season begins in mid-February, birds also became a symbol of the day. Traditional gifts include candy and flowers, particularly red roses, which is a symbol of beauty and love. People call on St. Valentine to watch over the lives of lovers, of course, but also for interventions regarding beekeeping and epilepsy, as well as the plague, fainting and traveling. He’s also the patron saint of engaged couples and happy marriages. The flower-adorned skull of St. Valentine is on display in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome. In the early 1800s, the excavation of a catacomb near Rome yielded skeletal remains and other relics now associated with St. Valentine. As is customary, these bits and pieces of the late saint’s body have subsequently been distributed to reliquaries around the world. You will find other bits of St. Valentine’s skeleton on display in the Czech Republic, Ireland, Scotland, England and France. No record exists of romantic celebrations on Valentine’s Day prior to a poem Chaucer wrote around 1375. In his work “Parliament of Foules,” he links a tradition of courtly love with the celebration of St. Valentine’s feast day–an association that didn’t exist until after his poem received widespread attention. The poem refers to February 14 as the day birds (and humans) come together to find a mate. When Chaucer wrote, “For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day / Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate”   Did you know that there are 23 American Presidents of Irish Descent? Joe Biden is just the most recent. That’s 23 out of 46 Presidents are of Irish descent! Grover Cleveland served 2 separate terms, spaced by 4 years. Presidents' Day is a federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February; That is this coming Monday. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, the holiday became popularly known as Presidents' Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other figures, Presidents' Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents, past and present. The story of Presidents' Day date begins in 1800. Following the death of George Washington in 1799, his February 22 birthday became a perennial day of remembrance. At the time, Washington was venerated as the most important figure in American history, and events like the 1832 centennial of his birth and the start of construction of the Washington Monument in 1848 were cause for national celebration While Washington’s Birthday was an unofficial observance for most of the 1800s, it was not until the late 1870s that it became a federal holiday. Senator Stephen Wallace Dorsey of Arkansas was the first to propose the measure, and in 1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes signed it into law The holiday initially only applied to the District of Columbia, but in 1885 it was expanded to the whole country. At the time, Washington’s Birthday joined four other nationally recognized federal bank holidays—Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving—and was the first to celebrate the life of an individual American. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, signed into law in 1983, was the second. For the record, here they are: Andrew Jackson 7th President 1829–37: James Knox Polk 11th President, 1845–49: James Buchanan 15th President, 1857–61 Andrew Johnson 17th President, 1865–69 Ulysses S. Grant 18th President, 1869–77 Chester A. Arthur 21st President, 1881–85 Grover Cleveland 22nd and 24th President, 1885–89 and 1893–97 Benjamin Harrison 23rd President, 1889–93 William McKinley 25th President, 1897–1901 Theodore Roosevelt 26th President, 1901–09 William Howard Taft 27th President 1909–13 Woodrow Wilson 28th President, 1913–21 Warren G. Harding 29th President 1921–23 Harry S. Truman 33rd President 1945–53 John F. Kennedy 35th President 1961–63 Richard Nixon 37th President, 1969–74 Jimmy Carter 39th President 1977–1981 Ronald Reagan 40th President 1981–89 George H. W. Bush 41st President 1989–93 Bill Clinton 42nd President 1993–2001 George W. Bush 43rd President 2001–09 Barack Obama 44th President 2009–2016 Joseph R. Biden 46th President   Our February issue, tho COVID reduced, is still full of info, columns, entertainment and things to do. You will find so much - including a great column by Bob Carney on the Festival of Imbolg, with discussion on the origins of Keening, the first community of nuns in Ireland, St. Brigid of Kildare, and the origins of the Brigid’s Cross; The White House; Magical Confections; Pandemonium in Ireland; Speak Irish monthly lesson The Father of Irish Monasticism St Edna of Aran; Safe Home wishes;; and Celebrating 75 years of the LAOH. Plus, there is humor, opinion, Kid’s Craic and Coloring contest, profiles and history, food recipes, book and music reviews and monthly Irish Crossword Puzzle. February’s puzzle subject is Towns in Clare, Limerick and Kerry. The crosswords are a great way to learn or refresh your Irish knowledge, history and folklore, and all past issues, with the crossword inside, are available on OhioIANews.com.   A few other highlights in this issue: we have our Irish Photography Cover Contest; Kids Coloring Contest; and our podcast Listener Contest, News for the GAA; a few Opinion pieces and the Irish movers, shakers and music makers that enrich our days.   Speaking of the New Kid’s Craic Colors of Ireland Contest, here is the info: 2 Age Divisions: Ages 7, 8, 9 Ages 10, 11 & 12 Each Age Group winner receives a Gift Card to Kamm’s Corner Ice Cream, or the OhioIANews Advertiser of their choice! Official Rules and Regs are: · One entry per child · One winner in each age group · Participant must color page without assistance · Participant may use crayons, markers, or paint · Use your imagination! The coloring page is printable from: www.OhioIANews.com as well. Previous winners will be featured in the March Issue Entry and entry info (Name, age, city and Parents Name and Phone Number) may be dropped off to PJ McIntyre’s or the OhioIANews, or scanned and emailed to jobrien@ohioianews.com by the end of the month.   Finally, the new book is out; sales, reviews and reactions have been so much fun to read, and to interact with readers. Celebrating St. Patrick's Day History, Traditions, and Activities A Holiday Book for Kids by John O'Brien, Jr.   Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this fun introduction for kids ages 6 to 9 St. Patrick’s Day is about more than just shamrocks and leprechauns! This engaging nonfiction book for kids explains the history, traditions, and customs of St. Patrick’s Day―and includes interactive activities that encourage kids to celebrate at home or in their communities. This standout among Saint Patrick’s Day books for kids includes: Celebratory traditions, A variety of activities, Fun facts, illustrations and more From games like Parade Bingo and a Green Scavenger Hunt to recipes and things to do - kids can explore hands-on ways to get festive.   When it comes to St. Patrick’s Day books for kids, this is the one that will get your child excited to learn and celebrate. We are having great fun with it, receiving pics of parent, grandparents, babysitters, and siblings reading the book to a younger one. They will be part of a giant collage we are creating, to celebrate the holiday a little differently in a much different year. Order yours: https://amzn.to/2KycmAX or look for Celebrating St. Patrick's Day By John O'Brien, Jr on Amazon.   And Now we have reached the Ask me Anything Segment of our Show. Questions we’ve received via email, FB & Twitter … We have gotten great reactions to this quarters question so far. It ends at the end of the month, so jump in while you can. So, who and/or what is the quintessential Irish man or woman? What do they look like, act like? What makes them the sexiest man or woman alive, a hero, and/or a human we admire? Send us your answers to jobrien@OhioIANews.com – best answer wins a gift card to the OhioIANews advertiser of your choice.   Did you read something in an issue, and want to read it again, or want to keep in the loop on things that came in after we went to print? All of our issues are archived online and are interactive – so if you click on an ad, you go directly to the advertiser’s website (the plate goes out, but it always comes back). PLEASE Support them, tell them you saw their ad in the OhioIANews, and buy a gift, a gift card or merch, to get them thru this new COVID19 wave. We need them long after this season has passed. No Regrets. Anticipation for the return of live music is palpable. I’m heading from here to listen to Opus 216, the phenomenal Cleveland based jazz group… We always have so many milestones to celebrate: We all have the fierce desperate thirst for conversation with friends. I miss mine so dearly. I enjoy talking with them on the phone, and Zoom has made it even better – replacing Facetime, but, the hugs and connections are much less. There has never been a time where I have wanted to dance more, to hug friends and have a pint over great music and past memories more, and, to simply let loose and forget the troubles. The last part isn’t available yet, the others are under construction, or containment. Books, Music, the arts, can transport you, let you visit lands you have never been to, or illuminate stories. Yet, today’s issues still are a call to action. So many heroes are taking steps, living a life of action. Well mah peeps, we are also videotaping this podcast, as we always do, so you can check out this, and all our videos and podcasts online as well. We will add it to our libraries and YouTube channel. All podcasts past and present can be downloaded from iTunes, WHKRadio/local Podcasts and OhioIANews.com. Subscribe and listen to them whenever you wish. They shall live, in infamy! If you are like me, and like to hold what you read, the complete list of all 367 distribution points, organized by Zip Code, is on the OhioIANews website. We have added over 100 new distribution points since we returned to print, post COVID, in September. We have contracted for 85 more distribution points in Marc’s, Giant Eagle, CVS and Drug Mart, when the time to expand is safe. We are in 6 states, and before we are done, we will be in 8 more. Yes, that does equal 14, one for every year we have been in print.   Every month I beg and beg our readers and organizations from throughout Ohio and the surrounding states to send us their events. Rarely do they. I won’t give up. The invitation stands; send them to me at jobrien@ohioianews.com. There is no charge to have them listed in the OhioIANews.   The Columbus area is growing, inch by inch and row by row, with the addition of Columbus Irish Columnist Molly Truex, and her Columbus Irish column, and new advertisers from the area have jumped onboard the OhioIANewsExpress, but we want to feature all of Ohio, and the surrounding states too. Let us know what’s the craic in vibrant Irish America, so we can share it with our audiences. Do you want a story told? Do you need a speaker? Our Irish Opportunity Corridor runs from The Northcoast, to The Southcoast, Cleveland to Clearwater. Contact us with your story, event or speaker needs and we’ll be of service.   If you know of a writer who lives in the Greater Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or Detroit area, please send them on to us to chat with; for those areas are our next expansion targets. What new name would YOU choose for the OhioIANews, when we expand, to cover Cleveland to Clearwater? Irish Cleveland to Irish Clearwater ICtoIC.   We release a new podcast every 2nd Friday at 5 pm, alternating weeks with our two times a month eBulletin that goes out to over 12,000 opted-in subscribers, every 2nd Monday at 3:10 p.m. I hope you will subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or whatever podcast platform you love, and sign up for the eBulletin too, on either our web or Facebook page.   There are many more songs and stories; I hope we will write new ones - of joy, of unification. Here, and across the pond. We are closer to a One Ireland than we have been in more than 800 years. Let’s do the same for America.   We’ll save those songs and stories for next time, when we release Podcast24 on Friday February 26th. Who else would you like to see and hear and guest on this iIrish Songs, Stories & Shenanigans Podcast?   Be sure to send in your questions, comments and ideas for our Ask Me Anything Segment; we’ll read them here next time; with the best answers we can provide! jobrien@ohioianews.com. If you are interested in investing or advertising on this podcast, the eBulletin, in the print edition, website or Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, contact me, John O’Brien, Jr, seek us online or give us a call.   Whelp, We’ve done what we can for this week. Tomorrow is another day, and another chance to write the future, we want to live in.   As always, I end with a bit of the Irish: Nuair a stadann an ceol, stadann an rince (When the music stops, so does the dance) Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us. Don’t let it happen to you. Grace us with your music. Now More than ever, wider audiences need to dance to all the beauty around us.   Thank you listening, and for allowing me to share my stories with you. Please share yours with me. We want to hear from you on any topic.   Stay safe and sane. Happy Valentines Day; Happy Presidents Day. I hope to see you soon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does it really take to bring foosball to your school system? Will youth based foosball save the sport? Will we ever see foosball training centers in the USA? We dive deep into these topics and so many more with John O'Brien, founder of Foosball Clubs USA.  Turning foosball into Super Sport? Maybe... Download the 42nd episode of FoosTalk Live and find out for yourself...

Join us as this week as Taylor does a true deep dive into the case of the ghost who solved her own murder! ALSO IT'S TAYLOR'S BIRTHDAY. Everyone feel free to head to our IG, Twitter or send us an email to wish her a Happy Birthday! Bare with us as we use this episode as a little therapy session for our own problems... RESOURCES:https://newspaperarchive.com/port-arthur-news-mar-06-1978-p-11/ “WOMEN IN TRANCE LEADS TO SERIAL KILLER” Pg 11https://newspaperarchive.com/arlington-heights-daily-herald-suburban-chicago-may-31-1992-p-166/ “Unbelievable! Yes, but what else to explain “Voice from Grave” Pg. 166 By Tom Irvine, Daily Herald Specialhttps://newspaperarchive.com/alton-telegraph-sep-01-1978-p-8/ “Can Police Arrest Suspect on Testimony Ghost Gives?” Pg 8 Alton Telegraph Sept 1978 By Bob Springer and T. Lee Hugheshttps://newspaperarchive.com/alton-telegraph-feb-23-1979-p-10/ Pg 10 Feb 23 1979 Alton Telegraphhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/09/17/voice-from-the-grave-evokes-a-murder-trial/13b6d805-2413-4015-b70a-b9b28ab5d40d/https://www.newspapers.com/image/385434307/ Chicago Tribune 06 Sept 1978 pg 10 by John O’Brienhttps://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/image/385400305/?terms=teresita%2BbasaCT 18 JAN 1979 PG3https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/image/385410180/?terms=teresita%2Bbasa27 JAN 1979 pg 3https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/image/386661148/?terms=teresita%2Bbasa23 feb 1979 pg 31https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/image/386952253/?terms=teresita%2BbasaPg 32 28 jan 1980 by MAGGIE DALYhttps://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/image/386701253/?terms=teresita%2BbasaPHILP WATTLEY PG 135 13 AUG 1977https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/image/386503178/John O’Brien and Edward Baumann 05 mar 1978 pg 1 ad 14

The show must go on! Join us for our second part of "TipTea does theatre..." as we go behind the scenes with Director of Programming at The Fabulous Fox Theatre, John O'Brien.

Is the fantasy left behind the legacy of an artist? Is the goal to reach the world and leave a positive mark on other’s lives? John O’ Brien would be the seed to motivate and change the lives of many that his work influenced, but the story of who he was when he was will always be secondary to the character he created, Ben and Sera or Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue. Leaving Las Vegas would change all the lives that would take his work and translate it to cinema but it never changed his and as the creation to tell his story to millions as opposed to thousands would become a reality, his reality would be become the tragic back story of a press release to one of the most captivating and heartbreaking love story in the history of American Cinema. Part 2 of 2

iIrish: Songs, Stories & Shenanigans, Podcast21: w/ Irish American Artist Maureen Clark When you want to know, where to go, what to do, to be seen, to make a difference, you come here, to iIrish:the Truth & the Pulse of the Irish Hello Everyone!  Welcome back to iIrish; Songs, Stories & Shenanigans.  We have a great show for you today, including special guest Irish American Painter Maureen Clark, of Columbus, Ohio. Just for a minute, we’re going to move From the Present to the Past, and then roll forward: Let’s take a look at On This Day in Irish History: 15 January 1988 - Sean McBride (83), lawyer, revolutionary and international Jurist, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1977), died. 20 January 1902 - Birth in Dublin of Kevin Barry, first IRA Volunteer to be executed During the Anglo-Irish War. 23 January 1803 - Arthur Guinness, founder of the Dublin brewery, dies. 25 January 1627 - Robert Boyle, creator of Boyle’s Law, is born in County Waterford. 26 January 1907 - First production of John Millington Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World at the Abbey Theatre. Moving to the present: What’s the News, What’s the News? What’s the news today? We Get Letters *We Get Letters is open to all. Send us your well-thought-out reasoning/response on any topic to: jobrien@OhioIANews.com, with your name and city. Anonymous and/or inappropriate language letters will automatically be deleted without response. Our January issue tho COVID reduced is still full of info, columns and entertainment.  It has been a big hit. You will find so much - food recipes, including Cooking Up a Hooley In the Kitchen: Holy Moly Donut Hole Do It Yourself Bar.  Katie’s column is an inspiration, and one of those, “I gotta try this” recipes – the whole idea is just what a covid heart needs. Plus, there is humor, Wise Craics, opinion, profiles and history, book and music reviews, Irish Dance news, our monthly Speak Irish Lesson, monthly Irish Crossword Puzzle. January’s puzzle subject is Towns in Northwest Ireland. The crosswords are a great way to learn or refresh your Irish knowledge, history and folklore, and all past issues, with the crossword inside, are available on OhioIANews.com. Lisa O’Rourke, Akron Irish Columnist, wrote a great column, titled Dunne’s Store Girls, it starts with this: Akron Irish Dunne’s Store Girls by Lisa O’Rourke Our collective “annus horribilis” has now just passed, and from this position, it would be hard for this new shiny year to surpass it in the horrible. It is certainly a year that future generations will wonder about; what did we do and how did we get on with life?  We hoarded and cooked and baked and read and watched television. We absorbed so much media that reruns became a thing again. Ideally, a rerun offers the opportunity for another, better look. I encountered one of those better look stories on an NPR program, “The Moth.” It is a program in which amateur storytellers tell a personal story in front of a live audience. This particular episode was a repeat of a show that was recorded in Dublin a few years back. I was hooked right there. The story began with a young girl who was working in a Dunne’s Stores on Henry Street in Dublin. The year was 1984. Unions were under threat around the globe and were staunchly defended in spite of that. This young girl, like the other trade union employees in that store and all-around Ireland, had received a statement from their leadership that they were not to handle goods originating from South Africa. The goods consisted mainly of fruit. Apartheid was at one of its ugliest junctions, clawing to hang on to an indefensible position. Nelson Mandela was in prison on Robben Island. Mary Manning, the Dunne’s Stores clerk, is still not really sure why she did it. She had heard things about South Africa on the news, but wasn’t a political person. She and the other girls were told not to handle produce from South Africa and they generally tried to follow union directives. On this particular day, a woman stood in her checkout line with some South African grapefruit. Mary refused to handle the fruit at her register. She was warned by management, but she chose not to change her position and the strike was born in that moment. Ten of her Dublin co-workers followed suit, nine other young ladies and one young gentleman. One of them was twenty-four years old, one of them was only seventeen, and the others were twenty years old. They were inner city store employees. Most of them still lived with their parents. They did not see themselves as changing the world. Nor did they realize how long, lonely and difficult the strike would be at times. to read the rest of the story,  it is a very good one, hop over to our OhioIANews.com, or our Facebook or Twitter pages after the podcast is complete.  It is striking.  Ireland native and OhioIANews Columnist Regina Costello writes on Joe Biden’s Irish Roots, Bob Carney has a great list of Top 20 Books of 2020 in his Cleveland Comhra Column,  Plus we have our Irish Photography Cover Contest; Kids Coloring Contest; and our podcast Listener Contest, News for the GAA; a few Opinion pieces and the Irish movers, shakers and music makers that enrich our days.   Speaking of the New Kid’s Craic Colors of Ireland Contest, It kicked off in the November issue and continues with the December issue. Here is the info: 2 Age Divisions:   Ages 7, 8, 9, Ages 10, 11 & 12 Each Age Group winner receives a Gift Card to Kamm’s Corner Ice Cream, or the OhioIANews Advertiser of their choice! Official Rules and Regs are: One entry per child One winner in each age group Participant must color page without assistance Participant may use crayons, markers, or paint Use your imagination! The coloring page is printable from: www.OhioIANews.com as well. Entry and entry info (Name, age, city and Parents Name and Phone Number) must be dropped off to PJ McIntyre’s or the OhioIANews, or scanned and emailed to jobrien@ohioianews.com by the end of the month. Winners will be in the issue quarterly. Finally, the new book is on its way! Available 2/2/21, you can preorder now, and sales have been brilliant Celebrating St. Patrick's Day History, Traditions, and Activities A Holiday Book for Kids by John O'Brien, Jr. @Jobjr Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this fun introduction for kids ages 6 to 9  St. Patrick’s Day is about more than just shamrocks and leprechauns! This engaging nonfiction book for kids explains the history, traditions, and customs of St. Patrick’s Day―and includes interactive activities that encourage kids to celebrate at home or in their communities.  This standout among Saint Patrick’s Day books for kids includes:  Celebratory traditions―Kids will learn how St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated all around the world in different ways, including parades, festivals, sports tournaments, treasure hunts, and more. A variety of activities―From games like Parade Bingo and a Green Scavenger Hunt to recipes for Irish Flag Cookies and Shamrock Shakes, kids can explore hands-on ways to get festive.  Fun facts and illustrations―Colorful illustrations and thought-provoking facts help kids discover new things about this holiday. When it comes to St. Patrick’s Day books for kids, this is the one that will get your child excited to learn and celebrate. Order yours:  https://amzn.to/2KycmAX And Now we have reached the Ask me Anything Segment of our Show.  Questions we’ve received via email, FB & Twitter … Did you read something in an issue, and want to read it again, or want to keep in the loop on things that came in after we went to print? All of our issues are archived online and are interactive – so if you click on an ad, you go directly to the advertiser’s website (the plate goes out, but it always comes back). PLEASE Support them, tell them you saw their ad in the OhioIANews, and buy a gift, a gift card or merch, to get them thru this new COVID19 wave.  We need them long after this season has passed. You can check out the OhioIANews website for a list of events to come and much more; more pictures, LARGER text and all the stories than are in our print edition, plus a few that couldn’t fit, or came in after we went to print, available 24/7.  Or follow our FB, Twitter and Instagram pages to keep up with all the shenanigans. Anticipation for the return of live music is palpable. I’m heading from here to find some. We always have so many milestones to celebrate: We all have the fierce desperate thirst for conversation with friends. I miss mine so dearly. I enjoy talking with them on the phone, and Zoom has made it even better – replacing Facetime, but, the hugs and connections are much less. Schedule zoom time with us if you would like to talk to a real person! There has never been a time where I have wanted to dance more, to see friends and have a pint over great music and past memories more, and, to simply let loose and forget the troubles.  The last part isn’t available yet, the others are under construction, or containment.  Books will transport you, let you visit lands you have never been to, or stories that occurred before your time. But I’d rather hear the gospel from the priest, so please welcome Artist extraordinaire, Columbus’ Maureen Clark Hello Maureen! Welcome to the iIrish Songs, Stories & Shenanigans podcast. It is Good to see you, even if it’s making the best of things, by using Zoom. Tell me about your work? Origins, goals How has it gone, esp during COVID? Is yours the typical Irish story? Immigrant story? Differences? Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, “To be Irish is to know that in the end, the world will break your heart.” Most deserve love, most don’t get as much love as they deserve. Your work, to me, is about a bit of a dream -, but perhaps unity and hope too Is that theme impression true? What you were aiming for with each work? We always ask, any stories from the road, but the road now is a distant memory – still, any stories? What does it mean to have an immigrant spirit? So, who and what is the quintessential Irish man or woman? When did you know that music was for you as a career? How did your career start? Woodie Guthrie said, ‘You write what you see’. Has that held true for you as painting what you see? Who inspired you growing up, both professionally and in life? Have you met them? Where can you see, and purchase your work? So what happens now for you? Well mah peeps, we are also videotaping this podcast, as we always do, so you can check out this, and all our videos and podcasts online as well. We will add it to our libraries and YouTube channel. All podcasts past and present can be downloaded from iTunes, WHKRadio/local Podcasts and OhioIANews.com. Subscribe and listen to them whenever you wish. They shall live, in infamy! If you are like me, and like to hold what you read, the complete list of all 367 distribution points, organized by Zip Code, is on the OhioIANews website. We have added over 100 new distribution points since we returned to print, post COVID. We have contracted for 85 more distribution points in Marc’s, Giant Eagle, CVS and Drug Mart, when the time to expand is safe. We are in 6 states, and before we are done, we will be in 8 more.  Yes, that does equal 14. Every month I beg and beg our readers and organizations from throughout Ohio and the surrounding states to send us their events.  Rarely do they.  I won’t give up.   The invitation stands; send them to me at jobrien@ohioianews.com. There is no charge. The Columbus area is growing, inch by inch and row by row, with the addition of Columbus Irish Columnist Molly Truex, and her Columbus Irish column, and new advertisers from the area have jumped onboard the OhioIANewsExpress, but we want to feature all of Ohio, and the surrounding states. What new name would YOU choose for the OhioIANews, when we expand, to cover Cleveland to Clearwater? Irish Cleveland to Irish Clearwater ICtoIC. If you know of a writer who is a potential columnist that lives in the Greater Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or Detroit area, please send them on to us to chat with; for those areas are our next expansion targets. Please Help us out, if you would, with people, events, advertisers and distribution point suggestions. We’ve got plans, should COVID go back to the hellish hole it came from: Let us know what’s the craic, so we can share it with our audiences. ***  And Now, our listener trivia contest: Our question is: So, who and what is the quintessential Irish man or woman?  What do they look like, act like? What makes them the sexiest man or woman alive, a hero, and a human we admire? Send us your answers to jobrien@OhioIANews.com – best answer wins a $25 gift card to the OhioIANews advertiser of your choice. Support for this iIrish Songs, Stories and Shenanigans Podcast comes from WHKRadio and the Ohio Irish American News. We are delighted to say we are now also on iTunes. Big Thanks to the production genius’, Josh Booth and Steve Dole, as well as Gerry Quinn and Tim Vaughn.  We release a new podcast every 2nd Friday at 5 pm, alternating weeks with our two times a month eBulletin that goes out to over 12,000 opted-in subscribers, every 2nd Monday at 3:10 p.m. I hope you will subscribe to the podcast on wherever podcast platform you love, and sign up for the eBulletin too, on either our web or Facebook page. Do you want a story told? Do you need a speaker? Our Irish Opportunity Corridor runs from The Northcoast, to The Southcoast, Cleveland to Clearwater. Contact us with your story or speaker needs and we’ll be of service. There are many more songs and stories; I hope we will write new ones - of joy, of unification.  Here, and across the pond. We are closer to a One Ireland than we have been in more than 800 years.  Let’s do the same for America. We’ll save those songs and stories for next time, when we release Podcast22 on January 29th. Our guest is pre-eminent Irish immigration Attorney Fiona McEntee, an absolute rock star in helping people with immigration issues conquer the morass and maze that is US Immigration anytime, let alone during COVID.  She will give an overview, answer questions and give advice to you, performers, special situations and more.    Who else would you like to see and hear and guest on this iIrish Songs, Stories & Shenanigans Podcast? Be sure to send in your questions, comments and ideas for our Ask Me Anything Segment; we’ll read them here next time; with the best answers we can provide!  jobrien@ohioianews.com. If you are interested in investing or advertising on this podcast, the eBulletin, in the print edition, website or Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, contact me, John O’Brien, Jr, seek us online or give us a call. Let’s end with a Wise Craic; Humor is so good for the soul: Dear Lord, So far this year I've done well. I haven't gossiped; I haven't lost my temper; I haven't been greedy; grumpy; nasty; selfish; or overindulgent. I am very thankful for that.  But in a few minutes, Lord, I'm going to get out of bed, and from then on I'm probably going to need a lot more help. Amen Whelp, We’ve done what we can for this week.  Tomorrow is another day, and another chance to write the future, we want to live in. As always, I end with a bit of the Irish: Nuair a stadann an ceol, stadann an rince (When the music stops, so does the dance) Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us.  Don’t let it happen to you. Grace us with your music. Now More than ever, wider audiences need to dance to all the beauty around us. Thank you listening, and for allowing me to share my stories with you. Please share yours with me. I would love to hear from you on any topic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 156 Dante Villagomez: Pocket Piano, Percussion and Effects John O'Brien: Guitar John O'Brien is a member of Pittsburgh's Jazz Rock quartet 'The Clock Reads'. Check out their music below! www.theclockreads.band/ Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar Now on Patreon for those who wish to further support the podcast www.patreon.com/spicespeculiar The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

In today’s mail time show and photowalk, Matt Hardwick shares leaving a nine to five job to pursue his real passion; automobile photography, your thoughts on wildlife photography and hunting, John O Brien shares why he takes to the streets to make his pictures, what brutalist architectural photography is and we make some pictures together as a storm closes in. If you're a regular photowalk edition, be sure to write in with what photography plans you have for 2021, amateur or professional. Send to: studio@photographydaily.show  Today's show is supported by our Patrons and MPB.

Kilkenny's Tommy Walsh joined us to preview Limerick v Waterford in the All Ireland hurling final. He discusses the comments from Jack McCaffrey about stepping away from the Dublin panel and feeling like an impostor. He also tells us what it is like to step out in front of 80,000 people at Croke Park and the nerves you have to get over - as well as some notes from Brian Cody! And we hear from former Tipp hurler turned whiskey maker John O'Brien to find out more about Waterford manager Liam Cahill. OTB AM with Gillette | #MadeOfWhatMatters

John O'Brien, Director of West Chester, PA's Business Improvement District, and Jim Brown, Vice-President of Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, in Lancaster, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss their organization's respective responses to COVID-19. We covered multiple topics, including: Background information about John and Jim, and on both West Chester PA Business...Read More

Thursday's OTB AM podcast - a packed show for the morning; Caoimhe O'Neill, Tommy Walsh, Keith Wood, John O'Brien, John Connell. Timestamps below. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30 am. 00:00 - LIVE: Nathan and Tommy. 01:00 - The huge reaction to Jack McCaffrey's appearance on The Bernard Brogan Podcast. 13:40 - Sports News with Phil Egan. 24:00 - Football with Caoimhe O'Neill | Trent the natural successor to Jordan Henderson? 37:00 - All-Ireland hurling final buildup with Tommy Walsh. 1:07:33 - Sports News with John Duggan. 1:15:00 - Rugby's terrifying week with Keith Wood. 1:32:00 - John O'Brien on Tipperary's role in the All-Ireland final - and Whiskey! 1:45:00 - John Connell on the Running Book! OTB AM is Ireland's first and only sports breakfast show - tune in live from 7:30 am every morning! If you enjoy the show, please do subscribe, rate and review the podcast - we'd really appreciate it. Get in touch with OTB AM on twitter, via email (am@offtheball.com) or on Whatsapp at 087 9 180 180.

John O’Brien, Director of West Chester, PA’s Business Improvement District, and Jim Brown, Vice-President of Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, in Lancaster, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss their organization’s respective responses to COVID-19. We covered multiple topics, including: Background information about John and Jim, and on both West Chester PA Business... Read More The post Practical Preservation Podcast COVID ROUNDTABLE Featuring John O’Brien of West Chester BID and Jim Brown of HPT of Lancaster County appeared first on Practical Preservation.

Tá John dóchasach gur dul chun cinn don earnáil é, an coiste seo a bheith curtha ar bun, agus deir sé gur deis atá san choiste seo dul chun cinn riachtanach a dhéanamh.

iIrish: Songs, Stories & Shenanigans, Podcast14: Roll Pride When you want to know, where to go, what to do, to be seen, to make a difference, you come here, to iIrish:the Truth & the Pulse of the Irish Just for a minute, we’re going to move From the Present to the Past, and roll forward: Let’s take a look at On This Day in Irish History: 10 October 1918 – was the sinking of RMS Leinster by German torpedoes. She was bound for Holyhead and went down just outside Dublin Bay. Over 500 people perished, mostly military personnel returning from leave – it was the greatest single loss of life in the Irish Sea. 11 October 1969 - Death of Louise Gavan Duffy, revolutionary, who founded Scoil Bhride, (Scull Bray School), the first all-Irish school for girls, in Dublin. 15 October 1945 - Death of Eoin Mac Neill, scholar and patriot, who co-founded the Gaelic League and was the Irish Volunteers Chief of Staff. Moving to the present: What’s the News, What’s the News? What’s the top news we have to talk about today: Guess what? This podcast is now available on iTunes! Subscribe, and listen to any of the podcasts, any time you wish. Did you pick up the October issue yet? Our cover features The Mighty Sweeney Clan, a legacy of public service four generations deep, from today’s State Senator Bride Sweeney, turning heads and drilling down to the things that really matter to her constituents, and then getting them done; to her father, former Cleveland City Councilman and State Senator Martin Sweeney; Marty’s sister, Fairview Park Councilwoman Maureen Sweeney; their  father, retired Judge Gerald Sweeney, and Gerry’s father, a State Representative in West Park, when the State Representative went by county. We include a nice Inner View profile of Bride inside. Speaking of Bride, our State Representative responded to a federal court’s last Saturday order requiring the Ohio Secretary of State to explain himself on why he has not allowed Cuyahoga County’s Board of Elections to move forward with its bipartisan unanimous plan to offer ballot drop off services at six library locations. A state appeals court late on Friday ruled that the law allows the secretary to install more drop boxes if he chooses, but the court declined to require him to do so. Also last week, the governor of Texas copied Ohio and ordered all drop box sites closed except for one in each county. Said Rep. Sweeney: “I am sad to see the residents of major American cities – like my hometown of Cleveland and now Houston and Dallas – used as pawns in a national GOP plan to cut off voting access. First, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose limited drop boxes to one per county and ordered Cuyahoga County to halt its unanimous bipartisan plan to accept ballots at six satellite locations. Now, the Texas GOP is following his lead and closing satellite ballot drop-off sites. Thankfully, a federal court is demanding answers here in Ohio. I hope Texans, like Ohioans, will make their voices heard and vote no matter what!” Representative Sweeney is a member of the House Democratic Caucus’ Elections Working Group assembled by Minority Leader Emilia Strong Sykes (of Akron) at the onset of the pandemic to deal with its impact on voters and voting rights. Rep. Sweeney is the youngest elected Democrat in the Ohio House and the first woman to represent her district in the chamber. In an update that went out Wednesday, additional boxes are permitted, at libraries, so we’ll be watching that closely. The Election is only 24 Days away.  One way to choose a candidate is to vote, in person.  Do Absentee, or mail-in, like I do.  Even tho the date to register to vote in has gone back and forth, at this point, it has now passed. We have only until the end of this month to complete the Census.  It is VITALLY important – why? For many reasons, including the mapping of the area a representative represents. Of course, the goal is to reduce gerrymandering – any honest person with ethics wants that, THAT’S a given.  No rigging of the districts to favor one party over another. It is part of the reason that I am an independent; I vote people, and performance, not party.  But the number of people in a district dictate how much money that district gets.  Every person that district represents is equal to $1200 in money for that district. If you want to be an influencer, you must be counted. Complete the Census to make a difference right in your own community. Visit 2020Census.gov.  I did mine when the Census first began, and Honest to God, it took less than 3 minutes; it was so simple to do.  Another way we make a difference, of course, is to vote.  The presidential and vice-presidential debates were designed to help us with making the decision of who we wanted to vote for. Debates are a contest of ideas for people to vote on, who most aligns with what we believe, desire, and need, for a successful life.  They were never designed to be who can be the loudest, or the most immature. Did you know 73 million ppl watched the last presidential debate, on October 1st. 11% of Voters are undecided – that may be enough to turn an election. According to Repub Pollster Frank Luntz - The Debate convinced some voters to not vote at all. We have not had a variety of backgrounds representative of the United States serve as president, even tho we are officially 244 years old. Of course, Barack Obama was the first and only Black American president. John F. Kennedy was the 1st, and only Catholic president. Catholics are the largest denomination in the United States – Joe Biden would be only 2nd Catholic President and Kamala Harris would be the 1st POC American Vice President, if they should win. I was reading up on candidates across my voting area.  We have extensive advertising in the OhioIANews from both republicans and democrats, and occasionally, an Independent.  The Democratic nominee's Irish ancestors have a LOT of similarities to my own story.  I am 1st Generation, and deeply immersed in the Irish American community, so perhaps it is more crystalized for me, more present, meaningful and with similar values forged through our lives, past and present.  Joe Biden’s family left Ireland in the 1800s; 220 years later, Vice President Biden has never shied away from his Irish roots. He knows they were formative to who he is today. VP Biden penned a letter to Ancestry.com the day before he left for Ireland in 2016, which is the source sent on to me. This was as the country was celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Easter Rising. VP Biden “spoke to how the seismic event put Ireland on a path to independence” in his open letter. He also visited Kilmainham Gaol - where the leaders of the rising were executed - during his 2016 visit. I’d like to read you a bit, of what spoke to me: “Biden, who is thought to be five-eighths Irish, said ahead of the official 2016 six-day visit that being Irish has "shaped his entire life." He visited places in Louth, Mayo, and Meath, where his ancestors emigrated from.    He also said, “We celebrate our shared heritage. Our shared values of tolerance. Diversity. Inclusiveness. And it’s a trip I’m so deeply grateful to be taking alongside my children and grandchildren… "Over the course of my life, I’ve been to a lot of places. I’ve traveled all around the world – more than a million miles on Air Force Two alone. I’ve been honored to have held a lot of titles. But I have always been and will always be the son of Kitty Finnegan. The grandson of Geraldine Finnegan from St. Paul’s Parish in Scranton; a proud descendant of the Finnegan’s of Ireland’s County Louth. The great-grandson of a man named Edward Francis Blewitt, whose roots stem from Ballina, a small town in Ireland’s County Mayo – sister city to my hometown in Scranton, Pennsylvania. An engineer with a poet’s heart. Months after my mother passed away, I found an old box of his poems in my attic. "In his poetry, my great-grandfather spoke of both continents, and how his heart and his soul drew from the old and the new. And most of all, he was proud. He was proud of his ancestors. He was proud of his blood. He was proud of his city. He was proud of his state, his country. But most of all – he was proud of his family. "And that is America: This notion that home is where your character is etched. As Americans, we all hail from many homes. Somewhere along the line, someone in our lineage arrived on our shores, filled with hope. We are blessed to experience that simultaneous pride in where we’ve found ourselves, while never forgetting our roots. "James Joyce wrote, 'When I die, Dublin will be written on my heart.' "Well, Northeast Pennsylvania will be written on my heart. But Ireland will be written on my soul.” You can read the whole letter on Ancestry.com, or probably find it with a google search. What else is going on? Well Pro Football is back and has really done a remarkable job in having so few COVID infections. Their well-coordinated plan, and action, shows what can be done, with planning and collaboration. I have really enjoyed watching the NFL so far – of course, because the Browns are 3-1, after 2 decades of mostly futility, and 2 years of complete futility. Pro football is definitely my favorite sport to watch, and to play. I enjoy watching Joe Burrow play for Cinci – he’s a baller for sure. Pittsburgh is its’ usual powerhouse and Baltimore is an AFC favorite; the Browns only loss this year. KC is the Superbowl favorite, with today’s GOAT, Patrick Mahomes. I do wish we could be like the NFL, with few infections, and quality treatment. The rest of America, and the world, are not so fortunate as our football heroes, or president.  207,000 of our countrymen are dead.  Almost 1 MILLION have died worldwide at this writing. In Ohio, 159,964 have been infected. The number of deaths is 4,931. We mourn them; we pray for no resurgence, and the end of the scourge that is COVID-19. I believe in God, the father Almighty, creator of Heaven and earth… is the beginning of a catholic prayer called The Apostle’s Creed.  We are all apostles of one level or another, one sort or another. No matter your spiritual beliefs, I believe in you. Whether you believe similarly or not, I wish you good health. We are All brothers and sisters – this land is your land; this land is my land. The only race that matters in life or death, is the human race, with no divisions. And yes, perhaps the race to find a vaccine that works, to save us all. You will find more great stories in this issue, including A Tale for Samhain, and Happy Halloween Kid’s Craic, Cleveland Irish Cops n Robbers, a profile of Columbus Man of Impact Mike Mentel, a history lesson on the 1stBloody Sunday, and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th too; An Irish History Contest, News for the GAA, Safe home to Pat Car and Patrick Sweeney and a sad story of a beloved priest, who drowned in a boating accident.   Of course, you will find food recipes, humor, book reviews, Irish Dance news, our monthly Speak Irish Lesson, Irish Crossword Puzzle, a few Opinion pieces and so much more.   We always have so many milestones to celebrate: To read these stories and more, pick up the issue in person or read it online, at OhioIANews.com. A list of all distribution points is on the website as well. How about a bit on sports: If you are not familiar with Gaelic Football, and the national sport of Ireland, Hurling, hope online or an extensive number of free videos highlightin The Fastest Game on Grass. Now, Kids football and hurling this month. And now, a Toast, to all the GAA clubs around the country, keeping our sports, history, language alive here in America: "May you never lie, cheat or steal,  but if you must lie, then lie in each other's arms and if you must cheat, then cheat death and if you must steal, steal kisses." What’s the best toast or proverb you have ever heard - funny, ironic, illuminating? Do you have a go to toast for special moments? Share them with us – we’ll read the best on the next podcast and share in our eBulletin and Print edition.  The winner will receive a $25 gift card to the advertiser of your choice. Please let advertisers know you heard about them on this podcast and saw their ad on the OhioIANews platforms of the print edition, online edition, Podcast, YouTube Channel, Social Media or eBulletin. Reinforce their advertising with the OhioIANews as a good deal, so they know you are seeing their ads, and their support is making a difference. Have you conquered this month’s Irish Crossword Puzzle?  The theme is Grab the Popcorn.  If you haven’t, hop over to OhioIANews.com when we are all finished here and give it a go. All of our past crosswords are there too, if you want to stock up, or learn about so many things Irish, history and humor and things worth knowing, via a puzzle. Every month I beg and beg our readers and organizations from throughout Ohio and the surrounding states to send us their events.  Rarely do they.  I won’t give up.   The invitation stands; send them to me at jobrien@ohioianews.com. There is no charge. The Columbus area is growing, inch by inch and row by row, with the addition of Columbus Irish Columnist Molly Truex, and her Columbus Irish column, but we want to feature all of Ohio, and the surrounding states. Please Help us out, if you would. Let us know what’s the craic, so we can share it with our audiences. If you know of a writer who is a potential columnist that lives in the Greater Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or Detroit area, please send them on to us to chat with; those areas are our next expansion targets. Here are a few upcoming events we’d like to share with you: Food, Music & Dance! Every Friday evening, the West Side Irish American Club in Olmsted Twp, the Irish American Club East Side, in Euclid, and the Shamrock Club of Columbus have Friday Specials, a Happy Hour and LIVE music. All social distancing and safety rules will be followed, so don’t be a Karen or a Brad. Euclid Irish American Club East Side IACES Thirty Thursdays are back on the Patio, as long as the weather holds out. The Annual Steak & Chicken Roast is Oct 18. And Coming up, the annual Holiday arts & Crafts Fair is 11/1 from 10-3 eastsideirish.org  Columbus Shamrock Club Events shamrockclubofcolumbus.com     Olmsted Twp West Side Irish American Club This week, the WSIA has their Friday special of Baby Back Ribs w/ fries, beans and more, with food prepared by the extraordinary McDonough’s Brigade, and always so, so good. WSIA Club wsia-club.org. Indiana Fiddler’s Hearth Offering carry out & front patio Al fresco seating. Hotels open near by. If you are planning outdoor music in park settings, we have carry out?   10% of the proceeds goes to Irish musicians who play ... Slainte! fiddlershearth.com Patios are open everywhere, keeping distance and slaking the fierce desperate thirst, Plus 2Nite: Crawley and Sofranko, of Marys Lane are at Pj McIntyre’s 7 to 10ish, Flat Iron has Donal O’Shoughnessy 6 to 9ish, Gunselman’s has Cats on Holiday on the BIG patio starting at 6. Now, the chores are done, let’s get to the good stuff. I got a great book in the mailbag, called, What Have the Irish Ever Done for Us? Written by David Forsythe, a scriptwriter, author and journalist from Cork City.  The title is a bit tongue in cheek, but David has set out to tell us, exactly that – with short bios of Irish men and women, some of whom we know, some we don’t, and their amazing accomplishments that were also amazing, rippling contributions, answering the title question, with great stories on exactly, What Have the Irish Ever Done for Us?    I love the illustrated and photo filled book; I love the style and the accomplishments shared.  Goal Accomplished David, well done. I’d like to share one of David’s stories. Given the season, I choose Kilkenny man “James Hoban, the White House Visionary” (p 92). Lotsa serious stuff this month, this year, this decade, or two. We are into our 7th month of holding COVID-19 off.  It tried to end our run, but must not have realized what our community is made of. Let’s end this podcast with a little humor:  These Wise Craics make me laugh:   Irish craic explained - the six levels of craic you can reach, from @IrishCentral Jun 02, 2017 Craic is the Irish word that most confuses outsiders, yet it is a relatively simple concept. It is the atmosphere, fun, carry on surrounding a particular night out. ”How was the craic?” is the first question uppermost in most young Irish minds after a weekend. Here’s the encyclopedia definition: "Craic" is a term for news, gossip, fun, entertainment, and enjoyable conversation, particularly prominent in Ireland. It is often used with the definite article – the craic, such as, What’s the craic? So now that you have a grasp on what craic is, here is all the different kinds of craic (as if you weren't confused enough!): Good craic: A fairly ok night out, fun but nothing too amazing. Mighty craic: Better than good craic, not quite at the highest level, someone did some crazy stuff maybe. Savage craic: Almost there, great night all together, everyone on top firm, Guinness flowing, great jokes. Deadly craic: A step above savage but not quit the Everest moment. The craic was ninety: The nirvana of craic, everything was amazing, incredible, everyone hooked up, the pints were great. No one quite sure how the word ninety came into it--a famous Christy Moore song “The craic was ninety in the Isle of Man” maybe: Or perhaps, as good friend Shay Clarke explains, the Craic was 90, and we’re going after the other 10. And lastly! Minus craic: That’s when a night goes wrong and essentially, you’d have had more fun in a mausoleum. *** Support for this iIrish Songs, Stories and Shenanigans Podcast comes from WHKRadio and the Ohio Irish American News. We are delighted to say we are now also on iTunes. Big Thanks to the production genius’, Josh and Steve, as well as Gerry Quinn and Tim Vaughn.  We release a new podcast every 2nd Friday at 5 pm, alternating weeks with our two times a month eBulletin that goes out to over 12,000 opted-in subscribers, every 2nd Monday at 3:10 p.m. I hope you will subscribe to the podcast on where ever podcast platform you love, and sign up for the eBulletin too, on either our web or Facebook page. Do you want a story told? Do you need a speaker? Our Irish Opportunity Corridor runs from The Northcoast, to The Southcoast. Contact us with your story or speaker needs and we’ll be of service. If you are like me and like to hold the paper in your hands when reading, pick up your copy of the OhioIANews at any one of more than 300 locations in and around Ohio. The list of distribution points and archived interactive copies are also on the website, at ohioianews.com.  If you want to keep in the loop, you can check out the OhioIANews website for a list of events to come and much more, more pictures, text and stories than are in our print edition, available 24/7, or follow our FB, Twitter and Instagram pages to keep up with all the shenanigans. There are many more songs and stories; I hope we will write new ones - of joy, of unification.  Here, and across the pond. We are closer to a One Ireland than we have been in more than 800 years.  We’ll save those songs and stories for next time, October 23rd, at 5pm, when we release Podcast15. Be sure to send in your questions, comments and ideas; we’ll read them here next time; with the best answers we can provide!  We have also started 3 new contests: a listener contest of general topic, A cover photo contest (all seasons/all themes) for the best submitted Portrait style Photograph that you OWN, and, for the young ones, a Coloring Contest - with the winner of each receiving a gift card to the OhioIANews advertiser of your choice. The first coloring entry is included in the November issue, or download it from the website. Here’s the Listener Contest Question: From where does my dad hail? If you are interested in investing or advertising on this podcast, the eBulletin, in the print edition, website or Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, contact me, John O’Brien at jobrien@OhioIANews.com, seek us online or give us a call at 216.647.1144. Whelp, We’ve done what we can for this week.  Tomorrow is another day, and another chance to write the future we want to live in.   As always, I end with a bit of the Irish: Nuair a stadann an ceol, stadann an rince (When the music stops, so does the dance) Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us.  Don’t let it happen to you. Keep playing your music. Wider audiences need to hear the beauty all around us. Please share your stories with me. Thank you listening, and for allowing me to share mine with you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Legislation and keeping the story alive, with Larry Young (Molly’s Law) and former investigative reporter John O’Brien.   The Transparency Project on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/thetransparenceyproject/ Website: http://thetransparencyprojects.com Music: Bensound.Com

Here we talk about life, stand up comedy, hecklers, how self-help has influenced his comedy and his fuck it list (bucket list), where he adds new items on during the show! John's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/obiecomedian/ His YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/obie73

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Episode 130 Dante Villagomez: Pocket Piano and Percussion John O'Brien: Guitar John O'Brien is a member of Pittsburgh's Jazz Rock quartet 'The Clock Reads'. Check out their new album "Gnomon" below! www.theclockreads.band/ Night at Sea is an ambient electronica podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised instrumental sleep aid. Produced by Dante Villagomez New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: @spicespeculiar Now on Patreon for those who wish to further support the podcast www.patreon.com/spicespeculiar "Coastline," the mediation-oriented EP is now available via spicespeculiar.bandcamp.com/ The quieter you become, the more you can hear. -Ram Dass

In Episode 9 of The Crack Podcast our hosts are joined by former USMNT and Ajax star, Dr. John O'Brien. Listen to our discussions of the doctor playing in 2 World Cups, training and competing daily with legends at AFC Ajax, and talking about what led to him becoming a doctor in clinical psychology. Enjoy the show and make sure you hit that subscribe button!   Connect with The Crack Podcast on social media:   Instagram: @TheCrackPodcast Twitter: @thecrackpodcas1

We start today's show with a clip from our popular Great Quotes in Franchising podcast. In Part Two, we will play our interview with the Poolwerx franchise opportunity.  I was recently asked by one of my business students what industries have seen an increase in demand in 2020.  One of those industries are pools with more people staying home and less people heading to the beach.  Founded in 1992, Poolwerx is one of the world’s largest pool and hot tub / spa maintenance providers. You will hear our interview with the CEO and founder of Poolwerx, John O' Brien. 

Songs, Stories & Shenanigans, Podcast6:  In My Father’s House First and foremost, Happy Father’s Day to all the dad’s and acting as Dad’s out there.  It is not the title that gets the happy, it is the action’s that you exhibit – the things you do when no one is watching, that makes me send the sentiments. I don’t have any kids myself; it hurts, especially at Christmas and family gatherings.  I squeeze what joy I can out of my 25 nieces and nephews, when they let me. I thank you for everything you do, noticed and not, to make this big wide world, a better place. Father’s Day took a long time to become an official holiday in the United States. The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Washington. In 1924, United States President Calvin Coolidge recommended the day as a national holiday. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made a proclamation for a day to celebrate fathers and declared that an official Father’s Day be held every year on the third Sunday in June.  In 1972, President Richard Nixon made the proclamation a law.   While the holiday originated in the United States, other countries, including Ireland, have adopted the celebration.  I asked my dad if he would take me to the zoo? He answered, 'If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.' So Happy Father’s Day to those who live out all that being a father to someone means. Then, personally, I  offer Congratulations to John & Eileen O’Brien, my parents, celebrating their 60thWedding Anniversary tomorrow. How they raised 4 kids, sent them all to Catholic grade school, HS and college, I will never know. We were and are so blessed for their love, self-sacrifice and guidance, instilling love for each other, values, volunteerism, pride in heritage and pride in America and being American, as well as awareness of just how blessed we are. Imagine leaving your home, your country, often having never seen a building taller than a few stories, then going to Canada, America or where ever you landed, only for want of a job, any job, and some food.  Just wanting a chance to make your own way.  My dad was not the oldest son; he knew he would not get the farm. Many, many of my friends have lived the song, My Grandfather’s Immigrant Eyes, with their own fathers or grandfathers.  To a lesser degree, I did with my own dad, who emigrated in 1956.  The isle of tears in the song refers to is Ellis Island.  It was written by Guy Clark For me, my favorite singer of this song is Alec DeGabriele, of The New Barleycorn. Here is an excerpt: My Grandfather’s Immigrant Eyes            Oh, Ellis Island was swarming Like a scene from a costume ball, Decked out in the colors of Europe, And on fire with the hope of it all. There my father's own father stood huddled With the tired and hungry and scared, Turn of the century pilgrims, Bound by the dream that they shared. They were standing in lines just like cattle, Poked and sorted and shoved. Some were one desk away from sweet freedom. Some were torn from someone they loved, Through this sprawling tower of Babel Came a young man confused and alone, Determined and bound for America, And carryin' everything that he owned. Sometimes, when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes, I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings inside. I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life, Don't take it for granted, your grandfather's immigrant eyes. I never knew my grandfather’s, on either side. My dad’s dad died when he was 2. My Mom’s dad died before I was born. These lessons from my parents have lasted for all of us kids, and their 25 grandkids, my nieces and nephews, with a life of living for others. We arise each day knowing that each day, we exchange 1 day of our life, for SOMETHING; make it be worthwhile O Lord. At the end of that day, when we look back, did we make our world better, that day? To me, it is amazing to think, we started in America with just my folks. They met in Montreal after my dad emigrated there from Ireland in 1956. They married in 1960, and had 4 kids, 2 in Montreal, and two in America. We grew up not having any relations in the U.S., when our friends were meeting cousins at seemingly every gathering or pub. Now, our 6 pak has become nearly 3 cases full, in what seems like just a few years, though it is actually six decades, and 3 generations. The grandkids are learning so much from my folks too – we were all raised in houses were volunteerism is a natural, given, right thing to do.  I hear my dad’s voice, in their shouts.  I see my mom’s ready laughter, and always the singing, the helping, when I gather round my sister’s dinner tables, when I am so lucky as to visit them. I love the song, In My Father’s House. I first heard it sung on Joanie Madden’s Folk & Irish Cruise, in a mad late session in some corner of the ship.  I don’t know the young woman’s name who sang it, but I still recall her almost mournful voice, and how she sang it so beautifully. It has stuck with me ever since. I believe it was written by Kevin Sheeran.  Not the song In My Father’s House sung by Elvis Pressley, or the one written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen. Here is an excerpt of the one I am talking about: The gable wall is all that's left now The old thatched cottage has fallen down I dry my eyes as I fondly remember The days of long ago when I was young In my father’s house we were poor but rich in love No TV but music there was plenty of My mama hummed the old melodies and we all sang along In my father’s house when I was young It’s more than half way thru June.  I think COVID19 made the world slow down, at least for a little while, when usually it is a race to even remember to slow down, and smell the roses.  On this day in Irish History, In June: 21 June 1877 - Ten members of the Molly Maguires are hung at  Pottsville and Mauch (Mawk) Chunk, Pa. The day is remembered as “Black Thursday”, the largest mass execution ever on American soil. 26 June 1963 - U. S. President John F. Kennedy arrives in Ireland on a four-day visit. 27 June 1939 - Kathleen Clarke, widow of executed Easter Rising leader Tom Clarke, was elected mayor of Dublin. Congratulations to Denise Doherty Kennedy and Terry Kennedy, and to Alec & Clara DeGabriel each celebrating their 25thWedding Anniversary!, and to Danny and Kathleen Chambers, celebrating their 24th.                                                                                                                                                           newly minted Dr. Séamus Hennessey, MD! Son of Maureen & Rory Hennessey all our graduates at every level.  You deserve so much more, but we are no less proud of you for your resilience and inspiration. You will make our world a better place – we are counting on you. How about a little Sports? Ohio has a nice gathering of Irish Football, Hurling and camogie teams, both youth and adult. The Governing board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is responsible for nurturing and administering the sports of Ireland, and nurturing other aspects of Irish culture, like dance and the Irish language. Despite the unknown COVID future, Cleveland GAA met the April 30 registration deadline with 44 male and 24 female footballers.  The club is able to register new players throughout the summer – it’s not too late for you or yours to join – including our newly organized hurling team.  With some state restrictions being lifted, stay tuned to their social media outlets for updates.  The USGAA is advising all clubs to follow local guidelines and orders.  Cleveland is developing plans for an intercity league – which should be fun days ahead! In Ireland, counties have been asked by Croke Park (aka HQ aka GAA Headquarters) to suspend all activity until July 20th, and have ruled out inter-county matches before October.  Much like here, celebs of the game are weighing in on both sides of the ban – some saying to open the clubs, pitches, and training sessions; while others argue for no return until there is a vaccine; and still others advocating for intercounty senior matches in empty stadiums. A Club Players Association poll this week shows that 57% of club players are willing to return to play before a COVID-19 vaccine is administered.  It is important to remember that there is no North-South border in the GAA and never has been.  For intercounty play, the organization will have to navigate the orders of the Republic and the UK for equity amongst all counties in training and game regulations. Whilst the county waits, the Croke Park social media team, GAANOW, has been pumping out archival footage.  It is worth a watch to see both football and hurling matches and Best Of videos. – visit gaa.ie/gaa-now to get your fix of some classic football, hurling and camogie matches.          For local and national news and games, Follow @ClevelandGaelic on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for the 2020 activities for Men, Women, and Youth.  Or, visit ClevelandGAA.com. That’s ClevelandGAA.com Doors Are Opening: Doors are opening, here are a few events scheduled for the next two weekends, that have been sent on to us from our readers, as we find our way back.  Every month I beg and beg our readers and organizations from throughout the state to send us their events.  Rarely do they.  I won’t give up.   The invitation stands. We are delighted to sponsor this event with the Shamrock Club. Again shamrockclubofColumbus.com I did get out, and had a fantastic Pot Roast Dinner at Pj McIntyre’s over the weekend, while guitarist and local legend Pat Shepard sang Pat Dailey style songs, better than Pat Dailey.  All the rules were observed  - it was so good to see Janella again, and Ahhh … the icy cold Smithwicks Draught has been sorely, sorely missed. So so good. I had the great pleasure of interviewing David Shanahan last week, for the July issue.  If you are not familiar with David, he is a 19 year old Castleisland Co. Kerry Gaelic football player, who fell in love with American Football, especially at the college level, and decided a few years ago, to pursue his dream of playing.  He applied to get into ProKick Academy, in Australia, and was accepted. He then moved to Australia for 9 months, learning nuances to the position of punter, training with others with the same dream, and being coached by the best, including former students who kicked in the NFL.  He sent his tapes around to colleges and won a four-year full-ride scholarship to Georgia Tech, in Atlanta! He starts there in January. You can read the full interview in the July issue of the OhioIANews, and see the video interview on our OhioIANews YouTube channel in July as well. David is a funny, realistic and hard-working young guy, hell bent on achieving his dream, and thanking Gaelic Football for giving him the skills required to chase it. Speaking of Kerry, did you know that Kerry has been called “The Kingdom” since the first century? It’s said in Kerry that, “There are only two kingdoms, the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Kerry.” Use of the nickname “The Kingdom” to refer to Kerry dates back to 65 AD when one of the O’Connor clan took control of the area. The O’Connor chieftain’s name was “Ciar” (pronounced “keer”) and his descendants became known as “Ciar-raigh,” (pronounced “keer-ree”), which roughly translates to “Ciar’s people” or “Ciar’s kingdom.” Ciarraigh was later anglicized to Kerry. “A friend of mine, Seanachie Batt Burns, comes from a very little town called Sneem, in the hills of Kerry.  They have very narrow streets there.  In fact, the streets are so narrow that the dogs have to wag their tails up and down, instead of side to side, where Batt comes from.” Have you read CB Shanahan’s debut novel, Hollis Whitaker yet?  I reviewed it in the OhioIANews last month. Such a fantastic, well-written work, I read it in 2 days.   I won’t blow the story: It’s advert says: It changed the course of WWII. In 1945, it was stolen. Now a 10-year-old boy has found it, and the government will kill him to get it. Hollis Whitaker is available everywhere, June 5th. I call it A Top Shelf selection. You know what the Irish word Craic means, right? It has a wide encompassing meaning of good times, or what’s going on i.e. What’s the craic? It is also in the title of one of our monthly columns in the Ohio Irish American News, Wise Craics, jokes collected by Toledo Irish columnist Maury Collins.  I always have to delete one or two of his submissions for the family friendly OhioIANews readers, but here are two jokes I can tell: An elderly woman died last month. Having never married, she requested no male pallbearers. In her handwritten instructions for her funeral service, she wrote, "They wouldn't take me out while I was alive, I don't want them to take me out when I am dead." O'Toole worked in the lumber yard for twenty years and in all that time he'd been stealing the wood and selling it. At last his conscience began to bother him and he went to confession to repent. "Father, it's 15 years since my last confession, and I've been stealing wood from the lumber yard all those years,”  "I understand my son," says the priest. "Can you make a Novena?" O'Toole responded, "Father, if you have the plans, I've got the lumber." Thank you to all the gang here at WHKRadio, especially the production genius, Josh Booth, as well as Gerry Quinn and Tim Vaughn.  Your endless support is so appreciated. We release a new podcast every 2nd Friday at 5 pm, alternating weeks with our two times a month eBulletin that goes out to over 12,000 opted-in subscribers. I hope you will sign up for the eBulletin too, on either our web or Facebook page. For a list of events to come, stories and much more, check out the website, or follow our FB, Twitter and Instagram pages to keep up with all the shenanigans to come. If you are like me, and like to hold the paper in your hands when reading, pick up your copy of the Ohio IA News at any one of 211 locations in and around Ohio. The list and archived interactive copies are also on the website, at ohioianews.com.  We are closer to a One Ireland than we have been in more than 800 years.  We’ll save those songs and stories for next time, July 3rd, when we meet here again, and release Episode 7. If you are interested in sponsoring or advertising on this podcast, the eBulletin, in the print edition, website or Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, contact John O’Brien at jobrien@OhioIANews.com There are many more songs and stories; I hope we will write new ones - of joy, of unification.  Here, and across the pond. As always, I end with a bit of the Irish: Nuair a stadann an ceol, stadann an rince (When the music stops, so does the dance) Keep playing your music. Wider audiences need to hear it. Thank you for allowing me to share my story with you; Please share yours, with me. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prof John O'Brien (University of Cambridge) and Dr Dominic Ffytche (Kings College London) join Dr Colin Mahoney (Podcast Editor) Visual hallucinations have complex origins and can have significant impact on patients. The recent UK based SHAPED consortium has aimed to design a common framework for assessment, management and research in this area. John O'Brien and Dominic Ffytche discuss disorders which cause visual hallucinations as well as their pathobiology and management in this Podcast: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/91/5/512

Ag comhrá faoina chomhlacht Setanta Whistles, agus ag caint faoina shaoil ceoil.

FoosTalk Live with presents the 6th episode in the series, this time, a few exceptional events make this our best yet. Take a listen with Jim Stevens of Inside FoosTV and Tom Robinson of Foosball Radio... First, cohost Tom Robinson, of Foosball Radio, had to set up and broadcast in his car! This has everything to do with the wonderful Spring weather in Upstate NY. Nothing like dodging tornadoes and falling trees to get on the air! Second, our special guest this week, John O'Brien, has been more than instrumental in building Foosball as a sport in school districts all over the nation. John, the founder of Foosball Clubs USA, brought a barrage of great calls and lively banter. What fun! We are all jonesing for a good DYP, tournament or even a pick up game or two. While we stay safe and healthy, we can look forward to better days on the table. Meanwhile, you can download this FoosTalk Live episode and pass the time. Enjoy!!

Welcome to the 2nd Songs, Stories & Shenanigans Podcast. This is J publisher & Editor of the OhioIANews. I’d like to start out with sharing a story form this month’s issue, Called Donnybrook, written by John Myers. Our heritage, American and for me, Irish, is the blueprint of what makes us who we are; have you been to The Greater Cleveland An Gorta Mor Stone? It is a good place to start. The Stone, on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, as well as a stone’s throw away, Settler’s Landing, soothed by the flowing Cuyahoga – the river, both physically and symbolically, is the gateway to Cleveland, for anyone, but especially, for the Irish. The river was the reason many came to Cleveland, and the gateway to Irish Town Bend. Irishtown Bend runs along this River, along the Flats. It is roughly the area from West 25th Street east to the river / north of Detroit Road. It was swampy. It was developed during the 1830s by the Irish who came to the area as laborers for the construction of the city's railways and canal. Many soon found work on the bustling city docks, or in the growing industries. Steel wouldn’t come until later of course, but other industries did. The area was characterized by the extreme poverty of the outcast Irish. We all know of the “No Irish Need Apply” signs, right? On shops, in newspapers – there is plenty of proof, if you wish to find it. For a period, the majority of the poorer Irish who came here lived in nothing more than flimsy shacks, built from discarded wood, anything they could find on the sometimes shifting hillside above the polluted and disease propagating river. Due to their outcast status in Cleveland (or name your city) society, the Irish formed a very close knit, closed neighborhood, much like the Italians & other ethnic groups like mine did. I kid you not when I say 3 and 4 FAMILIES, lived in a room, in double and triple decker houses. The weight alone sometimes caused the collapse of the houses. They would stop, bury the dead, and salvage whatever material could be used to build a new shelter, on the same spot. The constant threat of disease and the backbreaking work most engaged in made life in Irishtown tough, at times violent, and often very short. A bachelor’s life is no life for a single man in Irishtown bend. Life was centered on 10-12 hour workdays, 6, or 7, days a week; their community; the pub; and their faith. We all know of the Irish reputation for drinking. I hate stereotypes; don’t spread them. The brave may not live forever....but the cautious never live at all. There are some who will disagree with this history and say the poverty, the crowding didn’t happen. I think they look too late, in time. It evaporated when business pushed it out, heading into the new century. Increased immigration during the 1840s as Ireland headed toward Black 47 brought more of their countrymen, causing Irish Town Bend to expand. The neighborhood became known as the Angle, including old Irishtown and Whiskey Island. In the 1860s, St. Malachi Church was built in Irishtown, with St. Patrick's on Bridge near Fulton built earlier a little further west. With continued growth, the Irish expanded as far west as West 65th Street, adding a third parish, St. Colman's on W 65th & Madison, in the 1880s. West 65th Street was the first location of the West Side Irish American Club, before moving to W 93rd, and then to Olmsted Twp, where they have been since 1990. It is the largest of the Irish clubs, with 1,900 households as members. My dad has been President since 1991. As the Irish immigrants entered the 1900s, they had started to gain some upward mobility in society. Cops led to lawyers led to judges and through it all, politics. Increased industry and job opportunities, as well as business of their own where they paid it forward by providing jobs to newly arriving Irish, allowed for economic growth in the community. Irish to Irish called those that did well Lace Irish – both a hidden source of pride at making it, and a derogatory term, at taking on airs of success. Who knew being able to afford curtains would carry so much meaning? However, the Angle, especially Irishtown, remained the poorest area. This remained the case until early into the 20th century. As the Irish of Cleveland began to join the ranks of the middle class, they left Irishtown and headed for the western suburbs of Lakewood, Fairview Park and West Park, where I was born and raised, and returned to. I was working at a coalmine in Alabama when I got a job offer to return to Cleveland. Whoosh, I was gone. On Irishtown Bend, the homes that were left behind would become inhabited by Hungarian immigrants for a brief time, and then abandoned. An Gorta Mor Stone was designed, funded and placed by the Greater Cleveland Hunger Memorial Committee, founded by John O’Brien, Sr., my dad, and made up with “get things done” people from throughout our community, like me. It is a 10-ton, 10-foot stone, hand carved by stone cutter, craftsman and committee member Eamon D’Arcy, who passed away in 2014. What a legacy he has left on our shores. It was placed to coincide with the 150th Anniversary of Black 47. Forgive me if you know some of this, but here’s a quick blurb: There were over 4 million people in Ireland leading up to 1845. That number is debated; the number quoted depending on who is doing the counting. The governing authority, the British, said 2 million, and based their number on the Hearth Tax – in which the tax man, called the Excise Man, that you hear about in songs, walked around Ireland, and counted the hearths. “Run like the devil from the Excise man, to the hills of Connemara”… The Excise man attributed 1 man, 1 woman and two children to each hearth. Now I don’t know many farming families in Ireland that had only two children. The average was closer to 10. Often, a grandparent, or two, an unmarried aunt or uncle, or both lodged there as well. Some say 1 million died on the coffin ships, so called because people were packed in so tightly, and buried at sea when they died within, or left to shores world-wide, including Cleveland. I say it is more than 2 million, significantly more. Either way, a massive number of boats filled with grain were leaving Ireland while people were dying on the road, evicted for not being able to pay their rents, when the crops failed, for 5 consecutive years. The main crop was potato, and a man would eat 10 lbs in a day – a rich source of nutrients, and perfectly suited to the climate in Ireland. The crops have failed before, they have failed since, but the perfect storm of 1845 – 1850 sent the Irish across the world. Most prefer it be called An Gorta Mor (The Great Hunger), rather than The Famine, since they view it as a deliberate act of the British, rather than an act of God. The governing authorities wanted to convert farmland to grazing land – there was much more money in beef than in potatoes. 100 yards east of the Famine Stone is Settler’s Landing – it represents the spot that 42-year-old Moses Cleaveland brought a survey team of about 50 people to, in 1796, from Connecticut. Cuyahoga is an Iroquois name given to the river, it literally means, crooked river. The Superior Viaduct began in 1875 and completed in 1878. The Detroit Superior Bridge was built in 1918 – 102 years old. 100 yards from the Stone is Lorenzo Carter’s resident replica, built in 1976. Across the street is the Flat Iron. It is the oldest Irish pub in Cleveland. It was started in 1910. To the left of the building was a stair there, gone now, but I remember it. It led up to tiny rooms, just wider than a bunk, which held a bed and a little table. Outside the rooms was a wall full of cubbyholes. Men in town, Longshoremen who unloaded boats and sailors, got their mail there, after 3, 6 or maybe 12 months at sea. It gave them an address for family back home to write to. Too often, they came home to find a letter telling them a loved one had died. Yet still, they continued the practice of working, saving, enough to bring another from home. One who came was Tom Byrne, a flute teaching local legend, who emigrated to Cleveland in 1948 to join family already come over. He came into Terminal Tower on the train, to catch a bus out to his family. He was nervous, excited, hopeful and scared. He walked onto the square and the world had gone mad. Streamers, confetti, a parade, tens of thousands were on the street singing, hugging, cheering, and he thought, “Wow! What a country, to welcome a poor farm boy to their world.” He thought the celebration was given for everyone. He didn’t know that the Indians had won the World Series the day before. Let it be again, please God. These stories of cheering and sorrow are highly unusual to us here in America. But they are the stories of America. They are not unusual to those who left Ireland, Italy, all over Europe, for a better life. Many war veterans won’t talk about the war. Many immigrants are the same. But if you ask, respectfully and with curiosity, you might get them to tell. They have such amazing journeys; our challenge is to get them to tell those stories, before they are lost forever. It is what the Ohio Irish American News is about; the stories of our past, that shape our present, and future, they shape us. Ask them, I promise you will be amazed. I was going to do a bit of poetry to end the day, a work of mine called The Vacant Chair. I’m not going to, it’s sad and it’s sweet and I know it complete, but we’ll save it for another less stressful time. The news came out this week that Fests cancelled. All I ask is that: Vote by Mail Support Rest/Pubs/Import Stores As John Denver said, “Follow me where I go, what I do and who I know; www.OhioIANews.com www.facebook.com/OhioIrishAmericanNews www.twitter.com/jobjr Instagram: OhioIANews Thank you for allowing me to share my story with you; Please share yours, with me See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this podcast, CCS' Director, Ben Twist, and Irish cultural consultant, John O'Brien, discuss climate change adaptation in Culture. Our EU-funded project, Cultural Adaptations, investigates how cultural organisations can adapt to the impacts of climate change, and how creative practices can shape city and societal responses to warmer temperatures, rising sea levels, increasing rainfall and more powerful storms. Taking place between October 2018 and March 2021, city partnerships between cultural and adaptation organisations in Glasgow, Ghent, Gothenburg and Dublin are exploring new ways to help our society to adapt to the climatic changes to come. The podcast discusses: what the ongoing COVID-19 response might teach us about adaptation to climate change, how capacity to adapt to climate change is linked to social equality how cultural organisations can support community empowerment when it comes to climate change how creative practice and embedded artists can effect this work what action cultural organisations can take to adapt themselves how Ben made the career transition from theatre director to climate change expert! More about Cultural Adaptations can be found on the project website, and extracts of this podcast can be found in episodic form on the Cultural Adaptations anchor profile. The podcast adds to number of digital resources which seek to inform and support the integration of culture and adaptation.

OTL Dials into the Nostalgia theme permeating Scottish Football with Colin Telford asking John O'Brien and Brian Smith to chose their pre-2002 Greatest 11s.

Colln sits down with Alan Porteous, Brian Smith and John O'Brien to discuss Airdrie's third quarter performance, what's needed from here on in, Justin Fashanu's brief time at the club and Glory Hunting. Photo Copyright Robert Dalzell

In episode 21 of the Workplace Happiness Podcast, John O'Brien MBE talks to Lord Mark Price about the incredible working background that led to the work he does today, helping individuals and companies find a sense of purpose.

Show as broadcast Live from the Community centre in Broadford, Hosted by Jim Collins, Martin Cooper and PJ Mason. PART 1 Show Highlights 00.00 Intro and News headlines 15.15 East Clare Garda Focus with Garda Colin O’Gorman 22.30 PJ and Martin talk about their village of Broadford, its features and development 39.50 John O’Brien, chairman of Broadford GAA. Saturday  Chronicle is kindly sponsored by James M Nash and Co and Derg Kitchen Design http://dergkitchendesign.ie

Colin Telford catches up with Gordon Thomson and John O'Brien to discuss the return of Andy Ryan, the midfield mindfield and the Recent trip to Hearts. Original Music by Scott Crawford. Photot Copyright John Steven.

Deirdre of the Sorrows is one of the most epic legends in Irish folklore. Her stunning beauty inspired love, lust, jealousy, rage, revenge, war, loss and death. How amazing is it to have the story brought to life on stage through Opera, with John O Brien composing a blockbuster score fore Eadaoin O Donoghue's libretto? Deirdre and the Sons of Usna is the latest opera to be produced at the Everyman Theatre. Liosa O Sullivan also came to studio to talk about the Friends of Everyman Opera and supporting artists into the future. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John O'Brien on a leave of absence by Bax & O'Brien Podcast

Episode 100 Dante Villagomez: Guitar, Pocket Piano and Percussion John O'Brien: Guitar John O'Brien is a member of Pittsburgh's Jazz Rock quartet 'The Clock Reads'. Check out their music below! http://www.theclockreads.band/ Thank you everyone! I never thought a hundred episodes would be possible - Dante Villagomez Night at Sea is an ambient electronica music podcast aiming to shift the mind towards the land of Nod. Collaborating with local Pittsburgh musicians and artists, Spices Peculiar presents a weekly improvised sleep aid. New episode uploaded every Tuesday @ 10:30 P.M. Each episode is recorded live and produced by Dante Villagomez Explore the full array of music, videos, and art at www.spicespeculiar.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/spicespeculiar/ Now on Patreon for those who wish to further support the podcast www.patreon.com/spicespeculiar "Coastline," the mediation-oriented EP is now available via spicespeculiar.bandcamp.com/ "Slow Chance" is a slow rhythmic journey of the PO-12 and Pocket Piano, fueled by the change of pace from Pittsburgh's winter to a Guadalajara spring. Full EP release 7/9/19