Podcasts about Rostrevor

We must listen to each otherEfforts by the British government and the unionist parties to stymie the conversation on future constitutional change has actually brought a greater focus on the growing momentum around the upcoming unity referendum.  The criticism of An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar by the British Secretary of State and a range of unionist voices for daring to suggest that a United Ireland will happen in his lifetime is the latest example of unionist and Tory efforts to delegitimize the goal of Irish Unity.My Big ToeJim Donnelly is a Springhallion. His mother, May Donnelly, was one of the indomitable warrior women from the Upper Springfield who faced down hordes of British soldiers and RUC officers for decades while also combatting poverty and discrimination and rearing a good family. These mighty women are to be found in communities everywhere. The local ones are too many to name but I remember them all and I am grateful for their friendship and protection and comradeship. And I am always uplifted by the tenacity and good humour of these working class heroines, mostly mothers of large families, including Mrs Donnelly.Tom Dunn – the Peasant PatriotWell done to the people of Rostrevor who last week invited former President Mary McAleese to unveil a bronze statue to Tom Dunn – the Peasant Patriot - a local hedge school master and United Irish leader who taught ‘The Rights of Man' by Tom Paine and the writings of Wolfe Tone to local patriots. 

Drew Flood is the Business Development Manager at Aware the Mental Health Charity for the last 9 years, they raise over Two Million each year with only 25% funding from the state, they have over 50,000 people contacting them each year for Mental Health support & Education . Drew had a very enjoyable 28 years in the Hospitality Business in Ireland he Trained with the Doyle Collection straight after Clongowes & was then Part of the Opening team when the K Club opened in 1991 where he spent 17 years as Director of Operations - including the Ryder Cup matches in 2006 & 13 European Opens from 1991 to 2007. After the K Club he went to St Stephens Green in Dublin as GM of Bentleys Oyster Bar & Grill & Then after it was rebranded as The Cliff Town House. Off all the Guests he met over the 28 years the one who made the must impact was Audrey Hepburn she was just a Dream ! Drew is a proud Ulsterman from Rostrevor on the Shores of Carlingford Lough. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/portraitsofclongowes/message

A BHP executive says countries should look to their natural advantages when providing baseload power in a low emissions environment. SA Country Women's Association members are in the dark about their ousted state president Davina Quirke. New predictions of 135 gigalitres per day along the River Murray by early December. A second former relief teacher at a Rostrevor school has been arrested for alleged indecent assault.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rostrevor College Soccer Coordinator and former Socceroo Daniel Mullen joined Matthew following the announcement that Manchester City and Rostrevor will launch the first City Football School in SA or the NT to deliver world-class coaching to students on campus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

OPENER - Sad day in the US with another mass shooting. American Basketball Coach Steve Kerr emotional press conference. AUSTRALIAN JOURNALIST MIKE AMOR - Mike joins us to discuss the mass shooting in Texas. JARS HAD AN ACCIDENT IN THE BATH - After slipping and getting water in his eyes – Jars can't hear! $1000 DOLLAR MINUTE - Matty from Rostrevor is up next to take on the quiz! AFL NEWSBREAKER JAY CLARK - What's the latest on North Melbourne? What's happening with Horne-Francis? Is Nat Fyfe returning via the WAFL? HALFTIME - Blew's wife Katherine was selling kids bed sheets on Gumtree and you won't believe who bought them… Wayne ‘Flipper' Phillips! CALLS: HAVE YOU BOUGHT SOMETHING OFF AN SA CELEBRITY? - John called through with an amazing story after trying to buy something off Blew's wife! ROO & DITTS LIVE READ - We address Roo & DItts butchering a live read in their show this morning. We attempt the same script to show Roo & Ditts how it's done! TEXT MESSAGES ABOUT JARS - It's been a big day for the Textline about Jarman so we cover off the messages sent through! BERN'S FACTS. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Hector is a real estate prodigy. Beginning at 18, writing over $1 million in fees at 22 and achieving the feat of selling over 200 homes in one year. His single minded focus, determination and intensity are rare in real estate and he shares his prospecting fundamentals that have let him to a 35% market share in his core Adelaide suburb of Rostrevor.

Anyone who has even the slightest interest in mountain biking will know the name Glyn O'Brien. The Newry man is a legend in the sport, and  for good reason. Glyn's racing career spans the 90's to the present day, and he's crammed in plenty over the decades. He raced the UCI Downhill World Cup circuit from 1997 to 2006, and in 2009 came second I the World Masters Downhill Championships. But in 2003 Glyn lost the plot altogether – taking himself off to Utah where he competed in the Red Bull Rampage – and finished an incredible third. Legendary status confirmed, Glyn still went back for more the following year. Just in case you're not clear exactly what this event consists of, Glyn describes it as ‘basically jumping of a cliff on a bike.' And he's not joking - check out the footage on YouTube. When he's not hurling himself off mountains Glyn is immersed in the business end of the sport, working with Vitus Bikes a s a Brand Ambassador and founder of the Vitus First Tracks team, coaching and, oh yeah – he's also been a fireman for the past 14 years. In fact Glyn took gold at the World Police and Fire Games in Canada in 2011 and again at home in Northern Ireland in 2013. Whenever he can though Glyn can be found riding the local trails in Bigwood or at the Mountain Bike Trail Centre in Kilbroney Park - which he was involved in setting up in 2013. Armagh I caught up with Glyn when he came down from a day's work in Rostrevor, filming with the new range of Vitus bikes at the top of the mountain. The fit-as-a-fiddle athlete wasn't even out of breath as he talked about his love of downhill biking and adventure. Glyn tells us all about that memorable day in Utah, touches on the tricky topic of the dangers posed by walkers on the bike trails in Kilbroney Park, and how he would love to see the area expanded. There's no sign of Glyn slowing down, as he gears up to compete in the first round of this year's Irish Downhill Mountainbike Series , which takes place in Rostrevor next weekend, April 2 -3. The event is completely sold out, with mountain biking more popular than ever – and long may it last.

While life as we know it has changed drastically in the last few years, some things will always stay the same. For the past 30 years religiously, John Dalzell has spent the weeks preceding Christmas camped out on Hill Street collecting funds for the Souther Area Hospice. There was no exception this year on his eightieth birthday as John stood in his trailer and chatted to the passers by who threw money into his bucket, or those who came down specifically to show their support and wish him a happy birthday.  Over £1.85 million has been raised through the sit-out over the years and John, who has weathered every storm to become a local Christmas legend in the town, tells his story to Armagh I.  Meanwhile, in Rostrevor on Christmas Day the crowds were out as usual for the annual Christmas Swim that has been on the go for 50 years. One of the founders Gerry Sloan tells how it all began in 1972 during a 24-hour anti-internment hunger strike, when Down GAA legend, the late Leo Murphy, popped his head into the protestors' tent and asked if anyone fancied a swim. The organisers raised £100 when they made it an official event a couple of years later and since then the swim has raised over £100,000 for local charities.  Kevin Cole who runs local Rostrevor watering hole Henry's ran into the tide for his thirtieth consecutive Christmas dip this year and he, along with some others, chatted with Armagh I for this week's podcast.  

Pádraigin Ní Uallacháin is a singer-songwriter as well as an academic. She has worked with the likes of celebrated Irish poets Seamus Heaney and Ciaran Carson and has sung and recorded with many Irish folk musicians. She has recorded her own original songs as well as uncovering in her research ancient songs and putting them to music. This is a wide ranging interview where we touch on both her music, her life and career as well as spirituality in Ireland. She also sang a few songs from some of her research and albums. This interview was recorded in the Holy Cross Abbey in Rostrevor. The monks from the Benedictine Abbey kindly let us use their church which is a perfect backdrop for Pádraigin's beautiful and poignant voice. Pádraigin is a national treasure and is another signpost to an Ireland that treasures it's mystical past but in a way that transcends sectarian and religious divides. Her work can be found at www.irishsong.com

Brother Thierry is one of the Benedictine monks from the Holy Cross Abbey in Rostrevor. It is a community of Brothers who came to Northern Ireland to be a presence of reconciliation in the midst of our ongoing religious and ethnic conflict. In normal years thousands come through their doors and just about as many Protestants come to sit at the feet of these holy men as Catholics. They truly are peace makers and their roots go deep. The spirituality of Benedictines is rooted in prayer and silence. We recorded an interview with Brother Thierry early on in our podcasts and it was a conversation full of depth and wisdom. So we wanted to record Brother Thierry on film. We touched on both the depth of Benedictine spirituality and also the residue of mistrust about institutional religion and the Catholic Church in Ireland and in much of the West. This is a warm hearted interview with a man who embodies fortitude, grace and wisdom. These gifts plus a life of prayerfulness offer a way of looking at the world that is perhaps a signpost pointing towards our true home.

Hur kan Guds närvaro finnas i en fiende? .Under 80-talet präglades Nordirland av blodiga strider och grannar som stod emot grannar. Mitt i detta så mötte kaWerner Jeanrond sitt livs kärlek i ett kollektiv där fienderna, protestanterna och katolikerna samlades kring middagar, bön och samtal.För att kunna gå vägen från hat till kärlek krävs det först och främst ett rum med en atmosfär av trygghet och respekt för alla i rummet. Den kristna gemenskapen i Rostrevor förmådde skapa ett sådant rum med hjälp av bön, gästvänlighet, måltidsgemenskap och mänsklig nyfikenhet som byggde på allas ärliga, öppna och rena hjärtan. I deras mitt mjuknade många hårda hjärtan och nya broar kunde byggas mellan människor som annars aldrig hade klarat möta varandra.Werner Jeanrond är professor i teologi vid Oslo universitet och gästforskare i Göteborg. Text Matteusevangeliet kapitel 5:44-45aMusikAcross the bridge of hope med Omagh community youth choir   Ljudmix Frida Claesson JohanssonProducent Neta Norrmoför Sveriges Radio Göteborgliv@sverigesradio.se

Following two suicide bombings that killed over 100 people in Afghanistan, the state's Afghan community, including the wife of a man hiding in Kabul, has desperately urged the government to ramp up evacuation efforts. The Royal Adelaide Show may be cancelled but revellers can still hop on rides and compete for prizes at small carnivals across the city.  The boundaries for the new $84 million high school at Rostrevor in Adelaide's eastern suburbs have been released for consultation. South Australia's under-19s captain Jason Horne-Francis isn't shying away from the fact that he'd love to go in the No.1 spot. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On episode #201 we are chatting with a young ripper from Rostrevor called Niall Clerkin. We chat to Niall about his mountain bike background, how he got into racing, his first World Cup experience (which involved his bike getting stolen), how he enjoyed a month on the road racing, how he got funded by The Dirtfund Project to help further this racing pursuits and why he wants to turn racing into his full time career, plus much more! For more information and show notes visit: www.mtb-tribe.com Thanks for being here & Enjoy the show!

Richard Moore was blinded by a plastic bullet after being shot by a British soldier in Derry. This was 1972, Richard was ten years old and it was just weeks after Bloody Sunday where one of his uncles was killed. Since that time Richard has become something of a modern day saint. I remember hosting him two years ago in Rostrevor and being so blown away by what I heard. That day he quoted his friend the Dalai Llama: “we as humans have spent centuries developing the human mind, but we need to start to work on developing the human heart”. Richard is a down to earth man who is not used to complaining. He speaks in this interview, not about his lust for vengeance, but of his compulsion to forgive. In fact he speaks of developing a friendship in later life with the soldier who blinded him. This former military man did not initially say sorry. In fact it took him years. Finally he seemed to give in to the weight of mercy he was shown and expressed a “sorry” for what he had done to a 10 year old boy running through a school playground at Rosemount Primary School. Despite a lifetime of blindness Richard speaks of only a few times he dwelt on the sadness of losing his sight. He says he will often show a picture of his two girls to audiences he is speaking to. He says “you’re doing something I’ll never be able to do: you’re looking at my girls.” He then went on to talk about the gift of forgiveness, how it can’t change the past but how it can change the future. He has developed a charity “Children in Crossfire” which has impacted the lives of countless children around the world. This is an episode of profound hope in the midst of tragedy.

Today I am joined by the talented Tom Brandon. Tom grew up in Rostrevor,  County Down and has travelled the world as a singer and actor. He is currently performing in the iconic Sydney Opera House with The Choir Of Man. Tom and I discuss all things from how he got to where he has in his career, what life was like when his industry shut down during COVID, being the first international show to come to Australia to perform after the pandemic, quarantine in Australia and what to expect at the amazing show Choir Of Man, that he invited me to go to watch last week.The Choir of Man is a unique musical group who first emerged at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017. The original group has expanded into three franchised acts – one in Europe, one in Australia and the other in the Americas.Recreating a dark wood pub with leadlight features and a working beer tap, it feels like you have stepped into your local pub at home. Prior to the show,  free brews are passed around to audience members. The men in the current cast are drawn from Ireland, England, Wales and the Channel Islands.It is a show not to be missed.

Colum Sands is a hugely respected and much loved Irish folk music singer and songwriter. As well as penning a myriad of songs he has become more and more engaged in environmental campaigning. He led a campaign to recognise an “Invisible Tree”. This Oak tree on the edge of Rostrevor’s ancient Oak Wood was conveniently absent from developers plans to build inner city style apartment blocks with an underground car park on the site. Indeed, without a campaign like this one they would have “paved paradise and put up a parking lot”. Colum is one of Ireland’s most gifted songwriters and story tellers. This interview traces his career with The Sands Family band, tells the story of songs written during The Troubles and his recent environmental activism with RARE (Rostrevor Action Respecting the Environment). Colum is a brilliant human. In this outdoor, socially distanced (and very cold) interview we try to catch the magic and beauty of Colum and his music. To see the work of RARE find them on Instagram at @rostrevor_rare, Twitter @rostrevorRARE or Facebook @rostrevorRARE. His music, including his brilliant new album can be found at www.columsands.com

Children in Bushmills, carols in Dungannon, handbells in Rostrevor, reindeer in Altnamackin and a community looking after those who will be alone this Christmas in Cookstown.

This week on Talking Real Estate we will get the latest real estate news. We will report on the weekend's auction results. We will head down south to Port Noarlunga for our suburb flyover. This weeks guest is Hamish Mill, South Australian's domain golden gavel auctioneer of the year. and find out how he come to be the number one auctioneer in South Australia. Hamish will give us tips on selling and buying at auction. In our Italian property report, we will see why the people of Italy will search for homes away from the city's and move to outskirts. Our Italian property of the week is a luxury villa on the Tuscan Riviera. And look at some properties in Newton and Rostrevor in our upcoming Open homes and upcoming Auctions Join us Wednesday from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ACST. Listen live https://www.italiauno.com.au #radioitaliauno #talkingrealestate --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/talkingrealestate/message

Moya Brennan is one of Ireland’s most well known and beloved singers. Her band Clannad are known all over the world and their music is a wondrous blend of Celtic fusion and traditional irish folk music. Moya is a beautiful soul with a deep faith who loves the environment. Clannad came to Rostrevor last summer in July 2019 to play at the village’s famous folk festival, Fiddlers Green. We recorded this interview the night after their amazing sold out gig.

From my living room in Portland, Oregon, I spent the hour talking with my friend Tommy Sands in Rostrevor, County Down, in Ireland.  There were a few technical glitches with the connection, but mostly it worked, and we talked about current events in Ireland, the US, and elsewhere, and various little anecdotes from Tommy's very interesting life and times as a global traveler from a part of the world that was, for many decades, a hot spot for global news coverage.

Tom Hector is a real estate prodigy. Beginning at 18, writing over $1 million in fees at 22 and achieving the feat of selling over 200 homes in one year. His single minded focus, determination and intensity are rare in real estate and he shares his prospecting fundamentals that have let him to a 35% market share in his core Adelaide suburb of Rostrevor

This podcast is the story of the remarkable work of Ramy and Roula Taleb, how they journeyed to Belfast and are now making peace in Lebanon. For the last 18 years Jonny and Jenn Clark and their team have raised funds for young Christians from areas of conflict to spend 6-12 months in Belfast or Rostrevor, Northern Ireland learning about reconciliation and how their faith can build peace in their communities. Ramy was the first Lebanese trainee and landed into Belfast in 2005, barely speaking English but with a deep hunger to learn from the experience. He ended up spending five years in Belfast, particularly working in the Shankill and Falls areas. One of the projects Ramy focused on in Belfast was a project which takes Forgiveness education into many Protestant and Catholic schools in the city. By 2010 Ramy had married the beautiful Roula and together they started a new life back in Lebanon, ultimately starting a sister project of the Belfast work called the Foundation for Forgiveness and Reconciliation (ffrlebanon.org). The work in Lebanon is unprecedented in it’s radical commitment to building bridges throughout the sectarian divides of this post-civil war country. Ramy and Roula are courageously taking forgiveness, reconciliation and peace-building training to as many people as they can and are often doing it with what little resources they can find. If you are looking to support a grass-roots charity in the Middle East you should check out the work of FFR and get behind them. This work in Lebanon is something all of the GOTF team are passionate about and it’s why Josh Eaves (Instagram: @josheaves1) and Jonny Clark continue to be involved in different ways, including our plans to make our next Guardians Of The Flame documentary there. This episode was as usual recorded by the brilliant Fra Sands of @safeplacestudios. The music in our podcasts is by the brilliant Irish folk band @naleanai

Sheikh Dr Muhammad Al-Hussaini came to the attention of many when in 2015 he chose to defend in court the Pentecostal pastor Rev Jim McConnell from Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle, Belfast’s biggest church. McConnell had preached a sermon where he categorised Islam as “heathen” and “satanic” and a “doctrine spawned in hell”. Yet Muhammad defended the pastor and developed a friendship with him. In court he defended McConnell’s right to free-speech. Muhammad is a Muslim from London with not only a love for Irish folk music but a commitment to building relationships of peace with Christians and Jews and those of other faiths from his own. Over the years he has visited Rostrevor a number of times and has become a strong friend of ours. One of Muhammad’s firm convictions is that we should not seek a bland peace between faiths. Rather we should be able to rigorously debate and defend our differences in a way that does not demonise but builds understanding through authentic dialogue. He calls this a “higher quality of disagreement”. This phrase has become one of the key back bones to a series of events at the centre Jonny leads called An Cuan. These events have been convened by Tommy Sands, Jonny Clark and www.artsawonder.com a local community arts and reconciliation initiative.

Christian communities along the Irish border are free to worship on either side of it. But some worry that the United Kingdom’s plans to leave the European Union could lead to that coming to an end The 300-mile-long border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is one of the most contentious stumbling blocks in Britain’s attempts to Brexit. Since the violent sectarian Troubles ended twenty years ago, the border doesn’t actually exist as a physical barrier, and thousands people travel freely across it every day. Julia Paul meets Christian groups who worship along this invisible divide and hears concerns that changes to the border might reignite sectarian hatred. Presenter/Producer: Julia Paul (Photo: Fra and Jonny from 'Youth With A Mission' in Rostrevor in Northern Ireland)

An Easter treat - four stories and a mini-tale from Pádraig. Annette McRay from Nashville gives us our podcast title with a love story spanning six decades; Vladimir Lorenzo in Adelaide demonstrates the power of a hug; Jane Searle in Rostrevor on a mother’s love; Christy Lynch & the power of awkward silences. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is s a live storytelling evening held in Belfast's Black Box where it originated in 2011 - the creation of Pádraig Ó Tuama & Paul Doran. Nine people with up to ten minute to tell a true story from their own life. It has spread to cities in Britain, the USA, Australia & Canada.

An Easter treat - four stories and a mini-tale from Pádraig. Annette McRay from Nashville gives us our podcast title with a love story spanning six decades; Vladimir Lorenzo in Adelaide demonstrates the power of a hug; Jane Searle in Rostrevor on a mother’s love; Christy Lynch & the power of awkward silences. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is s a live storytelling evening held in Belfast's Black Box where it originated in 2011 - the creation of Pádraig Ó Tuama & Paul Doran. Nine people with up to ten minute to tell a true story from their own life. It has spread to cities in Britain, the USA, Australia & Canada.

In this episode Jonny is being interviewed by Australian activist and advocate for refugees and asylum seekers, Jarrod McKenna. This is a shared podcast so Jarrod will also be releasing it on his Inverse podcast. The interview was recorded in Rostrevor and covers Jonny’s personal background, some stories of his work and the theology of reconciliation that underpins it.

Br Thierry is a Benedictine monk and is part of the community of the Holy Cross monastery in Rostrevor. Jonny speaks with him about prayer, the life of a Benedictine monk and the Benedictine spirituality, and reconciliation. Br Thierry is a wonderful man with a profound and yet gracious insight into human existence and the life of faith. 

This week's episode of The Adelaide Show comes from India to you, courtesy of Kapil and Jo Gupta from the India To You restaurant in Rostrevor. We will soon learn about Kapil's commitment to his craft and Jo's wow-factor ability to make guests feel welcome. This week, the SA Drink Of The Week is from Q Wines in the Coonawarra. In IS IT NEWS, Nigel challenges us on stories about herbs and spices. In 100 Weeks Ago, we hear from the Cancer Council's Lincoln Size about sunscreen - its usefulness and its myths. And in the musical pilgrimage ... Todd will be sharing a new song from Zen Panda. And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It's an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking question ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we'll add you to the list: podcast@theadelaideshow.com.au If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review in iTunes or other podcast sites, or buy some great merch from our Red Bubble store - The Adelaide Show Shop. We'd greatly appreciate it. Support the show: https://theadelaideshow.com.au/listen-or-download-the-podcast/adelaide-in-crowd/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For 30 years, Gaetano Lepore has been standing behind his bench at Rostrevor Pizza Bar, serving up great pizzas while the industry went thick and thin around him. Tonight, we get his story; pizza, community, business, the lot! This week, the SA Drink Of The Week is Penfolds Bin 28. NIgel will try to stump us in IS IT NEWS on the topic of Rostrevor. In 100 Weeks Ago we hear from Sophie and Tom, the people behind Sweet Cheeks Photo Booths about changes in wedding and event photography since Gaetano started.... And in the musical pilgrimage ... Dan Drummond's found a song about winter (probably because his job makes him get up at 5am around Port Adelaide). And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It's an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking question ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we'll add you to the list: podcast@theadelaideshow.com.au If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review in iTunes or other podcast sites, or buy some great merch from our Red Bubble store - The Adelaide Show Shop. We'd greatly appreciate it. Support the show: https://theadelaideshow.com.au/listen-or-download-the-podcast/adelaide-in-crowd/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we celebrate late summer here in the Northern hemisphere with a trip to the Psychologically Ultimate Seashore of polymath Irving Teibel. (Though it sounds more like the uncanny valley to us.) After discussing some upcoming live international events for the Banshee Media/Improvised Alchemy crew, we dive into the limits of recording, the perils of Late Capitalism, and the belief that natural sounds might help us feel more at home in our increasingly urban environments. Tracing the journey of one artist's quest to capture the perfect sea shore sounds we encounter hipster bars in Germany, and the sands at Brighton Beach, NY, the experimental computers at Bell Labs to record store shelves all over the world. The Environments series (1969-1979), from Syntonic Research, was an audio phenomenon that changed the way we thought about listening - and the reason you don't know about Irving Teibel, is because he designed his audio revolution to be anonymous. More information on events from our news segment can be found at bansheemedia.com and improvised alchemy.com Several Teibel audio excerpts can be found at the Hauntological Society's Blog: http://thehauntologicalsociety.tumblr.com/post/134796926929/irv-teibels-environments-series-the-music-of Atlas Obscura article by Cara Giaimo (and do check out the images): http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-man-who-recorded-tamed-and-then-sold-nature-sounds-to-america Other Audio Excerpts: Improvisation by Renee T. Coulombe Field Recordings from Radio Aporee (aporee.org/maps): "Autumn, South Bay, Scarborough, UK" by Carl Linsdell "Waves splashing on a rocky sea shore of Libyan sea" by Maciej Janasik "Distant harbour Seals calling amongst the win and waves, Queens, NS, Canada" by Peter Cusack Closing track: "Tide Coming in Over Metal Stairs, Rostrevor, N. Ireland" by Sylvia Shale

Guest hosts Holly & Tom talk all things World Youth Day (Holly was there!), Antioch and Rostrevor's "Beyond Blue" fundraiser week. James also interviews Sam Taylor, coordinator of the Catholic Schools Music Festival about the upcoming concert series! :) There's also a bit about someone who had a pizza cheese topping emergency in Canada and dialled 911... listen to find out how that turned out..

March 14, 2016 - Today, our time machine touches down on one of America's darkest days: The capture of Washington, DC, and the burning of the White House, Capitol Building and a other public buildings. The man who lit the match? British Major General Robert Ross. A horseman, prankster, loving husband and daring commander who served under Wellington, Ross has fallen into obscurity over the two centuries since the War of 1812. But with the bicentennial, two authors have resurrected the tale of a man they describe as a "reluctant arsonist." John McCavitt is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and neighbor of Ross in Rostrevor (a town in Northern Ireland originally owned by the Ross family), and Baltimore's Christopher T. George, Vice President of the 1812 Consortium and founding editor of the Journal of the War of 1812. McCavitt and George are co-authors of, The Man Who Captured Washington: Major General Robert Ross and the War of 1812. You can follow them on Twitter @John_McCavitt and @CThompsonGeorge, or visit TheManWhoCapturedWashington.com. We decided to air this episode the week of St Patrick's Day, to honor the huge numbers of Irishmen who fought on both the British and the American sides in the war.