28. Dr. Patrick Collins: Associate Professor In Economic Geography

02/15/24 • 74 min

Episode 28 is a ramble in the economic forests with Patrick Collins: Ireland being the richest member state of the Europe Union; tax avoidance; dodgy metrics; gross domestic product vs gross national product; Apple vs. Italy; Davos vs. Oxfam; neoliberal economics; Francois Holland; Adam Smith; Thatcherism; market dominance and moligopolies; the environment; the breakdown in trust for key institutions of democracy and the exponential rise of corporations; living wage; Yanis Varoufakis; dignity; teleological notions; The five stages of Rostow's Economic Theory; carbon offsetting and carbon credits; the cost of living and housing crises; the impact of Google in Ireland; the Irish government’s investment in Intel; nine of the top 10 global tech companies having a serious presence in Ireland; the European Court of Justice vs. Apple; The Troika; The Big Short; markets being a collective hallucination; John Maynard Keynes; pre and post 2008 in Ireland; the Irish vs. Greek economies; the spatial articulation of capital with regard to Irish villages; Celtic Tiger No. 2; IDA and Enterprise Ireland; Ireland having confidence in itself and companies being embedded within Ireland; living wage; technofeudalism; as well as other topics.

Relevant Links

https://www.universityofgalway.ie/our-research/people/geography-and-archaeology/pcollins/

https://www.orpenpress.com/books/galway-making-a-capital-of-culture/

https://www.urbanlabgalway.com/

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https://www.universityofgalway.ie/our-research/people/geography-and-archaeology/pcollins/

https://www.orpenpress.com/books/galway-making-a-capital-of-culture/

https://www.urbanlabgalway.com/

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27. Valentines & Ireland: Fr. Séan Mac Giollarnath feat. Irish With Mollie

Episode 27 opens with Mollie teaching us how to say "Happy Valentine's Day" in Gaelic.

Then the conversation moves to Whitefriar Street Church where Fender Jackson chats with Fr. Séan Mac Giollarnath about: Whitefriar Street Church location and history; Fr. John Spratt; how the relics ended up in Ireland; Pope Gregory XVI’s solidarity with Irish Catholics; St. Valentine’s life and martyrdom; Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day occurring on the same day; the other relics of St. Valentine; St. Valentine being someone close to us during our difficulties; visitors to St. Valentine’s shrine; the development of the devotion of St. Valentine; the changing calendar; the Italian heritage of St. Valentine; Professor Fergus D'Arcy; the knowledge we have of St. Valentine; martyrdom having sanctity; St. Stephen; Dutch Carmelite friar Titus Brandsma; Father Patsy Kennan; St. Valentine being someone who unties people; relics of other Saints in Whitefriar Street Church; the importance of holding such relics in the church; the Carmelite Order and he Carmelite Sisters; the services held on St. Valentine’s Day; the hunger for happiness and love; finding oneself; football; grief; Galway; tears being a sign of love as well as other topics.

Relevant Links

https://www.whitefriarstreetchurch.ie

https://www.irishwithmollie.com

Additional Links

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246487/the-rome-church-where-you-can-venerate-st-valentines-skull

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/02/11/how-to-honor-valentines-day-on-ash-wednesday/

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29. Tommy Keane: Uilleann Pipe Player

Includes: introductions; the list of great players Tommy has played with including Jacqueline McCarthy, Pádraic Keane, Siobhán Keane and Maisie-Kate Keane; getting the recording gig for Rum, Sodomy & The Lash; Phil Chevron; Elvis Costello; Red Roses For Me vs Rum, Sodomy & The Lash vs If I Should Fall From Grace From God; the arrangement of Dirty Old Town; Old Grey Whistle Test performance; vari-speeding; the three parts of the uilleann pipes; the chanter; the range of uilleann pipes vs bagpipes; overblowing and octave notes; the three drones; the three regulators; Dirty Old Town; breaking down the solo; the use of colour and vibrato; Paddy Moloney’s vibrato; Liam O’Flynn’s vibrato; who Tommy likes to listen to; the different levels of familiarisation of Irish music; having pipes in different keys; Na Píobairí Uilleann; the renewed popularity of the uilleann pipes; The Old Main Drag; the ending of the Dirty Old Town solo; the Blues; Henry Benagh’s fiddle part; Poguetry In Motion EP; Body Of An American; Planxty Noel Hill; playing live gigs with The Pogues; A Pair Of Brown Eyes; the overblow; tunes which are not pipe-friendly; the recording environment for Rum, Sodomy & The Lash; Elvis Costello witnessing the uilleann pipes; Davy Spillane; Tommy Carney; starting out on the uilleann pipes; Colm Broderick & Liam O’Flynn’s pipes; Pádraic Keane; Páraic Mac Donnchadha, as well as other topics.

Tommy has played with Pádraic Keane, Siobhán Keane, Maisie-Kate Keane, Marion McCarthy, Tommy McCarthy, Tommy Kearney, Pat Mitchell, Liam O’Flynn, Tommy Reck, Bobby Casey, Roger Sherlock, National Theatre Co., Rambert Ballet Co., The Pogues, Clannad, Ralph McTell, Thatch Céilí Band, Druid Theatre Co., Liam Clancy, Shaskeen, Sergeant Early Band, Alec Finn, Iarla Ó Lionáird, The Irish Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, De Dannan as well as other artists.

Performances

Dirty Old Town in D: 32:47

Dirty Old Town in C: 33:30

Old Main Drag: 46:09

Body Of An American: 52:31

Planxty Noel Hill: 54:04

A Pair Of Brown Eyes: 57:38

A Man You Don't Meet Every Day: 1:11:38

NB Tommy had a lingering cough from a recent cold for this recording. The coughs have all been reduced in the edit for your listening pleasure.

Relevant Links

https://www.tommykeane.com

Tommy's Uilleann Pipe Demonstration