Critically acclaimed Irish author Colum McCann gives us a rare insight into his latest novel and the power of storytelling. When you listen to this powerful conversation, you will not be surprised to hear that Colum has won the Rooney Prize, the Novel of the Year Award, the National Book Award and International Dublin Literary Award.

His Man Booker Prize longlisted book Apeirogon has lead critics to ask if a book can bring about peace in Israel. Jarlath digs deep into the experience that lead Colum to writing this game changing work. We how his time spent working as a wilderness educator for young offenders Texas changed his path and his recollection of living in New York during 9/11. As Professor of Creative Writing in the Master of Fine Arts program at Hunter College, New York his views on the art of teaching are truly inspiring for anyone trying to spark the interest of young students. 

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Supplementary research provided by John Meagher.

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The legal challenges are failing one by one but the news madia are barely covering this news. Why is Trump doing this? Is it because he knows prison time could be on the way or is it to harvest the money he now desperately needs. Reality is dawning and his allies are falling by the wayside. Marion tells us what we are not hearing and few insider titbits she has stumbled across this week. We definitely toasted too early but why are these states taking so long to tally their votes? 

If you have a question for Marion please send it through to [email protected] and Jarlath will do his best to include it in the next episode.

Supplementary research provided by John Meagher.    

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Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation.

For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected].

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This week, Jarlath is honoured to be joined by Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu. This episode is part of Irishman Abroad’s continued effort to raise awareness of the mental health challenges facing young people and our chosen charity partner jigsaw.ie. 

Hazel explains how she and her family were on the devastating receiving end of racism as the only Chinese family in Celbridge (www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad

What? How? Why? And where does this thing go from here? A bleary eyed and head melted Marion McKeone sits down with Jarlath at 5am to consider how this bizarre election played out and whether the President’s attempt to stop the counting will work. Where did it all go wrong for Mr. Biden? Why did anyone believe the polls? Will anyone ever believe them again? Jarlath puts your questions to the US political analyst and considers what a Biden Presidency would look like if he somehow manages to squeak past the line.

If you have a question for Marion please send it through to [email protected] and Jarlath will do his best to include it in the next episode.

Supplementary research provided by John Meagher.

To hear this episode in full each week and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad.

Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation.

For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected].

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In a week when it feels like the whole world is either locking down or smothering us with overwhelming news there has never been a better time to get out and run. Sonia remains quarantined in Australia nobody knows the feeling better than her. Today she talks to Jarlath about making the most of our limited surroundings and stringent rules. After 9 solid weeks of training she prescribes a recovery week for Jarlath and explains why this will help massively in the long run. 

There’s a review of last weekend’s club event and the announcement of our next event on November 18th. Why not join Jarlath in raising money for Jigsaw by signing up to the Irishman Abroad challenge over at https://www.idonate.ie/event/2576_.html  

Join us on https://www.strava.com/clubs/irishmanrunningabroad

To gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad.

Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation.For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected].

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Jerry Buting has worked for more than 35 years as a criminal lawyer working exclusively on the defence of serious criminal cases. In 2016, his appearance in the Netflix hit series Making a Murderer, turned him into a household name as he acted in the defence of Steven Avery alongside his colleague Dean Strang.

This is Jerry's third conversation with Jarlath on the Irishman Abroad Podcast Network and it certainly does not disappoint. Jerry speaks about how COVID 19 is taking a tighter grip on the state of Wisconsin in which he lives, before delving into a review of what Trump has/hasn't done for the criminal justice system in America and he also gives an honest account of the pressures of working in an overloaded system.

From the importance of educating the public in how politicians use the fear of crime to get elected to a bombshell revelation surrounding Steven Avery, Brendan Dassey and the Making a Murder series, why crime labs are so reluctant to carry out blind testing and much more, this is a truly fascinating conversation on what what will be a vital week in American history. 

This is just a taster. To hear this episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad