An Irishman Abroad

Ever wanted to know what Ireland’s greatest athlete regards as the most vital knowledge she has accumulated over the years? Well in this week’s episode Jarlath asks Sonia that very question. The answers can’t but surprise and help you. 

Speaking to us from her new home for the next two weeks, Sonia tells us what living in a quarantine hotel is really like. Together Jarlath and Sonia assess a difficulty for a lot of people and talk about the first Irishman Running Abroad Challenge in aid of our chosen charity partner Jigsaw.ie. 

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].

Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

Brian Pennie poses the question 'how would you live your life differently if life gave you a second chance?' Brian’s drug addiction was so severe that he was deemed too much of a risk for detox. In this rare conversation, he tells his incredible story of rebuilding his world from the depths of addiction, crippling anxiety through to the most unlikely recovery journey.

Jarlath asks Brian about the significance of gratitude and how a lack of awareness while suffering with addiction was preventing him from reaching a place of appreciation. We also find out the subtle impact of being a 'black belt in self-deception.'

Brian explains how a traumatic surgery as a child has impacted on his life and much more, this is the perfect conversation to listen to on a week where Ireland continues to bare the weight of the pandemic.

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

Supplementary research provided by John Meagher.

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].

Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

With bleary eyes Marion and Jarlath stayed up late to pick apart the final Presidential debate so you don’t have to. How did the mic muting change things? Was it another playground fist fight? Or did cooler heads prevail? 

After covering 700 miles on the campaign trail Marion has a lot to report back. Marion assesses each swing and a miss, every landed punch and why Trump’s attempts to paint Joe as “crooked” just won’t work. The clock is ticking loudly now and the Trump campaign appears to have a mountain to climb, or do they?

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

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].

Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

Irishman Abroad is proud to present the first of our bonus podcasts from the campaign trail with Marion McKeone. Marion is flat out driving from state to state covering the campaign for multiple outlets, meeting the voters and getting an intimate insight into this historic moment. Thankfully she loves the podcast as much as we do. So she has  agreed to do these bonus episodes in the run up to November 3rd. 

This time we hear about the strangeness of Indiana now and in the past. Jarlath asks Marion if the early turnout is a really good sign for Biden? Marion explains how the issues we see in the news don’t seem to matter to the people on the ground. There’s extra analysis of Amy Coney Barrett’s membership of The People Of Praise and a look at who is the real Ivanka Trump.

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

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].

Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

It doesn’t matter what your level of running experience most people want go faster. Fresh off completing his first 10K, Jarlath gets into why and how we can all run better times. There’s news on the next Irishman Running Abroad event on October 31st and a little functional fashion advice from Sonia. 

Dressing for the changing weather is essential to avoid picking up a chill when running in these months. Jarlath gets ridiculed for his choice of shorts and the most inside baseball pro-top for keeping your feet warm is revealed by Sonia (Patreon edition only).  

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

To hear the full length version of this episode 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 jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected].

Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

With revelations about Hunter Biden flooding the news feed across the globe, Marion and Jarlath examine what we know about the man himself and the troublesome offspring of both candidates. From the isolation of Tiffany Trump to the bizarre attempts by Donald Trump Jnr. to win his father’s love, this extra long episode covers a lot. Marion zeros in on the need that Kamala Harris has had her travel plans cancelled due to two positive COVID tests within her orbit. 

As Donald declares the pandemic over Marion expresses her exasperation over her own struggle with Coronavirus while wondering what drugs did the President get. Jarlath reveals this Sunday’s guest and his plan to raise 50K for Jigsaw by running 2000Km in a year.

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

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 250 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].

Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

A special World Mental Health Week episode where Jarlath asks Sonia about her mental wellness during her career. Sonia opens up for the first time about the deep lows that followed the huge highs of her career and the lack of understanding during the 90s on the issue. 

There’s a big announcement about a running challenge that listeners can join in with to make a huge difference for our chosen charity partner Jigsaw.ie and young people across Ireland. 

Later in the episode we get a special bonus interview with the author of The Running Book - John Connell. Don’t forget our next event is this weekend. Download and listen to hear it all. 

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

To hear the full length version of this episode 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 jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected].

Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.