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Basically...with Stefanie Preissner episodes

July 14, 2020 12: What's The Story With Job Interviews, Lorcan?
In this week's episode Stefanie talks to Lorcan Nyhan from the Communications Clinic about interview skills and CV preparation. Do you really need to edit your CV for every company you send it to? Should you dress up for a Zoom interview? And should Helen of Troy use the story of a Trojan Horse when applying for a job?
Tune in for these answers and ones you might actually want the answers to.

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55 min
July 07, 2020 11: What's The Story With Personal Finance, Eoin?
On this week's episode Stefanie talks to personal finance genius Eoin McGee. Eoin takes a lot of the fear and panic out of money, taxes, savings and all of that stuff. Stefanie asks questions, including some of yours, about taxes, Covid refunds, PUP, pensions, mortgages, first time buyers. Eoin is the author of the most popular personal finance book in the country, which you can get here.

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50 min
June 30, 2020 10: What's The Story With Direct Provision, Ellie?
On this week's episode Stefanie talks to Ellie Kisyombe about Direct Provision, how it could be managed and how Ireland could be doing better. They talk about the Irish implications and responsibility and reaction to the Black Lives Matter movement. Does Ireland have a problem with racism? If so, is it in the police force? Is it systemic? Ellie Kisyombe lived in Direct Provision for many years, she is now an Irish citizen and she is an activist.

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49 min
June 23, 2020 9: What's Going On With The Irish Government, Gavan?
Stefanie talks to Gavan Reilly, again. The previous episode could be called Politics 101, this is not Politics 102 (which we'll do later), this is more like Politics 2020. They try to make politics more accessible. This episode explains what is is happening at the moment, why we don't have a government yet, and when we might have one. Along with the issues at play and how they might be worked through.

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53 min
June 16, 2020 8: What's The Story With Getting A Book Published, Ciara?
In this episode Stefanie talks to Ciara Doorley from Hachette Ireland. Ciara is the editor and publisher who helped bring Stefanie's books into the world. So she answers questions about how to get published, whether aspiring writers should quit their day jobs, how much you might get in an advance, how difficult it is to write a book and many other aspects of publishing that people often overlook.

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51 min
June 09, 2020 7: What's The Story, Folks?
On the podcast this week, Stefanie answers your questions. She answers questions about her screenwriting career, women in positions of power, government vs public responsibility, wearing make up, funny moments since the lock down, friendships, and more.

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41 min
June 02, 2020 6: What's It Like To Be A Child Actor, Nate?
In this week's episode Stefanie talks to Nate Richert - the man who has set the standard for boyfriends for any girl raised in the 90s watching Sabrina the Teenage Witch. For years, Nate played the character of Harvey Kinkle and in this episode he tells all about the life of a child actor, the slap on the door when the script was delivered and being allowed to keep his monster teeth.

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52 min
May 26, 2020 5: Help Me Understand Irish Politics, Gavan!
In this week's episode Stefanie talks to political correspondent Gavan Reilly. It’s the first in a series of episodes that will explain Irish politics from the beginning. What is difference between Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Sinn Fein? Where did it all begin? Once we know that we can continue each week to work out where we are going.

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1 hr 2 min
May 19, 2020 4: What's The Story With Being A TV Presenter, Ryan?
To break down some of the misconceptions around being a TV presenter Stefanie talks to Ryan Tubridy. She asks The Late Late Show host about who chooses guests, and which questions to ask, what it's like backstage, whether he wears makeup and how many Danish pastries it takes to make an episode of the long running chat show.

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36 min
May 12, 2020 3: What's The Story With Travel Arrangements, Conor?
In this week's episode Stefanie speaks to confined rights expert Conor Pope about whether people’s rights to refunds and compensation regarding air and sea travel have changed because of the pandemic .

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42 min