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'Heritage Bazaar', explores the role of ethnic grocery shops in sustaining cultural identity. 

This radio documentary takes off from our previous one titled 'Kitchen Stories' that delved into the homes of a few Cork citizens to understand what dinner time looks like for them. 

In 'Heritage Bazaar' we invite the multi talented and Cork native, Daniel Heaphy to accept the challenge of making chai. Through the challenge, Daniel interviews various guests to explore the importance of having access to traditional ingredients and groceries and how this helps a person hold on to their cultural identity while living in a new country. 

The documentary features interviews with Asad, owner of Asian Foods, Sravan Telu who moved to Ireland one year ago to study at MTU and Banu Rekha Balaji who has lived in Ireland for two decades, is an Occupational Therapist and founder of Therapix. The interviews were held on site at Asian Foods Cork and on North Main St. 

Heritage Bazaar has been created with a cross border team with one of the team members, Mugdha Chemburkar Datay Co-Producer of Heritage Bazaar based in Brazil. Daniel Clancy is the Sound Recorder and Editor of the documentary and Music from Justin Grounds - both based in Ireland.

Joanna Dukkipati, founder Good Day Cork, received the Lord Mayor of Cork's Civic Award 2025 in recognition of cultural expression of migrant communities. The Heritage Bazaar documentary falls within this remit and also bridges majority communities in Ireland with the minorities through food memories. 

Our radio documentary is created with generous support from CESCA & Cork City Partnership – SICAP.

 CW: Discrimination, Racism 

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It’s easy to think of Cork (Ireland) as a fairly homogenous group but its history is much more diverse and international than we may think.

Our audio documentary 'Living Heritage’ explores the experiences of residents in Cork from varied cultural background and how their own traditions have fused with the locality.

Your host is author Cethan Leahy.

You have tuned into part 2. In this instalment,  you hear from Dr. Manizha Khan and Lavie Olupona. Dr. Khan & Lavie share the strong connection between their respective cultures and nature.

 This episode of 'Living Heritage' is a revelation. Their conversations describes the impact of war on nature (Dr. Khan) and beliefs anchored around nature (Lavie). Lavie also shares a poem.

'Living Heritage' is not only an invitation to connect with nature but also to understand different cultural practises of people living in Ireland.

You have listened now to part 2, hope you didn't miss part 1 of 'Living Heritage'.

‘Living Heritage’ is produced and published by Good Day Cork. The documentary has been created with support from Local Community Heritage and Biodiversity Grant Scheme from Cork City Council.
Edited by Daniel Clancy
Music by Justin Grounds

The transcript is here: https://share.descript.com/view/DGJnplFzqjZ

About the guests:
Dr Manizha Khan is a dentist living in Ireland since December, 2021. Previously the Dean of Dental School in Herat University (Afghanistan), she has been a strong activist for women’s rights of education and equal opportunities for work inside and outside Afghanistan.

Host of the show 'My Life in a Suitcase' on University College Cork Radio. She is a voice of refugees and asylum seekers and a strong believer of anti-racism and anti-war.
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Lavie Olupona is an 18 year old (2024) poet from West Cork, Ireland. A passionate activist, she has been writing since a young age, jotting her words in filched copy books and scraps of paper.

On International Women’s Day 2022, Lavie was invited by TD Holly Cairns to recite her poem ‘Let Our Voices be Heard’ at the Dáil. She was also a (group) recipient of the Garda Youth Awards the same year and last summer an Edna O’Brien Young Writer’s Award winner at the Museum of Literature Ireland.

She has since performed her spoken word poetry at Misleór. Lavie has also performed at Many Tongues of Cork and Young Tongues of Cork - both curated and produced by Good Day Cork.
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Review by Catriona Reid, a climate action researcher and activist : https://gooddaycork.com/latest-news/review-living-heritage/

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It’s easy to think of Cork (Ireland) as a fairly homogenous group but its history is much more diverse and international than we may think.

Our audio documentary 'Living Heritage’ explores the experiences of residents in Cork from varied cultural background and how their own traditions have fused with the locality.

Your host is author Cethan Leahy.

You have tuned into part 1. In this instalment,  you hear from Banu Balaji and Remi Kolawole. Banu & Remi explore childhood memories of nature. They also reveal to us what role nature plays in their life today.

 This episode of 'Living Heritage' is no short of a journey. Memories and conversations range from plucking flowers, daily rituals, the scent of flowers, exploring ancient wisdom, throwing stones into a river to walking barefoot.

'Living Heritage' is not only an invitation to connect with nature but also to understand different cultural practises of people living in Ireland.

You have listened now to part 1, don't miss part 2 of 'Living Heritage'.

‘Living Heritage’ is produced and published by Good Day Cork. The documentary has been created with support from Local Community Heritage and Biodiversity Grant Scheme from Cork City Council.
Edited by Daniel Clancy
Music by Justin Grounds

The transcript is here: https://share.descript.com/view/Uw2euvuMtPn

About the guests:

Banu Balaji is an occupational therapist, co-creator of 'Kitchen Stories' audio documentary produced by Good Day Cork, and host of 'Therapod' podcast.

Remi Kolawole is an experienced Software Quality Analyst and co-founded Solid-Link Education Consulting. She has previously worked on the Committee of Africa Day Cork.

They have both been living in Ireland for over 15years.

Review by Catriona Reid, a climate action researcher and activist : https://gooddaycork.com/latest-news/review-living-heritage/
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Good Day Cork presents the inaugural edition of Wild Ones Conference.

A conference for all women & members of the gender minority community are welcome to the Wild Ones Conference.

The  Wild Ones Conference  was curated with the intention to listen, share, do and being.  Read more.

This podcast episode is an edited recording of Session 2 @ Wild Ones Conference titled 'My Rebellion'.

This session honoured our rage.  We all have plenty to be angry about. War. Be it inequity at home or the housing crisis. The rage has to transform.

The podcast features poets Kel Menton & Margaret O'Regan.

Note:

• Wild Ones Conference is made possible with generous support from Vision Community Support Services, SICAP - Cork City Partnership and Orla McAndrew Catering. 
• The tea for the conference is sponsored by Loose Leaf, Cork. We sure needed plenty.

You'll find the transcript of this podcast here. Podcast was recorded & edited by Kimaya Tegtmeyer. Music by Justin Grounds.

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Good Day Cork presents the inaugural edition of Wild Ones Conference.

A conference for all women & members of the gender minority community are welcome to the Wild Ones Conference.

The  Wild Ones Conference  was curated with the intention to listen, share, do and being.  Read more.

This podcast episode is an edited recording of Session 1 @ Wild Ones Conference titled 'My Space'.

This session was about honouring our selves. We'll embrace all parts of ourselves by listening, sharing and reflecting.

This podcast features Leen Jamaal Maarouf & Fionnuala O'Connell - both multi-talented beings.

Note:

• Wild Ones Conference is made possible with generous support from Vision Community Support Services, SICAP - Cork City Partnership and Orla McAndrew Catering. 
• The tea for the conference is sponsored by Loose Leaf, Cork. We sure needed plenty.

You'll find the transcript of this podcast here. Podcast was recorded & edited by Kimaya Tegtmeyer. Music by Justin Grounds.

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Cork gents (& archangels), Raphael Olympio  & Michael Wall met for the first time to have a meaningful conversation about identity, childhood, fear, mental health and hope.

We got them together to show you the potential of an open chat that goes beyond the niceties between strangers. We sat to record them in the cozy restaurant of the Metropole Hotel, Cork. We gave them a few questions and they got talking.

Raphael & Michael teach us active listening and generous sharing.
The transcript is here.
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Created by Good Day Cork.
Recording, Music, Editing and Mixed by Outsider YP.
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Cork gents (& archangels), Raphael (front right) & Michael (left) met for the first time & had an impromptu chat about bias & racism.

This conversation was a warmup that they both just happened to delve into upon meeting each other for the first time. 

Raphael Olympio is an artist, youth worker, racial justice activist & a student pursuing Occupational Therapy.

Michael Wall is a mental health advocate and owner of Salvagem - an antique store in Cork.
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Please share this with everyone you know who would gain from this conversation.
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This podcast is produced by Good Day Cork. 
Recorded at Metropole Hotel, Cork.
Recording, Music, Editing and Mixed by Outsider YP.

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'It's OK To Not Be Ok'  is a documentary by Good Day Cork and Deborah Oniah, a post graduate in trauma studies at UCC.

Deborah, together with three guests - Sibusisiwe Mhlope, Danielle McLaughlin and Sukhi Byrne - have an open and honest conversation about the continuing stigma and shame associated with mental health and whether we accurately assess our own mental health.

This group of women discuss and share what mental health means to them, both on an individual and a cultural level, the importance of naming what you are dealing with, how they gauge their own mental health and what tips and steps they take to maintain good mental health, including seeking and accepting help, be it from friends or through various types of therapy.

Danielle said, "Pretending uses up a lot of energy, energy that could be better spent on other things, like getting better." And, Sibusisiwe adds, “People must normalise listening without judgement and interruption.” 

Deborah’s aim is “ to spread ‘awareness, awareness, awareness…” as “mental health is a human need…” She hopes this documentary will begin to change the narrative around mental health, especially in marginalised communities.  Danielle adds, “It is in sharing the stories of our lives that we come closer to understanding what other people might be experiencing.”

Deborah also explains, “Everyone needs to get empowered. In this documentary you find many everyday tools for yourself and the people you care about and the best way to support them.” Sukhi commented, “When we normalise the reality of life’s journey - the highs and the lows - we learn that it is ok to not be ok.”

'It's OK To Not Be Ok' was created with support from Career Training Partnerships. Edited by Daniel Clancy and music by Justin Grounds.

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The final Wild Ones Salon was held on 30th Nov '22  @ Maureen's bar. This episode was recorded at the event.

The Wild Ones Salon is a relaxed conversational space for women & non-binary people of all backgrounds. 

The Theme: I Choose to Challenge Urban design/Planning/Development

At the Salon,  we discussed topics like: -
How does moving around your neighbourhood/Cork city centre affect you+your family?

How could it be better? Are you being left behind because of how the city/neighbourhoods are designed now?

How do you reimagine these spaces? 

We had six people take the soapbox at the Wild Ones Salon. In this podcast, you will hear four of them live from the event.

About the speakers you'll hear in this episode ( in order of appearance):

• Michelle Dellea, architect & poet
• Louise Cotter, architect
• Bridget Forster, ex-planning barrister (UK) & retired UN Peacekeeper
• Dr. Shirley Gallagher, sustainability thinker,  chairperson of Cork Environmental Forum & TEDxCorkWomen speaker

Read more about them here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/nov-30th-wild-ones-salon-maureens-tickets-417580413257
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This edition of Wild Ones Salon is an initiative by Good Day Cork. Please note we've attached the podcast transcript.
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Podcast music & edited by Harry Menton. Produced by Good Day Cork

#CorkLike #ChangeTheNarrative #GoodDayCork #SmashTheSterotypes 

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The 3rd Wild Ones Salon was held on 25th May '22 in aid of Cork-based charity SERVE's Flip Flop Appeal @ Maureen's bar. This episode was recorded at the event.

The Wild Ones Salon is a relaxed conversational space for women & non-binary people of all backgrounds. 

The Theme: I Choose to Challenge 

We had Bhooshita Soyjaudah and Jeanie Jyanti join as a special guests. In this podcast you will hear Bhooshita and Jeanie share their reflection at the Wild Ones Salon.

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Jeanie Jyanti is a yoga business owner who daily challenges the normative ways of being. From leaving her permanent pensionable job in science to pursue her passion to create a business and a community that serves people daily. She has a drive to live authentically and that, almost always, goes against the grain! She'd love to share her story with you.

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Bhooshita Soyjaudah is currently studying a Masters in International Public Policy and Diplomacy at UCC. Bhooshita is originally from Mauritius, but only lived there for nine months, and moved to India for six years, South Africa for four years, and now living in Ireland for 16 years. 

Bhooshita says, "You can say that I am a citizen of the world. I am passionate about languages, learning about new cultures as well as helping migrants in Ireland. My friend Sinead who is also a volunteer with SERVE, introduced me to the Think Global Act Local programme. Through this programme, I learnt a lot and I got to teach Vietnamese children English online. The Flip Flop Appeal is such a great cause. I choose to challenge the question where are you from?'"

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This edition of Wild Ones Salon is an initiative by Good Day Cork. Please note we've attached the podcast transcript.
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https://gooddaycork.com/

Podcast music & edited by Harry Menton. Produced by Good Day Cork

#Women #NonBinary #CorkLike #ChangeTheNarrative #GoodDayCork #SmashTheSterotypes #Queer #Pride #LGBTQIAPLUS 

Good Day Cork is a magazine and event space dedicated to building a kind world.

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