In this episode of Sparks Will Fly, Sparky is joined by his old friend, singer-songwriter Colm Quearney and mouthy tortoise shack producer, Tony Groves to talk about Halloween and what it meant to them as kids and why, health and safety provided, they want that bit of musty mischief that you only get once a year.

In this (bit different) GE 2024 candidates podcast we talk to Sinn Féin’s Health Spokesperson, David Cullinane about his plan to deliver a public health service that works for all.

We discuss the plan in great detail, while also delving into Sinn Féin’s mistakes in the last few years, their relationship with the mainstream media and the way they’re treated by the far right.

In this PalCast we talk to Executive Director of the International Forum for Justice in Palestine, Nabil Hallak, who is currently in Lebanon and is witnessing firsthand the Israeli war there. They discuss the recent events in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, as well as Nabil’s recent trip to South Africa, whose government has taken the case against Israel to the International Criminal Court.

In this GE2024 candidates chat we talk with Patricia Stephenson, who is the Social Democrats General Election candidate for Carlow-Kilkenny. Her route into politics took her from Belfast to East Africa, on to Dublin, before finally settling down in Carlow-Kilkenny. Her human rights background and experience makes her a candidate well worth your consideration. Even if I doubt her Coddle bona fides.

Next up is Labour Party Cllr for Rathfarnham-Templeogue, and employment rights solicitor Ciarán Ahern.

He outlines his local ambitions for a national agenda as well as his background and why he’s adapted his career in law to pursue his career in politics.

You all know Ray Sparky Corcoran as one half of the Fresh Batch and while that transformative series is on a hiatus, Sparky wanted to keep having conversations that light up the listeners and guests. So here's a brief intro to Sparks Will Fly and a taste of what is to come over the weeks and days ahead.

In this Echo Chamber podcast we are rejoined by Latin American journalist with El Pais, Nicholas Dale Leal, to talk Argentina’s huge failure - libertarian success, Cuba’s blackouts and the fears across the region of a second Trump presidency.

Philip O’Connor is back and he has that all too rare invested-but-outsider view of Irish media in the weeks leading up to the general election. Ask the questions of yourself and your sources otherwise you may end up misled..

In this, the first of our GE 2024 Candidates, we talk with PBP candidate in Dublin South Central, Hazel De Nortúin. She talks about her route into politics, how her family shaped her values and how her love of the Irish language has made her class conscious.

In this Echo Chamber podcast we are rejoined by Colorado-based Prof of Economics, Constantin Gurdgiev for an absolute belter of a conversation. We talk US presidential election drama, ridiculousness and potential results. We look at the booming economy vs the failing infrastructure and we revisit Ukraine and how even the aid via loans now is a disaster for any notion of peace and solidarity.

Enjoy.