Rebel Matters Podcast

This episode was recorded in a café in Ramallah while I was there setting up the ACLAÍ Palestine community gym in the Aida refugee camp. Thank you to Maysa who took the time to meet Alex and I to record this!

This week is the first instalment of the next batch of episodes, and is a sit-down with my good friend Lewis Kenny.

A chat with Jenny about her involvement in the Gaza Women's Yoga and Circus Hub recorded as part of the very first Cork Podcast Festival. This episode was recorded in the Spailpín Fánach pub in Cork city.

This week I chat with storyteller, drama therapist, and Cork Yarn-Spinner Maria Gillen. We discussed strength from softness, the impact of technology on our social skills, and the passing down of wisdom from one generation to the next.

A conversation recorded in South Armagh with storyteller Steve Lally. We discussed how Steve became a storyteller, the writing of his latest book, 'Irish Gothic Fairy Stories', and the importance of folklore and storytelling in modern society.

This week is a solo run on making December a 'healing month' to finish the year on a positive note, which I started thinking about on the way back from a recent trip to Berlin. Every year has its challenges and highlights, and December seems to be as good a time as any to practice some self-love, looking after yourself going into the festive season, and doing the work up front to have a positive start to the new year, which can often be a challenging time in itself. Grá Mór, Ainle. x

A solo run on the merits and negatives of black Friday. Is it a good time to big a bargain, or a marketing campaign of manufactured desire and scarcity to make us part with our hard earned bills and fall over each other to accumulate more useless stuff?

This week I chat with Calvin James Sweeney who formed the SCOOP foundation with his brother Andy in 2009, and has been over and back from Syria 18 times to date.

https://scoopfoundation.org/about/

This week I sat down with recent All Ireland hurling championship winner and Tipperary hurler Seamus Kennedy.

This week is a recording of my rambling thoughs and self-chats as I made my way to Coumshingaun Lake in the Comeragh Mountains, Co Waterford.