Social Fabric Podcast

Gerry grew up in Dublin and fell in love with acting as a young man and pursued it into his late teens.Circumstances change and he moved away from acting to pursue a working career with one of Ireland’s largest communication company.When the opportunity came to set up a business on his own, he took it and run a successful supply company for a decade…But throughout his working life the love for acting and the art of film making never left him.He has been pursuing his lifelong interest full time over the past few years and as well as acting he has been directing, producing and cooperating with like minded people to create festivals, short films and moreyou can find out more about Gerry on his website www.gerrycannon.ie or on Twitter, Istagram or Facebook___________________________________________________________Gerry Music ChoiceEddie Cochran – Summertime BluesFreddie White – Desperado waiting for a trainJames – Sit DownNigel Kennedy – Vivaldi – SummerPaul Brady – The IslandSting – RussiansTom Waits – Grapefruit moon__________________________________________________________________All music is available on Spotify in the Social Fabric Playlist_________________________________________________________________ Related

The Here's How Podcast is created by William Campbell and I am sharing it in my Social Fabric feed and here to give you a chance to hear a sample episode. To subscribe to Here's How Podcast go to the website by clicking or from Itunes or wherever you get your podcast.https://blog.hereshow.ie/

Deirdre Doyle grew up in Dublin and went to college in Galway. After travelling and working in various parts of the world, including Switzerland and the USA, she settled back in Ireland. When a job with a large Irish retailer did not work out as she had hoped, she dedicated her working life with a charitable organisation. When circumstances changed and her family grew she decided to re-skill and qualified as a Health Coach. This lead her to her current business The Cool Food School, that aims bringing food education to pre-schoolers and primary schools. You can find out more about Deirdre and her business on www.thecoolfoodschool.ie and also on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. ___________________________________________ Deirdre Music Choice Don’t Go – Hot House Flowers Brothers in arms – Dire Straits The Island – Paul Brady I say a little prayer - Aretha Franklyn Riverdance - Bill Whelan Cry Power - Hozier Nothing compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor  ______________________________________________________ All music is available on Spotify in the Social Fabric Playlist __________________________________________

I had some technical issues with some of the pre-recorded podcasts that I was hoping to release this week.While I am working on that I thought best to give you a medley of some of the writers that have been on the podcast previously.They are Tara Flynn, Linda Allen, Fiona Brennan, Abby Wynn, Kate Gunn and Ruth Fitzmaurice. Full Episodes  are available on Itunes, Spotify or wherever you get yours. If you can spare a few seconds it would be great if you could leave a review and ratings on Itunes, it helps me greatly..

Karen Kelly teaches in a college for further education in South Dublin, Ireland.She is passionate about travelling and has recently visited Tanzania and summit Kilimanjaro.She is an advocate for the Development Perspective program and has travelled to Vietnam to learn about various aspects of sustainability.She is a regular sea swimmer and got into it after attending a Wim Hof workshop in Dublin.You can find out more about Karen on Instagram and more about Development Perspective Program on their website www.developmentperspectives.ie____________________________________________________________Karen’s Music ChoiceWillie Nelson On Road AgainRolling Stones Sympathy for the DevilPoppy Factory Records StarsGeorge Michael Freedom ’90David Bowie Life on MarsAretha Franklin ThinkTina Turner Proud Mary______________________________________________________All music is available on Spotify in the Social Fabric Playlist__________________________________________

Mark Lambert grew up in Dublin and studies in Belfast, Manchester and Bristol.His passion for rugby was soon matched by his love for drama.With over 40 years career under his belt, Mark has played theatres across the world, from The Abbey in Dublin, to the West End and most recently Broadway, where he toured with the play The Ferryman.Mark has also been in a number of movies and tv series as well as the Irish Soap, FairCity.He is passionate about his work and believe drama as an art form can be very helpful if taught and made available in institutions such as prisons.You can find out more about Mark through LisaRichards.ieMark’s Music ChoicePercy French – Phil the fluter’s ball (Ronnie Drew version)The Beatles – BlackbirdSimon & Garfunkel – CeciliaJohn Martin – May you neverThe Chieftains – O’Neill’s Cavalry MarchMozart – Piano Concerto 21Leonard Bernstein – America (West Side Story)______________________________________________________All music is available on Spotify in the Social Fabric Playlist

This is a medley of previous guests that I like to call Everyday Heroes. All of them are doing amazing things for their communities from working with children with addiction, trying to change laws revolving around decriminalisation of drugs, to first responders volunteering, to Michelin star pop up restaurant to help suicide prevention, to nursing patient with Motor Neuron Disease, to creating a clothing brand that helps homeless people.Barry Dempsey, Tony Duffin, Ross Thompson, Daniel Hannigan, Adam Gaine, Charlie Wright. They are some of the everyday heroes that I spoke to for this podcast. There are lot more out there. Seek them out and help them in their quest to make our community a better place to be.And if you are inspired by them and you can champion your own quest for a better world, go for it.While editing this episode at 10:30 on the 28th of August 2019 I received the news that Fr Tony Coote passed away. Fr Tony was a previous guest on this podcast I am privileged to have had the opportunity to spend an hour talking to him, discussing marriages, religion, life and listening to his music choice. Adam Gaine, worked as his nurse since he was diagnosed with MND.I would like to dedicated this episode to the memory of Fr Tony easily one of the most inspiring person I met in a long time.May he rest in peace.

Pam Finn grew up on a farm on the outskirts of Galway, West of Ireland.From a young age she knew she wanted to work in the media and specifically as a TV presenter.Her determination got her to work in different media outlets, from newspapers, radio and TV until she decided to set up her own PR company.More recently she has launched @Hashtagmedia.ie with Jacinta Collins a Social TV outlet.You can find out more about Pam on www.prpam.ie or on Instagram and TwitterYou can also see more details about her Social Tv here___________________________________________________Pam’s music choiceJoe Cocker – With a little help from my friendJohn Lennon – ImagineOasis – Don’t look back in angerKate Bush – Wuthering HeightsElton John – Your SongBach – Suite n. 3Snow Patrol – Just say yes______________________________________________________All music is available on Spotify in the Social Fabric Playlist

This is a taster of a number of previous guests that have all been involved in the Irish Music scene at some point. Colm Mac Con Iomaire, on his two solo albums and a number of scores for theatre and cinema after years with The Frames.Steve Wall of The Stunning on his moving into the world of actingKen Binley on years of being "on the road" with world class bands.Siobhan Murray on working in the music world as a young Irish woman in London Eamon O'Connor of the Lucky Bones, on his love for live music Mark Lawlor on how his love for music has inspire him later in life to learn how to play guitar and compose music.Some of these guests met in the past through their passion for music, some of them will meet again in future, the Social Fabric is what ties us all together..You can find full episodes on the archive.The title song of the podcast is Alice, by Lucky Bones (Eamon O'Connor)@stevethewall @colmmacconiomaire @kbinley @twistingthejar @luckybonesband

Steve was born in Nebraska, grew up in Colorado and from a young age wanted to see the world.He joined the navy and spent 4 years travelling the seas in a submarine.Having visited Ireland several times with his family decided that Co.Mayo in the West of Ireland was a good place to settle for a while.He found a his dream job of working on a ferry to Clareisland after working different jobs in the town of Westport.It was a freak accident that made up Steve’s mind to focus on his art. He lost one of his legs after it was badly damaged by a mooring rope.Steve is a prolific painter, sculptor and illustrator. He has written and illustrated a book and worked on various illustration projects.You can find out more about Steve at his Instagram account or on Illustrators Ireland Website__________________________________________Steve’s music choicesShake your tail feather – Ray CharlesUFO – Newton FaulknerDon’t Stop Me Now – QueenGive it up – Hothouse FlowersLittle Love – The Niall McCabe Band(Sitting on) the dock of the bay – Otis ReddingPrecious Love – James Morrison__________________________________________All music is available on Spotify in the Social Fabric Playlist