Tenx9

Three more stories from our evening in Bangor with Open House Festival: Bangor native Helen McClements talks about growing up in the seaside town; Malachí O'Doherty & how he impressed a sophisticated French girlfriend by showing her Bangor: Jane Searle & her fear of sandwiches floating in the Pickie Pool. Your host is Paul - the former altar boy.

Whether you know your Pickie Pool from your Ring Road - here are four stories from our night with Open House Festival in Bangor on August 10 2018: Donna Black saying goodbye to her friend; Ann-Marie Foster who found love in Ward Park; Andrew Muir who did something awful to his poor granny; Janet Boal & an amazing link to her family's past. Paul is your host.

Three first timers at tenx9 tell their stories from our Aug 5 2018 event with EastSide Arts Festival held in the Park Avenue Hotel: David Mitchell draws none too complimentary comparisons between Iceland & Ireland; Nandi Jola thinks about the home she left behind in South Africa; Norman Meharry remembers growing up with a posh neighbour & a best mate. Paul Doran is your host.

Richard O'Leary stands up to the Dublin government in a heroic tale of the Angelus, an RTE news reader & a Gerry Adams impersonator.

We teamed up with Belfast Pride and here are four warm, brave, funny stories from 26 July 2018 in the Black Black when the theme was Stand Up: Fidelma Carolan on her "Dyke Power" days; Patrick McKiernan standing up to school bullies; Donna Black who wants to marry the woman who nursed her back to health and Walker Ewart who refused to stand up and go to the missions. Padraig & Paul are your hosts.

Three great stories from different events in 2018: Jane Searle who told of coming home at our evening in Hillsborough; Malachí O'Doherty who admitted he was a stuck-up wee bastard when the theme was Regrets; Geraldine who was "Lost" in anxiety and fear, a story touching on issues of suicide, which she told at the Solas Festival in Scotland in June.

At our NHS 70 event, David Burke referred to a story he told about a 'personal' donation he made before undergoing cancer treatment & here it is. We decided, in keeping with the subject matter, that it should be a solo podcast. You'll understand....

Two stories plus a poem from an event recorded at Stormont marking the 70th birthday of the NHS on 5 July 2018: David Burke tells how becoming a patient made him a better doctor; Mark Taylor pays tribute to his grandad and those who treated his many ailments while Colin Dardis rounds it off with a poem saying Happy Birthday, NHS.

Three more stories from June 27 and Roadtrip: Eliza MacCafferty who discovered her hair straightens well when dried under a toilet hand dryer; Paul Hutchinson who has a dark, brooding tale of threat; Sean Mullin who has an irrational love of Radiohead. There is almost certainly the occasional F-bomb in there somewhere.

"Like, share, rate, review"....three great stories from 27 June 2018 on the theme Roadtrip. Richard O'Leary with a hilarious Chinese encounter, Gareth Higgins and a very patient waitress called Melani and Heather Fleming who risked life, limb & some dignity for a camper van.