The Chat - with Dan Murphy

Ranting about Irish conversation, creativity, #nohomo and Ozzy Osbourne getting an AIDS test.

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Willie Ryan is a music lawyer. He has worked with internationally renowned artists such as Hozier, Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Picture This and many more. He also runs Music Cork – an annual music industry conference held in Cork city. We chatted about:

• his involvement in helping to sign some of the biggest record deals of the 21st century

• advice for young bands and artists

• Covid-19 and what it could mean for the live music industry

• the infamous Garth Brooks debacle of 2014

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Shane Clifford is an Irish comedian and the host of 'Shane's Brilliant Podcast'. We talked about cats in heat, comedy, creativity and playing Resident Evil. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/thechatwithdanmurphy

Keith Barry is a world-renowned Mentalist, Magician & Subconscious Mind specialist. Check out www.keithbarry.com for more info on virtual gigs.

Rowan Beard is one of the worlds most sought after guides for visiting North Korea. He is a regular contributor to CNN and BBC and has traveled to North Korea over 100 times. He joins us from Cambodia to talk about all things North Korea, the recent disappearance of Kim Jong Un, the death of US student Otto Warmbier after being released from North Korean prison, and much more. www.patreon.com/thechatwithdanmurphy

Man eating tigers in India, the time Mike Tyson pushed me, why Kesha and Pitbull are sneaky.

Lee Reeves is an Irish professional boxer training out of the legendary Dominic Ingle gym in Sheffield. We sat down a week after his first professional defeat to chat about his career so far, and what went wrong that night in Newcastle.

Móglaí Bap is a member of Irish rap group Kneecap, who hail from West Belfast. They have recently been making waves in Ireland and the UK. We chatted about the bands origins, drug use, overcoming addiction, and the infamous BRITS OUT controversy. Please subscribe to our Patreon page!

In 1965, a 17 year old Lee Oskar left his native Denmark in search of the American Dream. What he found was a band called WAR. They would go on to sell over 50 million records, becoming famous for hit songs "Low Ryder" and "The World is a Ghetto". In the 1980's Lee founded Lee Oskar Harmonicas which is today one of the world's most popular harmonica brands. We chatted about his extraordinary career, the place where his songs come from, and how the gift of a harmonica at the age of 6 changed his life forever.

Until June of 2019, Greg O'Shea lived a relatively ordinary life studying law and playing rugby. All of that changed with a last minute entry to Love Island. Greg went on to win the show and was cast into a stratosphere of fame that he is still trying to make sense of. We chatted about the array of challenges and opportunities that he has been presented with over the last six months, and about his plans for the future.

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