The Leeside Lives Podcast

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Mairead Twohig is a newsreader and broadcaster at Cork's96FM and C103.

In episode nineteen of LLP, the Ballygarvan native talks about her love of news, making the breakthrough on the airwaves and interviewing her heroes.

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Matthew Geden is a poet living in Kinsale. He is the current writer-in-residence for Cork County Library. He released 'Fruit' , his latest collection of poems, earlier this year. 

In this episode of LLP, Matthew talks about gaining inspiration from the world around him, taking on marathons and how reading poetry can help aspiring novelists and short story writers. 

Books mentioned in this podcast include; 

>'The Old Ways' by Robert Macfarlane 

>'Wild Wood' by Roger Deakin

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Tadhg Coakley is a sportswriter and novelist from Mallow, living in Cork city. Author of 'First Sunday In September' (Mercier Press, 2018), he has recently released his second book, 'Whatever It Takes' (Mercier Press, 2020). 

In this episode of LLP, Tadhg talks about setting his new crime novel in Cork, his daily writing routine, embracing the mindful state of flow and realising the importance of sport in the year of the pandemic. 

Recommended reading and books mentioned in this episode; 

>Adrian Duncan - 'Prosinečki'( a short story from the Stinging Fly) 

>Olivia Laing - 'Funny Weather' 

>Catherine Kirwan - 'Darkest Truth'

>Louise O'Neill - 'After the Silence'

>Catherine Ryan Howard - 'The Nothing Man'

>John  Connolly - 'The Parker Series'

>Annie Dillard - 'The Writing Life'

>Helen Macdonald - 'Vesper Flight'

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Singer/Songwriter Marc O'Reilly is the guest on episode sixteen of the Leeside Lives Podcast. 

Marc talks about balancing his career as a musician with his job as a medical professional, the importance of luck in making the breakthrough in the music industry, playing the renowned Glastonbury music festival and the influence of Loudest Whisper. 

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Canice Kennedy is a sports psychologist based predominantly in Cork.

In this edition of LLP, he talks about the role of psychology in sport, the brain's negativity bias and the importance of sleep in a person's life.  

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Part two of the interview with freelance sports commentator, Will Downing. Here, Will talks about his souvenir collection, his commentary preparation and holidaying in Tallinn!  

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Will Downing is a freelance sports commentator, who hails from just across the border in Aglish Co Waterford.

In the first part of our interview, Will talks about his rise in broadcasting, some of the memorable interviews he has conducted around the globe and the setting up of his new podcast; 'Lockdown Football'. 

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