Twenty Minutes With..

By pjcoogan

Award winning broadcaster, PJ Coogan asks a chosen guest for twenty minutes of their time, to look beyond what we know about them, and perhaps explore a little of what lies beneath.. New episodes drop... more

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January 04, 2020 Episode 8 Daragh Fleming
Daragh Fleming is a writer, blogger and Mental Health activist, passionate about the importance of allowing young people the freedom to speak up about their mental health, and the struggles in their lives. Following the death by suicide of his best friend, Daragh has devoted himself to the cause of youth mental health and depression.
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26min
December 21, 2019 Episode 7 The Cork Holly Bough
Published these days by "The Echo", the Cork Holly Bough is estimated to have more than 250,000 readers & copies are posted and carried to the four corners of the World every November & December. Englishman - and adopted Corkonian - John Dolan has been editor for the past 17 years & sat down for a chat about the history & the attraction of this unique Cork publication
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24min
December 14, 2019 Episode 6 Nicole Ryan
In 2016, a young man called Alex Ryan died after taking a drug called N-Bomb, one of an ever-changing range of highly dangerous synthetics flooding the streets and easily available all over Ireland. Since the tragedy, by gradually assembling a team of experts around her, Alex's sister Nicole has devoted herself to taking the message of drug awareness and the dangers, especially of synthetics, to young people in their classrooms. "Alex's Adventure" is now her full time career.. a career she never in her wildest dreams, expected to pursue..
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24min
December 07, 2019 Episode 5 Bibi Baskin
The first woman to host a chatshow on Irish television.. a regular on BBC Radio.. Why did she pack it all in to run a hotel... in India? Why, when her hotel was thriving, did she then leave her new home in Kerala to come to live in Cork? Now, she's also an author. What motivates, what excites her.. and what's the secret behind the constant reinvention of Bibi Baskin?
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23min
November 30, 2019 Episode 4(b) Angie Benhaffaf (Part 2)
Twin boys Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf were born conjoined, ten years ago. Their birth and subsequent separation surgery, catapulted a very private family into the media spotlight. In this special double episode, Angie remembers the boys birth, their traumatic and frightening start in life, and the people who helped and supported them.. and reveals some things she's never discussed in public before. Part 2 of 2
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23min
November 30, 2019 Episode 4(a) Angie Benhaffaf (part 1)
Twin boys Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf were born conjoined, ten years ago. Their birth and subsequent separation surgery, catapulted a very private family into the media spotlight. In this special double episode, Angie remembers the boys birth, their traumatic and frightening start in life, and the people who helped and supported them.. and reveals some things she's never discussed in public before.. Episode 1 of 2
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22min
November 23, 2019 Episode 3 Bernard O Hehir
I spent 20 minutes with Bernard, a Sligoman, living in Cork, about his activism for and on behalf of homeless people. Bernard himself was homeless for a long time & he told me his own story about how that happened, what he learned from it, the many friends he has lost through homelessness and how those of us lucky enough never to have experienced anything like that, might help, even in a small way
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23min
November 16, 2019 Episode 2 Cahal Dunne
He sang for Ireland at Eurovision, he's been living and working in the USA for 37 years, he's Jack Lynch's nephew, he's not a fan of Donald Trump, and the Happy Man is happier than ever. I spent twenty minutes with Cahal Dunne.
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24min
November 09, 2019 Episode 1 Paul Treyvaud
I spent twenty minutes with Paul Treyvaud, owner of Killarneys famous "Treyvauds" Restaurant, star of "Treyvauds Kitchen" on Virgin Media TV & "Treyvauds Travels" on Amazon Prime, chatting about food, fame.. and the cost of keeping it real
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23min

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How many episodes does Twenty Minutes With.. have?

The podcast currently has 39 episodes available.