Win Happy Podcast

For the last few years I have been doing this simple exercise at the start of the year to help me get focused around things that are important both personally and professionally.

If you have a few moments you might try it, to get your year off on the right track and on that last working day of the year you might find yourself with great satisfaction saying...

I had a great 2021 because...

#WinHappy

This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

The show is produced by Greg Canty

I couldn't let 2020 go without trying my very best to capture exactly what the hell happened this year!

With very special guests Economist Jim Power, Marketing and podcast legend Christopher Lochhead, GAA legend and food producer Tommy Doyle, Singer songwriter Brendan Murphy of THE 4 OF US, new mother and new entrepreneur Nadine Hughes Campbell and Dr. Gerry Waldron, Assistant Director of Public Health in Northern Ireland, we try to make sense of the year.

From early hopes and dreams, to a pandemic that stopped everything, to Black Lives Matter and the crazy Donald Trump running for re-election, we capture the story of the year, how it affected everything from health, the economy and our lives, and we chat about our wishes for 2021.

Enjoy the show!

This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

The show is produced by Greg Canty

New Yorker, Sam Sokol, a journalist with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, is living with his family in Beit Shemesh, which is in between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in Israel.

We chat about growing up in New York, mandatory service with the Israeli army and his work as a journalist for the JTA, Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel and the Israel Broadcasting Authority.

We chat about his book "Putin's Hybrid War and the Jews", the fake news playbook, Donald Trump's popularity in Israel, the complexities of Jewishness and particular difficulties with Covid with some parts of the Jewish community.

This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

The show is produced by Greg Canty

The Independent Scientific Advocacy Group (ISAG) are recommending a 7 point plan to the government, which they say will have Ireland mask free, enjoying life and "Back to Normal" for St. Patrick's Day,

With the backdrop of a much sooner than expected third lockdown being imposed on the country I have Tomás Ryan of ISAG and Assistant Professor at the School of Biochemistry & Immunology, Trinity College, discussing their proposal with renowned Economist, Jim Power.

This will save jobs, save the government money, save lives, improve health and stop the Irish from going insane!

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This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

The show is produced by Greg Canty

In this episode I chat with Noreen Roche from Epona Retreats.

When Noreen explained to me that she was a 'transformational equine therapist' and how horses have very special healing powers, I just had to hear much more.

Noreen chats about her life and her career, the bumps along the way and how her path brought her to this special place in Rathcormac, Co. Cork, which she named "Epona",

She also chats about reiki healing and how she heals her clients with the help of her very special horses.

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This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

The show is produced by Greg Canty

In this episode I chat with Amy McKeogh the architect who founded the Design POP festival, which debuted in Cork in 2019 and unfortunately had to be cancelled last minute in 2020 due to Covid.

She tells me it is DEFINITELY happening in 2021 and we chat about founding her own architectural firm, Fíor Studios so early into her career, her early decision to stay away from the very "commercial" side and potentially lucrative side of the industry and what influenced her to choose her career path.

Enjoy the show!

This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

The show is produced by Greg Canty

On this episode Ray Henry (Chairperson) and Bernie Hackett (Vice-Chairperson) of the Irish Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (IACP) discuss their careers and their profession, the pressures of modern day society on people, changes down through the years and the role of the organisation.

We also chat specifically about the extra pressure of Covid and that delicate balance between restrictions and mental health.

Enjoy the show

This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

The show is produced by Greg Canty

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In this episode I chat with Paul Kearns, journalist and urban planner about a recent article he wrote for the Irish Times about how poorly Dublin has fared out during Covid compared to other large cities such as Stockholm and Barcelona.

As a former urban planner with Dublin City Council he chats about the role of planning in the development of the city, poverty and anti social behaviour, the affect of decisions on the happiness of its inhabitants and why we need to have higher expectations for our capital.

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This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

The show is produced by Greg Canty

As the world is a happier place with the US presidential election win by Joe Biden, I am joined by renowned economists Jim Power and Chris Johns to try to make sense of it all.

Is there economic currency in "happiness", was this a fight between good and evil, why the record number of voters, did media try to finally control fake news, did the moment pick Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and what will we get from them and ...did democracy win over populism by the slightest of margins?

Enjoy the show!

This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

The show is produced by Greg Canty

After a brief chat about Covid, the failure of democracies and the Irish lockdown with renowned economists Jim Power and Chris Johns we dive right into the small topic of the U.S. election in a few days time.

Is it the most significant election ever or is this overstated, what effect will the result mean for Ireland, the UK, the world and of course the U.S and what will life be like after Trump or in the worst case scenario with him in power for four more years? - I put all of these huge questions to the duo and of course ask them for their predictions as to the result.

Enjoy the show!

This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork.

The show is produced by Greg Canty