{"podcast":{"title":"Education Nation","slug":"education-nation-6810585","podcast_index_feed_id":6810585,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/stateofthenation/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/stateofthenation","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/stateofthenation/20260119_100154_cd68321b9e6870de0c4a919631042489.jpg","author":"State of the Nation","episode_count":26,"summary":"Education Nation is a new podcast for 2026 brought to you by the Irish Catholic. Hosted by Nicky Cuddihy, we have lined up a host of fascinating guests who have intriguing stories to tell about their own career journeys and their role within the Irish education system. As we hear their stories, we hope that the podcast will help us develop a better understanding of the complexity and the richness and the diversity that make our education system so unique, and our schools and teachers so highly valued.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T18:21:32.232884+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585"},"episode":{"title":"Simon Lewis: Ireland’s only primary school principal from an ethnic minority","slug":"simon-lewis-ireland-s-only-primary-school-principal-from-an-ethnic-minority","published_at":"2026-03-11T10:27:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/simon-lewis-ireland-s-only-primary-school-principal-from-an-ethnic-minority","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/stateofthenation/2619294","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/255486/2619294/stateofthenation/2026_03_11_10_25_42_84cb5e6c-7f17-48fb-93fd-03dd979dcf53.mp3","summary":"With First Communion and Confirmation season in full swing, the Education Nation podcast is turning its attention to the primary sector for a while. Next week’s guest is Seamus Mulconry, CEO of the Catholic Primary School Managers Association. This week, in the first of our ‘focus on primary education’ series, the spotlight falls on someone from outside the majority Catholic nationalschool tradition: Simon Lewis, principal of Carlow Educate Together National School. Simon brings something rare to the national conversation on education: the lived experience of growing up in Ireland as part of a minority community, combined with the professional insight gained as both teacher and principal. He demonstrates tremendous energy, confidence, a willingness to listen, to dialogue, to challenge, and the courage to say some of the quiet things out loud.","meta_description":"With First Communion and Confirmation season in full swing, the Education Nation podcast is turning its attention to the primary sector for a while. Next…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3247,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/education-nation-6810585/episodes/simon-lewis-ireland-s-only-primary-school-principal-from-an-ethnic-minority/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/simon-lewis-ireland-s-only-primary-school-principal-from-an-ethnic-minority.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}