{"podcast":{"title":"The Ireland Podcast","slug":"the-ireland-podcast-6592574","podcast_index_feed_id":6592574,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/64e340adddadb00012365278","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-ireland-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/64e340adddadb00012365278/1693559531557-a3e429011c16709063a495507115d15b.jpeg","author":"Salthill Media","episode_count":231,"summary":"About the Podcast The Ireland Podcast is a long-form interview series creating space for unhurried conversation about life on the island of Ireland and beyond. The Conversations Hosted by Fender Jackson and produced by Salthill Media, the podcast centres on listening rather than argument. Each episode features a single guest and allows time for reflection, context, and experience to emerge naturally. Guests include artists, musicians, writers, athletes, broadcasters, historians, and cultural figures whose work or perspective offers insight into place, memory, and lived experience. There is no political or religious agenda. The podcast does not seek to persuade, promote, or argue a position. Instead, it exists as a space for careful dialogue, where complexity is allowed and difference is approached with curiosity rather than confrontation. The Host Fender Jackson grew up in Ulster and later lived in England and China before returning to Ireland and settling in Galway, where most episodes are now recorded. These experiences inform a listening-led, exploratory approach shaped by distance as well as proximity, and by an awareness of how place, movement, and memory intersect. Approach…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T06:19:48.107666+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ireland-podcast-6592574"},"episode":{"title":"208. Graham Linehan: Writer, Journalist & Activist - Part 1","slug":"208-graham-linehan-writer-journalist-activist-part-1","published_at":"2026-04-14T04:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ireland-podcast-6592574/208-graham-linehan-writer-journalist-activist-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ireland-podcast-6592574","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-ireland-podcast/episodes/205-graham-linehan-writer-journalist-activist-part-1","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64e340adddadb00012365278/e/69dcd0e3715b7d1039c8f280/media.mp3","summary":"Part 1 of a long-form conversation with Graham Linehan on The Ireland Podcast. The conversation moves quickly into the activism and controversies that have come to define Graham Linehan’s public life in recent years, before touching at points on his career - from Father Ted , Black Books and The IT Crowd . The discussion covers public backlash, media narratives, free speech, Gaza, comedy, the early internet, and the personal and professional consequences of speaking out. A wide-ranging and, at times, unpredictable conversation on one of the most contested areas in public life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Part 1 of a long-form conversation with Graham Linehan on The Ireland Podcast. The conversation moves quickly into the activism and controversies that hav…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2588,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ireland-podcast-6592574/episodes/208-graham-linehan-writer-journalist-activist-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ireland-podcast-6592574/208-graham-linehan-writer-journalist-activist-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}