{"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":"216. Leaving China - Returning After Four Years","slug":"216-leaving-china-returning-after-eight-years","published_at":"2026-05-27T17:30:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ireland-podcast-6592574/216-leaving-china-returning-after-eight-years","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ireland-podcast-6592574","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-ireland-podcast/episodes/216-leaving-china-returning-after-eight-years","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64e340adddadb00012365278/e/6a172a52942fd18754c0d233/media.mp3","summary":"After living in China for eight years, Fender Jackson returns to Kunming for the first time since leaving during COVID. This episode is part travelogue, part memoir and part reflection on ordinary life in modern China. Topics include: housing complexes and skyscrapers outdoor gyms Chinese parks and public life street food and night markets eBikes and urban design robots and modern technology teaching in China returning to an old school life after COVID cultural differences between China and the West Along the way, Fender reflects on memory, identity, creativity and the strange feeling of returning to a place that once felt like home. The episode closes with former students in China performing The Ecstasy of Gold by Ennio Morricone. New episodes from Xishuangbanna and Shanghai coming soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"After living in China for eight years, Fender Jackson returns to Kunming for the first time since leaving during COVID. This episode is part travelogue, p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1627,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ireland-podcast-6592574/episodes/216-leaving-china-returning-after-eight-years/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-6592574/216-leaving-china-returning-after-eight-years.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}