{"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":"226. How Brexit Happened: Prof. Katy Hayward","slug":"226-how-brexit-happened-prof-katy-hayward","published_at":"2026-06-29T14:15:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ireland-podcast-6592574/226-how-brexit-happened-prof-katy-hayward","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ireland-podcast-6592574","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-ireland-podcast/episodes/226-how-brexit-happened-prof-katy-hayward","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64e340adddadb00012365278/e/6a427bbfc2fe1c7f49b2d095/media.mp3","summary":"Ten years after the Brexit referendum, Professor Katy Hayward joins The Ireland Podcast to look back at one of the most consequential political events in modern British and Irish history. Rather than debating Brexit's merits, this conversation traces how it happened. Beginning with the political climate before the referendum, Professor Hayward explains the promises, pressures and decisions that led to the vote, before examining why the Irish border became central to the negotiations that followed. In this first part of a multi-part conversation, we explore the years leading up to the referendum and the constitutional, political and social context that shaped the result. Relevant Links https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/post-brexit-governance-ni/ https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/brexit-and-beyond/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Ten years after the Brexit referendum, Professor Katy Hayward joins The Ireland Podcast to look back at one of the most consequential political events in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2952,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ireland-podcast-6592574/episodes/226-how-brexit-happened-prof-katy-hayward/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-6592574/226-how-brexit-happened-prof-katy-hayward.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}