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Gareth Stack
Dildos, vibrators, cock rings, pocket pussies, do you use them, do you like them? is there such a thing as too big or too good? What have we tried? Why do women use them more than men? Is the shame around sex toys irrational? And how do they affect our bodies. We also chat about … Continue reading 11 – Sex Toys →
We chat with special guest Ronan about the role drugs have in our sex life – endogenous hormones, prescription drugs, and of course the wicked world of narcotics. How can they alter our experience of love and sex? What are the risks of abuse? Does the pill change who girls are attracted to? Does taking … Continue reading 10 – Drugs →
In our most controversial conversation yet we address the thorny topic of age gaps. Are age gaps hot or just plain creepy, how much is too much, celebrity age gaps, what the research says, and of course we talk about our our own! Download: 9 – Age Gaps Find us on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, … Continue reading 9 – Age Gaps →
In this very special episode of Everybody Wants To Love You, we come to you from our den of iniquity, our very (un)marital bed. We answer the questions we ask our guests – our funniest sexual encounters, our sexiest moments, and finally delve into our sexual ambitions. Download: 8 – Bedroom Confessional Find us on: … Continue reading 8 – Bedroom Confessional →
Listeners tell us their sex education horror stories, we compare our sex educations in the 90s and 2000s, on the playground and in the classrooms, our parents reactions to our first relationships. Download: 7 – Sex Education Find us on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Feedburner Meet us on: Instagram, Discord
We discuss our own squicks and icks, sturn ons and turn offs, the things that gross us out in bed, and what ‘ick’ culture means for the world of sex and relationships. Download: 6 – Squicks, Icks, Turn Ons and Turn Offs Find us on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Feedburner Meet us on: Instagram, Discord
This week talk movies – what are the hottest moments on screen, which films accurately portray love and heartbreak, and how real life is nothing like the movies. Feat: Before Sunrise, Penelope Cruz’s hot rage and why James Spader is Hot Actually. Download: EP5 – Love & Lust on Screen Find us on: Apple … Continue reading 5 – Love & Lust on Screen →
We chat with the fabulous ‘Petunia’ about bisexuality, cuck queening, disability, stripping, anorgasmia and sex work. Download: Episode 4 – Stripping Tales and O Woes Find us on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Feedburner Meet us on: Instagram, Discord
Our guest is artist and Berlin flaneur Constantin Montana. We discuss… The differences between gay life in Berlin and New York. How the internet changed hookup culture.Comparing our sexual educations.The effects of porn on kids.The death of subculturesDifferences between dating in gay and straight cultures‘The chat’The glorious sluttiness of actorsMeeting ‘the one’. Download: Episode 2 – … Continue reading Love You – EP2 – The Good Old Gays →
Everybody Wants to Love You is a new podcast about love, sex, and the things that get left unsaid. Hosted by former comedian Gareth Stack and one time actress Nicole O’Connor, the show features interviews, listener problems and intimate uncensored discussions of sexuality in the age of chaos. Download: Everybody Wants To Love You – … Continue reading Everybody Wants to Love You →
Download: Why do people kill? Psychology in Mind Episode 6 Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, SoundcloudRead: Show Notes A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. Todays Question: Why do people kill? We’ll be exploring the topic of … Continue reading Why do people kill? Psychology in Mind Episode 6 →
Download: Are Psychedelics good for us? Psychology in Mind EP5 Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud Read: Show Notes A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. Todays Question: Are Psychedelics Good For You? Psychedelic drugs, are they the … Continue reading Are Psychedelics Good For Us? Psychology in Mind Episode 5 →
Download: Psychology in Mind – Episode 4 Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud Read: Show Notes A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. Todays Question: Are People Irrational? In everyday life we have make many decisions. We can … Continue reading Are People Irrational? – Psychology in Mind Episode 4 →
Download: Mic Drop Mic Drop is a new one off drama, starring Adam Tyrell, based on the play that debuted to critical acclaim at the ‘Scene + Heard’ Festival in Summer 2017. This one-man show tells the story of Irish web entrepreneur Perry Pardo. Perry is the living embodiment of the new Ireland. A working … Continue reading Mic Drop (Radio Drama) →
Download: The Listening Stage Each year, legendary radio dramatist Roger Gregg teaches a unique intensive course in radio drama. The Listening Stage follows students of The Gaiety School of Acting’s radio drama course, as they pursue their hopes and dreams of fame. This fly on the wall doc embeds us in Roger’s annual weeklong workshop, … Continue reading The Listening Stage →
Download: Psychology in Mind – Episode 3 Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud Read: Show Notes A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. Todays Question – Is Psychology Unethical? We take a dive into the history of ethical … Continue reading Is Psychology Unethical? – Psychology in Mind Episode 3 →
Probably my final two radio productions (at least under the sound and vision scheme), were both completed last year. By coincidence they’re both coming to air really soon. Download: The Listening Stage and Mic Drop Trailer Each year, legendary radio dramatist Roger Gregg teaches a unique intensive course in radio drama. The Listening Stage follows … Continue reading My two final Radio Programmes – Coming Soon →
Download: Psychology in Mind – Episode 2 Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud. Read: Show Notes A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. Todays Question – Can we trust our memories? Our guest today, Dr Richard Roche, neuroscientist … Continue reading Psychology in Mind – Can We Trust Our Memories? (EP2) →
Download: Psychology in Mind – Episode 1 – Creativity Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud. A new series in which psychologist Dr Andrew P. Allen and writer and broadcaster Gareth Stack, turn to psychology for answers about our minds, brains and personalities. In this episode we discuss creativity. What is creativity? Is it possible to become more … Continue reading Psychology in Mind – Episode 1 →
Download: The Free School The Free School, Dead Medium Productions’ new documentary about Ireland’s first ‘Sudbury Valley School’, broadcast this morning on Newstalk. Wicklow Sudbury is an experiment in alternative education, bringing ‘free schooling’ and ‘unschooling’ to Ireland. You can stream the programme above, or download at our podcast link below. It will also be … Continue reading ‘The Free School’ Documentary →
Download: The Free School Trailer Think back, what were your least favourite parts of school? Maybe math, maybe physics, maybe you just hated gym. Now imagine a school where you didn’t have to do anything you didn’t want to. A school with no exams, no homework, no classes, not even any teachers. What if I … Continue reading The Free School – Upcoming Newstalk Documentary →
Download: The Bee Loud Glade – EP1 – Gerry Murphy To subscribe to this series and lots more from Roger Gregg, check out the brand new Crazy Dog Audio Podcast The Bee Loud Glade Cabaret is a series of twelve bite-size programmes bringing some of the best of the contemporary Irish spoken word scene to … Continue reading The Bee-Loud Cabaret on RTE Lyric →
Download: The Art of Television The A.R.T of Television is a historical comedy about censorship, set in the early years of Irish TV broadcasting. A time when government and church fought young broadcasters struggling to innovate on the nation’s fledgling television channel. American writer Claude Chabert lands a job on the early Irish soap opera ’Home … Continue reading The Art of Television →
Download: The Muse Unbidden The Muse Unbidden is an exciting one off drama from Roger Gregg, one of Ireland’s most influential radio dramatists. The play, a success on stage at the Collaborations festival in Smock Alley theatre in 2012, follows a group of would-be poets enrolled in a performance poetry workshop led by a charismatic … Continue reading The Muse Unbidden →
Download: ART Trailer Dead Medium Productions Presents ‘The A.R.T of Television’! It’s winter 1968, the long hangover after the Summer of Love. A.R.T is Ireland’s finest, and indeed only television station. But the nations flagship soap ‘Home Farm’ is failing as viewers frog march towards the satanic protestant seduction of the BBC. American ad man … Continue reading The ART of Television – All new comedy drama, coming soon! →
Download: Migrant Fictions (54 Megs) Migrant Fictions is an ambitious new drama project, bringing together the talents of a diverse group of immigrant writers to capture their experience as émigrés to Ireland. German-Polish writer / director Dominik Turkowski developed five short drama scripts through workshops with writers from the immigrant community. Their stories capture the … Continue reading Migrant Fictions →
A new podcast in which two writers attempt to develop a film in real time, with no preparation. Featuring Gareth Stack & James Van De Waal. Download: Let’s write a film – Episode 2. Previous episodes.
A new podcast in which two writers attempt to develop a film in real time, with no preparation. Featuring Gareth Stack & James Van De Waal. Download: Let’s Write A Film.
Download: Getting into the Game Documentary Broadcasting Bank Holiday Monday 31st October, 11AM on Newstalk. Getting into the game is a new documentary aimed at kids who play games. Video games. Kids who play videogames and wonder maybe, possibly, perhapsily, if they’d like to make them. Growing up I remember getting those magazines full of strange … Continue reading Getting Into The Game →
Download: The Wedding Tree Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud. The Wedding Tree is an audacious new radio drama, set in the aftermath of an accident at an Irish nuclear power plant. In the wake of the disaster, fire officer Cian Mitchell is confined to hospital. Tormented by his injuries, Cian finds unlikely comfort in the company … Continue reading The Wedding Tree →
Download: Ideopreneurial Entrephonics. My latest report for Culture File looks at the recent Ideopreneurial Entrephonics II festival of avant garde music and modular analogue synthesis, held in the mysterious confines of Dublin’s Freemasons Lodge.
Download: The Wall in the Mind – 6 – Die Mauer Im Kopf Claire meets an old friend at the abandoned CIA listening post at Teufelsberg (Devils Mountain). As a storm begins, Claire learns the truth about what happened to Emil. Violence, death, and horrible secrets from the past finally exhumed, in the final episode of … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – 6 – Die Mauer Im Kopf →
Download: The Wall in the Mind – 5 – Who is Emil Reichman? Claire is pushed to extremes in her quest to discover what happened to Emil. Her actions have consequences, both for her and the people she loves. Claire receives another mysterious tape, recorded after her release from jail in 1989, revealing a terrible secret … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – 5 – Who is Emil Reichman? →
Download: The Wall in the Mind – 4 – Secrets and Lies In Episode 4 of ‘The Wall in the Mind’ we learn more about the relationship between Claire and Emil, and Claire’s friendship with Matthaus back in 1989. Claire confesses to Matthaus why she came to Germany. In the present, Matthaus tries to convince Claire … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – 4 – Secrets & Lies →
Download: The Wall in the Mind – 3 – No Friends Like Old Friends Update: Soundcloud is currently broken (I’m substituting local links, apologies if this screws with your podcast feed). Shortly after her release from prison in 1989, Claire believes she can see Emil in videotaped footage of the fall of the wall. In 2014, … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – 3 – No Friends Like Old Friends →
Download: The Wall in the Mind – 2 – The People’s Republic of Friedrichshain We slip between past and future – Claire’s memories of her incarceration and her search for answers in the present. Claire finds the city, and her old friends much changed. Claire searches for Emil amongst the last of the Berlin squats, and … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – 2 – The People’s Republic of Friedrichshain →
Download: Behind the Wall – 1 – The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere Update: Soundcloud is currently broken (I’m substituting local links, apologies if this screws with your podcast feed). Claire O’Hanlon, a respected lecturer, is tormented by nightmares of her arrest and imprisonment in 1989. In the present day – a mysterious cassette tape arrives … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – 1 – The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere →
Download: Behind the Wall – 15 – The Card in the Rubble In the final behind the scenes episode of ‘The Wall in the Mind’ I talk about the mysterious find that inspired the mystery at the heart of the series. At a town outside Berlin called Blankenburg. There lie the ruins of a barracks of … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 15 – The Card in the Rubble →
Download: Behind The Wall – 14 – Mia Gallagher Interview Mia Gallagher is an actress and author who plays one half of the lead role of Claire in the Wall in the Mind. We talk about playing a complex tormented character, collaboration between actor and writer and the physicality of performance. Mia’s latest novel ‘Beautiful pictures of … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 14 – Mia Gallagher Interview →
Download: Behind the Wall – 13 – James O’Connor Interview In today’s episode of ‘Behind The Wall’ I speak to writer / director and one of the stars of ‘The Wall in the Mind’, James O’Connor. James plays the character of Emil Reichmann, a squatter and activist fighting against the corrupt communist regime of the DDR. … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 13 – James O’Connor Interview →
Download: Behind the Wall – 10 – Sven Moritz Interview In today’s episode of ‘Behind the Wall’ we speak to Sven Mortiz, who plays the character of Matthäus Kassmayer in the present day in ‘The Wall in the Mind’. Sven talks about living through the reunification of Germany, and a childhood lived in the communist state … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 12 – Sven Moritz Interview →
Download: Behind the Wall – 10 – Jasmin Gleeson Interview An interview with Irish actress Jasmin Gleeson, who plays one half of the character of Claire in ‘The Wall in the Mind’. We talk about the unique challenges of sharing a role, as well as how the experience of on location radio drama recording differs from … Continue reading Behind The Wall – 11 – Cast Interview – Jasmin Gleeson →
Download: Behind the Wall – 10 – Janine Dürkop Interview Janine Dürkop is a German born actress who plays the part of ‘Nicole’ in the Wall in the Mind. In today’s episode of ‘Behind the Wall’ Janine talks about taking on the role, and moving to Ireland to pursue acting outside the constraints of the German … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 10 – Janine Dürkop Interview →
Download: Behind the Wall – 9 – Halfway Point In today’s episode of ‘Behind the Wall’, recorded half way through production, I reflect on the process of location recording. The program is starting to take shape, the actors are producing incredible performances and the script is coming to life. Behind the Wall Behind The Wall is a … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 9 – Half Way Point →
Download: Behind the Wall – 8 – This is Berlin In today’s episode of ‘Behind the Wall’, a trip around the Soundscapes of Berlin. Behind the Wall Behind The Wall is a series of special feature podcasts accompanying ‘The Wall in the Mind‘, an ambitious new on-location drama series, coming to Newstalk and podcast starting on … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 8 – This is Berlin →
Download: Behind the Wall – 7 – Money Freakout In todays episode I take a look back at the worst moment of every project. When the money runs out. Right before we started production on ‘The Wall in the Mind’, I’d run out of money. Though the project was funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 7 – Money Freakout →
Download: Behind the Wall – 6 – Rehearsals A look behind the curtain at the rehearsal process, in todays episode of ‘Behind the Wall’. Behind the Wall Behind The Wall is a series of special feature podcasts accompanying ‘The Wall in the Mind‘, an ambitious new on-location drama series, coming to Newstalk and podcast starting on … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 6 – Rehearsal →
Download: Behind the Wall – 5 – Shryan Gosling In today’s Episode of ‘Behind the Wall’ we return to the audition process. We take a look a the demands recording an ‘off book’ script places on actors. James O’Connor describes the intricate psychological manipulations involved in the casting process. I’m joined in this episode by actor … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 5 – Shryan Gosling →
Download: Behind the Wall – 4 – Location Scouting In episode 4 of our making-of series ‘Behind the Wall‘, we travel down to Martinstown House in the Curragh of County Kildare, to location scout for the drama series, in the company of Andrew Booth. Why would you record a radio series on location? How do different places … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 4 – Location Scouting →
Download: Behind the Wall 3 – Auditions with James O’Connor Episode 2 of ‘Behind the Wall’, visits the audition process as myself and Dublin based James O’Connor struggle with the task of finding the perfect cast for ‘The Wall in the Mind’. Whats This? Behind The Wall is a series of special feature podcasts accompanying … Continue reading Behind the Wall – 3 – The Auditions →
Download: Behind the Wall 2 – Ewan Hennelly – Berlin Military Base Story In episode 2 of ‘Behind the Wall’, I join Ewan Hennelly on the South Downs, to hear about his narrow escape from the forces of law and order exploring Berlin’s mysterious Teufelsberg. Teufelsberg is an abandoned cold war spy facility nested in … Continue reading Behind the Wall 2 – Ewan Hennelly – Berlin Military Base Story →
Download: Behind The Wall – Episode 1 – One Good Thing My next radio drama series hits Newstalk next month starting on Saturday the 16th of April. “The Wall in the Mind” looks at the impossibility of love and even friendship in a world where someone is always watching – the Stasi surveillance state of … Continue reading Behind The Wall – 1 – One Good Thing →
The Wall in the Mind is an upcoming radio drama series on Newstalk, launching early 2016. Claire O’Hanlon, a young Irish woman, became caught up in the events sweeping East Berlin just prior to the fall of the Berlin wall. Arrested at a pro-democracy protest, Claire and her friends were imprisoned by the East German … Continue reading The Wall in the Mind – New Drama Series Coming Early 2016 →
A companion to Paraudiolia 1 (a piece composed as part of Bluebottle Collective’s ‘Hibernation Radio’ project), Paraudiolia Part 2 deals with degeneration in a cosmic context – the personal and collective dementia experienced as we flail beyond our capacities. This is a series of works employing musique concrete, anonymised interview and reflexive writing, to reflect … Continue reading Paraudolia Part 2 [Mechanical Blasphemy] →
This piece was made during last years Hearsay Festival, and won a tiny award for best story in the In The Dark audio scavenger hunt! It features Pat Herbert of the Hurdy Gurdy Radio Museum, the sounds of the Hearsay Festival church heater, and György Ligeti’s ‘Requiem’. Download: Stardust
Where do we turn for love in the modern age? A variety of apps promise instant sex, momentary intimacy, group vouched safety. In this odd little story, one Irish man talks about his disenchantingly modern experience with a creature of myth. This is the first episode in Dead Medium Productions new podcast. This will be … Continue reading A Creature of Myth →
Excited to announce that a piece I created for Blue Bottle Collective’s Hibernation Radio project is being played at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, as part of the ‘More Than One Maker‘ exhibition. Massive congratulations to all the Blue Bottle Collective! You can listen to the piece, which explores Dublin’s rejection of it’s young … Continue reading ‘Paraudiolia 1’ sound art at IMMA →
Download: Robot Jam I really had no idea what to expect. Where is Kilfinane? Why is it so far away? What has it got to do with radio? The Hearsay Festival turned out to be chock-full of talented folk obsessed with sound in all its forms. Rachel Ni Chuinn’s talk about her intricately wrought documentary … Continue reading Memories of Hearsay 2014 →
Experimental short documentary piece I made a while back. The narration was adapted from an unpublished short story called ‘The Wedding Tree’. The story was later adapted into a radio drama for Newstalk. I talked about the ideas behind this story in an Ignite talk at Mindfields a couple of years back called ‘The Nuts & Bolts Of Making Stuff Up’.
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Download: The World You Think You Live In