Stay Safe Stay Sane: Recent Episodes
Stay Safe Stay Sane
Coronavirus Covid-19 is changing our world, our perceptions and realities. Many of us are holed up in ‘lockdown’. This isolation is making us to think about our society and about our life in general. The pandemic is hitting all counties and is striking across all ages and all social classes - it's causing us to reflect on the very fabric of our existence; on what's now important to us and, it asks us to imagine what society and our communities might be like when the pandemic passes. In this intimate podcast Mark Quinn speaks with people from all over the world, and all from his own self isolation from the seaside town of Bray, in the Garden County of Wicklow, Ireland. It's the podcast to capture the conversations and stories of our time. Talk at a safe distance. Presenter - Mark Quinn Series Producer - Pat Hannon Instagram @staysafestaysane Twitter @StaySafeIrl Email staysafestaysane@gmail.com
Music featured (CCC licensed): Christian Bjoerklund 'Hallon'; Blue Dot Sessions 'Cupcake Marshall'; Soft and Furious 'So What'; Ryan Andersen 'Awakening'
In an extraordinary life lived to the full, My Auntie Mary is Mary (or Kate) Greenway's life story told openly and honestly to her nephew Mark Quinn.
During her life, Mary had 46 different jobs and in later years she put this vast amount of life experience together and created inspirational talks for women that she presented all around the south of England entitled ‘Enjoy being a woman with men in mind’ under the name of Kate Greenway. The talks brought Mary a degree of notoriety - which of course she thoroughly enjoyed.
Part two of a two hour radio programme broadcast on Radio Seagull at 11.00 GMT and re-broadcast at 23.00 GMT on Sunday 20th March 2022 https://radioseagull.com/#home.html
Part one of a two hour radio programme broadcast on Radio Seagull at 11.00 GMT and re-broadcast at 23.00 GMT on Sunday 20th March 2022 https://radioseagull.com/#home.html
Stories this week: A psychotherapist on how the Irish prison system is dealing with the virus and on the potential mental health impacts arising from the pandemic for the population at large. We revisit Brazil where the number of corona cases has rocketed. We catch up with a couple running a chemist shop in Manhattan, New York City. And the background context from a producer about the making of a film documentary.
In the 70s and 80s, an Irish band took the world by storm. The Boomtown Rats fronted by the charismatic, if sometimes controversial singer Bob Geldof. Host Mark Quinn spoke to Bob over the line about the pandemic, life in general and about how the music of The Boomtown Rats continues to have something to say about the times we live in. This is an extended programme. Our photograph of Bob was taken at Self Aid in 1986 by an old friend of ours, professional photographer and broadcaster the late Seá Byrne.
Recommended listen: Wife of the late John Prine, Fiona Whelan Prine's 6 minute piece on BBC Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08d4v7j?fbclid=IwAR2gtE_qPA95VpjYcbFaIc4u4Giu2b79wwWyHlewWYZg4GYcnFpT9XoXHcs
Music featured (CCC licensed): Christian Bjoerklund 'Hallon'; Blue Dot Sessions 'Cupcake Marshall'; Soft and Furious 'So What'; Ryan Andersen 'Awakening'
12 years ago, Paul Duff left behind the hustle and bustle of Dublin and settled for a new life on Valencia Island, just off the south west tip of Co Kerry. Here he is surrounded by the wild Atlantic Ocean as he tends to his vegetables and a lighthouse. Mark Nevin is model railway enthusiast who can quite easily while away the hours and days building and maintaining his large model railway. It’s a lifelong passion that has saved his sanity during the lockdown. We also hear from Julian Tynan-O’Mahony originally from Ireland but now living in Sweden’s largest city, Gothenburg, where the government has adopted a very different approach to tackling the COVID-19 virus. We also check back in on Mariana Moncasi in Madrid as the Spanish government begins to ease back on the rigid lockdown restrictions and citizens can once again enjoy a taste of the open air. We also get some scientific insight into the virus from Spanish science podcaster Carlos Alameda host of El Viajero de la Ciencia. Music featured (CCC licensed): Christian Bjoerklund 'Hallon'; Blue Dot Sessions 'Cupcake Marshall'; Soft and Furious 'So What'; Ryan Andersen 'Awakening'.
'The Older the Fiddle, the Sweeter the Tune' In this one-off special, we feature the words, wisdom and music of John Sheahan. At 80 years of age, John is the last surviving member of the world-renowned band, The Dubliners, who were as famous for their long beards, punishing touring schedules, and it might be said, for their legendary after show drinking sessions! John is a fiddle player of note and most fans will remember his composition The Marino Waltz which was used for years in a television ad for Bord na Móna's peat briquettes. After countless albums with The Dubliner's, it's only now that John has finally launched his very first solo album called Flirting Fiddles.
Instagram & Facebook @StaySafeStaySane. Twitter @StaySafeIRL. Email StaySafeStaySane@gmail.com Our Logo is by Jody Hogg, see Jody's superb design portfolio at www.jodyhogg.com Music featured in this episode (CCC licensed): Christian Bjoerklund 'Hallon' and original musical compositions by John Sheahan from the 2020 album Flirting Fiddles (with kind permission from the composer). Flirting Fiddles is available on Spotify and Apple Music.
This week, we're down on our local beach - with a mic on a long boom pole - finding out about the pleasures of all-year-round swimming with Deirdre Fitzgerald and David O’Donoghue, two members of the Bray Sea Bathers. Giulia Rosa talks from Rio de Janeiro about the mixed messages from the government; Alina Starikovich in Minsk talks about the practical steps informed citizens are taking in a country still playing top league football; And, 91-year-old Shay Ryan from Little Bray shares his wisdom and lessons from a life of doing just what he's told!
Instagram & Facebook @StaySafeStaySane. Twitter @StaySafeIRL. Email StaySafeStaySane@gmail.com Our Logo is by Jody Hogg, see Jody's superb design portfolio at www.jodyhogg.com Music featured (CCC licensed): Christian Bjoerklund 'Hallon'; Blue Dot Sessions 'Cupcake Marshall'; Soft and Furious 'So What'; Ryan Andersen 'Awakening'
85-year-old Joe Bollard is a popular figure and well-known musician around the town of Bray and his hobby as a Internet DJ brings him fans from around the world. Joe who is blind took advice from the Gardai (police) before carrying on with his dauntless daily constitutional to the Seafront. Linda Cullen was the victim of a 'coughing or spitting' attack carried out by a group of intimidating juveniles as she was out for a stroll on Dún Laoghaire pier - it has had an affect on her walking routine. John Duggan a local publican and hotelier discusses having to lay off 300 staff and he ponders the fragile future of the pub and entertainment scene, post the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Joe Bollard's radio shows can be heard at: https://www.theglobalvoice.info/show/sounds-irish/ https://www.theglobalvoice.info/show/my-kind-of-music/
Instagram @StaySafeStaySane. Twitter @StaySafeIRL. Email StaySafeStaySane@gmail.com Our Logo is by Jody Hogg, see Jody's superb design portfolio at www.jodyhogg.com Music featured (CCC licensed): Christian Bjoerklund 'Hallon'; Blue Dot Sessions 'Cupcake Marshall'; Soft and Furious 'So What'; Ryan Andersen 'Awakening'
This is the Promo/Trailer for the series. You can find us on Facebook, Instagram @staysafestaysane and Twitter @staysafeIRL send in a voice memo from your mobile or recorder to StaySafeStaySane@gmail.com
Stories about a funeral in Co. Kerry; the young population in Buenos Aires; 93-year-old Josephine Dinan says to put your trust in the Lord; Alpacas in Newtownmountkennedy (the longest town name in Ireland); and the Mountains of Mourne made famous by that Don McLean song (written by Percy French).
Instagram @StaySafeStaySane. Twitter @StaySafeIRL. Email StaySafeStaySane@gmail.com Music featured (CCC licensed): Christian Bjoerklund 'Hallon'; Blue Dot Sessions 'Cupcake Marshall'; Soft and Furious 'So What'; Ryan Andersen 'Awakening'; John Prine 'When I get to Heaven'
Stories from USA and Spain. Brian Truglio is a TV documentary editor based outside of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. When he spoke with Mark he was right in the eye of the Coronavirus storm in so far as he is editing, from home, a TV documentary for 'Frontline' which airs on PBS later in April. His parents are in Florida where it's pretty much business as usual. Mariana Moncasi is based in the Spanish capital of Madrid. At the time of recording she was observing the nationwide lock down, although still attending for work each day via the now near empty subway. As of now, over 10,000 Spaniards have died from Covid-19. Mariana speaks with passion and honesty about her country's plight. As with all of our contributors, Mariana is reflecting on life before and after this pandemic and talks about the new people's anthem that communities sing every night at 8.00pm nightly in unison, from their windows and balconies, to pay their gratitude to the frontline healthcare and other essential workers. Instagram @StaySafeStaySane. Twitter @StaySafeIRL. Email StaySafeStaySane@gmail.com Music featured (CCC licensed): Christian Bjoerklund 'Hallon'; Blue Dot Sessions 'Cupcake Marshall'; Soft and Furious 'So What'; Ryan Andersen 'Awakening'; Resistiré 2020 from Video Oficial - #Resistiré 2020, el himno grabado por más de 30 artistas para vencer juntos al coronavirus.
What's it like to have the Coronavirus? In this episode Mark Quinn speaks with Jenny Ring a Psychologist who lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland and who, although only diagnosed over the phone, had all the symptoms of Coronavirus. She recounts in measured detail the physical and mental stress the effects the virus had on her and of nine days self isolation. Mark spoke with Jenny on day nine. Clémentine Imperial Legrand is from Bordeaux, France and lives and works as a film maker in Montreal, Canada. She describes the effects of Coronavirus restrictions on the working life and people of the city and of missing her grandmother who only recently lost her husband. Instagram @StaySafeStaySane. Twitter @StaySafeIRL. Email StaySafeStaySane@gmail.com Music used by CCC licence: Soft and Furious - So What; Blue Dot Sessions - Cupcake Marshall; Christian Bjorklund - Hallon
In this episode, Mark chats with John Ryan, originally from Bray, in Ireland but now living for the past thirty years in Paris, France; and, to web developer Tim Hennick Heuer, from Germany but for the past twenty years a resident in Palmerstown North in New Zealand. Instagram @StaySafeStaySane. Twitter @StaySafeIRL. Email StaySafeStaySane@gmail.com Music used by CCC licence: Soft and Furious - So What; Blue Dot Sessions - Cupcake Marshall; Christian Bjorklund - Hallon