RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/radio1/offtheshelf/ The book programme in which a carefully selected panel of contributors are set loose on one topic or individual. Off The Shelf, presented by Andy O'Mahony is RTÉ Radio 1's book programme in which a carefully selected panel of contributors are set loose on one topic or individual. The book programme in which a carefully selected panel of contributors are set loose on one topic or individual. en-ie RTÉ 2011 RTÉ podcasting@rte.ie Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:36:51 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/images/logo_podcast_144.jpg http://www.rte.ie/radio1/offtheshelf/ 144 144 Arts no RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2012/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf280112-pid0-1593336.mp3 Listen to This by Alex Ross discussed by Ronan Guilfoyle and Ethna Tinney. Listen to This by Alex Ross discussed by Ronan Guilfoyle and Ethna Tinney. 0:26:33 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2012/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf280112-pid0-1593336.mp3 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0000 no 3185341 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2012/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf27min22sec070112-pid0-1642824.mp3 Gerry O’Flaherty, Terence Killeen and Anne Fogarty discuss Gordon Bowker’s biography of James Joyce. Gerry O’Flaherty, Terence Killeen and Anne Fogarty discuss Gordon Bowker’s biography of James Joyce. 0:27:22 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2012/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf27min22sec070112-pid0-1642824.mp3 Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0000 no 3162552 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf26m15s101211-pid0-1575672.mp3 Whatever Happened to Modernism by Gabriel Josipovici (Yale), discussed by Anne Fogarty and Declan McGonagle. Whatever Happened to Modernism by Gabriel Josipovici (Yale), discussed by Anne Fogarty and Declan McGonagle. 0:26:15 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf26m15s101211-pid0-1575672.mp3 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 3140228 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf26m54s031211-pid0-1614408.mp3 The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama (Profile) discussed by Elaine Byrne and Tom Garvin. The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama (Profile) discussed by Elaine Byrne and Tom Garvin. 0:26:54 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf26m54s031211-pid0-1614408.mp3 Fri, 2 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 3130057 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf26m17s261111-pid0-1577088.mp3 A tribute to the late P.J. McGrath, who died in August of this year. He was one of Ireland’s leading philosophers and spent most of his working life at UCC, but he began his career in Maynooth. (First broadcast October 2004). A tribute to the late P.J. McGrath, who died in August of this year. He was one of Ireland’s leading philosophers and spent most of his working life at UCC, but he began his career in Maynooth. (First broadcast October 2004). 0:26:17 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf26m17s261111-pid0-1577088.mp3 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 3128468 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf27m15s051111-pid0-1635264.mp3 This programme was recorded before the Presidential election campaign. President-Elect Michael D. Higgins, Brigid Laffan and Paul Gillespie discuss Why the West Rules - For Now by Ian Morris (Profile Books). This programme was recorded before the Presidential election campaign. President-Elect Michael D. Higgins, Brigid Laffan and Paul Gillespie discuss Why the West Rules - For Now by Ian Morris (Profile Books). 0:27:15 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf27m15s051111-pid0-1635264.mp3 Fri, 4 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 3100607 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf27m39s291011-pid0-1659912.mp3 Gerry O'Regan, Justine McCarthy and Liam Fay discuss Strictly English: How to Write Correctly by Simon Heffer (Random House). Gerry O'Regan, Justine McCarthy and Liam Fay discuss Strictly English: How to Write Correctly by Simon Heffer (Random House). 0:27:39 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf27m39s291011-pid0-1659912.mp3 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 3094697 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf27m15s221011-pid0-1635528.mp3 Nerys Williams and Stephen Matterson discuss Saul Bellow: Letters, edited by Benjamin Taylor (Penguin Classics). Nerys Williams and Stephen Matterson discuss Saul Bellow: Letters, edited by Benjamin Taylor (Penguin Classics). 0:27:15 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf27m15s221011-pid0-1635528.mp3 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 3089836 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-dialogue270811-pid0-1648776.mp3 Andy O'Mahony talks to Deborah Mattinson, author of Talking to a Brick Wall. Producer: Bernadette Comerford Andy O'Mahony talks to Deborah Mattinson, author of Talking to a Brick Wall. Producer: Bernadette Comerford Deborah Mattinson is one of Britain's leading political pollsters. She has been monitoring public opinion since the mid-1980s, and helped transform Labour into Europe's greatest election-winning machine of the modern era. She is the author of Talking to a Brick Wall: How New Labour stopped listening to the voter and why we need a new politics (Biteback). 0:27:28 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-dialogue270811-pid0-1648776.mp3 Mon, 5 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 3042687 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-dialogue030911-pid0-1644096.mp3 Derek Hand talks to Andy O'Mahony about the Irish novel. Producer: Bernadette Comerford. Derek Hand talks to Andy O'Mahony about the Irish novel. Producer: Bernadette Comerford. Derek Hand talks to Andy O'Mahony about the Irish novel, from its emergence in the 17th and 18th centuries to the present day. He is the author of A History of the Irish Novel (Cambridge University Press). 0:27:24 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-dialogue030911-pid0-1644096.mp3 Mon, 5 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 3042700 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-ots070511-pid0-1657392.mp3 Ita Daly and Tony Roche discuss The Grant Book of the Irish Short Story, edited and with an introduction by Anne Enright. Ita Daly and Tony Roche discuss The Grant Book of the Irish Short Story, edited and with an introduction by Anne Enright. 0:27:37 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-ots070511-pid0-1657392.mp3 Thu, 5 May 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2955681 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf300411-pid0-1651632.mp3 Ronan Fanning and Michael D. Higgins discuss "Conor Cruise O'Brien: Violent Notions" by Diarmuid Whelan. Ronan Fanning and Michael D. Higgins discuss "Conor Cruise O'Brien: Violent Notions" by Diarmuid Whelan. 0:27:31 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf300411-pid0-1651632.mp3 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2950391 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf230411-pid0-1613400.mp3 The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín (Viking) discussed by Julia Carlson and Maurice Devlin. The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín (Viking) discussed by Julia Carlson and Maurice Devlin. 0:26:53 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf230411-pid0-1613400.mp3 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2947205 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf160411-pid0-1661712.mp3 Selected Letters of Louis MacNeice discussed by Eve Patten, Derek Hand and Colin Graham. Selected Letters of Louis MacNeice discussed by Eve Patten, Derek Hand and Colin Graham. 0:27:41 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf160411-pid0-1661712.mp3 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2945182 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf260311-pid0-1641984.mp3 Catriona Crowe, Noel Dorr and Ronan Fanning discuss Crisis of Confidence: Anglo Irish relations in the Early Troubles by Anthony Craig. Catriona Crowe, Noel Dorr and Ronan Fanning discuss Crisis of Confidence: Anglo Irish relations in the Early Troubles by Anthony Craig. 0:27:22 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf260311-pid0-1641984.mp3 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2932033 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf120311-pid0-1586784.mp3 The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk discussed by Adrian Kenny and Julia Carlson. The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk discussed by Adrian Kenny and Julia Carlson. 0:26:26 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf120311-pid0-1586784.mp3 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2923783 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf050311-pid0-1649040.mp3 Joan O'Connor and Frank McDonald discuss Norman Foster: A Life in Architecture: The Authorised Biography by Deyan Sudjic Joan O'Connor and Frank McDonald discuss Norman Foster: A Life in Architecture: The Authorised Biography by Deyan Sudjic 0:27:29 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf050311-pid0-1649040.mp3 Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2919995 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf120211-pid0-1652112.mp3 Niall MacMonagle and Julia Carlson discuss "Solar" by Ian McEwan. Niall MacMonagle and Julia Carlson discuss "Solar" by Ian McEwan. 0:27:32 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf120211-pid0-1652112.mp3 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2906018 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf050211-pid0-1617744.mp3 Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy by Joseph Stiglitz discussed by Brigid Laffan, Joe Durkan and Antoin Murphy Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy by Joseph Stiglitz discussed by Brigid Laffan, Joe Durkan and Antoin Murphy 0:26:57 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf050211-pid0-1617744.mp3 Mon, 7 Feb 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2901237 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf290111.mp3 Cosima Wagner: The Lady of Bayreuth by Oliver Hilmes discussed by Ethna Tinney and John Hughes. Cosima Wagner: The Lady of Bayreuth by Oliver Hilmes discussed by Ethna Tinney and John Hughes. 0:26:23 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf290111.mp3 Tue, 1 Feb 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2897159 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf220111.mp3 Carol Coulter, Legal Correspondent of the Irish Times, Justice Adrian Hardiman of the Supreme Court and Prof. Finbarr McAuley discuss The Rule of Law by Tom Bingham (Allen Lane). Lord Bingham died in September 2010. Carol Coulter, Legal Correspondent of the Irish Times, Justice Adrian Hardiman of the Supreme Court and Prof. Finbarr McAuley discuss The Rule of Law by Tom Bingham (Allen Lane). Lord Bingham died in September 2010. 0:25:57 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf220111.mp3 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2892240 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf150111.mp3 Ita Daly and Maurice Devlin discuss A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore (Faber and Faber). Ita Daly and Maurice Devlin discuss A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore (Faber and Faber). 0:26:09 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf150111.mp3 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2887958 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf080111.mp3 Ian Robertson, Ethna Tinney and Ronan Guilfoyle discuss The Music Instinct by Philip Ball. Ian Robertson, Ethna Tinney and Ronan Guilfoyle discuss The Music Instinct by Philip Ball. 0:27:41 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf080111.mp3 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:00:00 +0000 no 2884340 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf-130310.mp3 Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis by Al Gore discussed by Mary Kelly, John Sweeney and Ruairi Quinn Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis by Al Gore discussed by Mary Kelly, John Sweeney and Ruairi Quinn 0:27:12 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf-130310.mp3 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000 no 2727060 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf-270310.mp3 Ireland, Europe and the World by Dan O’Brien discussed by Brigid Laffan, Alan Dukes and Martin Mansergh Ireland, Europe and the World by Dan O’Brien discussed by Brigid Laffan, Alan Dukes and Martin Mansergh 0:27:24 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf-270310.mp3 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000 no 2727054 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf-270210.mp3 Selina Guinness and Derek Hand discuss "Love of the World", essays by John McGahern. Selina Guinness and Derek Hand discuss "Love of the World", essays by John McGahern. 0:27:43 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v-offtheshelf-270210.mp3 Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000 no 2710333 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v-200210-offtheshelf.mp3 Mary Raftery and Kevin O'Rourke discuss Famine: A Short History by Cormac Ó Gráda. Mary Raftery and Kevin O'Rourke discuss Famine: A Short History by Cormac Ó Gráda. 0:27:37 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v-200210-offtheshelf.mp3 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 no 2705777 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v-130210-offtheshelf.mp3 The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown discussed by Judith Devlin and Ron Hill. The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown discussed by Judith Devlin and Ron Hill. 0:27:08 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v-130210-offtheshelf.mp3 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 no 2701403 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v-060210-offtheshelf.mp3 Harold Macmillan by Charles Williams discussed by Ronan Fanning and Charles Lysaght. Harold Macmillan by Charles Williams discussed by Ronan Fanning and Charles Lysaght. 0:26:44 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v-060210-offtheshelf.mp3 Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 no 2697618 RTÉ:Ireland http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v--300110-offtheshelf.mp3 Eamonn McCann, Máirin de Burca and John A. Murphy discuss The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers Party by Brian Hanley and Scott Millar. Eamonn McCann, Máirin de Burca and John A. Murphy discuss The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers Party by Brian Hanley and Scott Millar. 0:27:06 http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2010/pc/pod-v--300110-offtheshelf.mp3 Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 no 2692485