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Tubridy Show Archive - September 2008
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Our music today comes courtesy of Bruce Springsteen, who is Born To Run, and Macy Gray, with I Try
What Causes Market Crashes?: to tell us, Ryan is joined in studio by Simon Carswell, who is the Finance Correspondent with The Irish Times. We also want to know which luxury item you will be giving up first, now we are in a recession
Ian Rankin joined Ryan for a chat during Literacy Week. He has recently become involved in a Literacy Commission in Scotland, and talks to us about Scotland and the joy of reading.
How Irish Is Obama? Gerard Corrigan, member of Hardy Drew & the Nancy Boys, has written a YouTube hit: There's No-One As Irish As Barack Obama. To see the video, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eKZryEAzUg
We bring you the old and new of musical greats today: I Just Can't Help Believin' by Elvis Presley, and Lille, by Lisa Hannigan
Benji Bennett: Benji Bennett tells Ryan how the death of his four-year-old son Adam inspired him to write a book that encourages parents to tell children how much they are loved. Before You Sleep is published by Adam's Printing Press [http://www.adamsprintingpress.ie/], the ISBN is 1-906818-00-2 and the RRP is €9.99
Derry's Mona Lisa: when you think of art and murals in Northern Ireland what do you think of? Maybe images like The Red Hand of Ulster, or guys in balaclavas wielding guns, or the words No Surrender! . Well from today, one wall in Derry will feature something very different indeed, when Ireland's largest copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa will be hung up. Local lady Margaret Irvine gives us her reaction, and Ryan also talks to Oliver Green, from the Greater Shantallow Community Arts Group, who organised the hanging of the canvas
Enda Walsh: One of Ireland's greatest exports, playwright Enda Walsh, pops into studio for a chat. Delirium, his adaptation of The Brothers Karamazov, is running at the Abbey Theatre from tomorrow until Saturday, October 25th as part of this year's Dublin Theatre Festival
We start the programme today with The Ramones, and the classic Baby I Love You.
Gloria Hunniford: TV presenter Gloria Hunniford talks to Ryan about how she dealt with the grief that followed the death of her daughter Caron Keating, a topic she covers in her book Always With You.
Is Chivalry Dead?: that's the question that Ryan puts to bookmaker Paddy Power, journalist Carol Hunt, journalist and Sean Davoren, Head Butler at the Lanesborough Hotel in London.
Off The Rails: co-presenter of the fashion show Brendan Courtney pops into studio, to tell us what we can expect in the new series. Off The Rails is broadcast on RTÉ One on Wednesdays at 20:30.
Benecol Competition: and congratulations to Deirdre Kelly from Maynooth, Co. Kildare, who won a fantastic holiday to the Costa del Sol with thanks to The Tubridy Show and Benecol!
Mr. George Harrison begins the programme today - he's Got My Mind Set On You
Salaries: How much do you make? Now there's a taboo question - but why is it that salaries in general are shrouded in such secrecy? With the recent launch of www.glassdoor.com, a website which lets you find and anonymously share salary details, we're talking money today - dirty filthy lucre! And to shed some light on our attitudes in Ireland and abroad to discussing our hard-earned cash, Ryan is joined by Margaret E. Ward, finance columnist with The Irish Times, entrepreneur Jerry Kennelly (from Stockbyte & Stockdiscs) and Emmet Oliver, Business Editor with the Sunday Tribune. The Young Entrepreneur Blue Sky Day [http://www.youngentrepreneur.ie/] that Jerry mentioned is being held in Tralee on Friday at the Brandon Conference Centre from 09.30.
Myleene Klass: she's a model, TV presenter and classically-trained musician, and after the birth of her daughter Ava last year, she's now turned her hand to designing baby clothes for Mothercare. She tells Ryan how she manages to fit it all in!
Millennium: if you cast your minds back, you'll remember the frenzy surrounding the turn of the century and the welcoming of the new millennium 8 years ago; people were talking about Armageddon, Y2K and worldwide computer breakdowns among other things. But have you ever wondered what life would have been like at the last Millennium, in a time when we were far more conscious of unworldly mysterious things - when our ancestors feared the arrival of the Antichrist and drowning of the world in blood. Well joining Ryan in studio this morning is historian and author Tom Holland, who has written a book on this very subject. Millennium: The End Of The World And The Forging Of Christendom is published by Little, Brown (the ISBN is 978-1-4087-0086-0 and the RRP is €24.99).
Benecol Competition: and congratulations to Helen McIntyre from Greencastle, Co. Donegal, who won a fantastic holiday to Lanzarote with thanks to The Tubridy Show and Benecol! Tune in tomorrow for your chance to win another holiday!
We've music today from the marvellous Rev. Al Green, who's so Tired Of Being Alone.
Personal Bodyguard: Irish bodyguard Lisa Baldwin, who's just been appointed Director of the Female Bureau in the International Bodyguard Association, joins Ryan in studio to chat about the daily realities of protecting princesses
Manila Strings: We have live music today from Manila Strings, aka Dante Gillas [or Des] (lead vocals), Rodrigo Queezon [Rod] (double bass) & Edward Olivarez (guitar). The lads perform Ride On and Kiss.
Lost Treasures: and Dr. Pat Wallace, Director of the National Museum of Ireland, tells us about some of the more unusual discoveries that have turned out to be very valuable
Benecol Competition: and congratulations to Pat Hughes from Dublin, who won a fantastic holiday to Cyprus with thanks to The Tubridy Show and Benecol! Tune in tomorrow for your chance to win another holiday!
We kick off the show today with the new song from the latest Bond movie. Another Way To Die, a duet between Jack White & Alicia Keys, is from Quantum Of Solace, which will be released on October 31st.
101 Irish Books: bibliophile, renowned Galway bookshop owner Des Kenny, & author of Kenny's Choice: 101 Irish Books You MUST Read joins Ryan in studio to talk about his favourite Irish books, and why nothing by Joyce makes it onto the list. Kenny's Choice: 101 Irish Books You MUST Read is published by Curragh Press; the ISBN is 978-1-85607-967-9 and the RRP is €19.95.
Scilly Island Radio Soap: Maggie Percovic, writer of The Islanders, tells Ryan about it's global popularity. To listen to The Islanders, visit http://www.radioscilly.com/.
Enya & Elevator Music: does listening to a calming voice, whale screeches and ocean waves reduce your blood pressure? Or does it drive you demented, especially when it's the obligatory sound track to your spa experience? To mark the 20th anniversary of Enya's Orinoco Flow, a record that's sold 8 million copies worldwide, we're joined from Donegal by musician Paddy Cullivan, aka Clint Velour of the Camembert Quartet, and in Dublin by composer John Walsh, who specialises in music for film, TV and advertising, including the music for the official Olympic Games 2008 commercial. The music that we hear is Enya's Orinoco Flow and Enigma's Return To Innocence.
Benecol Competition: and congratulations to Geraldine Coakley from Cork, who won a fantastic holiday to Majorca with thanks to The Tubridy Show and Benecol! Tune in tomorrow for your chance to win another holiday!
Music today comes courtesy of George Michael and Wham, who tells us I'm Your Man.
Sensory Gardens: gardener Diarmuid Gavin comes into studio to chat with Ryan about sensory gardens, current projects and children's books! Diarmuid was in Dublin to launch the Sensory Garden Project at Simpson's Hospital in Dundrum. He's just opened his first ever Irish design studio on Merrion Street, Dublin 2, and is also launching a one day Design Your Own Garden course in UCD in a month's time. The telephone number for both these ventures is 01 676-5794.
Segways And Other Ways Of Getting Around: normally associated with city tours and patrols, more and more people are using Segways to travel around towns and cities. But what exactly is a Segway, and where can you use one? To answer that, Ryan is joined by RTÉ's Economics Editor George Lee, who owns one, and science writer Mary Mulvihill
Who Do You Think You Are?: if anyone were to ask you about your family tree and pose the question who do you think you are, how much could you tell them? Most of us probably have an idea what our grandparents did or where they came from - but beyond that? Joe Duffy, presenter of RTÉ Radio 1's Liveline, went in search of some answers to that question, and his search is documented in the programme Who Do You Think You Are, which will be broadcast on RTÉ One this evening at 21:35
Benecol Competition: Congratulations to Mary Fitzmaurice, who won a fantastic holiday to the Algarve with thanks to The Tubridy Show and Benecol! Tune in tomorrow for your chance to win another holiday!
Actress Charlene McKenna from Raw, Pure Mule, Breakfast on Pluto and Whistleblower joins Ryan for a chat. Amongst other things she talks about growing up in Monaghan, she discuss her career to date and also how she got into the acting business.
Ahead of the All-Ireland football final and as the Ryder Cup begins, businessman and former Wexford manager Liam Griffin joins Ryan in a discussion on the subject of good and bad leaders.
We bring you reaction from yesterday's interview with Sister Bernadine, where she was talking about retreats
There's eclectic music today: Friday I'm In Love by The Cure, and Sway by Dean Martin
RTE's former Washington correspondent Mark Little shoots the breeze with Ryan about the transformation happening in the USA.
Retreating From It All: Ryan talks to Sister Bernadine, Abbess of the Poor Clares in Ennis (where President McAleese goes for retreats), and actress Fiona Shaw (who once spent three weeks in a convent with a silent order of nuns) about the power of silence and contemplation
Results Of Tubridy Show/ MBIMS Poll (Knowledge Retained By Irish Adults From Schooldays): James McCarthy-Morrogh, Director of Millward Brown IMS, takes us through the results of our latest IMS Poll
Music today is courtesy of Paddy Casey's Saints And Sinners, and Walk Like An Egyptian from The Bangles
Shopping Centres: The New Mecca? Ryan talks to Donald McFetridge, Head of Retail Studies at the University of Coleraine, Dundrum devotee Kelly Cousins, and Sean Kelly (the former GAA President wrote an article at the weekend about the negative impact of out-of-town shopping centres) about the attraction of shopping centres
Plus we get your reaction to Sister Bernadine's interview, including this fabulous sketch sent in by listener Anne West .
Ryan meets Charlie Higson, star of The Fast Show and author of the Young Bond series.
Aoife Mulholland and Jessie Buckley will be taking part in an Andrew Lloyd Webber extravaganza tomorrow night at Dublin's National Concert Hall. They tell Ryan about life after reality TV.
Ryan also encourages listeners to take part in Jam The Musical. Further details are available on www.rte.ie/jam.
Shane Kelly, Mary Coll and Jackie O'Callaghan discuss the phenomenon of helicopter parenting.
Today we talk man crushes - who are the guys that guys love and are not afraid to say they admire? Joining Ryan, Caroline Morahan, Pat Fitzpatrick and Damien Owens.
Grainne Miller and Maeve Higgins tell us about the growing phenomenon of Culture Night, and Opera singer / Hospital Porter Eoin Cotter joins us for a chat.
On today's show, Oscar Winner Jeremy Irons joins Ryan in an interview recorded at UCD for the Law Society. Jeremy talks about his career, his family life and living in Dublin.
Also Teacher of the Year Rose Ui Shuilleabhain tells us about her success at the People of the Year Awards.
Gabriel Byrne arose from his bed and opened the curtains in his Dingle Hotel, all the while chatting to Ryan on the phone about the Gregory Peck award at the Dingle film festival, being nominated for an Emmy, and various musings on life the universe and everything.
Organised religion and what has happened it over a short time in Ireland was the topic for discussion for Malachi O Doherty, author of Empty Pulpits, and he was joined by psychologist Patricia Casey.
Why do we have affairs?
Psychotherapists Emma Keane and Gerry Hickey, along with private investigator Liam Brady discuss what drives the great human weakness; the urge to have affairs.
The pros and cons of holistic medicine with
And the 9/11 conspiracies that keep on coming. What are they and what attracts us to conspiracy theories?
Grainne Seoige came in to studio for a chat ahead of the People of the Year Awards and her new evening show with her sister Sile.
As Sarah Palin sets the US political world alight, we looked at who are the Irish equivalent; the Power CamogieMammies.
Brig Minihan, Eithne Larkin and Celia Holman Lee compared their packed schedules and discussed whether Barack Obama had messed things up nicely with his 'lipstick on a pig' comment.
How do crime writers research their books? John Connolly, Arlene Hunt and Alex Barclay revealed how they research the grisly details of their writings.
'Can we really and should we really be friends with our exes?' That was the topic up for discussion with the panel Amanda Brunker, Naomi McIlroy and Paul Traynor. The general consensus was that no maybe it's not a good idea.
And larger than life as ever, Rowan Manahan of Fortifed Services popped into studio to talk about the art of the job interview; that is, the dos and the donts.
John Waters and Eddie Hobbs joined Ryan in studio to talk about their personal family histories during the famine. John and Eddie are two off the three people featured in the TV documentary; 'Where was your family During The Famine?'
A fascinating item ensued involving John discovering that his great granduncle died of starvation in Sligo at the age of eighteen, while the Hobbs family worked as weighmasters in Cork's buttermarket.
Mary Kennedy, host of Nationawide and National Treasure joined Ryan for a chat as a launch to the tidy towns awards that evening.
On the show today, sibling rivalry at it's most Irish? We talk to brothers Thomas Breathnach Chaiperson of Kilkenny County Council, and Jack Walsh Mayor of Waterford City Council, both originally from Kilkenny but parting company for the All Ireland Hurling Final in Croke Park this Sunday. And Waterford magician Keith Barry gives us his prediction for the final score.
Jennifer O'Connell, Dr. Christopher Cowley and Ivan Yates debate moral dilemmas; to tell or not to tell! And we salute Google on their 10th anniversary.
Also, mutton dressed up as lamb; we ask should your age dictate your wardrobe? With us Miriam Liee, Harim Rehmani White and Daithi O'Se .
As Sarah Palin makes a pitch to be the next US vice-president, we take a look at the Irish women who we think will make the history books in years to come. Listeners text in their choices and Ryan is joined in studio by Sheila Reilly, editor of the Longford Leader, author Sheila O' Flanagan and Gerardine Meaney, Director of Irish Studies at UCD.
Ryan reads out some of the various comments that came in following yesterday's robust discussion on Oliver Cromwell.
Chewing the fat, shooting the breeze, call it what you will, we take a look at the art of conversation and what it is that makes a good conversationalist. Naoise Nunn, curator of the Spoken Word tent at the 2008 Electric Picnic, Eileen Sweeney who runs dating agency Dine to Meet, and editor of the Connacht Tribune, Dave O' Connell.
Oliver Cromwell: the big debate! A treacherous villain or a misunderstood hero? With us Tom Reilly author of Cromwell: An Honourable Enemy and Professor Ciaran Brady Trinity College Dublin.
And Part 2 of our advice tips from careers advisor Rowan Manahan: The Written Stage.
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Rowan's worksheet is available for download here.
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With all the hearsay about a possible Nouveau Cold War, Richard Delevan and Constantin Gurdgiev talk U.S. - Russian relations. Actor Patrick Bergin tells us about his latest venture, starring in the video of a new Irish pop hit Paddy's Revenge as a leprechaun, and Louis Walsh tells us what's in his Time Capsule and fills us in on the X-Factor Gossip.
Musical muse and photographer Patti Boyd joined Ryan in studio this morning to chat about her exhibition in Gallery Number One Dublin, and to chat inevitably about being the woman who inspired George Harrison and Eric Clapton to write 'Something' 'Layla' and 'Wonderful Tonight'.
As Hurricane Gustav twists towards New Orleans, broadcaster John Kelly spoke about how much the American city suffered after Hurricane Katriona three years ago and the damage done to the musical traditions there.
And whither the culchie?
Pat Fitzpatrick, Paddy McKenna and Aoife Finnernan, all true non blur outside the pale folk gathered to discus whether the true culchie still exists or not.Or, is the nation just one big homogenous deck loving, trampoline and SUV owning middle class suburban family.
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