Turning your passion for your football club into a career with Josh Williams
Release Date: 02/13/2025
12 Days of War - Inside Tel Aviv with Paul Kearns
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Early in the morning on the 13th June 2025 the air raid sirens and the phone alerts came and you had to quickly move to a communal shelter with your partner and your two children. What thoughts go through your head when you hear the bombs overhead? What conversations do you have with other people sheltering? What do you tell your children? Does it make people think about what it must be like for people in Gaza as the bombs rain down on them and they have no shelters? How do you do this day after day when those sirens alert you once again to take cover? Now that the war with Iran “is over”...
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Lisa Scarff - You never quite know where a horse drawn caravan will bring you
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I can’t imagine giving up my home and deciding to live in a horse drawn caravan. I can’t imagine moving to another country in that horse drawn caravan and buying some land on a rugged peninsula. I can’t imagine living in a teepee on that land through wet and damp winters with my infant children. On today’s podcast I chatted with who moved from Dorset to Sheep’s Head in 1993, and made a wonderful life for herself and her children. She speaks about her love of nature, making a life in West Cork, entrepreneurship, her meadows, butterflies, moths and turning 70! Enjoy the show Greg by ...
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Cracking the code of life with Fiona Burke of Little Red Skincare
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On today’s podcast I had the absolute pleasure of the company of Fiona Burke, the founder and owner of . A simple conversation about her very special business opened up into a number of areas I wasn’t at all expecting. She chatted about her early life as the daughter of the local policeman in Ennis, being bullied out of her job as an engineer by someone who felt that wasn’t the place for a woman, and this leading to an unplanned life of a successful entrepreneur selling cheese at various markets around Cork. The cheese business evolved into Little Red Skincare, an organically certified...
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Christy - A love letter to Cork
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After such a long wait we were finally in our seats to watch the premiere of my son’s first feature film, at the prestigious Berlinaile International Film Festival. The speeches were made to open the festival and finally the lights went down and the film began. I wasn’t fully sure what to expect of the movie, and within minutes I found myself emotionally gripped by the story and throughout I laughed and I cried, I cheered on the main characters and hoped that things would work out for them, and at the very end, and I really don’t want to give anything away of the story, I wept and...
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Christy - When Knocknaheeny comes to Berlin!
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When your son has co-written and directed a full feature movie it’s a big deal. When this movie has been chosen to open the Generation section of the prestigious you start to get excited, and before you know it you are in Berlin on a snowy Valentines Day in a huge auditorium excitedly waiting to see the movie for the first time. The opening night was a sell out with 1,000 people gathering in the bar and lobby area before the doors opened for the theatre. I wanted to capture this special occasion so with a mixture of nerves and excitement I turned on the microphone and chatted with some of...
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Artist and Author Sue Stolberger - Nature is the Greatest Teacher
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In part two of a two part podcast, Artist and Author, chats with me about her nearly 40 years living in a tent in the in East Africa. Sue says that “nature is the greatest teacher” and she shares with me so many of her experiences from that special time including Winkie the Warthog, Mr and Mrs C, Romeo the giraffe, Mrs Reedbuck and the cycle of life, her encounter with a lion, falling trees, climate change, gender equality and her wonderful life with the world renowned sculptor, her very special . All of these stories are captured in her beautiful book, ‘Nature Speaks’ , which in...
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Artist and Author Sue Stolberger - Living alone in a tent in the East African wilderness for nearly 40 years
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On today's podcast I chatted with the wonderful author, artist, photographer, nature lover and sometimes life philosopher, . Sue has had the most fascinating life, with most of it spent living in a tent in the in the East African wilderness. In part 1 of this two part podcast, Sue chats about her early magical idyllic life in Tanzania, her love of painting, living hand to mouth for four years in Italy, and then finally returning to Tanzania and purchasing a jeep with the proceeds of an exhibition of her work. After spending some time exploring and painting in different locations...
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From Lead Guitar to Leading a Brand with Liam Mullane of Mercedes-Benz
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On today’s podcast I chatted with , the musician turned General Manager. Liam’s passion is music, and despite his very best efforts he realised that the life of a musician playing original material was not going to sustain him and he had to choose a different path. With a new focus this talented lead guitarist became a leading salesman, and after 22 years in the motor trade he is now the General Manager of Mercedes-Benz in Cork. He chatted about his career path, the ups and downs, the buzz of being a successful salesman, how to close a sale, the special role of cars in our lives, QTR and...
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Life in Tel Aviv since October 7th 2023 with Paul Kearns
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On today's podcast I chatted with , journalist and urban planner, from his home in Tel Aviv in Israel, just 60 kms from Gaza. Paul is living there with his two young daughters and his partner and he has been there since 2018. He shares in detail the perspective of life there, how it has changed considerably since October 7th 2023, how it is for him and his family, and how it is for his neighbours, friends and Israelis in general. He talks about the censorship by the media when reporting about the atrocities in Gaza, the awkward relationship Israel has with Ireland, and why he has taken it upon...
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Moving into Wisdom with Kevin Fahey, CEO of Essence of Leadership
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On today’s podcast I had the pleasure of learning some of life's lessons from a very wise man, , CEO and Founder of Peer to Peer coaching company, . Kevin came from a family farm in Tipperary, he went into the Irish clothing manufacturing industry and after a board room battle he found himself at home, unemployed. Never a man to stand still Kevin started off a successful training company and was once labelled a Positive Psychopath by one of his clients. Like so many other businesses the recession that followed the Celtic Tiger crash, had him once again wondering where the next few bob was...
info_outlineOn today’s podcast I had the absolute pleasure of discussing one of my huge passions, my love of Liverpool Football Club with Liverpudlian, Josh Williams.
Josh is a football analyst, a journalist, an author and a podcaster and his very focussed area of interest is the football club that I adore.
Josh is from the city, he has an analytical mind and he has combined that with his passion for his club, and on his podcast and Substack account, Distance Covered he goes into the kind of clever detail that all dedicated fans love.
He left his full time job as a football journalist with the Liverpool Echo to bravely follow his passion and if you want to read and listen to what he has to say you have to subscribe - it’s more than worth it.
As well as being a clever football analyst he is a super nice guy who seems to have this thing called life figured out!
Enjoy the show..
Podcast Production by Greg Canty
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