This week Seoirse Speaks with former Mayo footballer and former head of the Fraud Squad and now author Willie McGee. Willie joined Seoirse at this live Q&A in Lucan library as part of the Redline Festival and he spoke about his time playing for Mayo (including how he got the name Willie “Four goal McGee”) and he told some fascinating stories about his time at the Fraud Squad including how a group threatened eco-terrorism on Ireland and some of his favourite stories including how one woman pretended to be an nun to steal some money and how she was ultimately caught red handed. All that and much more!

In this first episode of season 2 Seoirse speaks with Children’s Book Illustrator, Writer, Musician and Singer Electra Grant. Electra discusses why she wanted to become a children’s book illustrator, what inspired her to become an artist and she also speaks about how she and her partner Robert Power made a music video in Dublin during lockdown. All that and much more!

This week Seoirse Speaks with actor, writer and director Rodrigo Ternevoy. Best known as “Cristiano” in popular Irish soap opera Fair City, Rodrigo talks about how he got the role, what interested him about the role and he goes behind the scenes and tells us what it was like to shoot for Fair City during Covid. He also talks about what it was like moving from Brazil to Ireland and he talks about his award winning short “The Weight of Time”.

This week Seoirse Speaks with the lovely folks from the Firedoor Theatre, a Dublin based theatre group. The director and cast talk about the play, God of Carnage which will be on in the Smock Alley Theatre from August 23rd to 28th. They talk about how they rehearsed on zoom to begin with and how they transitioned into rehearsing face to face and the actors tell us about the characters and their relationships with each other and how the Smock Alley Theatre have ensured that it is safe to go back to the theatre. Finally they talk about what to expect from Firedoor in the future and how you can get involved if you so wish.

This week Seoirse Speaks With Production manager Victorija Cook. Victorija kindly dropped by to talk about her company, Inscript, and two of the films the studio is working.

This week Seoirse Speaks with Melissa Hurry about how a “bad” grade and a dream inspired her to become a filmmaker and how she was able to make her first film all under Lockdown during Covid. She also talks about founding Rime Entertainment with her sister and how they help coach people in the arts industry and what people should look out for when writing a script. Melissa also has time to talk about a documentary she is making about dating in times of covid and her next film she is working on. All that and much more!

This week Seoirse speaks with Holly Mumford about how she fell in love with Italy and how she ended up staying Milan for 16 years and counting. She also talks about about the trials of a British person living in Europe post Brexit and what she hopes for the future. She also discusses rasing a family while working as an actress and what challenges she overcame to make her first web series Smoke and Mirrors. Finally she talks about what future plans are in store and much more!

This week Seoirse speaks with Nicole and Liza creators of the Female Film Club. They speak to Seoirse about what the Female Film Club is, how they came up with the idea during lockdown, what it’s like making a film in Covid times, how the Female Film Club can help people with their mindset and mental health and how we can all adapt to different ways of networking during these times. They also talk about how they welcome people of all genders to participate and what the future holds for the Female Film Club. All that and much more!

This week Seoirse speaks with legendary game designer and author Roberta Williams. Roberta talks about about she got started doing research for her new book Farewell to Tara, a fictionilised account of her ancestors in Ireland during the famine in the 1800’s. She also talks in more detail about what she found out about her ancestors, what life was like living in Ireland at the time and she has some fascinating stories about some of the adventures her family got up to both in Ireland and then afterwards in the United States and what we can expect from her second book if she gets to release it. She also reveals the difference between writing for games and books and what are the chances she will return to writing for games again. All that and much more!

This week Seoirse speaks with game developer Georh Hobmeier who talks about what draws him into making political games. He then discusses his game Path Out, “an autobiographical adventure game that allows the players to replay the journey of Abdullah Karam, a young Syrian artist that escaped the civil war in 2014. Camouflaged as a Japanese RPG, Path Out is a tale full of surprises, challenges and paradoxical humor, giving insight in this real-life adventure, on which Abdullah comments through youtube-style videos in the game.” All that and much more!

This week Seoirse speaks with Empire film Critic and author Helen O’Hara. Helen very kindly agreed to speak with Seoirse about how she moved from studying law to working for Empire, how the Empire podcast started and she talks about her new book, Women Vs Hollywood and how things may finally be changing for the better. All that and much more!

In this bonus episode Seoirse Speask With Tabletop RPG developer and author Steffie De Vaan about her latest game City of Flesh which is out now on Kickstarter and she also spoke about how RPG books are written and about some of her fiction work as well and much more!

This week Seoirse speaks with Martyn and Laura from the Nil Points podcast all about the Eurovision! They describe what the Eurovision is, how it started, how it has changed and what new traditions have developed. The yalso discuss the Netflix movie starring Will Ferrell and Rachel Mcadams and if it’s actually good as well as what an American Eurovision could look like. They also talk about their podcast and what you can expect from the podcast as well as what they have learned since they first started the podcast. All that and much more!