Win Happy Podcast

Anyone that follows me on social media will know that I am not the biggest fan of AI and in particular Generative AI.
So when I ended up sitting next to the founder of The Institute of Applied AI, Siobhan O'Leary at a Chamber breakfast, I couldn't resist inviting her to come on the Win Happy podcast !
We had a really fascinating chat about the family jewellery business, her career as an engineer, the challenge of juggling work and family, and then a huge pivot to self employment and the world of applying AI to business.
When I was editing the podcast, after about 25 minutes of perfect audio for some reason the sound collapsed on Siobhan's microphone and I was struggling badly to recover the audio quality. After lots of repair work by me using the software that I normally use, I had an ok recording but it wasn't at all good enough to publish.
Instead of abandoning what I had, I ironically turned to an AI repair tool that I had never used before to see if it could rescue the recording At times it changed Siobhan's voice and at times it managed to mispronounce some words - it still needed some intervention from me and a few parts I had to delete but all in all it did an ok job.
I'll let you listen and figure out where the AI took over and you might let me know if you think it did a good job or not!
Enjoy the show ...
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On today's podcast I chatted with Musician, Songwriter and Author, my good pal Joe Philpott about his life, his book 'All Roads Lead to Where You Are' and some new music that he has just released.
Joe had the adventure of a lifetime when he and his school buddies headed to America to see if they could make it in the music business with their band Rubyhorse.
While his excellent book captures this amazing story, the practice of writing the book has opened a huge door to his overall creativity resulting in new projects and new music.
If you get a chance to grab a copy of the book, it's impossible to put down once you start.
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On today's podcast I chatted with writer, performer, producer and magician Daniel Cremin.
At four years of age Daniel saw a magician perform a trick at a local library which intrigued him,and at 11 he saw Paul Daniels perform a magic trick on TV, he was hooked.
Daniel immersed himself in magic and at every opportunity he would perform his tricks to friends, family, visitors to the house and even to the local priest at his first confession!
Since then he has perfected his craft as a magician and extended his interests to acting, writing and producing shows.
Daniel is a very busy man between his one man, self written, self performed show 'Why Magic', the Cork Fringe Festival that he co-founded, which will run from the 8th to the 10th May, a new project, 'Jacko the Musical', and his private magic shows.
The real magic is storytelling, not the tricks!
Enjoy the show
 
Podcast Production by Greg Canty
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On today's podcast I welcome back urban planner, journalist and political commentator, Paul Kearns to the podcast.
Paul is living in Tel Aviv with his partner and his two young girls and finds himself once again, literally in the eye of the storm as the war with Iran is in its fourth week.
Bomb alerts are now part of everyday life for the family, and as he says himself, you never get used to that sound. 
He chats about the impact of the war, in particular on his young girls and the long term effect on the next generation, who are growing up with harsh memories and inevitable hatred for the "other side".
Paul explains the mood in Israel and why support for what I believe is an unnecessary war with Iran, has increased since it began.
Discussing war on a podcast about Happiness might seem strange - unfortunately life goes on even when the bombs are falling.
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On today's podcast I chatted with communications specialist and author Andy Freed about his book, 'Lead Like the Boss'.
When Andy, a lifelong Bruce Springsteen fan was returning from one of the 95 concerts he has seen, he penned a post on LinkedIn about the leadership qualities of "The Boss", and what we can all learn from them.

This post literally blew up and eventually turned into this book.
Andy spoke about his own life and career, leadership lessons he learnt from working on political campaigns in America and more importantly the important lessons that leaders of today can learn from Bruce.
He talks about the importance of storytelling, empathy, rehearsing, carefully listening, bringing people with you and much more.
He also explains how teddy bears ended up in police cars!
Enjoy the show
Podcast Production by Greg Canty
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