Get Around To It

Reviewed this week: the film Disclosure Day, and three series - The Bear, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed and Make That Movie

Previewed this week: Madonna's new album, Sara Baume's latest book Opening Night and the film Blue Heron (Aoife will be doing a Q&A with Blue Heron director Sophy Romvari at the Light House Cinema on Thursday 2 July about this film - tickets here: https://www.lighthousecinema.ie/film/blue-heron)

Plus: news about a screening of Lauren and her husband Sean's short horror film Heathen at Galway Film Fleadh!

Tickets for our next table quiz on 8 July are available here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/get-around-to-it-arts-culture-table-quiz-8-july-2026-tickets-1990566960363

Get Around To It is the culture podcast for curious people, sponsored by Imbibe Coffee and presented by arts journalists Aoife Barry and Lauren Murphy.

Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod
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Produced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.
Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ie
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This week's episode is a replay as it's Aoife's turn to go on holidays. We chatted to Irish authors Andrea Mara (All Her Fault), Catherine Ryan Howard (56 Days) and Rónán Hession (Leonard and Hungry Paul) fill us in on what it's like to have your book turned into a successful TV series.

Ever wondered how it all works - whether you get to write the script, if you get to pick the stars or go on set, and whether the money is worth it? You'll find out the answers here. Plus some myths are busted too!

Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod
Our sponsor: https://www.imbibe.ie

Produced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.
Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ie
Theme music: Cinema Bell by Land Lovers from the album Confidantes.
Podcast artwork: Chris Hanna https://www.chris-hanna.com/
Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen.
Interested in sponsorship or ads? Email getaroundtoitpod@gmail.com
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We're so delighted to have the brilliant journalist and author Patrick Freyne on the podcast this week, taking about his excellent new book, Experts In A Dying Field.

The book is in bookshops and libraries now.

Thanks for bearing with us while we navigate summer work hours and holidays - see you next time for a Previews & Reviews episode!

Thanks to Patrick and Penguin Ireland for facilitating the interview.

Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod
Our sponsor: https://www.imbibe.ie

Produced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.
Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ie
Theme music: Cinema Bell by Land Lovers from the album Confidantes.
Podcast artwork: Chris Hanna https://www.chris-hanna.com/
Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen.
Interested in sponsorship or ads? Email getaroundtoitpod@gmail.com
Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod
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What does an intimacy coordinator do? How do you get into the job, and what does your work involve? We're so delighted to have the Berlin-based Irish intimacy coordinator Cathy Walsh on GATI this week to tell us all about her job.

More about Cathy Walsh here: https://www.cathywalsh.org/about
And MINT intimacy coordinators here: https://www.mintimacycoordination.com/

Cathy's cultural pics were:
The Delivery Guy https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39179041/?ref_=ttpl_ov_i
The Macedonian film Before the Rain https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110882/
And Norwegain folk dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zci9YA9rOEs

Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod
Our sponsor: https://www.imbibe.ie

Produced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.
Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ie
Theme music: Cinema Bell by Land Lovers from the album Confidantes.
Podcast artwork: Chris Hanna https://www.chris-hanna.com/
Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen.
Interested in sponsorship or ads? Email getaroundtoitpod@gmail.com
Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod
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We're so delighted to have the novelist Kathleen McMahon on the podcast today to talk about writing her latest book Other People's Lives, her thoughts on marriage and relationships, difficult writing experiences, and her grandmother, the acclaimed writer Mary Lavin.

Thanks so much Kathleen and to Penguin Ireland for faciliating the interview. Other People's Lives is out now.

Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod
Our sponsor: https://www.imbibe.ie

Produced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.
Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ie
Theme music: Cinema Bell by Land Lovers from the album Confidantes.
Podcast artwork: Chris Hanna https://www.chris-hanna.com/
Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen.
Interested in sponsorship or ads? Email getaroundtoitpod@gmail.com
Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.