Second Opinions with John Crown

Donal O’Shea, a Consultant Endocrinologist, is Clinical Director at St Vincent’s University Hospital and professor of Medicine at UCD.

In this episode of the podcast, he talks to John about growing up in a sporting family, his training at the world renowned Hammersmith Hospital in London and he gives his insights into treating obesity.

Produced by Fergus Sweeney

John chats to Lenny Abrahamson, best known for directing such films as Adam & Paul, Garage, What Richard Did and Room and TV series, Normal People. We hear about Lenny’s early life growing up in Dublin, his love of Philosophy and Science, life in Stanford and the people who have inspired him.

Produced by Fergus Sweeney

Financial journalist, Eamonn Fingleton is John's guest in this episode of the podcast. 

Eamonn has worked for the Financial Times, the Mirror, the Sun, The Irish Independent and Forbes Magazine. He’s also written a number of books including In the Jaws of the Dragon and In Praise of Hard Industries.

In this interview we hear Eamonn’s thoughts on the deindustrialisation of western economies, brexit, and how jobs growth rather than profit drives the Japanese economy.

In this episode John speaks to financier, spin doctor and media personality, Anthony Scaramucci. Anthony worked on the first campaign to elect Donald Trump and subsequently, in 2017, spent 11 days as White House Communications Director.

In this interview he talks about growing up in New York, golfing with Donald Trump, election integrity and the war in Iran. (The interview was recorded in the week of the St Patrick’s Day celebrations and Michael Martin’s visit to the White House)

Produced By Fergus Sweeney

Professor John Crown’s guest on this podcast is a proud Irishman, who has the distinction of having worked in the White House as part of the Biden Administration.

Tom Wright is a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and a writer with The Atlantic. He served as special assistant to president Joe Biden and senior director for strategic planning at the National Security Council.

In this wide-ranging interview we hear Tom’s thoughts on the war in Iran, China, Tarrifs (including the Smoot Hawley act of 1930), Joe Biden’s one term presidency and whether Ireland should join NATO.

PRODUCER: Fergus Sweeney