Mark Quinn is an award winning audio creator with a background in radio and TV production who is committed to developing and delivering aural stories that stimu...
In an extraordinary life lived to the full, My Auntie Mary is Mary (or Kate) Greenway's life story told openly and honestly to her nephew Mark Quinn.
During her life, Mary had 46 different jobs and in later years she put this vast amount of life experience together and created inspirational talks for women that she presented all around the south of England entitled ‘Enjoy being a woman with men in mind’ under the name of Kate Greenway.
The talks brought Mary a degree of notoriety - which of course she thoroughly enjoyed.
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BLB Sounds From The Past - Trailer
BLB Sounds From The Past - Trailer by Mark Quinn
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10. 'I Think It Will Teach Us To Be Satisfied With Less'
Stories this week: A psychotherapist on how the Irish prison system is dealing with the virus and on the potential mental health impacts arising from the pandemic for the population at large. We revisit Brazil where the number of corona cases has rocketed. We catch up with a couple running a chemist shop in Manhattan, New York City. And the background context from a producer about the making of a film documentary.
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9. Bob Geldof: ‘Come the Big Day and Fu@k Me!'
In the 70s and 80s, an Irish band took the world by storm. The Boomtown Rats fronted by the charismatic, if sometimes controversial singer Bob Geldof.
Host Mark Quinn spoke to Bob over the line about the pandemic, life in general and about how the music of The Boomtown Rats continues to have something to say about the times we live in. This is an extended programme.
Our photograph of Bob was taken at Self Aid in 1986 by an old friend of ours, professional photographer and broadcaster the late Seá Byrne.
Recommended listen:
Wife of the late John Prine, Fiona Whelan Prine's 6 minute piece on BBC Radio 4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08d4v7j?fbclid=IwAR2gtE_qPA95VpjYcbFaIc4u4Giu2b79wwWyHlewWYZg4GYcnFpT9XoXHcs
Music featured (CCC licensed): Christian Bjoerklund 'Hallon'; Blue Dot Sessions 'Cupcake Marshall'; Soft and Furious 'So What'; Ryan Andersen 'Awakening'
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8.‘It’s Not a Hobby That Would Save Anyone’s Life, But It Could Save Your Sanity’
12 years ago, Paul Duff left behind the hustle and bustle of Dublin and settled for a new life on Valencia Island, just off the south west tip of Co Kerry. Here he is surrounded by the wild Atlantic Ocean as he tends to his vegetables and a lighthouse. Mark Nevin is model railway enthusiast who can quite easily while away the hours and days building and maintaining his large model railway. It’s a lifelong passion that has saved his sanity during the lockdown. We also hear from Julian Tynan-O’Mahony originally from Ireland but now living in Sweden’s largest city, Gothenburg, where the government has adopted a very different approach to tackling the COVID-19 virus. We also check back in on Mariana Moncasi in Madrid as the Spanish government begins to ease back on the rigid lockdown restrictions and citizens can once again enjoy a taste of the open air. We also get some scientific insight into the virus from Spanish science podcaster Carlos Alameda host of El Viajero de la Ciencia.
Music featured (CCC licensed): Christian Bjoerklund 'Hallon'; Blue Dot Sessions 'Cupcake Marshall'; Soft and Furious 'So What'; Ryan Andersen 'Awakening'.
Mark Quinn is an award winning audio creator with a background in radio and TV production who is committed to developing and delivering aural stories that stimulate and entertain.
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