A Podcast About Creativity

The WGM is a podcast all about creativity, which showcases the best of Ireland's emerging and established arts talent.

episode 29 [ dave rudden & sarah maria griffin ]

[ Series 3 of the WGM kicks off with a live Q&A with BFFs and fantastic young Irish authors Dave Rudden (Knights of the Borrowed Dark) and Sarah Maria Griffin (Spare and Found Parts). It's a fascinating chat with extraordinary insight from two of the countries brightest new literary stars and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. ]

EPISODE 28 [ THE 100 CLUB ]

[ It's the last episode of the current series and to mark it we go back to the venue of our London show last year, the 100 Club, to learn about its amazing history as one of (if not THE) oldest music venue in the world. Venue owner Jeff Horton takes Nial on a walk around the hallowed space and tells us why independent venues like the 100 Club are so important. ]

episode 27 [ chris gethard ]

[ Chris Gethard is a comedian, writer, actor and television host from New Jersey. Nial caught up with him in Dublin at the Vodafone Comedy Carnival to talk about Chris' improv background, his public access chat show and punk DIY approach to his work. ]

EPISODE 26 [ 4 BOTHIES ]

[ Episode 26 is a very special show and a break from our usual format. 4 Bothies is an art project by Luke Franklin. He and four collaborators created four different artistic spaces and hid them in secret locations around Ireland. This week Shane joins Luke, Mike Donnelly and Adam Ozmin as they go in search of one of the Bothies on Inishark - an abandoned island off the coast of Galway. ]

episode 25 [ sasheer zamata ]

[ In Episode 25 we break from our tradition of featuring Irish artists to chat to current SNL cast member Sasheer Zamata. Níal caught up with Sasheer while she was performing at the Vodafone Comedy Festival in Dublin. ]

EPISODE 24 [ FEELS ]

[ Episode 24 is all about emotions and how they feed into artists' work. This week, Shane chats to spoken word performer Vickey Curtis about how the death of her mother and then of her housemate led to the writing of her new show. Shane also talks to musician Kieran McGuinness (Delorentos) about songwriting and there's a performance from Elm. ]

EPISODE 23 [ PETER MCDONALD ]

[ Nial chats to actor Peter McDonald, star of Moone Boy, The Stag, I Went Down and many other acclaimed TV, Film and theatre titles. Recorded live in London's 100 Club. ]

EPISODE 22 [ IRL ]

[ This episode 'IRL' is about life online and features comedy from Keith Farnan, an essay from WGM regular Megan Nolan, music from Video Blue and performance from Stefanie Preissner. ]

EPISODE 21 [ ANDERSON ]

[ Daniel Anderson was the frontman of The Rags. But since the band's demise, he has re-invented himself as a self-publishing solo artist. Daniel speaks to Nial about the challenges of going it alone in the music industry. There's also three tracks from Anderson himself. ]

episode 20 [ my body ]

[ Themed show all about relationships with ours and other people's bodies. Featuring Comedian Edwin Sammon talking about his experience with drugs. Megan Nolan reads an incredible essay about sexual assault. Jennifer Evans performs three live tracks for us. And author Sarah Maria Griffin gives us a preview of her novel Spare and Found Parts. ]

EPISODE 19 [ CONOR O'BRIEN (VILLAGERS) ]

[ In this latest epsiode of the WGM podcast, Níal chats to Villagers frontman and Ivor Novello Award winning songwriter Conor O'Brien in his Dublin kitchen. ]