This unique and lively history show delves into some of the world's most important political, social and cultural events and the intriguing personalities behind them. Presented by Dr Patrick Geoghegan of Trinity College Dublin, Talking History unravels the gritty, sometimes uncomfortable, side of our past, and what we can learn from it.
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Trinity College Dublin Talks Podcasts
Trinity is Ireland's top university and lays claim to a beautiful city-centre 16th century campus, notable alumni (Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett to name a few) and world-class research and education. This podcast gets to the heart of what makes this innovative university thrive, its people.
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We are a group of students from across campus coming from all different backgrounds and areas of study. What unites us is our desire to know more about Jesus Christ and make Him known among our fellow students in Trinity. We meet every week for worship and a talk on a relevant question or issue.
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That Great Business Show with Conall Ó Móráin - officially Ireland's TOP Business Podcast, UCD Smurfit's Business Podcast of the Year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nature-based solutions are interventions designed to use the properties of nature to address multiple sustainability challenges. They are increasingly used across cities and their surrounding rural and coastal areas. In the NATURESCAPES project, we are exploring how nature-based solutions are adding up on the ground from a landscape perspective. In this podcast mini-series, we talk with a range of participants from the project about nature-based solutions. Can we work with multiple nature-ba ...
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Reviewing the weekly news and how those stories impact on workers.
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E273 That Greats Business Show, "The Hidden Cost of College Dropouts — and the Irish Nurse Who’s Fixing It", Joan Broderick
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The Hidden Cost of College Dropouts — and the Irish Nurse Who’s Fixing It *Episode 273 | That Great Business Show | Hosted by Conall Ó Móráin | Sponsored by De Facto Shaving Oil Every year, 60–65 thousand Irish students sit the Leaving Cert — but 1 in 8 never make it past first year in college. That’s 5 thousand young people – at a cost of a very c…
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E272 That Greats Business Show “Drones, Delivery and the Sky-High Business of Logistics” Etienne Louvet, Iona Drones
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“Drones, Delivery and the Sky-High Business of Logistics” Etienne Louvet, Founder & CEO of IONA Drones We’re taking Irish innovation sky-high. In this week’s That Great Business Show, Conall Ó Móráin grills – politely – French founder Etienne Louvet of IONA Drones, the Galway-based start-up building autonomous aircraft to deliver parcels, medicine,…
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E271 That Great Business Show. From Dublin Chef to US Bar King: The Wild, True Story of Shane Carty and the Trinity Bar, Connecticut”
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Episode 271 — “You've got to squeeze the boll*x out of it" The hilarious story how a Dubliner became a US Bar King: The Wild, True Story of Shane Carty and the Trinity Bar, Connecticut” What does it really take to succeed in the cut-throat US hospitality business? Forget the glossy Instagram stories and the “living the dream” nonsense — this is the…
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Featuring: Dáithí O'Ceallaigh, former Irish diplomat who served as Irish Ambassador in London, involved in framing and operating the agreement; Eoin O’Malley, Associate Professor in Political Science at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University and author of ‘Charlie Vs Garret: The rivalry that shaped modern Ireland’; and Daniel Mulh…
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In this episode: 'Mitchell - Father of the Spitfire' by Paul Beaver; 'Wolfpack' by Roger Moorhouse; and 'Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants' War' by Lyndal Roper.
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E270 That Great Business Show -The Fastway collapse, John Tuohy OohPod - Phil Barnes Geotab keeping 5 million trucks on the road
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Episode 270 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year'. When couriers crumble and tolls soar, two very different innovators are keeping Ireland moving. John Tuohy, the man behind Parcel Motel and now OOHpod, tells host Conall Ó Móráin how a national locker network could rescue Irish e-commerce after Fastway’s meltdo…
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E269 That Great Business Show - “Paul Hackett: Selling Cruises in a Graveyard” Click&Go
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Episode 269 of That Great Business Show 🎧 “From Graveyards to Getaways – How Click & Go Built Ireland’s Smartest Holiday Business” If you’ve ever booked a holiday online, cursed the “hidden fees”, or wondered who still uses a travel agent… this episode will make you think again. Guest Paul Hackett, is the straight-talking CEO of Click & Go Holidays…
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In this episode, we look at the life, legacy and ideas of one of the most influential philosophers in human history, Plato, as we get to the heart of how we debate with each other. Featuring: Mary Margaret McCabe, Professor of Ancient Philosophy Emerita, King’s College London; Catherine Rowett, Emeritus Professor, School of Politics, Philosophy and…
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Featuring: 'The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom' by David Woodman, Professor and Fellow in History at Robinson College, University of Cambridge; 'Queer Georgians', by historian Dr Anthony Delaney; 'Ireland: Mapping The Island', with Joe Brady, co-author; and Changing Ireland at the National Museum of Ireland, with Dónal …
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That Great Business Show Special - A tribute to David Horgan, RIP
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In Memory of David Horgan — Energy, Insight and Integrity This is a special re-release of That Great Business Show, Episode 79 (March 2022), in tribute to the late David Horgan, Chairman of Petrel Resources — a man of rare clarity, courage and intellect. Recorded in the early days of the war in Ukraine, this conversation captures David at his most …
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E268 That Great Business Show - The Barcode Is Dead — Irish Innovation, Fintech for Doctors & Packaging That Talks Back
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“Goodbye barcodes. Hello QR codes.” Once upon a time, the packaging just sat there. Now it talks back. On Episode 268 of That Great Business Show — officially UCD Smurfit Business School Podcast of the Year — I meet: • Donald Douglas of Scanfinity / Return2Sender, turning butter wrappers and Guinness cans into interactive billboards, • Graham Byrne…
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E267 That Great Business Show - Oil prices heading down, electricity prices heading up, Phil Byrne, Cantor FitzGerald & Beyond Borders, Carmen del Rosso
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Falling Oil Prices, Rising Power Bills — and the AI Boom You Didn’t See Coming Oil prices are heading down. Electricity prices are heading up. Wait… what? In this episode of That Great Business Show with Conall O Móráin, Phil Byrne, Chief Investment Officer at Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management, explains why — even if gas prices fall to zero — our …
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We discuss one of the greatest figures in film history - Orson Welles - on the 40th anniversary of his death. We'll explore his genius, the myths around him, and his deep connections to Ireland. Featuring: Prof Ruth Barton of Trinity College Dublin, Dr David Clare of Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, and W. Joseph Campbell of American University…
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E266 That Great Business Show - When a 'thumbs up' emoji forms a legal contract, Wendy Hederman, Mason Hayes & Curran
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E266 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year' Can a thumbs-up cost you thousands? It can. Partner Wendy Hederman (Mason Hayes & Curran) lays out, in plain English, how a quick WhatsApp, email or text can lock in a binding contract, why “subject to contract” won’t always save your skin, and how your employee’s casu…
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On its 220th anniversary, we're debating The Battle of Trafalgar, as we find out about strategy, sacrifice and victory on the high seas. Featuring Dr Katherine Gazzard from Royal Museums Greenwich, Dr Ciarán McDonnell, historian of 18th century war and society, and Prof Andrew Lambert, Professor of Naval History at King’s College London.…
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E265 That Great Business Show - Rugby's Brian O'Driscoll, Caelan Doris go back to grind school & Poachers Drinks, about facing rough competition
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EP265 — Cheaper grinds at scale + how a Wexford mixer takes on Coke & Fever-Tree Part 1:Brendan Kavanagh (Grinds360) explains how a hybrid learning model can undercut traditional grinds: where €2,000 per subject becomes ~€1,000 for all 20 subjects, with live nightly classes, a huge on-demand library and student tracking. He shares year-one results …
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E264 That Great Business Show - 'Invest like a pro' - JoinShuttle.com & Business opportunities in Pittsburgh, PA - Matt Smith, Allegheny Conference
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Episode 264 That Great Business Show with Conall Ó Moráin Now on video — watch this episode on YouTube. Invest like the pros: JoinShuttle.com founders Rob Halligan & Scott Ashmore say they only list deals where a top fund is also investing — and they run their own multi-stage checks before anything goes live. A €250-a-year subscription opens the do…
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We explore Ireland's journey through science, engineering, technology and mathematics over the last four centuries. Featuring Dr Eoin Kinsella, managing editor of the Dictionary of Irish Biography; Prof Jane Grimson, a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and past president of Engineers Ireland and of the Irish Academy of Engineering; and Turlough O’R…
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E263 That Great Business Show - 'Huge Surge in US applications to TCD' - Linda Doyle, Provost, TCD
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Episode 263 That Great Business Show with Conall O Móráin Why Everyone Wants In to TCD - '...because there's no future for libraries in Florida'. TCD Provost, Linda Doyle, on 'huge' U.S. Student Surge, Global Competition & The Future of Higher Ed That Great Business Show — winner of the UCD Smurfit Business School ‘Podcast of the Year’ — takes a ma…
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In this episode: Dublin’s Industrial Heritage by Rob Goodbody; the Voices of the Showmen exhibition at the University of Galway; The Great Reversal - Britain, China and the 400-Year Contest for Power, by Kerry Brown; and Irish settlers’ roles in Native American history, in Éire agus Na Chéad Naisiúin on TG4, with producer Ronan McCloskey.…
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E262 That Great Business Show - No. The pub is not finished. Feargal Chambers knows how to fix it.
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E262 That Great Business Show With thanks to De Facto Shaving Oil Pubs are closing at record rates (150 a year since Covid), but Feargal Chambers of the Four Provinces Pub & Brewery is doing the opposite — expanding. From zoology teacher to publican and brewer, his story is a masterclass in resilience, local loyalty, and turning community into a bu…
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We assess the life and legacy of US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the fifth anniversary of her death. Featuring: Kelsi Brown Corkran, Supreme Court Director at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and a Senior Lecturer at Georgetown Law; Prof Aoife O'Donoghue, Professor at the School of Law at Queen’s University Bel…
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E261 That Great Business Show - Sensors for sport, science for cycles, Eoin Tuohy, Sports Impact Technology, Jennie Haire, GiGi Supplements
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This week on That Great Business Show Episode 261 (with thanks to our brilliant sponsor De Facto Shaving Oil): Every weekend in Ireland, players are getting knocked about—whether it’s the crunch of a rugby scrum, the thump of a GAA tackle, or a soccer header that rattles the skull. Concussions happen. Too many go unseen, unreported, untreated—and t…
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In this episode, we're exploring how individuals experience history, and how lives are lived against the backdrop of conflict and revolutions. Featuring: Prof Dónal Hassett, Professor of History at Maynooth University; Dr Clodagh Tait, Lecturer in History at Mary Immaculate College; and Prof M’hamed Oualdi, Chair in European History, 19th and early…
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E260 That Great Business Show - Wild! An AI chatbot remembers your sick dog & Grow your business 42% in 3 months!
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E260 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit 'Podcast of the Year' Brian Kenny, CEO, Momntum Laila is her name. She is 'owned' by very early stage startup Momntum. She's an AI chatbot. She remembers you, your foibles and your troubles. She brings chatbots to an absolutely different level. Clever lady she is, she even remembers that you may have mentio…
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Iconic Irish Presidential Elections: 1990 and 1997
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In this episode, we'll be exploring two of the most iconic Irish presidential elections, 1990 and 1997. Featuring Dr John Walsh, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, and Prof Kevin Rafter, Full Professor of Political Communication at DCU.
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