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The Value of Culture

Melvyn Bragg explores the history of the idea of culture, and its value today.

Jarlath Regan presents An Irishman Abroad, a selection of diverse weekly podcasts featuring the greatest Irish people of all time talking about their lives, politics, health, wellness and everything in between. Along with regular contributors Sonia O’Sullivan (Irishman Running Abroad) and Marion McKeone (Irishman In America), these podcasts are renowned for the depth and quality of its long form interviews. Previous guests include Brian O'Driscoll, Sir Bob Geldof, Tommy Tiernan, Aisling Bea, Hozier, Sarah Silverman, John C. Reilly,  Paul McGrath, Boy George, Paul Mescal, Sharon Horgan, Lisa Hannigan and Dylan Moran. To hear access the full back catalogue of hundreds of interviews dating back to 2013 and to unlock the full version of each weekly episode visit www.Patreon.com/irishmanabroad.

An Irishman Abroad is a winner of iTunes Store's Best New Audio Podcast. The series has been featured in iTunes’ "Best of” lists, Soundcloud and Podbean's Most Popular Podcasts lists in multiple years.

Recommended by The Guardian, Huffington Post, Telegraph, Times, BBC, RTE and Podfather himself, Marc Maron.

Colm Keegan is a writer and performance poet from Clondalkin, Dublin. Since 2005, he has been shortlisted  four times for the Hennessy New Irish Writing Award, for both poetry and fiction. He was shortlisted for the International Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition in 2008 and won the All Ireland Poetry Slam in 2010.

In 2011, he was nominated for the Dublin Fringe's 'Little Gem' Award for the play he co-wrote with Stephen James Smith and Kalle Ryan - Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About - which had a sold out run at Dublin Fringe Festival’s recent TurnAround Season, and is currently touring Ireland.

He co-runs the monthly arts event ‘Nighthawks at the Cobalt’ and is co-founder and facilitator ofor the Inklinks Project, a creative writing initiative centred around a young writers’ club in Clondalkin. He also teaches creative writing in secondary schools across Ireland.

He reviews for and contributes material to RTÉ Radio One’s Arena and is currently working on his first novel and a collection of short stories.

 'Sometimes you meet poets with soul, sometimes with experience, sometimes with talent. But you seldom meet a poet with all three. Colm Keegan is one such poet' - Dave Lordan

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