Best-selling author and futurist, Richard Watson returns to the pod to discuss the aftermath of the pandemic: will we change the way we live our lives? Will Trump return? What happens to the UK?  Plus aliens, the gender wars, pet lambs and why Greece may just be the remedy for all that ails us.

Great video of the scenarios that might emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic: vimeo.com/429164541
Richard’s RISK RADAR chart for all the things that could blight humanity: tinyurl.com/y89j283f
Other amazing future trend maps can be found at the Now and Next website: tinyurl.com/y7fj8rw7
Buy Richard’s books here: tinyurl.com/y9xl282m

Release date: June 1st 2021
Runtime: 68m
Recorded: Dublin(London)

Episode 174 - The Future has a pint with Seaniebee & The Don

Join The Don and Seaniebee as they navigate the road to perdition.  From identity politics to climate collapse through viral pandemics, Afghanistan and Haiti; how should one proceed to live one's life in the face of some much trouble in the world?

[CORRECTION: in the podcast we claim that livestock contributes to 70% of Ireland's GHGs. In fact, agriculture contributes roughly 30%, with livestock considered to be responsible for 70% of that].

Links: 
Beautiful Boxer (Thai documentary): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Boxer

Ted Lasso series (apologies, we called it Joe Lasso on the podcast):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lasso

Date released: 19th August 2021
Runtime: 67mins
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 176 - Seaniebee & The Don: At World's End

In the wake of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, The Don and Seaniebee discuss mankind's obsession with and susceptibility to conspiracy theories and the recent resurgence in UFOs, following revelations from the US Government...which of course quite naturally lead them down the rabbit hole of Marian Apparitions and moving statues...
It's a very strange podcast indeed...


LINKS
The Phenomenon Documentary trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onEXmLX2ZZQ
UFO Series: https://www.sho.com/ufo

MARIAN APPARITIONS
Knock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_Shrine#Apparition
Garabandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garabandal_apparitions
Medugorje: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Medjugorje
Ballinspittle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_statues


Runtime: 91m
Released: September 21st 2021
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 177 - UFOs & Moving Statues have a pint with Seaniebee & The Don

For the penultimate show of the year, your favourite podmongers return to discuss the recent emergence of the Omicron Variant that currently has the globe in a lather.  They review a new documentary – The COVID Chronicles – by former guest, Donal O’Neill and ask why so many people around the world are taken in by conspiracy theories with regards to the pandemic and the often nefarious, ulterior motives behind the people promoting them.  They also ponder whether base-line stupidity is what really drives the human race; what it would be like to actually work in the Gestapo; adult breastfeeding; and why Garth Brooks is an utter gobshite (and Ed Sheeran, isn’t).

Links

“Vaccine” documentary trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6mTAJ08aUI
Donal O’Neill, previously on A Pint With Seaniebee:
https://soundcloud.com/seaniebee/episode-101-donal-oneill-has-a-pint-with-seaniebee
Donal’s new documentary https://covidchroniclesmovie.com/

Release date: November 29th 2021
Runtime: 56m
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 179 - Omicron, stupidity & that gobshite, Garth Brooks have a pint with Seaniebee & The Don

Join The Don & Seaniebee as they unleash 2022 on an unsuspecting world.  There's India, conspiracies, Covid, Trump, 911, The Beatles, sitars, emojis, metaverse, Syrian (not Siberian) hamsters, "people of pallor" and (probably) much, much more.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Links: 
Sam Harris Making Sense Podcast - episode 270 with Nicholas Christakis...find it where you find your podcasts.



Release date: January 1st 2022
Runtime: 84mins
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 180 - New Year Hootenanny 2021, with Seaniebee & The Don

Enough is enough...following the tragic and brutal murder of Ashling Murphy, The Don pulls no punches in expressing the anger today's misogyny deserves.  Your favourite podmongers also discuss tips on how to give up smoking; how to nab your man in 2022 (especially if you live in Austria); Ireland's comical version of Weekend at Bernie's; Joe Rogan, censorship and the latest on the disease whose name shall not be mentioned; plus Irish fishermen turn the Russian Navy and we want to hear from you if you live in The Azores...

Links: 
www.womensaid.ie
www.childline.ie
@seaniebee
seaniebee@hotmail.com


Release date: February 1st 2022
Runtime: 54m
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 181 - Not All Men have a pint with Seaniebee & The Don

Your favourite podmongers are back for the International Day of Happiness, despite there being very little happiness in the world right now.  The usual trigger warnings abound. 

Links: 
The Doug Stanhope Store - https://www.dougstanhope.com/store
The Dying of a Last Breed full show: https://tinyurl.com/2p9vrzsk
https://www.dayofhappiness.net/

Release date: March 21st 2022
Runtime: 85m
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 182 - Happiness And Hypocrisy have a pint with Seaniebee & The Don

The madness continues, as Seaniebee & The Don report back from their recent trip to Liverpool.  They unpick what may be behind the latest craze for women of all ages and sizes to run around showing off their growlers in see-through leggings; what might have happened if Putin had instead invaded Serbia; the joys of flying Ryanair; and the origins of "420" and why the devil's lettuce caused the pod to be a day late; all that and much, much more...

Release date: April 22 2022 at 2:22:22PM
Runtime: 81m
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 183 - Liverpool & Flap Couture have a Pan-galactic Gargle Blaster with Seaniebee & The Don

Having come close to reigniting the Balkan conflict with their last pod, The Don & Seaniebee return to pick over the detritus that is the world today and how best one can navigate it.  

They discuss why world governments appear terrified of driving critical legislation to curb capitalism’s global emissions: instead preferring to persist with the usual puffery that all of us have to play a part at a micro level if we are to achieve climate goals.  Four sample creative macro solutions are unveiled across aviation, agriculture, telephony and energy that could begin to move the world in the right direction but will likely never be tabled until it's too late (if ever).  And, if it is becoming clear that we, a species, are going to collectively fail in our climate endeavours, what are the ethics of hypocrisy surrounding eating as many burgers and flying as often as you like in the meantime?  

Were the "good old days" pf the 70s and 80s really any better for kids or are we destroying them today with our own narcissistic selfishness, cosseted infantilization, borderline-abusive medicalization, and un-checked digitalization?

And is it finally time to just abandon the USA for the utterly broken #shitholecountry it really is, following its latest repugnant response to the latest gun massacre of terrified schoolchildren in Texas?

They also talk the sudden preponderance of Doireanns; the low-down on Frankfurt; more bollocks from Ryanair, the airline that wrecks everything; were Scrabble right to ban the “N” word and why our inbuilt penchant for hatred and conflict means it’s likely that we’ll never fully eradicate such words designed to belittle and demean other races and nationalities.

Links:
Bill Hicks, “Just a Ride” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzQuE1pR1w
Please subscribe a few bob (if you got it to spare)here: www.patreon.com/seaniebee


Runtime: 72m
Release date: May 31st 2022
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 184 - Septic Tanks & Optimistic Nihilism have a pint with Seaniebee & The Don

HOW TO REACT TO ROE V WADE?

The Don (aka, the activist Repeal O'Neill) unpacks last week's Supreme Court reversal of Roe V Wade and offers a unique perspective on how activists in the US might respond in kind.  

The fun continues with a dig down into the wider fragmentation of the US and society in general, and our continued doom-loop into a kind of psychotic tribalism.  

But never fear,  there are some fun things towards the end, including a review of glorious Toulouse, Mick Lynch, Stewart Lee and speculation on when exactly (wo)man(tran) first decided to wipe her/his/their arses.

Released:  June 27th 2022
Runtime: 86m
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 185 - Roe/Wade activism has a pint with The Don and Seaniebee

Returning to the pod for the fourth time, our resident future-thinker, Richard Watson, arrives in fine fettle to guide us through the global mayhem that confronts us all at every turn these days.

Richard is a thoughtful, questioning, truth seeking, self-obsessed, neurotic, contrarian writer that, due to luck more than anything else, has ended up being labelled a futurist (NB: correct term is futurologist). 

Most days he manages to make a good living telling people that everything will turn out OK despite the fact he’s not sure himself sometimes. 
He enjoys thinking about artificial intelligence and what (if anything) makes us human and especially likes drawing ‘maps’ that provoke conversation and debate. When he’s not doing all this, he can normally be found gardening, trying to book flights to Greece, drinking wine, arguing with his lawn mower, smoking cigars, or pulling dead mice out of his old sports car (they’re cute, but they eat the wiring, especially over winter). 

Oh yeah, and somehow, he has managed to get five books published and blagged his way into both the Technology Foresight Practice at Imperial College London and the Judge School at Cambridge. Not bad for someone that got a ‘B’ in English language O-level and failed maths twice. Go figure.
Two of his best books are Digital Vs Human (2017), and Future Files (2007).



Links & other interesting stuff:
Buy books and explore the future at Richard’s website: www.nowandnext.com
One of Richard’s time maps from 2020 - https://nowandnext.com/PDF/trends_and_technology_timeline_2010.pdf
New York’s psychics admit it’s all a scam: https://tinyurl.com/ur3k9uyw
Extraordinary interview with Elon Musk: https://tinyurl.com/3ndmyhb6
Michael Sandel - They Tyranny of Merit https://tinyurl.com/ykzf43kk
Review of David Chalmers book on simulation: https://tinyurl.com/yckb983e
Richard's previous appearances on a pint with Seaniebee:
https://tinyurl.com/4azbkcw4
https://tinyurl.com/bdh93n9u
https://tinyurl.com/4fwtyzvv
Midjourney - the software that kills advertising: https://tinyurl.com/bpcnr3cr
Idiocracy trailer: https://tinyurl.com/bdeky7w8
Daniel Pink - The Power of Regret: https://tinyurl.com/2mf5293m

Release date: July 29th 2022
Runtime: 59m
Recorded: Dublin/Wordsworth-land

Episode 186 - Futurologist, Richard Watson has yet another pint with Seaniebee

The world lost one of its larger-than-life good guys on July 26th.
Anthony Pavoni, was a tremendous raconteur; kind, soft-spoken and generous of spirit; and a guy you would have any day in the trenches with you fighting whatever good battle needed to be fought.  
Sincere condolences to his wife Jane, and daughters, Kelly and Tara.
May he rest in peace.

 
Obituary: https://tinyurl.com/pjux6uew

Release date: September 2nd 2022
Runtime: 80m
Recorded: Dublin/Charleston


* * * * * 
Tony Pavoni is a first-generation Italian American who grew up during the middle of the last century in Rochester (New York). He contributed to the family income as a nine-year-old caddy; eventually becoming an accomplished golfer and college footballer in his teens. In 1964 he joined the Marine Corps, and led an amphibious brigade unit into Vietnam during the Tet Offensive. He shares his thoughts on the war and the difficulties he faced returning home and assimilating back into society. In 1996, a heart attack forced him to reevaluate everything and he immediately decided to get out of the corporate world. He believes in always having a clear focus; learning from mistakes; and constantly striving for betterment as one journeys through life.

A Pint With Seaniebee
Voted Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: tinyurl.com/gps9tn5
Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

Release date: April 20th 2017
Runtime: 42m
Recorded: Charleston

Episode 187 - IN MEMORY OF ANTHONY PAVONI (RIP)

David Hayes began his ad career on October 4th 1982 and now runs the media company, Wavemaker in Dublin.  One of Seaniebee’s oldest pals, he sits down to discuss existentialism: from the future of the creative industries; to his own (following a recent brush with prostate cancer); and, in a table-turning-judo-move, quizzes Seaniebee on how he sees his own life working out going forward.  The concept of “Stop Pedaling” and “Optimistic Nihilism” are also discussed.



LINKS
Buy Doug Stanhope stuff here:
https://www.dougstanhope.com/store
Or book a ticket on his current US, Canada and Australia tour:
https://www.dougstanhope.com/tour-dates

BBH: Audi compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upVQ1gEyT9Y
BBH: Levis compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DK7RsSt1Q0


Release date: October 4th 2022
Runtime: 69m
Recorded: The Grand Hotel, Bordeaux







CORRECTIONS:
Firstly, it’s episode 188 (not 189 as Seaniebee stupidly thought).
Secondly, there are 3.6m truckers in the US (not 300k as Seaniebee dumbly pronounced).
And thirdly, the Wright brothers first flew in 1903 (not “1906 or 1909” as Seaniebee lazily guessed).

Episode 188 - David Hayes has a pint with Seaniebee

Waterford native Elaine Purcell, is a Strategy Director at Droga5 in New York.  A ‘mad for road’ world traveler, she shares what she’s learned on her life journey so far.  From the death of a loved one to swimming with whale sharks the size of the Empire State Building. You’ll find out where ‘Stab City’ is in the world; why you shouldn’t be afraid to admit you’ve been fired; why nobody likes a cynic; and why taking the brave road less traveled might indeed make all the difference.

Release date: April 10th 2016
Runtime: 37m
Recorded: New York
Sponsored by: Houndstooth Pub and Stitch Bar (New York)


Episode 10 - Elaine Purcell has a pint with Seaniebee

Seaniebee sits down with the proprietor of his favourite restaurant in the world, Buon Ricordo.  Born in Naples, Armando has been one of Sydney's pre-eminent, passionate, controversial and awarded chefs for over 40 years and offers key insights into how to stay at the top of your game for the long haul by refusing to compromise and ensuring every single customer is satisfied every single night.  Despite being known for an occasional 'kitchen temper', he nevertheless is renowned for engendering huge staff loyalty and explains how trust in team is critical in the running of any great restaurant.
His food is 'peasant-based' and distinctly non-'frou-frou' and his famous truffle egg pasta has been voted the best pasta in the world by the Italian magazine, Grazie.  He shares his outspoken views of restaurant critics and we also learn the difference between the Camorra and the Mafia back in the old country.

The Buon Ricordo shop is here:
http://tinyurl.com/zdn9a7r

Release date: August 20th 2016
Runtime: 44m
Recorded: Sydney 

Episode 23 - Armando Percuoco has a pint with Seaniebee

For the final podcast of 2016, we get a fascinating insight into what it was like to grow up in Ireland in the middle of the last century.  Tadgh O’Donoghue was raised on Valentia Island in the Kingdom of Kerry; graduated from UCD, and eventually became a partner in PWC where he played a pivotal role in attracting foreign investment into the country.  Like most Kerrymen, he is a Gaelic football fanatic and tells us all about the most popular sport in Ireland.  We also discuss the future of capitalism and the factors that lead to economic crashes, the rise of Trump, inequality, and the current populist dissention that is spreading across our world.

Seaniebee would like to thank all of you who have supported and helped grow A Pint With Seaniebee since its launch last January.  We have just been named one of the world’s Best New Podcasts of 2016 by independent podcast reviewer, Audible Feast, and the recent show with Tavis Sage Eaton has also been included in their Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016 (links below).

Happy New Year to all our listeners…please continue to like, share, tweet and generally spread the word in 2017!

The Best New Podcasts of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5
The Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw
Tavis Sage Eaton has a pint with Seaniebee: http://tinyurl.com/zt48exu

Release date: December 30th 2016
Runtime: 34m
Recorded: New York
Sponsor: Stitch Pub & Houndstooth Bar (NYC)

Episode 36 – Tadhg O'Donoghue has a pint with Seaniebee

In 2014, Sofia Hayat received a divine calling, revealing to her that she was the combined incarnation of The Virgin Mary, The Goddess Isis and The Goddess Sophia.  The Indian born, former model and actress, turned her back on a glamorous career, became a nun, and changed her name to Gaia Mother Sofia.  Sacred information received from angelic realms (through ayahuasca ceremonies) bestowed upon her gifts of telepathy, clairvoyance, healing, communication with the dead, and space travel through time. 

She believes mankind has evolved to a robotic state of amnesia, with the earth raising her vibration as a result.  Her prophesy reveals the coming fifth dimension and awakening of humanity through a tumultuous, visible and unequivocal supernatural event scheduled to happen next month, around the Christian Easter period and preceded by her giving birth to ‘unconditional love’ on April 4th 2017.

We discuss the relationship with Catholic Marian apparitions (such as those at Garabandal); how The Vatican is withholding information on the fate of humanity; links to the Nag Hammadi texts; the recent decline and suppression of the illuminati and reptilian entities (led by Queen Elizabeth); and the role the Egyptian pyramids play as cosmic timekeepers.

Her sacred knowledge also maintains that Donald Trump may actually have been sent to save the world; that ISIL/ISIS/Daesh and terrorist attacks are all faked; and how incarnations of Jesus Christ and many of the ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses are all living here with us on earth today.

LINKS:
Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock: http://tinyurl.com/khll2q4
The story and coming prophesies of Garabandal: http://tinyurl.com/lc3algs


A Pint With Seaniebee
Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5
Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw


Release date: March 30th 2017
Runtime: 61m
Recorded: London

Episode 45 - Gaia Mother Sofia has a pint with Seaniebee

The founder of David&Goliath – one of the most successful US ad agencies this century – joins the pod to share his amazing life journey and wisdom.  From a troubled, blue-collar, Teamster upbringing, David has consistently challenged convention throughout his life, claiming: “(his) number one goal, is to inspire people and brands to overcome their goliaths and step into their greatness.”  The key is to be inspiring. To be relentless. And to ignite the challenger spirit within all of us that’s capable of overcoming any obstacle.  In 2016, David founded the nonprofit “Today, I’m Brave,” a movement that shares global stories of bravery and has inspired tens of thousands of people around the world.
 
Links: 
David&Goliath:  http://dng.com/ 
Today, I’m Brave: https://www.todayimbrave.com/

A Pint With Seaniebee
Voted Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5
Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

Release date: May 10th 2017
Runtime: 38m
Recorded: Los Angeles

Episode 49 – David Angelo has a pint with Seaniebee

To coincide with the launch of his new book – Touchstones – one of Australia’s legendary sports journalists visits Dublin to chat through his amazing life journey centred around a love of both Rugby League and Heavy Metal music.
We discuss the future of contact sports and whether commercialism, excessive marketing and TV overkill are collectively contriving to drive fan apathy and destroy the integrity of the major global sporting codes. 
We also learn how things as diverse as his obsessive compulsive tendencies,  Islamic terrorism, and the emotional story behind the truth of his childhood adoption all combined to inspire the new book's ambition.

Links:
Buy Steve’s book here: https://stevemascord.com/
His unique rugby-meets-rock podcast: https://soundcloud.com/therealsteavis


A Pint With Seaniebee
Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5
Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

Release date: June 20th 2017
Runtime: 42m
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 53 - Steve Mascord has a pint with Seaniebee

Transmedia specialist Kevin Sharpley joins the pod to share his multifaceted life that encompasses fashion, writing, film-making, commercial and music video production, events, and education.

We talk about his close ties with Haiti where he has filmed two documentaries and his life journey from growing up as a black man in the MidWest, to his early years traveling the world as a fashion model, a degree in psychology, working as a promoter during the South Beach glory years and his love of writing.  Today he is one of the leading lights in the Miami film industry and heads Kijik Multimedia, a full service production company which specializes in integrated, branded and convergent media. 

Kevin’s other major project is The Beach Chronicles – a pulp noir, sci-fi saga coming soon to multimedia screens near you! 

Links:

Free college in America? Surely not!: http://tinyurl.com/y87s2a8x
Kevin’s company: www.kijikmultimedia.com
The Beach Chronicles: www.thebeachchronicles.com
Haiti documentary series: http://tinyurl.com/y8dn8of4


A Pint With Seaniebee
Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5
Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

Release date: June 30th 2017
Runtime: 41m
Recorded: Miami

Episode 54 - Kevin Sharpley has a pint with Seaniebee

Today we are joined by one of Europe’s foremost photography-based artists.  Born into an Irish farming family, Jean began her career as a photojournalist, with her work quickly gaining traction in both the national and international press.   In her twenties, she sojourned to Africa, producing stunning assignments in both Ghana and Kenya. Two years ago, she bravely embedded herself with the coalition armies in Afghanistan in search of a long-lost, hand-painted, photography technique unique to the country.  Her next project brought her to the Comoros Islands and she shares the fascinating culture that has developed there.  Working in so many different Muslim countries, she unveils a very different side to Islam than the one most prevalent in our current news headlines.   Most recently, she has based herself in London working as one of the only practicing masters in the declining art of dye transfer.  Jean is an inspiration to anyone who has a dream or an ambitious idea and explains how single-minded determination, faith, trust and bravery can always make amazing things happen.  


Links
Jean’s Website: http://tinyurl.com/yc3x3ael
Her unique dye-transfer images: http://tinyurl.com/y7m9b5qf
The Afghan adventure: http://tinyurl.com/y7l2wolk
The Comoros project: http://tinyurl.com/yd49oo3z
http://www.stationhousedalkey.com/
Contact seaniebee@hotmail.com for information on how to purchase Jean’s work.



A Pint With Seaniebee
Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5
Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

Release date: July 30th 2017
Runtime: 49m
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 57 - Jean Curran has a pint with Seaniebee

Hard-hitting, yet softly spoken, Liza Donnelly is a cartoonist and writer with The New Yorker and the resident cartoonist at CBS News.  An acclaimed public speaker, and with over sixteen books to her name, she has been a powerful activist for women and believes in changing the world through humour.  We discuss the glass ceiling, #metoo, her views on the Charlie Hebdo tragedy and how she has pioneered a new form of journalistic cartooning with digital live drawing.

Links:
http://lizadonnelly.com/
Medium "Noteworthy" video
@lizadonnelly
TED Talk 

A Pint With Seaniebee
Audible Feast’s list of Best Podcast Series of 2017: https://tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vs
Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5
50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2017: https://tinyurl.com/y7ryajat
50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

Release date: July 30th 2018
Runtime: 35m
Recorded: Dublin

A PINT WITH SEANIEBE

Episode 93 - Liza Donnelly has a pint with Seaniebee

Born into a Scottish mining family, the death of his older brother in an accident changed Bruce Matchett’s life at a very young age.  Always artistic, he managed to get himself to art college and a long and fruitful international advertising career followed.  An alcoholic, Bruce has been sober for 30 years and gives a frank and candid account of his struggle with the drink.  A deep thinker, with a thirst for accumulating life-wisdom, he has also spent time in a monastery in Thailand and shares some of the profound life lessons learned during his stay.

Links
Bruce’s ad agency: https://banjo.com.au/


A Pint With Seaniebee
Audible Feast’s list of Best Podcast Series of 2017: https://tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vs
Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5
50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2017: https://tinyurl.com/y7ryajat
50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

Release date: August 20th 2018
Runtime: 56m
Recorded: Sydney

Episode 95 - Bruce Matchett has a pint with Seaniebee

Former head of The D&AD, and labeled a “Digital female icon” by The Guardian, Laura Jordan Bambach’s legacy is likely to be less about titles and more about her drive to effect change by DOING, rather than just talking about it.  Apart from founding Mr President, one of the UK’s most progressive advertising agencies, Laura has also spent most of her life fighting for women in the notoriously patriarchal and misogynistic ad industry.  In 2007, she helped set up the SheSays mentoring programme (now 40,000 strong and about to launch in Afghanistan), that encourages women to pursue careers in advertising and design. She is also a founder of the "Cannt Festival", a more practical and grounded version of Cannes.  We talk Gillette, Petersen, the current state of feminism and ideas on how we might get out of this looming Climate Catastrophe, which current predictions suggest may be upon us by the end of the next decade.  


Links
Laura’s brilliant “Don’t be a dick” speech: https://tinyurl.com/yytbyasy
Her agency: https://www.mrpresident.co/
The SheSays global network for women: https://weareshesays.com/

A Pint With Seaniebee
Please subscribe to support the podcast: www.patreon.com/seaniebee
Audible Feast list of Best Podcast Series of 2016 & 2017: https://tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vs
50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2016 &2017: https://tinyurl.com/y7ryajat

Release date: May 10th 2019
Runtime: 42m
Recorded: London

Episode 121 - Laura Jordan Bambach has a pint with Seaniebee

To mark the end of Pride Month, the Chair of Stonewall UK joins the podcast to have a frank and open conversation about the complex Trans issue that is causing such division in society today.  We also discuss diversity, gender equality, religion  and why today might be the most dangerous time to be alive;  and why multi-brand companies like P&G and Unilever need to course correct internal culture before venturing out with big-statement work around diversity and political themes.

Links:
www.stonewall.org.uk/
jerichochambers.com/
https://wacl.info/
Creature Comforts: https://tinyurl.com/y25w3hr3 
Tested For The Unexpected: https://tinyurl.com/y4fwzxz2

A Pint With Seaniebee
Please subscribe to support the podcast: www.patreon.com/seaniebee
Audible Feast list of Best Podcast Series of 2016 & 2017: https://tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vs
50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2016 &2017: https://tinyurl.com/y7ryajat

Release date: June 30th 2019
Runtime: 73m
Recorded: London

Episode 126 - Jan Gooding has a pint with Seaniebee

The son of a Nazi hunter, Jonathan Durden took the UK ad business by storm when he founded PHD, one of the world’s most innovative media companies in the late eighties.  Since then, he has had a roller coaster ride in life that saw him suffer tragedy; appear on Big Brother; and battle addiction.  He candidly shares how he managed to emerge out the other end with positivity and wisdom from lessons learned. 

Links:
Buy Jonathan’s book here: https://tinyurl.com/yxph53bs
Below The Belt Grooming: https://btbgrooming.co.uk/
Child’s I charity: https://www.childsifoundation.org/
PHD: https://www.phdmedia.com/


A Pint With Seaniebee
Please subscribe to support the podcast: www.patreon.com/seaniebee
Audible Feast list of Best Podcast Series of 2016 & 2017: https://tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vs
50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2016 &2017: https://tinyurl.com/y7ryajat

Release date: July 10th 2019
Runtime: 63m
Recorded: London

Episode 127 - Jonathan Durden has a pint with Seaniebee

The podcast turns 4 years old today and to celebrate, Seaniebee and The Don hack through the search for truth: how hard it is to find these days and how we need to start accepting that none of the ancient texts of the major Abrahamic religions will ever provide us with the answer.  As the relevance and plausibility of faith continues to dissipate, perhaps it is time for the world to collectively create “Religion 4.0” – a new belief system predicated around the stored knowledge and realities of being a human in the 21st Century.


Links:
Reddit thread featuring research surveys with UK Musilims: https://tinyurl.com/uz5rut3
Unveiled – Jasmin Mohammed: https://tinyurl.com/rquztvd
The Koran (Penguin Classics): https://tinyurl.com/u9h4oce
Bart D.Ehrman lecture on The Gospels: https://tinyurl.com/zfx3q5g
Hail Satan trailer: https://tinyurl.com/y3hmmxzv
Outgrowing God – Richard Dawkins https://tinyurl.com/t9gvzgn
Dominion – Tom Holland https://tinyurl.com/rxrnwp8


A Pint With Seaniebee
Please subscribe to support the podcast: www.patreon.com/seaniebee
Audible Feast list of Best Podcast Series: https://tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vs
50 Best Podcast Episodes list: https://tinyurl.com/y7ryajat

Release date: December 31st 2019
Runtime: 75m
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 144 - Religion and The Don haz a pint with Seaniebee

Irish writer and "craictivist", The Don, commences her countdown of her top 20 picks from the 144 episodes of A Pint With Seaniebee over the past four years.  (A perfect starting point for those who want to start exploring the series).


THE DON: Laura's interview should be listened to by men to gain valuable insight into some of the things that are difficult for women in the workplace; but also female listeners need to ask themselves which career-woman they are: "do you hold the ladder for women coming up behind you, or do you pull it up after you?"

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Laura Jordan-Bambach has a pint with Seaniebee

Former head of The D&AD, and labeled a “Digital female icon” by The Guardian, Laura Jordan-Bambach’s legacy is likely to be less about titles and more about her drive to effect change by DOING, rather than just talking about it. Apart from founding Mr President, one of the UK’s most progressive advertising agencies, Laura has also spent most of her life fighting for women in the notoriously patriarchal and misogynistic ad industry. In 2007, she helped set up the SheSays mentoring programme (now 40,000 strong and about to launch in Afghanistan), that encourages women to pursue careers in advertising and design. She is also a founder of the "Cannt Festival", a more practical and grounded version of Cannes. We talk Gillette, Petersen, the current state of feminism and ideas on how we might get out of this looming Climate Catastrophe, which current predictions suggest may be upon us by the end of the next decade.
Links
Laura’s brilliant “Don’t be a dick” speech: tinyurl.com/yytbyasy
Her agency: www.mrpresident.co/
The SheSays global network for women: weareshesays.com/
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A Pint With Seaniebee
Please subscribe to support the podcast: www.patreon.com/seaniebee
Audible Feast list of Best Podcast Series: https://tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vs
50 Best Podcast Episodes list: https://tinyurl.com/y7ryajat

Release date: January 15th 2020
Runtime: 59m
Recorded: Dublin (& London)

Episode 145 - The Don's Top 20 Countdown:  20 - Laura Jordan-Bambach

The world lost a legend last week.  A man who, in his own words, was oscillating on a different frequency.  Pete Dunne was an artist, singer, storyteller and raconteur.  He decided to hitchhike from London to Afghanistan in 1977, and spent ten years as a Celtic Sadhu wandering Indian Himalayas, allowing the universe to provide for him, which it always did. Pete was a kind man. A kindred spirit, but so much braver than I could ever be. I only met him in the last two years of his life. But I am honoured to have known him. Pete got married to his beloved, Gilly Kelly Dunne the week before he died. My heart and love goes out to her and all those who cherished him.

ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:
The Don and Seaniebee share tips and advice on how to reduce anxiety and protect your mental health during the ongoing pandemic lockdown.


[NB: Pete Dunne podcast interview begins @54minutes]

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LINKS:
Buy Pete's music and art here: www.petedunne.net
Anti Greed Protest: petedunne.net/anti-greed/
Whacked Video: youtu.be/7M7rRZ5-WYg

A Pint With Seaniebee
Please support the podcast running costs: www.patreon.com/seaniebee

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Release date: March 30th 2020
Runtime: 123m
Recorded: Dublin (London)

Episode 150 - IN MEMORY OF PETE DUNNE (RIP)

THE DON:  I have a low tolerance for a lot of that mindfulness, Kumbaya bollocks but this was an intelligent conversation.  A lot of philosophy I think could be useful at the moment.  Right now is a good time to be thinking of the meaning of life.

ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:
How we all need to be thinking about what the world can be moving forward in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.  How might major industries like sport and advertising make significant changes when the capitalist tap is turned back on?


Covid19 disproportionately affecting African American community: https://tinyurl.com/srgl2xw

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Dave Richeson has a pint with Seaniebee
(Interview begins @42minutes)

When Dave Richeson was eleven-years-old, he was accosted and almost shot dead by eight cops when leaving his Dallas hotel room to go to the swimming pool. He has been at police gunpoint twice since, for no other reason than the color of his skin. Today, he spends a lot of his time intelligently and powerfully advocating against America's still-deeply-ingrained racism; promoting Black Lives Matter and railing against the continued senseless killing of blacks by law enforcement officials.

Recorded prior to this week that saw two more slayings in Minnesota and Louisiana, and culminated in the murder of five police officers in Dallas; we discuss the way race relations is getting worse and examine what needs to be done to fix implicit racial bias in the country.

Dave is also a former money trader who chucked a high-powered job to set up a theatre company and pursue acting and creative writing. He currently works in PR and is a member of The Institute of Hermetic Philosophy. Set up 50 years ago by Chilean philosopher, Dario Salas Sommer, it is an educational program that believes in promoting the power of consciousness in today’s society. Throughout our lives we are programmed and conditioned to believe certain things which tend to cloud our interpretation of reality. Becoming ‘more conscious’ involves removing all this coagulated mental ‘gunk’; experiencing life and nature with a greater sense of truth and self-awareness; and eventually finding what it is you’re supposed to be doing with your life.

“The Stellar Man” that changed Dave’s life is here on amazon: tinyurl.com/gqswta6
And here’s the website for The Institute: www.ihpusa.org/
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Release date: April 15th 2020
Runtime: 85m
Recorded: Dublin (New York)

Episode 151 - The Don's Top 20 Countdown - 14 Dave Richeson

The first non-face-to-face episode ever (and boy can you tell): The Don and Seaniebee talk their new movie script - Paddy Kavanagh Ha Ha Ha - and she introduces the wonderfully wise Tadhg O'Donoghue who grew up on a remote Irish island off the coast of Ireland in the middle of the last Century.  

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TADHG O'DONOGHUE HAS A PINT WITH SEANIEBEE
For the final podcast of 2016, we get a fascinating insight into what it was like to grow up in Ireland in the middle of the last century. Tadgh O’Donoghue was raised on Valentia Island in the Kingdom of Kerry; graduated from UCD, and eventually became a partner in PWC where he played a pivotal role in attracting foreign investment into the country. Like most Kerrymen, he is a Gaelic football fanatic and tells us all about the most popular sport in Ireland. We also discuss the future of capitalism and the factors that lead to economic crashes, the rise of Trump, inequality, and the current populist dissention that is spreading across our world.

Seaniebee would like to thank all of you who have supported and helped grow A Pint With Seaniebee since its launch last January. We have just been named one of the world’s Best New Podcasts of 2016 by independent podcast reviewer, Audible Feast, and the recent show with Tavis Sage Eaton has also been included in their Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016 (links below).

Happy New Year to all our listeners…please continue to like, share, tweet and generally spread the word in 2017!

The Best New Podcasts of 2016: tinyurl.com/gps9tn5
The Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: tinyurl.com/hp83rnw
Tavis Sage Eaton has a pint with Seaniebee: tinyurl.com/zt48exu

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Release date: May 15th 2020
Runtime: 101m
Recorded: Dublin (New York)

Episode 153 - The Don's Top 20 Countdown - 12  Tadhg O'Donoghue

Seaniebee and The Don are back to introduce number 8 on her Top 20.  The issues of the day are also discussed and Seaniebee is outed as a (former) Chris De Burgh fan.


LINKS:
SEANIEBEE'S LIFE GOALS: https://tinyurl.com/yyfsduk5
THE JONNY FRIENDLY RADIO SHOW: https://tinyurl.com/yykgp9ho


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Denis Goodbody has a Pint With Seaniebee
Adman, podcaster, radio presenter, author, storyteller and all-round witty raconteur, Denis Goodbody joins the pod to discuss the issues of the day. Born in Dublin into a Quaker family, he shares the history and tenets of his faith within a wider discussion on religion. We also ponder whither capitalism through the micro-lens of Ireland’s current problems; why we perhaps should look to Scandinavia for pragmatic solutions to rising inequality; and how the world would be a much better place if we all live by one simple word: Kindness.

Links:
Denis’s book, “Soft Tales And Hard Asses”: tinyurl.com/ycljcwob
“Roots Musings”: tinyurl.com/y8yvb4yb
“Dublin Explorer”: tinyurl.com/y8kg8dke
An unashamed plug for his Jazz-singing wife: www.carmenbrowne.com

A Pint With Seaniebee
Audible Feast’s list of Best Podcast Series of 2017: tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vs
Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: tinyurl.com/gps9tn5
50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2017: tinyurl.com/y7ryajat
50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2016: tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

Release date: July 30th 2020
Runtime: 77m
Recorded: Dublin

Episode 158 - The Don's Top 20 Countdown: 8 Denis Goodbody

This week, Seaniebee and The Don risk being cancelled as they discuss the rise of cancel culture in our society and number 3 in the countdown is revealed (at 69m) - artist/activist Carrie Reichardt.

LINK:
When censorship becomes necessary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhXiDPKnYNE

Doug Stanhope clip from "No Place Like Home"
Purchase here: http://www.dougstanhope.com/store?category=DVDs
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CARRIE REICHARDT HAS A PINT WITH SEANIEBEE

Carrie Reichardt is a multi-media artist and one of the UK’s leading, most authentic and anarchic art activists. She talks openly about her battles with mental illness and her challenging, shocking and destigmatizing related artworks; her work to bring creativity and dignity to Romanian orphans; and the astonishing story of her befriending inmates on death row in Texas, which led to her attending an execution in Huntsville and a subsequent fight against the inhumanity of capital punishment. Carrie believes that creativity is what gives us our humanity and our sanity; in art as a form of therapy to deal with emotions and life-changes; the importance of empathy; and in using provocative, boundary-pushing, irreverent and often politically incorrect expressions to engender meaningful reaction, response and change.
In 2017 she was appointed the first ever visual artist for Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust; and has also spent the last 21 years mosaicing the outside of her three story home in Chiswick.

Links:
Purchase Carrie’s art: www.carriereichardt.com
Carrie’s house clip: 2018.nuartaberdeen.co.uk/artists/carr…eichardt-uk/
walktheplank.co.uk/
Nick Reynolds death masks: memorialcasts.co.uk/about.htm

A Pint With Seaniebee
Audible Feast’s list of Best Podcast Series of 2017: tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vs
Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: tinyurl.com/gps9tn5
50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2017: tinyurl.com/y7ryajat
50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2016: tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

Release date: November 30th 2018
Runtime: 135m
Recorded: Dublin (Chiswick)

Episode 166 - "Cancel Culture" and The Don's Top 20 Countdown: 3 Carrie Reichardt

A Pint With Seaniebee is an informal chat with creative folks who have lived, or are living brave, interesting and unconventional lives. We examine how their background and upbringing forged the path they went down; what decisions they took that made all the difference; what ideas they have to change the world in which we live; what life-wisdom they have garnered; and looking back, perhaps what they might change or what advice they might offer up to those following in their footsteps.

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