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Mixed Blessings – episode 7

Please join us for the final Podcast of mixed blessing! In the last episode Lola Palomo and her Spangerian children Mateo and Inès talk to us about their candid experience of living in a mixed relationship. The conversation is laced with detailed…

Mixed Blessings – episode 4

In this episode we talk to Lassane Ouaedraogo the outgoing Chairperson of the African Solidarity Centre and the Executive Officer of Connect Centre about the impact of racism on mixed marriages of Africans to EU citizens. This conversation is painful yet insightful, informative…

Episode 21 Hiberno Goethe: Dorothee Meyer-Holtkamp

Join us for the final episode of Hiberno Goethe with guest Dorothee Meyer-Holtkamp, the series producer and outreach coordinator of Near Media Co-op. Host Ciarán chats with Dorothee about her growing up in a small town in north Germany and her roundabout…

Episode 20 Hiberno Goethe: Elizabeth McSkeane

Ciaran chats to writer and publisher Elizabeth McSkeane about her Glaswegian upbringing, with pictures of the JFK, visits to Glasgow Celtic and St. Patrick’s Day traditions. We hear Liz reading works by the Irish poet living in Germany, Jo Burns, from her…

Episode 19 Hiberno Goethe: Vera Klute

This episode features multi-disciplinary artist Vera Klute. Growing up in a small village close to Dortmund in North Rhine Westphalia, Vera gives an insight to some of the area’s traditions like the three day parading at the yearly Schützenfest and having antlers…

Episode 18 Hiberno Goethe: Stefan Hutzler

On this month’s Hiberno Goethe, Ciarán talks to physicist Stefan Hutzler. Stefan dressed up in traditional Bavarian costume at the 2015 Ireland Germany game with his sons, and didn’t cheer when Ireland scored. Look out for the boys in red and white…

Episode 17 Hiberno Goethe: Stefanie Preissner

On this month’s edition Ciaran is joined by actor, director and award winning writer for stage and screen, Stefanie Preissner. Stefanie was born in Germany but moved to Ireland as a child, and grew up in County Cork. Stefanie chats with Ciaran…

Episode 16 Hiberno Goethe: Dr. Christoph Schwitzer

Christoph chats with Ciarán about his journey to becoming a zoo director, from his early childhood interest in animals, his experiences while in Madagascar studying lemur monkeys and his time spent at Bristol Zoo. They take a stroll through Dublin Zoo and…

Episode 15 Hiberno Goethe: Dr Gisela Holfter

This episode features Dr Gisela Holfter, Professor of German at the University of Limerick and joint director for the Centre for Irish-German Studies, who grew up in the Bergisches Land close to Cologne. Chatting with Ciarán about her time in Dublin, Belfast…

Episode 14 Hiberno Goethe: Helmut und Killian Sundermann

This episode features comedian Killian Sundermann and teacher and assistant principal Helmut Sundermann of the Deutsche St Killian in Dublin. Father and son are bringing us on a journey of their influences for a shared love for music, humour, football and food.…