09. Maura Carta Califorian Painter

May 14, 2022

Posted 31 Mar 2021

Maura Carta is a Californian painter whose portfolio includes beautiful houses, interiors, landscapes, portraits and still life. This interview covers both her earlier period studying and painting in Dresden, Germany, and her more recent work in California. Selections from her portfolio are discussed along with her approach to painting.

Video podcast version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iITufq7M5Pk

All the paintings discussed here are on www.MauraCarta.com

Information:

Frank Daly’s Website: www.fdaly.com

Email: fxdaly@gmail.com

50 minutes (audio - 60 MB)

Recorded and edited by Frank Daly.

This podcast was created on 31st March 2021.

All paintings are copyright Maura Carta (www.MauraCarta.com)

Wikimedia Commons images in video version are credited at the end.

Music licence: Epidemic Sound.

08. What Happened in 1985?

May 14, 2022

Posted 26 Mar 2021

A lot happened in 1985 including Gorbachev becoming the new and last leader of the USSR, the sinking of Rainbow Warrior, nuclear disarmament talks between the Regan and Gorbachev, the continued spread of AIDS across the world, the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher’s decimation of the unions and the coal and steel industries in the UK, Bob Geldof’s Live Aid concerts for Africa, Madonna, George Michael and Tears for Fears topping the charts, Back to the Future film and so much more.

Video version of podcast: https://youtu.be/KXonbXuwgYo

Image: Bob Geldof organised the Live Aid concerts in 1985.

Information:

Frank Daly’s Website: www.fdaly.com

Email: fxdaly@gmail.com

7 minutes (10 MB. Audio).

Recorded and edited by Frank Daly.

This podcast was created on 26th March 2021.

Wikimedia Commons images in video version are credited at the end.

Music licence: Epidemic Sound.

07. Art Lives: Roisin Cure Urban Sketcher

May 14, 2022

Posted 22 Mar 2021

Róisín Curé has drawn and painted hundreds if not thousands of urban sketches and has also created two books on the topic, with a new one due out later this year. This interview covers her life and work and her enthusiasm for sketching "life in front of her eyes" as she calls it. The video version of this episode includes more than fifty of her sketches as part of the interview.

06. Art Lives: Frank Daly

May 14, 2022

Posted 18 Mar 2021

This podcast episode is an interview of me by Kieran Daly, discussing my work as an amateur artist and how my style has evolved from early days of hard-edge semi-abstracts, to a more fluid abstract style, to representational digital paintings, to ink and watercolour urban sketching in Blackrock. More than 70 paintings are displayed as part of the discussion on the video podcast version.

The Video podcast is available at:

https://youtu.be/PO5hlbIwZSQ

Audio only listeners can view images mentioned on the following web pages:

05. What happened in 1960

March 21, 2022

Posted 11 Mar 2021

This episode is the first in a series of podcasts on this channel called: “What Happened In…”.

It’s, a look back at popular culture over the last 60 years featuring News, Politics, Music, Art, Science and Technology.

For each podcast in the series, I’ll be looking at what happened in each year starting from 1960 to the present day.

So this is what happened in 1960.

This is also available as a Video podcast (with lots of images from 1960):

https://youtu.be/GrhecVpYPv0

Recorded and edited by Frank Daly.

This podcast was created on 11th March 2021.

Wikimedia Commons images in video version are credited at the end.

Music licence: Epidemic Sound.

Wikimedia Commons image credits on this podcast webpage:

Elvis Presley - Ollie Atkins, chief White House photographer at the time. Public domain.

04. Inside Tabletop Role Playing Games

March 21, 2022

Posted 06 Mar 2021

This episode from the That Sounds Interesting podcast features an interview with Jason Durall about the history of Tabletop Role Playing Games and who plays them and how they are played.

A video version of this podcast is available at: https://youtu.be/3Tw5qK0QUbU .

I first met Jason Durall in Berlin several years ago at a Shut Up and Write meet-up which he hosted on several days a week in different cafes, and I found out he was in quite an unusual business : the development of Tabletop Role Playing Games, a subject of which I knew little about, but this interview changed that. Jason has worked for many years in this industry in both the USA and in Germany and shares some of his knowledge.

03. Cryptocurrency Explained

March 21, 2022

Posted 03 Mar 2021

What exactly is Cryptocurrency? Where did it come from? Why is it important? And why is Bitcoin suddenly so valuable?

Today’s guest is Majella Horan who lives in Berlin, and who has had a huge interest in cryptocurrency from its early days. She is not a financial professional but she can speak plainly about the topic as an enthusiast of digital currency.

02. Throwbacks

March 21, 2022

Posted 22 Feb 2021

Today’s podcast is a short story, “Throwbacks” which is a story set in Berlin in the present day. A man finds out that he has an unusual genetic condition which sets him apart from humanity, and it changes his life…

01. What is Stoicism?

March 21, 2022

Posted 16 Feb 2021

Podcast guest Peter Daly talks about stoicism

If I asked any random person on the street “what is Stoicism?”, I’m pretty sure many of them would be hard pressed to say more than a sentence or two about it, and I have to include myself in that group, so I had to do a quite a bit of research before talking with today’s guest, Peter Daly, my brother, who has been practising Stoicism for 15 years.

It’s a discussion on the ancient philosophy from Greek and Roman times, which has been in and out of favour over the centuries and now in the 21st century, it has undergone a big revival with modern Stoics applying it as a framework for living in today’s complex and demanding world.

This 30-minute podcast covers the history, the key aspects, the practice and resources for the modern Stoic.