- 1 hour 12 minutesFiona Finn - Always Making a Difference!
On today's podcast I had a very fascinating chat with Fiona Finn, CEO of The Sexual Health Centre in Cork.
Like so many people, Fiona was forced to leave a very repressed Ireland for London in search of work and adventure. Working for a local authority she discovered a passion for making a difference when she was helping immigrants as part of her role.
Following this passion she returned to Ireland and as a mature student she completed a Law Degree with a focus on human rights, she took a role with a migrants and refugee rights centre, NASC, and became their CEO, she joined the One Foundation and then The Sexual Health Centre, where she has been since 2024.
The work here is very diverse covering everything from reproductive health, chem sex, transgender support to understanding the rising hatred against the LGBTQ+ community in Ireland.
Everywhere Fiona goes she is determined to make a difference.
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18 August 2026, 9:00 pm - 1 hour 25 minutesLife, Love and Leadership with Therese Phipps
On today's podcast I chatted with CEO and Founder of Stone by Stone Leadership, Therese Phipps.
Therese comes with a huge story, from the quiet girl who got in trouble in school because she was too shy to read a piece aloud in front of the class to the powerhouse who runs her own leadership training organisation today.
She has navigated some huge challenges in her life including recovering from a brain haemorrhage, the death by suicide of the father of her son and losing a business she had built up with her sister.
Therese shares her story including the stone by stone rehabilitation from the life threatening illness, her suicide awareness work and training the leaders of today and tomorrow.
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4 August 2026, 10:08 pm - 1 hour 4 minutesLeila Gherabli- Hope is a Thing with Feathers
On today's podcast I spoke with Leila Gherabli, the director of a film documentary 'Hope is the thing with Feathers'.
The beautiful film featuring the staff and members of the RehabCare Bantry, captures the personal stories, memories, aspirations and goals of the people attending the service, filmed within the glorious surrounds of the centre.
It turns out Leila, who is a programme facilitator with RehabCare Bantry has had her own big story with many twists and turns. Her role and the film project have come at a perfect time where her huge heart and her creativity were able to flourish, illuminating the potential and spirit of the people who use the services of RehabCare.
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21 July 2026, 10:04 pm - 1 hour 5 minutesKristen Mosier - Restless: How to Stop Living an "If Only" Life
On today's podcast I chatted with author and marriage and family therapist, Kristen Mosier.
Kristen, originally from the Bronx in New York chatted about her life and career, and in particular the change of pace she experienced when she moved to New Jersey.
Her new book 'Restless - How to Stop Living an "If Only" Life' challenges how so many of us are living our lives, always chasing the next thing and never truly satisfied with where we are in ourselves.
She speaks about how to be more present in our lives and how we can all make better decisions when we use our own inner compass by adhering to our personal values.
While society has us programmed to keep pushing forward we need to be sure that this doesn't have us permanently restless.
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6 July 2026, 4:25 pm - 1 hour 17 minutesDawn Russell, CEO of Ana Liffey: We Never Give Up on People
On today's podcast I chatted with Dawn Russell, the amazing CEO of Ana Liffey.
Dawn, a huge music lover is originally from a small farm in Tipperary and her social conscience was awoken through her mothers work at St.Lukes, a psychiatric hospital in Tipperary, and meeting a character in Clonmel called Martin who she says always looked out for her.
Her eyes were opened when she came to Dublin to pursue a career in counselling and discovered the harm reduction work that Merchant's Quay was doing in the city.
When Dawn joined the front line team at Ana Liffey over 19 years ago, she quickly found herself assisting people at their lowest ebb through addiction, homelessness, mental health or domestic violence issues.
Always pushing for change and a desire to make even more impact, she rose to the role of CEO and now oversees the provision of services to 5,000 clients per annum in Dublin, Balbriggan and LImerick.
Dawn says you must believe in everyone, even when they have stopped believing in themselves - never give up and never judge
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22 June 2026, 11:42 am - 1 hour 17 minutesRoger Overall and the Importance of Storytelling
On today's podcast I chatted with Roger Overall, the founder of Show and Tell.
Roger has spent a lifetime telling stories as a cartoonist, an illustrator, a photographer, a journalist, a videographer and a podcaster.
We spoke about the importance of telling your story and not leaving this to chance, the chance for people to misunderstand and believe something that is not accurate.
When it comes to your story you really need to be in the driver's seat, and not a passenger down the back of the bus surrendering control as to what direction your story can end up going in.
Roger spoke about his own story, the impact of living in different countries and some of the storytelling tricks that he uses to get the attention of the audience
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14 June 2026, 2:15 pm - 1 hour 13 minutesPaul Niland - A Great Summer in Ukraine
On today's podcast I spoke once again with a regular guest, Paul Niland who has been living in Kyiv in Ukraine for nearly 24 years.
Paul who is originally from Ireland, is a journalist, a political commentator and the founder and CEO of Lifeline Ukraine, a national suicide prevention service.
As always Paul provides us with brilliant insights from within Ukraine's capital city - he spoke about the routine attacks by Russia, Orban's defeat in Hungary, EU membership, Trump the Russian asset, and the drone expertise which has allowed the Ukrainian military reach deep into Russia and provide their citizens their first taste of what it is like to experience fear during this pointless war that was started by Putin.
He also talks about music and how it reflects the unbreakable spirit of Ukrainians and the role it is playing in the inevitable path to Victory!!
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1 June 2026, 1:52 pm - 1 hour 7 minutesMus- Brummies United Against Racism and Hate Crime
In March 2022, just as things were getting back to normal post Covid in Birmingham, some hateful racist literature was being distributed across the city.
For Mus this was all of the racist bullying of her childhood raising its ugly face again, this time by a group called The Patriotic Alternative.
Mus nervously reached out to her predominantly white neighbours through the WhatsApp group, and to her immense relief she realised that they were as disgusted as she was about this spreading of hate.
A few conversations later, this community came together and quickly removed the oxygen from the haters and started the group Brummies United Against Racism and Hate Crime.
On the podcast Mus shares the heartbreaking stories of racism experienced throughout her life, the impact that these have had on her, how it has shaped her career and in particular how the work of Brummies United has evolved.
Unfortunately, fear of others is a currency that some politicians prey on and we also spoke about the rise of Nigel Farage and his Reform Party in the UK.
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25 May 2026, 9:20 pm - 1 hour 19 minutesSiobhan O'Leary - From the family Jewellery business to applying AI to your business
Anyone that follows me on social media will know that I am not the biggest fan of AI and in particular Generative AI.
So when I ended up sitting next to the founder of The Institute of Applied AI, Siobhan O'Leary at a Chamber breakfast, I couldn't resist inviting her to come on the Win Happy podcast !
We had a really fascinating chat about the family jewellery business, her career as an engineer, the challenge of juggling work and family, and then a huge pivot to self employment and the world of applying AI to business.
When I was editing the podcast, after about 25 minutes of perfect audio for some reason the sound collapsed on Siobhan's microphone and I was struggling badly to recover the audio quality. After lots of repair work by me using the software that I normally use, I had an ok recording but it wasn't at all good enough to publish.
Instead of abandoning what I had, I ironically turned to an AI repair tool that I had never used before to see if it could rescue the recording At times it changed Siobhan's voice and at times it managed to mispronounce some words - it still needed some intervention from me and a few parts I had to delete but all in all it did an ok job.
I'll let you listen and figure out where the AI took over and you might let me know if you think it did a good job or not!
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17 May 2026, 3:30 pm - 1 hour 24 minutesJoe Philpott - All Roads Lead to Where You Are
On today's podcast I chatted with Musician, Songwriter and Author, my good pal Joe Philpott about his life, his book 'All Roads Lead to Where You Are' and some new music that he has just released.
Joe had the adventure of a lifetime when he and his school buddies headed to America to see if they could make it in the music business with their band Rubyhorse.
While his excellent book captures this amazing story, the practice of writing the book has opened a huge door to his overall creativity resulting in new projects and new music.
If you get a chance to grab a copy of the book, it's impossible to put down once you start.
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2 May 2026, 10:45 pm - 1 hour 4 minutesDaniel Cremin - The real magic is storytelling, not the tricks!
On today's podcast I chatted with writer, performer, producer and magician Daniel Cremin.
At four years of age Daniel saw a magician perform a trick at a local library which intrigued him,and at 11 he saw Paul Daniels perform a magic trick on TV, he was hooked.
Daniel immersed himself in magic and at every opportunity he would perform his tricks to friends, family, visitors to the house and even to the local priest at his first confession!
Since then he has perfected his craft as a magician and extended his interests to acting, writing and producing shows.
Daniel is a very busy man between his one man, self written, self performed show 'Why Magic', the Cork Fringe Festival that he co-founded, which will run from the 8th to the 10th May, a new project, 'Jacko the Musical', and his private magic shows.
The real magic is storytelling, not the tricks!
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Podcast Production by Greg Canty
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