Filed under: Radio | Tags: American Politics, Anarchists, Belfast, Bombings, David Holmes, Gary Lightbody, Good Vibrations, Ian Paisley, John Peel, Nazis, Northern Ireland, Nuclear Weapons, Paisleyites, Punk, Radio Caroline, Rock in the North, Rory Gallagher, Rudi, Snow Patrol, Special Branch, SS RUC, Stiff Little Fingers, Taste, Teenage Kicks, Terri Hooley, THe Audiables, The Clash, The Electric Prunes, The Seeds, The Standells, The Troubles, The Undertones, Them, UDR, Van Morrison, Viet Cong, Vietnam War
Terri Hooley
Terri Hooley, purveyor of the Good Vibrations record shop in Belfast, and the man who released The Undertones’ “Teenage Kicks” talks about the evolution of the music scene in the city. Even as his contemporaries abandoned Northern Ireland for less bombs and more culture, Terri stuck to the city. From Them + Van Morrison playing the Martime Hotel in the 1960s, through the coming of punk with shouts of SS RUC, to the current crop of young Belfast talent, he walks us through his unprofitable, trouble-making, fame-brushing career.
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Belfast, Belfast City Hall, Body-building, Donegal, Hunger Strikes, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Republicanism, The Troubles, UK Strongest Man, Weightlifiting
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Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Belfast, Cafes, Catholic Chruch, City Planning, Cork, Drinking, Dublin, Gaelic, Galway, IRA, Ireland, Loyalits, Nationalist Pubs, Northern Ireland, Northern Irish Accent, Republicans, Sandy Row, Shankill Road, The Troubles
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Filed under: Radio | Tags: Alternative Medicine, Aromatherapy, Balance, Beauty, Belfast, Body-Mind Connection, Breathing, Careers, Caroline Dunne, Chakras, Chicago, Choice, Consciousness, Cross Community Work, Crystals, Energy Centres, Energy Field, Energy System, Energy Work, Hair stylist, Hairdressing, Healing, Healing Breath, Healings, Holistic Practitioner, Hopi Ear Candling, Hypnosis, Identity, Intention, Japan, Journeys, Massage Therapy, meditation, Metaphysical Work, Natural High, NHS, North Belfast, Old Park Road, Paris, Personal Development, Psychoanalysis, Reflexology, Reiki, Relaxation, Religion, Silence, Skepticism, Sleep, Soul, Spine, Spirit, Spirituality, The Troubles, Therapeutic Body massage, Therapy, US, Zoning Out
Caroline's Crystals
Caroline Dunne talks from her home in North Belfast about the practice of Reiki. She has been practicing it for many years, having been trained in the US and then moved to Belfast to live & work here for the past 6 and a half years. Caroline had been a hair stylist before, but then switched into holistic therapies, with reiki being one of her favorite to practice. Reiki is unlike a traditional body massage — with less touching, more silence, and a focus on chakras and crystals. In today’s episode, she explains what reiki is exactly & who is attracted to it. Caroline also discusses what the reaction has been in North Belfast and the city at large to reiki, as well as what it can offer to people (including skeptics of it), and why she enjoys it so much.
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: American Tourists, Belfast, Black Taxi, Loyalism, Michael Leonard, Northern Ireland, Paramilitaries, Politics, Religion, Republicanism, The Troubles, Titanic, Tourism, Violence, West Belfast
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Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Alcohol, Arsenal, Belfast, Castle Court, Conformity, Consumerism, Czech Republic, Deeply Divided Societies, Ethnic Minorities, Football, Foreigners, Gentrification, Guyana, Ignorance, India, Mainstream, Manchester United, Northern Ireland, Politics, Racism, Redevelopment, South Belfast Northern Ireland Supporters Club, St. George's Market, Stereotypes, The Arcade, The Troubles, UK
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Filed under: Radio | Tags: Activism, Belfast, Bloody Sunday, Civil Rights, Derry, Free Derry, Hypnosis, John Kelly, Londonderry, Michael Kelly, Northern Ireland, South Belfast, The Troubles, Therapy
Derry Mural
Episode 20 goes to Derry, to the Museum of Free Derry, to hear from John Kelly. He works meeting and greeting visitors to the Museum, and speaks about his job as well as his personal experiences of Bloody Sunday. He lost his brother Michael Kelly that day and has been involved in many efforts to find redress for the victims – including acting as a Family Liaison Officer for the Bloody Sunday Commission.
The second half of the show returns to Belfast to talk with Robert Herdman at the Belfast Hypnosis Centre. He’s the main hypnotist at the centre, where he uses a technique of Five Path Hypnosis, which he’s brought from California to Northern Ireland. He recommends hypnosis as a means to lose weight, stop smoking, and overcome other fears. In the interview, he explains how hypnosis works, what he does during a session, and how people in Northern Ireland react to it.
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Belfast, Film, Family, The Troubles, Catholic Church, Scandal, Human Rights, Bill of Rights, Human Rights Commission, Northern Ireland, Priests, Performer, River Phoenix, Lost Boys, Underage drinking, Secret, Tabloids, Louis Walsh, Singing Priest, Ross Hamilton Cleary, Michael Cleary, Alison Millar, Monica McWilliams
Ross Hamilton Cleary, the son of The Singing Priest of Ireland, Father Michael Cleary, speaks alongside filmmaker Alison Millar about the new documentary ‘At Home With the Clearys’. Ross and Alison discuss the scandal that arose when Fr Cleary’s secret relationships were revealed, what life has been like for the family since, and how the film has been received in Ireland.
In the second half of the show, the Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Dr Monica McWilliams, talks about the upcoming Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland — how the process has developed, why it is necessary, and what the future holds for it.
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Activism, Belfast, Carribean, CIA, Citizenship, Colonialism, Cults, Decolonization, Ethnic Minorities, Family, Film, Global South, Globalization, Guyana, India, Jim Jones, Jonestown, Michael Mahadeo, Migration, National Geographic, Northern Ireland, Ormeau Avenue, Pakistan, Politics, Radicalism, Social Problems, Socialism, Southern Command, Student Protest, Teaching, Television, The Troubles, USA
Michael Mahadeo
Michael Mahadeo has lived in Northern Ireland since the mid 1980s, when he moved here from British Guyana. He speaks about growing up in Guyana during its decolonization, and about the most notorious part of the country’s recent history — the Jonestown massacre, in which hundreds of American citizens killed themselves on a compound in rural Guyana. Michael also discusses being an ethnic minority in Northern Ireland, adjusting to the Troubles, and whether it’s ever possible to become a local here.
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Bacon, BBC, Belfast, Cabbage, Cereal, Champ, Curry, Film, John Vance, Queen's University Belfast, Restaurant, Spuds, Stephen Bleakney, Students, The Troubles
Spuds
Episode 13 goes to Spuds to talk with its owner John Vance about the restaurant’s place in Belfast. The second half features an interview with Stephen Blakeney, the head of Queen’s Movie Society, about the society’s short films and the state of film-making in Northern Ireland today.
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Belfast, Bipolar Disorder, Black Taxi, Britney Spears, Falls Road, Health, Hospital, Hostage, Johns Hopkins, Loyalists, Manic Depression, Mental Illness, North Belfast, Obesity, Politics, Race, Schizophrenia, The Troubles, Tourism, USA, Vivien Leigh
Peace Walls of Belfast
This week, the program goes to the Falls Road for an interview with a black taxi driver about his experiences giving tours and being taken hostage.
In the second half, Claire Hagan discusses her work with people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder at Johns Hopkins medical center in Baltimore.
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Ethnic Minorities, Pittsburgh, Politics, Social Problems, The Troubles, Tourism, Orange Order, Election, Campaign, City Council, Race, Parades, Superheroes, Baltimore, John Hopkins, Northern Ireland, Rust Belt, Gentrification, Community Redevelopment, Orangefest, David Hume, Patrick Dowd, Cronyism, Lawrenceville
Orangefest
Episode 9 considers local politics: of the Orange Order in Northern Ireland and the City Council of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In the first half, David Hume talks about the future of the Orange Order, including its new superhero figure and tourism initiatives. Mid-July has been rechristened as ‘Orangefest’ and the Orange Order has big plans for brining more foreigners and locals together for the parades and activities around the 12th. Hume also discusses the Order’s international links, in Canada, the US, and Africa, along with its concerns for attracting young Northern Irish men to join its ranks.
In the second half, Patrick Dowd explains how he won a seat on Pittsburgh’s City Council and his plans for the city. He went from graduate student to teacher to politician, but his victory was not an easy one. Winning a seat as a Democrat but initially without the endorsement of Pittsburgh’s Democratic Party, Dowd had to mobilize the grassroots of the community, going from door to door to door and fount out a tremendous amount about the Pittsburgh neighborhoods he now represents.
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Activism, Afghanistan, Belfast, Derry, Ethnic Minorities, Gay Culture, Homosexuality, MI5, Politics, Puppets, Queen's University Belfast, Sesame Street, Sesame Tree, Terrorism, The Troubles, USA
Episode 4 starts off with Colin Wililams, an executive producer of Sesame Tree, the new local version of Sesame Street. Then it turns to politics, with a conversation with Mary Alice Clancy about the international dimension of post-agreement politics, and the Bush administration’s involvement here. Finally, Aidan McGarry speaks about his research on the situation of ethnic minorities in Northern Ireland and his activism within the lesbian/gay community here.
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Activism, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Belfast, Canada, Capitalism, Democratization, Duquesne, Ethnic Conflict, Exchanges, Gerry Adams, Irish-Americans, Novi Sad, Pittsburgh, Politics, Ruthenians, Serbia, Sheep-shearing, Socialism, Students, Teaching, The Troubles, University of Pittsburgh, USA, Vojvodina
Tony Novosel
The first episode of Another World features interviews with Tony Novosel and Miroslav Budinski. Tony speaks about teaching on the Northern Irish conflict in America and coordinating student exchanges between the US and Northern Ireland.
Miroslav, a shepherd and hostel operator in Novi Sad, the capital of the northern province of Vojvodina in Serbia, turns the conversation to sheep-shearing, socialism, and ethnic conflict.
Novi Sad's Central Square
