Colm Flynn Podcast
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAmazing stories from ordinary people that will make you laugh, learn, and feel inspired. Presented by Colm Flynn.
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Filming The War in Ukraine: Finn Boylan
November 24, 2023 19:00 - 51 minutes - 41.4 MBFinn Boylan is an Irish filmmaker from Bray in Co. Wicklow. He has always had a strong interest in the history of wars and conflicts around the world, feeling a fascination with places of unrest. When the war broke out in Ukraine in 2022 he had just started filmmaking and felt a strong urge that he had to travel to Ukraine and capture what was happening. Finn realised history was being made and he wanted to play his part. But nothing could have prepared him for what he would witness over the...
Living With Bipolar Disorder: David Harper
September 11, 2023 18:00 - 45 minutes - 35.2 MBDavid Harper is a broadcaster from the UK, working with networks like the BBC World Service. In fact, his voice can often be heard reading news live to millions of people around the world. He also covers a wide range of stories for other TV and radio networks in the UK. He has a passion for what he does! But his job can be very demanding and high-pressured at times, and being a freelancer the work can be unstable. But what makes David's situation a bit more difficult, is that he suffers fro...
Inside the Mind of Baby Killer Lucy Letby: A Criminal Psychologist Explains
August 22, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 32.6 MBThe name Lucy Letby has now become a name associated with pure evil. The story that has shocked and horrified England, and people all over the world is something you wouldn’t find in even the worst horror movies. A young nurse murdering tiny babies while working in the neonatal unit of a UK hospital. Instead of caring for the most vulnerable, she was injecting them with air, milk, and insulin.. And in one case, even inserting a sharp instrument into a baby’s throat to try and make it bleed ...
From Foster Care to Law School: Lucy Barnes
July 09, 2023 17:00 - 50 minutes - 40.2 MBGrowing up in a dysfunctional family in the UK, Lucy Barnes felt lost and unloved as a child. Her mother wasn't able to be the kind of mother a child needs, and Lucy had five siblings from five different fathers. So the concept of a solid loving family was something she never experienced from a young age. Men were constantly coming and going in their home, and Lucy often found herself in difficult and dangerous situations. Eventually things got so bad, when she was 13 she kicked out of her h...
I was hired to film Fyre Festival: Jordan Pulmano!
June 25, 2023 14:00 - 39 minutes - 32.2 MBJordan Pulmano is a filmmaker from California who specialises in shooting music videos and festivals. His work has brought him all over the United States, and to other parts of the world. But back in 2017 he got a call to film a music festival that would go down in history, but for all the wrong reasons. 'Fyre Festival' was billed as a glamorous, exclusive, and one-of-a-kind music festival which was to be held on an island in the Bahamas. Jordan was really excited to go and film with his t...
Changing Life And Moving To Rome: Emily Mais
May 30, 2023 19:00 - 36 minutes - 30.1 MBEmily Mais is a writer and an author who, after losing her mother to cancer, decided to reevaluate her life and change the things that didn't make her happy. Like so many other people her age, she was at a point in life with a steady long-term boyfriend, a good job, and a nice apartment in Toronto, but ultimately wasn't happy. It took losing her mother to help her realise that life is short, and you only get one chance at things. So, with no real plan or agenda, she left her home in Canada, ...
Chasing Tornadoes: Tanner Charles
May 16, 2023 17:00 - 31 minutes - 25.4 MBAll his life Tanner Charles has been running towards the very thing that people most people run away from, Tornadoes! Since he was a teenager he has been a passionate storm chaser, constantly trying to get closer and closer to the danger. From Minnesota, Tanner now produces Youtube videos where he follows violent and destructive storms, sometimes driving for hours just to see one. In this podcast interview, Tanner tells Colm about his love of seeing Tornadoes hit land and experiencing the...
Building a Brand, Trying NYC, and Finding Happiness: Louise Cooney
May 02, 2023 20:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBLouise Cooney is one of Ireland's most successful social media stars, with almost a quarter of a million followers on Instagram alone. But behind the seemingly always glamorous lifestyle online, in this episode of the Colm Flynn podcast, Louise talks about the hard work that goes into building a brand and business. She talks about the pros and cons of being self employed and the kind of challenges she faced when launching a new clothing band, Cloo Active. In this interview Louise also opens ...
Love Island and Recovering From Addiction: Cormac Murphy
April 23, 2023 14:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBIn this episode of the Colm Flynn Podcast, I chat to Irish social media influencer and reality TV star, Cormac Murphy. Living in New York City, Cormac featured in the first season of 'Love Island' on CBS and also appeared on the E4 show of 'Celebs Go Dating' in the UK. But behind the chiselled instagram pictures and seemingly perfect life in the US, Cormac was secretary battling with addiction and depression. His addiction to alcohol and drugs became so bad that his family eventually had to ...
Arrested by Iran's Morality Police: My Story
November 22, 2022 18:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBIn this edition of the podcast I cannot reveal the name of my guest or what part of Europe she is in, so as to protect her and her family's safety. She is from Iran and when she was 20 years of age, she was arrested by the country's so-called 'morality police'. She was locked into the coffee shop where she was sitting with her friends, verbally berated and humiliated, and threatened with whipping. What was her crime? She dared to show some of her hair from behind her hijab and wear red lips...
Irish Jewellery Designer: Bláithín Ennis
October 03, 2022 19:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBBláithín Ennis is an incredibly talented Irish fashion designer, specialising in jewellery and accessories. Her work is sold in some of Ireland's top retail outlets, and has been worn by celebrities around the world. From Wexford in the south east of Ireland, in this episode, Bláithín tells Colm about where her love of fashion and creating came from, and how she landed a dream internship working with Diane von Furstenberg in New York. She also talks about what it's like running her own fas...
Confessions of a top Youtuber: Dara Tah
September 06, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBWelcome to season 2 of the Colm Flynn Podcast! Dara Tah is an Irish Youtuber and Ticktocker who has shot to internet fame in recent months. But overnight success has come after years of hard work, and in this interview Dara tells Colm about some of his more daring YouTube videos like visiting Area 51, staying the night in a haunted castle, being buried alive, and gives an honest account of what goes in to making a viral hit.
Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge: Kevin Briggs
May 25, 2022 17:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBKevin Briggs has stood, sometimes for hours late at night, in the freezing cold mist on the Golden Gate Bridge. The routine became all-too familiar for Kevin. Talking to someone who had climbed the barrier of San Francisco's iconic bridge and who was about to jump to the choppy waters below. With no formal training in negotiation, or how to handle depression or suicide, he would carefully navigate conversations with these individuals who stood there in the wind at the lowest point in their l...
Pursuing A More Meaningful Life: Shaun Doherty
April 10, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBShaun Doherty was, for 30 years, a hugely successful broadcaster in Donegal, Ireland. Every day he presented the main talk show on Highland Radio. Over three decades he became a household name in the region and won multiple awards for his work. But one day, he announced live on air, that he would be leaving his job in radio, and pursuing something else. Now, in this exclusive interview, Shaun talks to Colm Flynn about why he decided to walk away from the success he had, and move to Rome in...
I was the world's first Youtube star: Brooke Brodack
February 08, 2022 21:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBBrooke Brodack was once the most subscribed YouTuber in the world but suddenly deleted her channel and disappeared from all social media. It was 2005 and YouTube was still a new website. Then a 19 year old girl from Holden, Massachusetts, created a channel called 'Brookers' where she uploaded videos of herself hanging around the house, doing funny sketches, and just being creative. Her channel took off and gained over 60,000 subscribers, at one point being the most-subscribed channel on ...
SHORTS: An Interview With The Man Who Invented The Cellphone!
January 08, 2022 10:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBBONUS MATERIAL Marty Cooper is nothing more than a living legend. Back in the early 70's, he and a small team of engineers at Motorola changed the course of history forever when they developed the first every handheld portable cellphone. Motorola wasn’t a big company at the time and was up against the biggest company in the world, AT&T, who were pushing their own invention that was a car phone. It was really a case of David and Goliath as the two companies went head to head for the future of...
The Inventor of the Cellphone: Marty Cooper
January 08, 2022 10:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBMarty Cooper is nothing more than a living legend. Back in the early 70's, he and a small team of engineers at Motorola changed the course of history forever when they developed the first every handheld portable cellphone. Motorola wasn’t a big company at the time and was up against the biggest company in the world, AT&T, who were pushing their own invention that was a car phone. It was really a case of David and Goliath as the two companies went head to head for the future of the telephone....
Living in a paradise, life on the Fiji islands: Sanya Ruggiero
December 05, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBCan you imagine living on a tropical island in the south Pacific Ocean? A paradise on Earth where life moves at a slower rate. That's where my guest for this episode lives and works. Sanya Ruggiero is a consultant communications advisor who works with the UN and other organisations. She is now working on a UN project to provide Covid relief to small business and freelancers in Fiji and neighbouring islands. She is also working on a project to clear radioactive waste left on the Marshall Isla...
Fighting An Extreme Eating Disorder, Bulimia: Lisa Murphy
November 10, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBLisa Murphy is 31 and from Cork in the south of Ireland, and if you met her you would be taken by her warm and bubbly personality. On the face of it she looks like a 'normal' happy young woman, living in Ireland's capital, Dublin, and having recently started a new job. But under the surface Lisa has been battling a debilitating and life-threatening condition for the last twelve years, bulimia. This condition leaves no marks on her body, or makes her look a certain way, and so most of the tim...
Exploring Ghostly Radioactive Chernobyl: Philip Grossman
October 31, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBAfter the catastrophic disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine in 1986, around 50,000 people were evacuated from the nearby city of Pripyat. The residents were told to take just the clothes they were wearing along with their passports, and reassured they would be allowed to return soon after. However as radiation levels were so high, the decision was made to create a 30km 'exclusion zone' around the Chernobyl power station and for the past 35 years the city of Pripyat has...
The Voice of Comfort During the Great Alaskan Earthquake: Genie Chance
October 17, 2021 09:00 - 12 minutes - 8.32 MBOn Easter Sunday in 1964, one of the strongest earthquakes in North American history struck Alaska with the city of Anchorage being horst hit. Amidst the destruction and despair, a voice emerged over the crackling airwaves that would go on to become one of the unlikely heroes of the disaster. Genie Chance was a local radio journalist who rushed to the station when the earthquake struck. For the next few days, she broadcast around the clock helping the dazed and confused locals find their lo...
SHORTS: The Amazing Story of Genie Chance!
October 17, 2021 09:00 - 12 minutes - 8.32 MBBONUS MATERIAL On Easter Sunday in 1964, one of the strongest earthquakes in North American history struck Alaska with the city of Anchorage being horst hit. Amidst the destruction and despair, a voice emerged over the crackling airwaves that would go on to become one of the unlikely heroes of the disaster. Genie Chance was a local radio journalist who rushed to the station when the earthquake struck. For the next few days, she broadcast around the clock helping the dazed and confused local...
You Only Live Once: Stephen McCreddin
September 15, 2021 07:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBStephen began to realize something wasn't right when noticed parts of his memory was missing. He would go for a walk with his girlfriend during the day and then realize he couldn't recall the last ten minutes - anything. He put it down to stress. But when it continued and became more frequent, added with severe headaches, he went to the doctor. After a brain scan, his doctor called him, "Stephen, you have a brain tumor."... This is the reality that is facing a friend of mine. Stephen and I ...
Battling a Brain Tumor: Stephen McCreddin
September 15, 2021 07:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBStephen began to realize something wasn't right when noticed parts of his memory was missing. He would go for a walk with his girlfriend during the day and then realize he couldn't recall the last ten minutes - anything. He put it down to stress. But when it continued and became more frequent, added with severe headaches, he went to the doctor. After a brain scan, his doctor called him, "Stephen, you have a brain tumor."... This is the reality that is facing a friend of mine. Stephen and I ...
My Life Undercover For The FBI: Marc Ruskin
July 25, 2021 10:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBImagine being paid to lie? Imagine having to live a lie for most of your professional career? If you forget your lies, or get them mixed up, you could be killed. This was the life that Marc Ruskin lived as a secret undercover FBI agent for almost 20 years. The FBI generally has about 100 UC agents working full-time in the field. In the 1990s and 2000s, Marc Ruskin had the most diverse, and notorious, case list of all, and the broadest experience within the bureaucracy, including overseas. H...
The Car Crash That Changed My Life: Paddy Slattery
July 03, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBPaddy Slattery is an Irish filmmaker and director who has just been named by IFTA (Irish version of the Oscars) as one of Ireland's top emerging talents. But growing up, it was never his plan to pursue a career in cinema. He comes from a village in the countryside west of Dublin and in 1996 when he was just 17 years of age, Paddy was the passenger of a car that was involved in a serious accident, flying off a country road and flipping a number of times. The driver and other passengers walked...
Brooklyn's 'Angel Landlord': Mario Salerno
June 23, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBMario Salerno is a landlord like no other. After first meeting him you may think this hard-talking, body-building, tracksuit-wearing, Italian American would be as tough as nails, but as hundreds of his tenants discovered when New York was in the grip of the Coronavirus, he has a heart of gold. In April of 2020 New Yorkers were devastated when their city became the global epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. The city that once never slumbered overnight became like a ghost town as people fled t...
My Alcohol Addiction: Hannah Alderman
June 15, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBHannah Alderman is a young aspiring model who recently moved to New York City from Oklahoma. Moving to one of the most exciting cities in the world was a big step for Hannah towards her dream of becoming a professional model. However, when Covid-19 hit, she found herself locked into her apartment building in Brooklyn. It wasn't all bad as on her rooftop many of the building's tenants would meet in the evenings and throw parties. Hannah would go up to the roof every night and have a glass of ...