Fascinated with Gearóid Farrelly
69 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsA light-hearted comedy chat show in which guests who have done fascinating things reflect on their stories and journeys
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Ep 58: We STILL Are Shampoo!
May 14, 2024 23:00 - 1 hourShampoo were a breath of fresh Ari that ran simultaneous through pop and brit pop in the mid-nineties. The band that actually took Girl Power mainstream were catapulted to fame when their song "Trouble" became a monster hit. In this episode we chart their journey from indie darlings to "Top Of The Pops". Throughout it all they were never swayed from what they wanted to do. They wrote all of the songs, did all of their own styling and had strong ideas about how Shampoo were presented and they ...
Ep 57: Queen Victoria with Jasper Rees
August 30, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutesJasper Rees is the author of "Let's Do It" the authorised biography of Victoria Wood. The book was written with the consent of Victoria's children following her death in 2016. Jasper wrote the book by listening to audio recordings mad by Wood herself in preparation to write a memoir. "Let's Do It" has just been published in paperback and is a must read for any Victoria Wood fan. The book was described by the guardian as "a brilliant tribute while also – somehow, almost – bringing Victoria ...
Ep 56: Pop and Pride with Bright Light Bright Light
July 09, 2021 00:00 - 46 minutesBright Light Bright Light is welsh musician, artist and songwriter Rod Thomas. Originally from a small town in Wales, Rod has become one of our most respected independent queer artists with approval in the form of collaborations and touring opportunities from some of the world's biggest stars. He began learning piano, guitar and saxophone as a child and began performing acoustically under his own name. In 2010 he defined his synth sound with the release of his debut single "Love Part ii"....
Ep 55: Mother of Invention with Una Gibney
May 23, 2021 23:18 - 1 hourIreland has always had a great reputation for rock music. In the 90s Sinead O'Connor, U2 and The Cranberries led the pack. It took a while for the explosion of bubblegum pop which was happening in the UK and Europe to hit Ireland. Una was one of the first Irish female pop vocalists to be launched around the time the success of Boyzone was starting to attract international attention. Already a session singer she had recorded backing vocals for Something Happens and Aslan. In 1994 she released...
EP 54: Back Home with Una Healy from The Saturdays
May 17, 2021 00:00 - 43 minutesUna Healy was a gigging singer/songwriter when she answered an ad looking for a female singer for a girlband. What followed was a phenomenal seven years in The Saturdays one of the new millennium's biggest girlbands. A string of massive hits in the UK led to them getting signed by Island Def Jam in America and making their own reality series "Chasing the Saturdays" for the E Network. Since then Una has been a regular on Irish and UK television as a presenter and released a solo album "The W...
Bonus Episode Teaser: Sean Smith Track By Track
April 15, 2021 23:00 - 3 minutesThis is just a teaser for the Bonus Episode that is now available to subscribers of Headstuff+. You can subscribe for €5 per month and get bonus material for each episode as well as a bonus episode each month. For this month's Bonus episode I chat to Sean Smith about his new album "Swing For The 90s" and we dive in track by track. You can listen to Sean Smith here You can order CD and Vinyl copies of the "Swing For The 90s" here Follow Gearoid Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gearoidfa...
Ep 53: The Undercover Pop Star with Luciana Caporaso
April 05, 2021 00:41 - 1 hourWhat a guest and what a story. These are the episodes that I love to make! Luciana Caporaso has been an undercover popstar hiding in plain sight since the 90s. Fate conspired against her for no less than five albums. This episode charts her journey from fresh faced teenager writing music for a detective series in the UK to becoming the Queen of Electro based in Los Angeles. She has found herself in pop groups and rock bands, signed to 5 major labels. Albums were torpedoed by everything fr...
Special Announcement
March 29, 2021 02:00 - 1 minuteif you enjoy listening to fascinated and you would like to support the show. You can now subscribe to Headstuff+. You can subscribe for as little as €5 a month. You can pay €5 directly to fascinated or split it among the other Headstuff shows you listen to. You can register on headstuffpodcasts.com - The bonus content there already includes live shows, videos and the first Fascinated Green Room episode.
Fascinated News
March 29, 2021 02:00 - 28 minutesif you enjoy listening to fascinated and you would like to support the show. You can now subscribe to Headstuff+. You can subscribe for as little as €5 a month. You can pay €5 directly to fascinated or split it among the other Headstuff shows you listen to. You can register on headstuffpodcasts.com - The bonus content there already includes live shows, videos and the first Fascinated Green Room episode.
Ep 51: Samantha Mumba Lately
March 01, 2021 01:00 - 45 minutesI’m delighted to kick off season 7 of "Fascinated" with the fabulous Samantha Mumba. Samantha is pop royalty and after an almost unforgivable hiatus she returned to music last December with a double whammy of releases. She dropped two new tracks “Cool” and “Process” within weeks of each other. Samantha shot to fame in 2000 with the worldwide smash hit “Gotta Tell You”. She followed it with a string of hits and a huge debut album which sold 4 million copies. She then cared out a successful ...
51: Ep 50: Samantha Mumba Lately
March 01, 2021 01:00 - 45 minutesI’m delighted to kick off season 7 of "Fascinated" with the fabulous Samantha Mumba. Samantha is pop royalty and after an almost unforgivable hiatus she returned to music last December with a double whammy of releases. She dropped two new tracks “Cool” and “Process” within weeks of each other. Samantha shot to fame in 2000 with the worldwide smash hit “Gotta Tell You”. She followed it with a string of hits and a huge debut album which sold 4 million copies. She then cared out a successful m...
Ep 52: Samantha Mumba Lately
March 01, 2021 01:00 - 46 minutesI’m delighted to kick off season 7 of "Fascinated" with the fabulous Samantha Mumba. Samantha is pop royalty and after an almost unforgivable hiatus she returned to music last December with a double whammy of releases. She dropped two new tracks “Cool” and “Process” within weeks of each other. Samantha shot to fame in 2000 with the worldwide smash hit “Gotta Tell You”. She followed it with a string of hits and a huge debut album which sold 4 million copies. She then cared out a successful m...
Ep 50: Special Kind Of Something with Kavana
September 07, 2020 06:00 - 56 minutesIn The first of a special two-part episode I chat to 90s pop star Kavana. For as long as he can remember Kavana was determined to become a pop-star and he made it happen. At the time Take That were disbanding and a chance meeting with their manager led to him recording a song written by Howard Donald. He became a household name and mega-stardom followed. While he was very well known he didn't have immediate chart success until he released a carefully chosen cover version of "I Can Make You F...
Ep 51: Special Kind Of Something (Part 2) with Kavana
September 07, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutesIn The first of a special two-part episode I chat to 90s pop star Kavana. For as long as he can remember Kavana was determined to become a pop-star and he made it happen. At the time Take That were disbanding and a chance meeting with their manager led to him recording a song written by Howard Donald. He became a household name and mega-stardom followed. While he was very well known he didn't have immediate chart success until he released a carefully chosen cover version of "I Can Make You F...
Ep 49: Passion, Pop and Underpants with Steve Grand
July 23, 2020 12:48 - 56 minutesIn July of 2013 Chicago singer-songwriter Steve Grand uploaded a video for his song "All American Boy". It was a video for a country song with a bare bum and a gay twist and a within days it had a million hit and Steve was the face of new gay country. Except that he wasn't and he wasn't even a country singer but he was in demand. To date steve has had two successful albums and recently launched a range of underwear called Grand Axis. I catch up with Steve to talk about his music, coping wit...
Ep 48: The Family Business with Doris Pearson from Five Star
June 02, 2020 14:00 - 52 minutesIn this episode, Gearóid meets singer/songwriter and choreographer Doris Pearson who shot to fame with her brothers and sisters as Five Star. Doris is currently in lockdown in the UK and is working on solo material. We had a chat about her time in her family supergroup. We chatted about the humble beginnings, fame, money and family. Truly a family business Five Star were managed by their father Buster and they stacked up hit albums and singles in the mid to late 80s earning a grammy nomina...
Ep 47: Eurovision Hopeful with Lesley Roy
April 12, 2020 16:17 - 36 minutesIn this episode I chat to singer songwriter Lesley Roy. As teenager Lesley would busk on the streets of Dublin and instead of dreaming of superstardom she actively chased it. She signed a record contract with and American Label and spent two years in Sweden learning to write pop songs under the direction of Max Martin who produced her 2008 debut album "Unbeautiful". The album was released and expectations were high but it wasn't to be. Lesley began cowrite for other artists like Ms Montreal a...
Ep 46: Live From Dublin Podcast Festival with Niamh Kavanagh and Naimee Coleman
March 25, 2020 20:40 - 1 hourThis is the live “Fascinated” show from the Dublin Podcast Festival to YouTube. My guests on the night were the fabulous singer-songwriter Naimee Coleman and the wonderful Niamh Kavanagh. Hits were sung and we even recreated the moment Niamh won the Eurovision Song Contest. The full show can be watched on YouTube. If you really enjoy this podcast you can buy me a coffee on Kofi https://ko-fi.com/gearoidfarrelly Enjoy it and stay safe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
EP 45: Staying At Home With Jann Arden
March 25, 2020 20:30 - 49 minutesIn this episode I catch up with the wonderful Jann Arden in the midst of the worldwide Corona Virus epidemic. Last week she was supposed to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards but the ceremony was cancelled amid fears around the outbreak. Last week she streamed a mini-concert from her living room as part of a movement by artists to entertain those in isolation and to urge people to stay at home. Jann Arden is a huge recording artist in Canada and had internatio...
Ep 44: My Pop Life with Jacquie O'Sullivan from Bananarama
March 11, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutesThe first album I ever got was a cassette copy of Bananarama’s “Greatest Hits Collection”. When I discovered pop music with their anthem “I Want You Back” I listened to it over and over. At the time I was too young to be allowed read pop magazines so i didn’t know what they looked like until I finally saw them in my friends copy of smash hits. But when I go the greatest hits that christmas I was surprised that there was a different girl on the cover. I learned that this girl was the original...
EP 43: Ask Ronna with Jessica Chaffin (Abbys on NBC, Ronna And Beverly)
December 22, 2019 00:17 - 52 minutesIn this episode Gearóid chats to actress and comedian Jessica Chaffin. In podcasting circles Jessica is well-known for her genius comedy creation Ronna Glickman formerly of the “Ronna and Beverly” podcast. She has just launched her advise show “Ask Ronna” with Bryan Safi. Jessica has also appeared in a whole pile of sitcoms and movies. Most recently she can be seen on “Abbys’ on NBC. She is also on “Big Mouth” on Netflix and has previously had roles on “Veep”, “Two Broke Girls”, “Weeds”,...
43: Ask Ronna with Jessica Chaffin (Abbys on NBC, Ronna And Beverly)
December 22, 2019 00:17 - 51 minutesIn this episode Gearóid chats to actress and comedian Jessica Chaffin. In podcasting circles Jessica is well-now for her genius comedy creation Ronna Glickman formerly of the “Ronna and Beverly” podcast. She has just launched her advise show “Ask Ronna” with Bryan Safi. Jessica has also appeared in a whole pile of sitcoms and movies. Most recently she can be seen on “Abbys’ on NBC. She is also on “Big Mouth” on Netflix and has previously had roles on “Veep”, “Two Broke Girls”, “Weeds”, “Se...
Ep 42: Big Difference with Sean Smith from Same Difference (X Factor)
November 26, 2019 21:15 - 49 minutesIn 2007 Sean and his Sarah caught the eye of a production runner while queuing to audition for the X Factor. Within a couple of months they were both performing live together every saturday night to millions of viewers. Each week to Same Difference astonished producers by clocking up millions of votes. Their cheesy but note-perfect performances had won the hearts of the viewing public and there was no turning back. They were beaten in the final but went a way with an album deal and a legion o...
Ep 42: Big Difference with Sean Smith (Same Difference)
November 26, 2019 21:15 - 48 minutesIn 2007 Sean and his Sarah caught the eye of a production runner while queuing to audition for the X Factor. Within a couple of months they were both performing live together every saturday night to millions of viewers. Each week to Same Difference astonished producers by clocking up millions of votes. Their cheesy but note-perfect performances had won the hearts of the viewing public and there was no turning back. They were beaten in the final but went a way with an album deal and a legion o...
Ep 41: Beyoncé That’s Who with Matthew Marsden
September 10, 2019 21:46 - 1 hourEp 41: Beyonce That’s Who with Matthew Marsden In this episode Gearóid chats to former soap-star, former pop-star and proper Hollywood star Matthew Marsden. After a stint as a male model Matthew began his acting career in the UK soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Street. A brief but productive music career followed. He recorded the album “Say Who” for Sony. Notable because his backing singers on his second release were none other then Destiny’s Child with one Beyonce Knowles. Matt tells Gearoid ...
Ep 40: Farrelly & Lacey with Tyne Daly from "Cagney and Lacey"
July 27, 2019 23:00 - 59 minutesIn this episode Gearóid talks to his favourite actress of all time: Tyne Daly. Tyne Daly is a celebrated star of stage and screen. She once dreamed of becoming a nun to the theatre, but a stint as Dirty Harry's sidekick in "The Enforcer" led to her starring opposite Loretta Switt in a tv movie of the week called "Cagney & Lacey" which was a buddy film about two women working as New York police officers. The movie turned into a series and despite some bumps and cast changes the show went on t...
Ep 39: Another Side with Celena Cherry from Honeyz
June 25, 2019 22:00 - 58 minutesThis is another side to a story we've already told but what a story this is. In this episode comedian Gearoid Farrelly chats to singer and actress Celena Cherry about her time as the front woman of 90's R&B band the Honeyz along with band members Heavenli Denton and Naima Belkhiati. The band debuted in 1998 and had a massive hit with the self-penned "Finally Found". They followed it closely with other mega-hits like "End Of The Line" and "Won't Take It Lying Down". The band struggled with int...
Ep 38: The Song With Wings with Chesney Hawkes
October 19, 2018 08:30 - 45 minutesEp 38: The Song With Wings with Chesney Hawkes In this episode comedian Gearoid Farrelly chats to nineties heart-throb Chesney Hawkes about the song that catapulted him to the top of the charts in 1991 and went on to become the 20th biggest selling song of the nineties. As well as reflecting on the dark days after the success had gone away Chesney also tells about his life before stardom came along In this episode Gearoid learns Chesney was the paper boy for another 80s pop-star, that a ver...
Ep 37: Mariah from Clonmel with Bianca Kinane
September 09, 2018 23:00 - 48 minutesBianca Kinane is the big voiced Irish superstar that we almost had back in 1996. Bianca is from Clonmel and in 1994 took part in "Stars In Their Eyes" as Mariah Carey. A big recording contract with Pete Waterman followed. A huge media campaign promising an Irish Mariah Carey from 'County Clonmel' (sic) accompanied the release of some singles but the album never materialised. Though it was finished and ready, internal politics and budgetary problems saw the record label go bust before it's rel...
Ep 36: The Great Pop Caper with Daphne & Celeste
July 22, 2018 04:00 - 49 minutesIn 1999 Daphne and Celeste burned pop music to the ground. They arrived from New York and released their debut single “ooh Stick you” and almost instantly had a hit. But there was more to Daphne and Celeste then the kitch pop tracks. They couldn’t take their newfound pop career seriously. They were astonished by straight faced interviewers asking their favourite vegetable. They would turn cheery kid’s tv presenters to defensive grumps as they lied their way through interviews and giggled unco...
Ep 35: The Meaning of Life with Michelle McManus
June 16, 2018 11:30 - 1 hourIn 2003 Michelle McManus shot to fame as the winner of the second series of Pop Idol. Throughout the series she stood out for her powerhouse soul voice. But she also got huge amounts of press coverage for her weight. Today plus-size is celebrated, body positivity is embraced and everyone is encouraged to be who they are. In 2003 this was not the case. She was pilloried, debated, vilified and criticised every day in the media for the duration of the competition. But it never through her off...
Ep 34: A Strange Snowy Day with Jann Arden
May 20, 2018 20:17 - 58 minutesIn 1998 my friend Niamh Kavanagh was making an album and she recorded some cover versions of a Canadian singer songwriter Jann Arden. I then listened to Jann's orignal versions and I have been hooked ever since. Jann Arden is a huge recording artist in Canada and had international success in 1994 with her "Living Under June" album. She has just released her 14th album "These Are The Days" and has released more than 40 singles. She has been nominated for 19 Juno awards and won 8 of them. She ...
Ep 33: Happy Just To Be With Michelle Gayle
May 02, 2018 05:00 - 45 minutesIn this episode I got to meet up with 90s RnB pop goddess Michelle Gayle. But as you can see from the photo below myself and Michelle Gayle are old friends. I won a competition to meet her back in the mid-ninties and because I was under eighteen I had to bring my Dad. Michelle was a struggling singer who became an actress and then a very successful singer. Sh appeared in Eastenders and in the space of three years released two albums and a string of top 20 singles. She was nominated for three...
Season Five Teaser
April 30, 2018 21:28 - 4 minutesA teaser for the new season of Fascinated with Gearóid Farrelly. The season starts on Wednesday 2nd May 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Best of the HeadStuff Podcast Network 2017
January 08, 2018 17:36 - 38 minutesSo here we are, at the end of another year, the 2017th year… can you believe there have already been 2017 years on this planet? Amazing really. Anyway, what we have compiled here is the best of The HeadStuff Podcast Network 2017, short clips from a range of our shows. If something piques your fancy, […] La entrada The Best of the HeadStuff Podcast Network 2017 se publicó primero en Headstuff.
Ep 32: Live At The Dublin Podcast Festival (Part 2) With Deirdre O’Kane
November 02, 2017 12:51 - 46 minutesThe Comebacks (Part 2): Deirdre O’Kane The Fascinated Live show as the Dublin Podcast Festival was an embarrassment of riches. In part one I was joined by fabulous Singer/Songwriter Naimee Coleman and in part two the fantastic Deirdre O’Kane. This is interview is proof if it was needed that Deirdre is very very funny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 31: Live At The Dublin Podcast Festival (Part 1) With Naimee Coleman
October 23, 2017 13:25 - 35 minutesThe Comebacks (Part 1) This is the first half of a show recorded live at the Dublin Podcast Festival 2017 with guests Deirdre O’Kane and Naimee Coleman. In this episode Naimee Coleman picks up where she left off in our last chat where she had decided to get back to writing and playing music having taken time out to have children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 30: Is That...Craig?! with Craig Young from Deuce
September 18, 2017 20:08 - 35 minutesIn 2015 between the Marriage Referendum results and the American Supreme Court Ruling a video of a romantic proposal was shared on the Huffington Post website. It was one of those videos that melt your heart before you’ve even got out of bed. But aside from the romance of the whole thing one of the guys was very familiar. Craig Young a member of the fleeting 90s pop group; Deuce. In an episode that accidentally ended up in the archives Gearoid chat to Craig about his time as a pop singer w...
Ep 29: Same Old Brand New Ben with Ben Adams from A1
August 04, 2017 12:40 - 1 hourIn this episode Gearoid heads to London to meet Ben Adams. Ben is a music producer and songwriter. He has written and produced hits for some of today’s brightest stars. But Ben is probably best know for having the most famous pair of curtains in pop. Ben is a member of the boyband a1. They […] La entrada Ep 29: Same Old Brand New Ben with Ben Adams from A1 se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 28: “We had a laugh ….” with James Dreyfus from Gimme Gimme Gimme
July 06, 2017 23:02 - 1 hourActor James Dreyfus has just finished a 5 year run in the series “Mount Pleasant”. Gearoid visited him at his home in London to chat about his career which has included some iconic british comedies. He recalls his first professional job in Panto with Graham Norton. A star turn in in Jennifer Saunders’ hit series “Absolutely Fabulous” led to his casting opposite Rowan Atkinson in Ben Elton’s “The Thin Blue Line”. Following that he starred opposite Kathy Burke in the series “Gimme, Gimme, Gim...
Ep 27: Something Positive & Hopeful with Chely Wright
June 01, 2017 22:45 - 48 minutesIn 2010 Chely Wright became the first major country music star to come out as gay. In this episode Gearoid talks to Chely Wright about the struggle to be authentic and the price you pay when you are not. Since the age of 4 Chely has wanted to be a country music star. At 18 she moved to Nashville to follow her dream. Her dreams came true and she achieved more success than she had ever dreamed. But in her personal life Chely was struggling. She was secretly gay and this was at odds with her pr...
Bonus Episode: #MARREF
May 24, 2017 09:04 - 26 minutesIt is two years since Ireland voted in favour of a constitutional change to allow gay people to marry. It was a monumental step for gay rights. But the run up to referendum was a difficult time for LGBTQIA people when even simply watching a youtube video meant you had to endure an anti-equality message. This episode contains clips of interviews with three people you won’t have heard of who each campaigned in different ways from different perspectives. These interviews were recorded in Ma...
Ep 26: Deep Dive with Olympic Diver Oliver Dingley
May 09, 2017 23:30 - 54 minutesGearóid meets athlete Oliver Dingley the olympic diver who changed nations to become the first diver in sixty eight years to represent Ireland in the Olympic games. He then made history by becoming the first Irish diver to make it to the final finishing a very respectable eighth position. In order to compete for Ireland Oliver had to make big sacrifices. He moved to Ireland with his coach and he lives on campus in the national sports centre. He is by his own admission a bit of a hermit. ...
Ep 25: The Road To A Dream with Carol Decker from T’Pau
April 25, 2017 23:30 - 59 minutesIn this episode Gearoid travels to Henley on Thames to pay a visit T’pau singer and 80s rock queen Carol Decker. We take a nostalgic look back at her glory days and chat about everything from fridges to “The Killing”. In the 80s Carol Decker and her former partner Ronnie Rogers shared a damp flat in which they wrote songs chasing their dream of superstardom which remained elusive for six years. They endured the heartache of publishing deals falling through but always believed in their songs....
Ep 24: The Joy We Found Last Spring with Kelle Bryan from Eternal
April 11, 2017 23:30 - 1 hourKelle Bryan’s fascinating story is one of eternal resilience. In 1992 Kelle Bryan went underage clubbing with her friend Louise and dramatically changed the course of both their lives. At the time they both were studying at the famed Italia Conti stage school. Louise was spotted by a record producer who was putting together an R&B band. She roped in her friend Kelle and Eternal was born. Within three years they were in the Guinness book of records with the biggest selling debut album for a U...
Fascinated New Season Promo: Listen Here
April 10, 2017 11:53 - 4 minutesA teaser for the new season of Fascinated with Gearóid Farrelly. The season starts on Wednesday 12th April 2017. You can catch up on all 23 previous episodes over on the HeadStuff Podcast Network. You can check out the full video promo right here. La entrada Fascinated New Season Promo: Listen Here se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 23: Musical Voyager with Shelly Poole (Alisha’s Attic, Red Sky July)
November 10, 2016 23:50 - 58 minutesShelly Poole and her sister Karen work independently of each other as much sought-after hit-writers for today’s pop acts. But their success began jointly as hit makers themselves; lining up the soldiers and shooting them all down from 1996 to 2001. Their career began in their friends attic where their band Alisha’s Attic was born. They racked up hit after hit before consciously uncoupling after their third album. I met Shelly in London a few months back and we talked for hours. In fact we we...
Ep 22: Live From Cork Comedy Festival With Gina London (CNN White House Correspondent) & Lilly Higgins (Irish Bake-Off)
September 29, 2016 13:33 - 59 minutesIn this special episode, food-writer Lilly Higgins and former White-House correspondent Gina London join Gearoid for the first “Fascinated – Live”. This show was recorded in front of an audience in the green room of the Cork Opera House as part of the Cork Comedy festival. Gina tells Gearoid about reporting live from the White House, fleeing Egypt and the danger of hot microphones. Lilly and Gearoid chat about (and try to start) bake-off rumours, cook-books and non-compulsory marriage. Learn ...
Ep 21: Where Are They Now? with Jo Youle from Scarlet / CEO of Missing People
August 02, 2016 11:38 - 46 minutesJo Youle has lived two lifetimes. In the 90s she was part of the band Scarlet who had a massive hit with the song “Independent Love Song”. Her life was writing and recording music and a whirlwind of promotion, photoshoots and the terrifying prospect of playing live to huge audiences. Alongside her music career Jo also worked as a volunteer at the Samaritans. Scarlet’s pop stardom ended, after their ill-fated second album. Jo continued volunteering at the Samaritans and then went on to becom...
Ep 20: Woman Aloud with Mo Gaffney from Absolutely Fabulous
July 07, 2016 09:04 - 56 minutesMo Gaffney from Absolutely Fabulous joins Gearoid to chat about comedy, her career and put the world to rights. Mo is a very respected actress, writer, comedian and activist. She began her career as part of a double act with Kathy Najimy with whom she wrote two smash hit off-Broadway shows; Parallel Lives and The Dark Side which were subsequently were filmed for HBO and won a string of awards. She has appeared in a string of sitcoms in the US including Friends, Mad About You, That 70s Show an...