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Panoramica

60 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -

A little bit of everything.

Panoramica has won four National Student Media Awards (Ireland): Podcast of the Year (2023), Radio Documentary of the Year (2024), Radio Production of the Year - News & Current Affairs (2024), and Radio Journalist of the Year (2024). The show also received the Law Society of Ireland Justice Media Award for Student Journalism (2024).

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#5 - Dominic MacSorley (CEO of Concern Worldwide)

December 02, 2021 02:44 - 33 minutes - 76.4 MB

Dominic MacSorley grew up in Belfast during a period often referred to as "The Troubles". Coming from a medical background, Dominic studied law and started working for Concern Worldwide in his 20s. He continued working for the non-governmental organisation all around the world for the past few decades. He became CEO of Concern Worldwide and is now approaching the end of his time in that role. Dominic came on 'Panoramica' to talk about many things, including his beginnings, hope, Concern's w...

#4 - Mary Kennedy (Broadcaster and authour)

November 25, 2021 00:00 - 50 minutes - 116 MB

Mary Kennedy grew up in Dublin and became a teacher. One day, she answered an ad in a paper and became a continuity announcer in RTE. She became a household name after presenting many shows over the years, including 'Eurovision' (1995), 'Nationwide' and 'Open House'.  Mary came on 'Panoramica' to chat about her early life, family, career, faith and her new book 'Journey to the Well', which she co-authored with her sister, Deirdre. 

#2 (*Superior Audio) - Patrick Desprez (Linguist and teacher)

November 21, 2021 22:02 - 47 minutes - 108 MB

Patrick Desprez grew up in France and moved to Ireland a few decades ago where he went on to study linguistics and become a teacher. Patrick came on 'Panoramica' to chat about linguistics, education, the power of language and coming to Ireland.

#3 - Patrick Desprez (Linguist and teacher)

November 21, 2021 22:02 - 47 minutes - 108 MB

Patrick Desprez grew up in France and moved to Ireland a few decades ago where he went on to study linguistics and become a teacher. Patrick came on 'Panoramica' to chat about linguistics, education, the power of language and coming to Ireland. ***Updated episode with better audio***

#3 - Sri Paran (Paediatric surgeon)

November 18, 2021 14:04 - 28 minutes - 66 MB

Sri Paran came to Ireland from Sri Lanka a number of decades ago and is now a well respected paediatric surgeon. He came on 'Panoramica' to discuss his move to Ireland, faith, how he got into medicine and his remarkable home country of Sri Lanka.

#2 - Sri Paran (Paediatric surgeon)

November 18, 2021 14:04 - 28 minutes - 66 MB

Sri Paran came to Ireland from Sri Lanka a number of decades ago and is now a well respected paediatric surgeon. He came on 'Panoramica' to discuss his move to Ireland, faith, how he got into medicine and his remarkable home country of Sri Lanka.

#2 - Patrick Desprez (Linguist and teacher)

November 11, 2021 00:00 - 47 minutes - 53.9 MB

Patrick Desprez grew up in France and moved to Ireland a few decades ago where he studied linguistics and became a language teacher. Patrick came on 'Panoramica' to chat about education, linguistics, the power of language and coming to Ireland.

#1 - Larry Donnelly (Law lecturer, writer and media contributor)

November 04, 2021 01:00 - 42 minutes - 24.5 MB

Larry Donnelly is a law lecturer at NUI Galway in the West of Ireland. He is a regular media contributor and is a writer for the Journal.ie. Larry came on ‘Panoramica’ to talk about education, politics, his early life in Boston, moving to Ireland and his new book ‘The Bostonian’, which is available now.

Trailer: What to expect from 'Panoramica' in 55 seconds!

November 02, 2021 23:35 - 1 minute - 959 KB

A quick trailer to let you know what 'Panoramica' is about.

#Bonus 1 - Nancy Hollander (Criminal Defence Lawyer)

November 01, 2021 23:46 - 26 minutes - 61.2 MB

Nancy Hollander is a criminal defence lawyer based in the USA. She has represented many people during her career, including a former Guantanamo Bay detainee called Mohamedou Ould Slahi.  Nancy talked about her early life, how she ended up in law and Mohamedou's story which is told in the Golden Globe-winning film, 'The Mauritanian', starring Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch.