Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Previews & Reviews: Taylor Swift, Steve, The Smashing Machine... and Tilly Norwood

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 4d

What's that? Oh, you want to listen to an Irish arts & culture podcast fronted by two gals who this week chat about... The Walsh Sisters, why Cillian Murphy's film Steve left us shook, Taylor Swift's mid album, A Want In Her AND interview director Hugh O'Conor? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 10/05/2025 · 58m

Deep Dive: What's it really like to interview celebrities?

1 3 7

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 12d

New episode of Get Around To It alert! 🚨 This week: ever wonder what it’s like to interview celebrities? Myself and @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social share dream interviews and not-so-dream experiences in our latest deep dive podcast episode podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g...

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 29/09/2025 · 32m

Previews & Reviews: House of Guinness, Alien Earth, Taylor Swift, and Neil Hannon interview

1 3

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 16d

And ACast (and on Pocket Casts too!) shows.acast.com/get-around-t...

Get Around To It

shows.acast.com

2

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 16d

Also on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4vhd...

open.spotify.com

Previews & Reviews: House of Guinness, Alien Earth, Taylor Swift, and Neil Hannon interview

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 16d

What on earth is House of Guinness? Is Alien: Earth any use? and what do we know about Slow Horses season 5? We cover all that and LOADs more - including an interview with the one and only Neil Hannon - on Get Around To It this week: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 09/21/2025 · 49m

The Bad Arts 026: Pôt-Pot

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 18d

The result of #TraitorsIRL is the only good thing to happen so far in 2025 🥹

1 47

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 18d

Still enough time for Oyin to gather enough support to run for President, surely #TraitorsIRL

1 27

Reposted by Aoife Barry

Zara Hedderman @zarahedderman.bsky.social · 23d

On the eve of the release of Pôt-Pot’s excellent debut album, Warsaw 480km, I chatted w/ Mark Waldron-Hyden for my newsletter about how it morphed into a five-piece group from a solo project, how his bandmates have shaped his artistry & more.

Subscribe: zarahedderman.substack.com/p/the-bad-ar...

An interview with Mark Waldron-Hyden of the Irish/Portuguese quintet about their mesmirising debut album, Warsaw 480km.

zarahedderman.substack.com

3 2

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 23d

There's been a little wave of new Irish arts/culture-related podcasts lately - amazing to see, and clearly it's because people really want MORE places to discuss everything arts/culture in Ireland. Get Around To It is a magazine-style show, which is pretty unusual when it comes to Irish podcasts

6

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 23d

Speaking of podcasts - the latest episode of Get Around To It is a deep-dive into why Gen Z are getting obsessed with the series Girls, plus an interview with musician Farah Elle! Listen here, if you enjoyed it please share :) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Deep Dive: Why is Gen Z so obsessed with the show Girls?

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 09/14/2025 · 31m

4 9

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 23d

Love listening to Screenland - was great fun being a guest on it! We chatted about The Worst Person in the World and covered MANY diverse topics during the chat

Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 24d

I don't think I mentioned it on here, but whatever, here goes. I pivoted from writing to podcasting a couple of months ago, and the show's going well. It's called Screenland, previous guests incl. Muireann O'Connell, Peter McGann, @sweetoblivion.bsky.social, and a few others. New episodes weekly.

1 5

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 24d

This was so much fun - great crowd and the album was cranked up VERY loud @nialler9.com

ooh99.bsky.social @ooh99.bsky.social · 27d

Listening to @sweetoblivion.bsky.social and Nialler9 speak about Jeff Buckley's album 'Grace' in the Roundy #Cork as part of Sounds from a Safe Harbour Festival soundsfromasafeharbour.com Hallelujah

Now Streaming: Documentary explores journey of Ukrainian Irish-speaker to Ireland

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you so much for chatting to me about your journey and experiences, Nadia!

Nadia Dobrianska @nadiadobrianska.bsky.social · 29d

Amazing article about the documentary about my family 'Idir Dhá Bhaile' by @sweetoblivion.bsky.social for @thejournal.ie . The film is available worldwide on the @tg4.bsky.social player.
www.thejournal.ie/nadia-dobria...

“The last thing I wanted was a story where we are looked down on,” says Nadia Dobrianska.

www.thejournal.ie

2 1

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · Sep 11

Happy birthday Gary!

1 1

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thank you so much hon!! ❤️

Reposted by Aoife Barry

Eoghan @eoghantpoe.bsky.social · Sep 10

New episode of The Point of Everything podcast is out today 🎧

TPOE 366: Junior Brother discusses his third The End, which is inspired by fairy forts and the horrors of the modern world. We talk storytelling, childhood stories, and the Irish music scene

Listen/subscribe: tr.ee/Cq4S-xfcXQ

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thanks so much for sharing our pod!

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · Sep 9

Our thanks to Aoife Barry for recommending our forthcoming book WTF Happened by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell (due end of Sept) on the newly returned Get Around To It podcast! It’s a fantastic episode, give it a listen when you get the chance.

🎧 bit.ly/ga2ixwtf
@sweetoblivion.bsky.social

1 4

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · Sep 10

We review or preview (deep breath)… The Traitors Ireland, The Paper, NewDad, a new book about Waking the Feminists, Sanatorium, Spinal Tap II, CMAT… and more! And guests telling us what they got around to lately in culture are: Michael Fry, Alison Spittle and actor Frank Blake.

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · Sep 10

Listened to our arts & culture podcast Get Around To It yet? We’re number one in Arts in Apple podcasts in Ireland! Thanks so much to everyone who has listened in so far - please do spread the word. Listen in here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g... or here open.spotify.com/episode/0Mqg...

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · Sep 10

Listened to our arts & culture podcast Get Around To It yet? We’re number one in Arts in Apple podcasts in Ireland! Thanks so much to everyone who has listened in so far - please do spread the word. Listen in here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g... or here open.spotify.com/episode/0Mqg...

4 8

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · Sep 8

Never been SO glad to see the back of a traitor #traitorsirl

1 23

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · Sep 8

Feel like they’re bullying my dad or something

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · Sep 8

Really hard to watch right now!

1 1

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks so much! Delighted to be back :)