Hold Onto The Colours Podcast

Today's guest is Professor Ali Ansari. He is the Professor of Modern History with reference to the Middle East at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, where he is also the founding director of the Institute for Iranian Studies.

Martin Clancy is an IRC Research Fellow at the Center for Digital Humanities, Trinity College Dublin and a renowned Irish musician, academic, and industry consultant. He is the Founder Chair of the IEEE Global AI Ethics Arts Committee. His research on AI in music has been published in the IEEE Journal and has a book by Routledge UK, “Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem”. Martin is a Certif...

Katy is a writer, commentator, educator, keynote and conference speaker, and activist, on social justice, equality, diversity & inclusion. For more visit http://www.katyjon.com

Paul Murphy is an Irish People Before Profit–Solidarity politician who has been a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South-West constituency since the 2014 Dublin South-West by-election. He served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Dublin constituency from 2011 to 2014. We discuss Immigration, Hate Speech Bill, and Irish Neutrality.

Kevin Briggs (also known as the Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge) was a California Highway Patrol officer noted for his work in suicide intervention, having dissuaded more than two hundred people from jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay. In 2013, Kevin retired from the California Highway Patrol to focus his efforts on suicide prevention with over 20 years of experience in c...

Today's guest is musician Michael LeRoy, who recently released Bookoff Smile, a completed version of The Beach Boys Smile using AI. To hear the project visit https://vimeo.com/817502458

Gaurav Dayal is a musician/composer/plugin creator. He is the CEO of plugin company Tone Empire and Beatskillz. Tone Empire has recently released their latest plugin (TM700), which is a tape emulation using A.I. We discussed music, A.I, plugins and much more https://www.toneempire.com

Today I am joined by composer/musician/producer and ex-Bush guitarist Nigel Pulsford. We talked about his great new record, ''Losing Track'', Bush, Music, Jazz and life in general. I reallly enjoyed. I highly recommend his new album, I am really enjoying it. Check out ''Losing Track'' at https://nigelpulsford.bandcamp.com/album/losing-track

Vincent Lampert (born 1963) is an American Catholic priest and the designated exorcist of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Father Lampert was appointed to become an exorcist by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlien. Father Vince Lampert received his exorcism classroom training at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy. He was in the same training class with Father Gary Thomas...

Is Ireland Falling Apart?

Dave Eringa is a proudcer, mixer and sound engineer. He as worked with the likes of The Manic Street Preachers( on multiple albums), Idlewild, Roger Daltrey, Kylie Minogue and many more. He played keyboards on "Generation Terrorists", producing & mixing "Gold Against The Soul", playing keyboards live with the band 1993–94, producing & mixing two tracks on "Everythi...

Inspiration

Podcast 61 Wayne Shorter, Tuskegee, Pink Floyd, Album covers

Today I talk about the new Ant-Man movie, Batman in the Flash, Roald Dahl and changing his books, Hate Speech Law Ireland, Bill Evans, and the television show Millennium.

Talking about the podcast, my upcoming albums and music in tandem with life.

A video talking about the great Burt Bacharach. He was/is a huge influence musically for me. What a great composer and arranger he was.

I am happy to welcome back Phill Brown to the podcast. Phill has re-released the AV1 record he did with Dave Allinson which can bought/streamed at https://av1music.bandcamp.com   We discussed the record, Talk Talk, Hendrix, Traffic and much more. It is always a pleasure to speak with Phill.

Today's guest is with composer and musician David Joesph. David released an album this year under the moniker ''Held By Trees'' . The album drew on influences from Talk Talk to Pink Floyd. The Album ''Solace'' is a beautiful collection of songs including a host of well-known musicians such as Tim Renwick (Guitar - Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Eric Clapton), Mike Smith (Sax - Blur, Damon Albarn, Gorill...

Today's guest is boxing and MMA writer and analyst Brian Campbell. Brian is co-host with Luke Thomas of the great and popular MMA/Boxing show Morning Kombat. Brian also writes for CBS Sports and is a boxing analyst for Showtime. I loved this podcast with Brian. We talked MMA, Pro Wrestling and a lot of music conversation which is always something I am down for. I highly recommend Morning Kombat. B...

Today's guest is writer, director and producer David Leaf. We discussed his latest book God Only Knows: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, and The California Myth. It was great to talk to David. I am currently finishing reading the book,  it is great. Also, I highly recommend people to check out the documentary he made on Brian Wilson's Smile called Beautiful Dreamer. To buy the book visit...

Today's podcast is with Zindel Segal who is a cognitive psychologist, a specialist on depression, and one of the founders of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy. He has wrote several books including The Mindful Way Workbook. He has appeared on TED X. We had a lovely conversation.  For more on Zindel visit: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100058117958220

Today's guest is Benjamin E. Zeller. Benjamin is a researcher and teacher of religion in America. He focuses on religious currents that are new or alternative( Alien religions), including new religions, the religious engagement with science, and the quasi-religious relationship people have with food. He wrote a book based on well-known cult Heaven's Gate called Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religio...

Today's episode is with author and lecturer Ben Wardle. Ben wrote a fantastic book about Mark Hollis called ''Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence''. I absolutely loved the book, and we discussed it and more in the podcast. Check the book out at www.markhollisbook.com

Well 50 podcasts down. Thanks to all who have listened/watched, The lovely guests who gave me their time. Here are some short words :).

Today's guest is composer and producer Tim Friese-Greene. Tim has a beautiful new record out called Melodic Apoptosis. We discussed the record, his process in making it and the podcast went on some interesting tangents from shakers to Variophon's. I really enjoyed the podcast. For more info on Tim visit  timfriese-greene.bandcamp.com Twitter @curonianspit2  Youtube https://www.youtube.co...