A Traveller & A Countryman

We're joined by John Connors for a warts and all chat about life and death and everything in between. This is a lovely conversation between two travellers and a country man. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. ⁠www.patreon.com/ATravellerandACountryman⁠

This is our first ever live podcast and the first live podcast recorded in axis theatre Ballymun, the first event of the first ever Ballymun Summit and Martins first time on stage. A lot of firsts. We had the great pleasure having the amazing Senator Lynn Ruane as our guest. Thanks to all the staff at axis and the wonderful audience. We had lots of fun, and we can't wait for our next live show.

This is a special Episode, recorded a few months ago. Dean and Martin chat about the pros and cons of social media, the good, the bad and the often very ugly. Smartphones for all the good they bring have made for some very dumb ideas. TikTok, Instagram, Facebook etc are in the business of keeping your attention at any cost. Remember Kids... If You Are Not Paying for the Product, You Are the Produc...

Just back from having Covid Dean sits down with Martin and talks about everything from the Pagan Festival of Halloween, Martin leading Good Friday prayers on St Margarets Traveller site, to pilgrimages and black fasts on an Island on Lough Derg in Donegal. We also promote our first live show in axis Ballymun on Nov 18th.

We have the pleasure of sitting down with the courageous, charismatic and intelligent Hughie Maughan. Hughie is Martins neighbour, and this conversation explores so many important themes. From why humans fight, our fear of death, and how we might be all able to learn to live with each other without prejudice. This episode is basically Talking Bollox for Travellers.

Martin and Dean chat about patience, ignorance, sarcasm, feuds, peace keeping and using forgiveness as a weapon. Martin talks about his love for Medjugorje and describes it like heaven on earth. They ask what those are who want war are running away from and could they benefit from a human love connection. There's also a lovely surprise at the end.

Martin and Dean sit down with Jimmy Judge. Jimmy works as a psychotherapist based in Dublin, working with those suffering through addictions, trauma, abuse and those who find themselves isolated or disconnected from mainstream society. Jimmy also works in the Traveller Counselling Service. We chat about his work and how an early traumatic incident where he was falsely accused of stealing a push bi...

Dean and Martin chat about Recovery Month, The 100 Km Recovery Cycle, Rave and Ride, 12 step programs like AA and GA. They discuss making mistakes, learning lessons and who we should take advice from. They also explore The Ten Commandments and the pros and cons of giving to charity. Martin tells us about that time he got annoyed with Daniel O'Donnell.

In this episode we are joined by another very special guest, Pauline Scurry, Dean's Mother. Pauline talks about her life growing up in Eastwall, working in Wales as a teenager, meeting Dean's Da, Paul Scurry, getting married, rearing six kids in Ballymun in the 80s, and her Recovery journey. This is another very rare conversation. ⁠www.patreon.com/ATravellerandACountryman

We chat with Fr Peter McVerry about how his work began in Ballymun and the Dublin North Inner City during the 1970s and 80s and where its going in 2022 and beyond. We talk about God, love, compassion, service, greed, neoliberalism, housing first, a housing referendum and the necessary shift in perspective required to bring about real change in Ireland.

Dean and Martin chat about sins, virtues, the importance of forgiveness and having sense of humour.

We chat with actor, director and community worker Jeff O'Toole about the ups and downs of his acting career, the Irish film industry and pulling favours to make films with young people in a working class community. He tells us about his childhood friendship with his best mate JR from a traveller family in Tallaght. We also discuss the success of the Safe talk Suicide project.

In this episode we sit down with Film Director Richie Smyth. We chat about superstitions, healing medicines like ayahuasca, Fighting Charity, Brad Pitt playing a traveller, Irish shame, problem solving, working with U2 and directing The Siege of Jadotville. As it was episode 13 we had some inevitable tech glitches but we persevered and are delighted to let you all listen in on our conversation.

In this episode we are delighted to be joined by a very special guest, Martin's Mother, Helen Stokes. Helen is a traveller woman and our first female guest. Recorded live in her caravan in St Margaret's Park, Ballymun. She tells us about her life growing up, getting married and some stories she heard about Travelling people. This is a very rare conversation.

In our first interview we chat with Sean 'Seany' Kinsella about his life growing up in Ballymun. Sean tells us about how he went from Iron bars to Ironman and his journey towards unconditional love. This episode is very special and has loads of big laughs and some nice tender moments too.

Dean and Martin reach a milestone of 10 podcasts and reflect on why they started and where they might be going.

Dean and Martin have the craic with each other. Sometimes we need some fun and laughter.

In this episode Martin and Dean discuss what they love about Ireland and a few things that piss them off too.

In this episode Martin and Dean chat about how they met and discuss some of the strategies and tactics they've used when protesting against abuses of power in Ireland.

Dean and Martin talk openly about Traveller Health and Dublin City Council.

Dean and Martin chat about the N-Word & the K-Word

Dean and Martin talk about entrepreneurs, hitting rock bottom, comfort zones, speaking up, Travellers in pubs and 'The Special Class'.

Dean and Martin chat about Family.

Dean and Martin chat about UB40, Charles Haughey and the ‘Final Solution’ to the ‘Traveller problem’ from 'The Commission on Itinerancy' 1963 and much more..

Martin Stokes and Dean Scurry introduce A Traveller and A Countryman Podcast. This unlikely pair chat openly about a variety of subjects.