Seosamh

Big Irish World: An Irish Diaspora Podcast

Society EN ↓ 9 episodes

This podcast is about visibility, awareness, connection, and healing as a culturally connected community spanning the global Irish diaspora. What we're building together is a grassroots community devoted to the exploration of the many stories, lives, and voices of the global Irish diaspora. We seek deeper understanding of how Irish culture shows up in the world today, and how a better fluency with this culture can nourish us and bring us that little extra hope, warmth, and resilience that has become one of many familiar calling cards of the Gaels. We seek better visibility and connection acros...

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Seosamh

Episodes

"The Wind Beneath the Stone" - Interview with David Keohan, Author and Irish Stone Lifting Revivalist 03.07.2026 58:27

David Keohan's recently published book "The Wind Beneath the Stone" explores his passionate search for more information and understanding around more than a handful of nearly lost Irish traditions, folklore, and cathartic cultural rites of passage that he seeks to share as broadly as he possibly can. I DM'ed David on Instagram in the early morning (EST) and he said "I&apos...

"Erin go Brách" - Interview with Irish author Seán Óg Ó Murchú about his upcoming book 25.05.2026 22:30

A conversational Interview with Irish author Seán Óg Ó Murchú ( @SeanAnSeanchai on Instagram) about his hot new book " Erin go Brách " (coming this June, published by Bog Bodies Press ). Send us Fan Mail Thanks for Listening! Support the show Support our community as a Patron (or join as a Free member) for additional content: https://www.patreon.com/bigirishworld Leave us a voicemail! N...

Conversations with the Diaspora - Sasha Piton 25.04.2026 1:08:29

As the first episode of a series of conversations with members of the Irish diaspora living within Ireland and abroad, we have some coffee with Sasha Piton! You may know Sasha from her article in The Journal.ie discussing her experiences transitioning from the US to Ireland in the current political moment, or as one of her more than 135,000 followers on Instagram. In this conversation over the spa...

Episode - 0002 - 'Neither Blood nor Soil', Part 1: Un-required Invitations, Unacceptable Golden Tickets, and What an Unrevoked Passport Can Never Be a Proxy For. 06.04.2026 21:35

Well, a chairde. I had recorded and rerecorded and scraped and re-scraped this episode and ultimately I decided to just... speak... one sitting over the span of about an hour that was lightly edited down for time. It's a sensitive topic, but an important one that has become an elephant in the room through campaigns of silence. But We can do this, Together. This episode will hit home for ma...

10,000+ followers on Instagram with Listeners in 100+ cities in 13+ countries! 23.03.2026 1:08

Míle buíochas arís a chairde! 🥹 Send us Fan Mail Support the show Support our community as a Patron (or join as a Free member) for additional content: https://www.patreon.com/bigirishworld Leave us a voicemail! No downloads, apps, sign-ups, or fees required. https://www.speakpipe.com/BigIrishWorld Reach out to us on email: bigirishworld@gmail.com buy Seosamh a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/bigiris...

Patron Requested Rant - "Celtic Knots on ICE Agents" 29.01.2026 10:31

Another Patron requested rant, delivered. There will be more and soon. " Even Racists Got The Blues " by The Geeky Gaeilgeoir " The Irish Gaelic Tattoo Handbook: Authentic Words and Phrases in the Celtic Language of Ireland ", by Audrey Nickel Send us Fan Mail Thanks for Listening! Support the show Support our community as a Patron (or join as a Free member) for additional co...

Episode - 0001 - "A brief history of Duolingo Irish and the ominous Owls of Comhrá..." 13.11.2025 21:08

Dia Daoibh a chiarde! Duolingo has grown from modest beginnings into what is brokered as the gold standard in (app based) language learning today. It has boasted a module for the Irish language since 2014... so why are so many basic features missing? and why is so little of the actual language explained? does it even attempt to teach Irish pronunciation? .... and was there an interesting story beh...

Dia Daoibh a Chairde! 02.11.2025 1:33

Bígí linn! 💚 Send us Fan Mail Thanks for Listening! Support the show Support our community as a Patron (or join as a Free member) for additional content: https://www.patreon.com/bigirishworld Leave us a voicemail! No downloads, apps, sign-ups, or fees required. https://www.speakpipe.com/BigIrishWorld Reach out to us on email: bigirishworld@gmail.com buy Seosamh a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/bigi...

Patron Requested Rant - "We have to talk about Sabrina..." 31.10.2025 12:39

At the request of a patron I had a rattle about the rather casual approach to accuracy regarding a series of Irish words used frequently and repeatedly by multiple familiar characters during the production of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Not a hate screed, but I make my feelings plain. Resources referenced in the episode: tg4.ie - Irish Language Television station with FREE APPS! a link t...