Documentary on One Podcast

Life inside a 'wet' hostel - where residents are allowed bring in alcohol. Sundial House, run by DePaul Ireland, a long-term housing project in Dublin for men and women who have lived for long periods of time on the streets and have alcohol problems. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It used to be that you could varnish your nails - now you can have 'shellac nails'. It's a hard protection that makes the colour last. However, it's applied by a nail technician which sounds like a drawback, but it's not, there's a hidden benefit... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Horror movies that are so bad, they're good. Erik Threlfall is an expert on horror movies, trashy ones: 'Bloody Moon', 'Pieces', 'Slumber Party Massacre'. They scare you but they just make him laugh. Although, there is one thing that frightens him... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone got behind the Irish Paralympic team at the London 2012 games but we also had good reason to be cheering on another team - Vietnam. Irish Aid took the Vietnam team under its wing and brought them to Ireland for training (Funded by Irish Aid) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kiliwa is a community living with the aftermath of violence and child abduction by Joseph Kony’s Lord's Resistance Army. Della Kilroy records stories of survival in the Democratic Republic of Congo (This documentary was funded by Irish Aid) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the week in which Angela Merkel put the frighteners on Ireland, The Curious Ear visits a place in Germany you may imagine didn't exist: a soup kitchen for hungry Germans, the Bahnhofsmission - the 'Railway Station Mission' in Berlin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three professional musicians go on the wards of Ireland's hospitals to make live music part of the healthcare experience, but for one, a tragic accident shows just how fragile life can be. (Part of RTÉ Big Music Week) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Four classical elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Producer, Laura Haydon makes a series of programmes from Northern Ireland recording nighttime sounds using the classical elements as themes. This is the second in the series: Nightscapes – Fire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In September 1980, twenty young religious men entered a seminary in Milltown in Dublin. Thirty years later, three of them tell their personal stories of a a journey from believer to unbeliever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A woman's unexpected gift from cancer: Marge was obsessed with cleaning and tidying. That all changed in 1985 when she discovered a lump on her breast. A double mastectomy and implants followed. Slowly, she realised cancer had given her a new life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The brilliant hoaxer Campbell McComas and his 'career' as a bogus after-dinner speaker. He created almost 2,000 fake characters that shocked and tickled Australia for years. From ABC Radio's "Radio Eye" series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens at a Gramaphone Society meeting? In 2007, the Athlone Gramaphone Society met every Tuesday evening. They played music for each other but also, turned out to be a pretty interesting bunch of people. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the most provocative and colourful public figures to hit the Irish airwaves in recent decades, who died lately. Even those who clashed with her had a grudging admiration for her tenacity. (Irish audio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The shortest podcast we've ever published. Yet, it's full of character, tension and sound - just the kind of thing you're looking for in every full-length documentary. Sadly, we don't know the date or who the little girls are. (Irish audio - RTE Radio) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How Ambrose Gordon - a man who claims to have more girlfriends than Rod Stewart ran a profitable but illegal pirating business in London during the eighties. The videos were of the GAA Show 'The Sunday Game.' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donegal are in the GAA All-Ireland Football Final. Sound recordist, Guillaume Beauron, who lives in the county, has made an homage in sound to Donegal football - recordings made at a local club game. (Short Irish audio documentary - RTE Radio Ireland). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It could be an insult or a term of endearment; it actually means, 'horseshoe-pitching'. Terry Flanagan is at a league final in Knockananna, Co. Wicklow and discovers it's as much about 'grub' and 'genuine boys'. (Short audio documentary; RTE Radio Ireland) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last April 42yr old Cathy Durkin went public to campaign for access to the cancer drug Ipilimumab or 'Ippy' - This documentary tracks Cathy's life from then until the end of her life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Kearney has become lost in his own county, Kilkenny. Up and down lanes and by-roads looking for a man who, he's told, is a local legend, a fiddle player and philosopher: Jimmy Fanning. (Short Irish audio documentary; RTE Radio Ireland) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Kearney has become lost in his own county, Kilkenny. Up and down lanes and by-roads looking for a man who, he's told, is a local legend, a fiddle player and philosopher: Jimmy Fanning. (Short Irish audio documentary; RTE Radio Ireland) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On a small island off the west coast of Ireland, three 13 year old boys are preparing for one of the biggest moments of their lives - leaving home. Inishturk has no secondary school so they must leave home to live on the mainland to get an education. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eavesdropping on eavesdroppers in Berlin while being eavesdropped upon. (50 Kilometres of Files; Rimini Protokoll). A short audio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All around Ireland houses lie deserted. Zoë Comyns brings her family back to the cottage they own in Leitrim, where they lived when she was born, to sift through everything they left behind 35 years ago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Four classical elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Producer, Laura Haydon makes a series of programmes from Northern Ireland recording nighttime sounds using the classical elements as themes. This is the first in the series: Nightscapes – Air. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A love story that begins in Iran, then moves to Pakistan, then to Canada - and finally to Limerick - A remarkable tale of love, revolution, persecution and separation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.