The Mario Rosenstock Podcast

Muireann O’Connell is an incredibly sharp, witty, and well-read person who always has something interesting to say and a great story to tell, and that’s why she makes for the perfect Mario Rosenstock podcast guest. We used to work together in Today FM before Muireann took up a full time role in Virgin Media, and she currently presents Ireland AM with Tommy Bowe and Alan Hughes. We chat about TV vs...

In case you missed it... this is a fascinating insight into the mind of ROG - his mindset, his ambitions, and what makes him cry. First released in March 2021 - but with the week thats in it, a very interesting listen-back. ORIGINAL SHOW NOTES Midway through my interview with ROG there was a pitch invasion. Not the kind either he and I are used to – the kind where a bunch of kids storm the room an...

With all of the crazy things that have been happening in the world over the last few years (Brexit, Covid, war, inflation...), who better to ask what this means for you and I and our wallets than the expert economist who can break it all down in the simplest of terms, replete with catchy metaphors and analogies, and laser sharp soundbites. David McWilliams and I met in studio the other day and rec...

Mick McCarthy was just one of the ‘callers’ who phoned in to chat with this week’s special guest, the great Tony Cascarino. As well as a call from his former gaffer, Tony heard from Roy Keane, Boris Johnson, Steve Staunton, Robbie Keane, and a few more besides – because everyone loves chatting this man. Tony is legend of Irish international football, a highly respected pundit on radio and TV, and...

You might remember a time in the 1990s on Irish radio, when the ‘phone-in show’ was everywhere. Lots of radio stations, particularly in Dublin, had a late night talk show where callers phoned in and ‘expressed their opinions’ about hot topics, to put it mildly! One of the most talented broadcasters behind that genre of radio is my special guest on this episode – Niall Boylan. Niall was at the fore...

If you love juicy, behind-the-scenes stories from the heyday of Dublin’s nightclub scene, then you’ve come to the right place. You probably know Amanda Brunker as one of Ireland’s best-known models, columnists and novelists, what you might not have known is that Amanda was also once hostess at Dublin’s most famous celebrity haunt, Reynards. That is where every Irish celebrity and every visiting in...

He’s the Eurovision-winning Rock ‘n’ Roll kid, the lead singer of Michael Flatley’s ‘Celtic Tiger’ stage show, the friend who organised U2 to play at Tony Fenton’s funeral, and the man who convinced Roy Keane to sing a song in Lillie Bordello’s VIP room! There are a lot of fascinating strings to Paul Harrington’s bow. Jump in to hear all the stories. COMEDY:One of the big stories in the news this...

If you are a sports fan or indeed a fan of Today FM and Newstalk radio, you will instantly recognise the voice of my special guest this week, the great John Duggan. John and I have worked together for over 20 years and in that time he has been one of the most unique, consistent, and recognisable sports broadcasters on air – and he has also been central to the evolution of Off The Ball from a Newst...

My special guest on this episode is a comedian, a writer, and a traveller – he’s also one of the most interesting conversationalists that we’ve had on the series. Martin Beanz Warde and I talked for almost two hours about traveller culture and lifestyle, discrimination and acceptance, comedy and anxiety, and so much more. But while we edited the chat down a little, its still longer than most episo...

In case you missed it, here’s one of our favourite episodes from the series so far – my chat with Doireann Garrihy, first published in May 2021, this one’s a lot of fun…What do Pippa O’Connor, Mary Lou McDonald, Maura Higgins, Roz Purcell, and Daithi O’Se have in common? Doireann Garrihy does a frighteningly good impression of all of them. If you follow Doireann on social media or watch The D...

As well as being the front man of the Camembert Quartet (Late Late Show house band), Paddy Cullivan is an ‘historical entertainer’. What is that, you might ask? Well, he cleverly brings together all of the things he loves - history, music, comedy and the visual arts – and combines them into stage shows where he takes big historical stories and makes them accessible and entertaining, while als...

In January I sat down with Shane O’Donoghue, host of CNN’s Living Golf. You can check out the full episode by scrolling back a few episodes. But at one point of the conversation we got deep about Rory McIlroy, someone that Shane knows very well. We talked about the way his mind works, how he has dealt with some of the low points of his career, and if he’s in line to win The Masters this month. We...

My special guest is a man you will probably have seen and heard many times on Ireland’s biggest TV and radio shows – but not for a few years now. Constantin Gurdgiev was one of a group of what you might call ‘celebrity economists’ who became the new rock n roll stars during the recession – Constantin is Russian, very slick, very intelligent and I used to portray him as a kind of bond villain on To...

Glenda is a model, TV presenter, business owner, and a very popular Gift Grub character! She is also fantastic company, as you’re about to hear on this episode of The Mario Rosenstock Podcast. Glenda has met so many major celebs – the Kardashians, Robbie Williams, and Matthew McConaughey to name but a few.  And in this episode she spills the beans on them all! She also shares some great...

Recently financial advisor Eddie Hobbs and I had a fascinating conversation - it was also a long one, so we held a bit back, and in this episode you’ll hear the rest of it. Eddie opens up about his involvement with the short-lived political party Renua and he reveals some real ‘behind the scenes’ stories about that escapade. Eddie is also very direct about his views on Sinn Fein and why he is...

John ‘Jumbo’ Kierans is a legend of the print world, specifically the ‘red tops’, the tabloids. You might associate tabloid newspapers with scandals, sex, showbiz, celebrity exposes, paparazzi chasing stars down the street and all that – and you’d be 100% correct! Jumbo, with vast experience as a journalist and editor in this industry, reveals exactly how it all works, the good, the bad, and the u...

Aslan’s Billy McGuinness was fresh off the Dancing with the Stars dance floor when he joined me in the studio – his legs were a little worse for wear, but he was in top form – full of laughs and great stories, and raring to get back on stage with Aslan for their 40 Years, 40 Gigs tour (get your tickets here! https://mcd.ie/aslan-40-years-2022-irish-tour-announced/)Billy reveals the real story...

Want more Mairead? We didn't include my full chat with Mairead Ronan in the recent episode with her, so here’s a short bonus episode where we talk about who will win this series of Dancing with the Stars (Mairead is a former winner), why weight gain is an issue for her and how she controls it, and her dream media gigs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There was a time, not so long ago, when Eddie Hobbs was everywhere - on every radio show and in every newspaper, presenting his own hugely popular TV shows, and a few best-selling books too. He was even a regular character on Today FM’s Gift Grub! But, for various reasons that we talk about in this interview, Eddie started to spend less time in the media and more time running his own business...

I recently sat down with financial advisor Eddie Hobbs for what turned out to be a truly fascinating interview – and you can hear that interview in full on the next episode. But during that conversation Eddie spent some time talking about Vladimir Putin, what is driving his invasion into Ukraine, the historical context, and what he believes its going to take to stop it. As it happens, Eddie k...

If you’re a regular listener to this podcast you might have gleaned that I am fascinated by hard workers; grafters, people who work unbelievably hard to become the best at what they do – and Keith Barry falls very firmly into that camp. He is incredibly focussed on what he wants to achieve and has designed every aspect of his life around achieving it. And in this chat he tells me what that looks l...

This is a very special episode because it’s basically just a fly-on-the-wall chat between two old friends. Mairead Ronan and I have known each other for years and when we met up in the studio we had so much to talk about - great behind-the-scenes stories of Today FM and the heyday of The Ray Darcy Show, what was really behind her decision to leave the station recently, the kind of messages that fe...

You’re probably seeing, reading and hearing a lot from Gerry Thornley right now, with the Six Nations in full flow. Gerry is one of the country’s most eminent rugby writers, he has ghost written books with Ronan O’Gara, Trevor Brennan and Johnny Sexton, and he has so many great stories to tell from his time covering rugby’s biggest games – and he shares loads of them in this great conversation. He...

Its time to pay a visit to the deep south…North Cork! James Leonard and Timmy Long are known as ‘The Two Norries’ (a Norrie is someone from the north side of Cork City) – and they are two of the most interesting people I’ve had on The Mario Rosenstock Podcast since the series began.  They had a difficult upbringing which led to drug, alcohol and other addictions and they both s...

ONE top rugby writer talks SIX Nations Rugby 2022 for TWENTY minutes. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.