Best Sports Facility Design Podcasts (2024)

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From Weightlifter to Tech Guru: How Emma Meehan & Precision Sports Technology is Revolutionizing Fitness 52:56

2h ago52:56

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Join us on this episode as we delve into the world of fitness technology with Emma Meehan, the founder of Precision Sports Technology. Emma, a computer scientist, weightlifter, and qualified personal trainer, is on a mission to revolutionize exercise through real-time movement analysis. In this episode, you'll hear: How Emma's unique background in …

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How the NIL is Impacting Design, Architecture & Recruiting 32:33

5h ago32:33

32:33

On this episode, host James Franklin sits down with Jerome Jackson, attorney and author of 'The NIL Book: A Complete Guide to Student-Athlete Compensation', and JT Rogan, Executive Director and Founder of the Olé Foundation, to discuss the NIL, and how it is changing the landscape of architecture and design. Find Jerome's book at https://www.thenil…

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Connect, Collaborate, Conquer: Your Guide to Irish Startup Week NYC 2024 26:23

2M ago26:23

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https://irishstartupweek.com/ Calling all Irish founders and New York tech enthusiasts! This episode is your one-stop shop for everything Irish Startup Week NYC 2024. We delve into this exciting event designed to bridge the gap between the Irish and NYC startup ecosystems. First, we chat with Chris Walla, formerly of Dogpatch Labs and the mastermin…

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Designing Revenue: Lessons From Spotify’s Gearóid O’Rourke 1:00:00

3M ago1:00:00

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Who's on today's episode: On May 2nd we hosted “Designing Revenue: Lessons from Spotify’s Gearóid O’Rourke“, at Spotify’s incredible offices at 4 World Trade Center. Gearóid is a Design Director at Spotify, where he leads the team building Spotify’s Advertising Platform. Advertising on Spotify allows more that 350M people worldwide access all of S…

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Beyond Stigma: Championing Mental Wellbeing with Sarah Surgenor 34:59

3M ago34:59

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This episode dives into the fascinating career journey of Sarah Surgenor, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Sarah Surgenor is passionate about changing how behavioral healthcare is accessed and discussed. A communications expert with 20 years of national and international experience,…

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The C-Suite of Silicon Valley: Sarah Friar 51:56

4M ago51:56

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On March 26th 2024, we hosted “From Northern Ireland to the C-Suite of Silicon Valley: A Discussion With Sarah Friar” in New York City. Sarah Friar is Chief Executive Officer of Nextdoor where she leads a team that revolutionizes the way people connect and build community. Before joining Nextdoor, Sarah served as CFO at Square, SVP of Finance & St…

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From Diaspora to Deal Flow: Exploring Ireland’s Alternative Investment Opportunity with Alan Merriman, Elkstone 48:45

5M ago48:45

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In this episode, we delve into the thriving Irish startup scene and the role of alternative investments in fueling its growth. We're joined by Alan Merriman, the Co-Founder and CEO of Elkstone, Ireland's alternative investment specialists, who leads a team of over 60 professionals dedicated to crafting bespoke investment solutions for diverse clien…

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The US, Ireland, and the Global Audience: A Conversation with Caitríona Perry, BBC News 46:36

5M ago46:36

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In this episode, we chat with Caitríona Perry, the acclaimed Irish journalist and current Chief Presenter for BBC News. Caitríona, an award-winning journalist with deep experience covering both Ireland and the United States, offers a unique perspective on the complex relationship between these two nations. The conversation then shifts to Caitríona'…

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The Power of Purpose: Moving from the Private to the Public Sector with Niall Brennan, CDC 52:41

6M ago52:41

52:41

Have you ever wondered what it's like to leave the fast-paced world of the private sector for the impactful, yet complex, realm of public service? In this episode, we chat with Niall Brennan, the Senior Advisor for Data Strategy to the CDC Director, who made exactly that switch. We delve into their motivations for this career shift, and explore the…

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Cleaner, Safer, Smarter Healthcare Facilities with Niamh Donnelly, Akara Robotics 34:37

7M ago34:37

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www.akara.ai In this episode, we sit down with Niamh Donnelly, the visionary co-founder of Akara Robotics, a trailblazing company at the forefront of healthcare automation. Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of revolutionizing cleaning and sanitization in care homes and hospitals. Niamh Donnelly is a co-founder and Chief Robotics Office…

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The Evolving Storytelling Landscape - Jack Murray, MediaHQ 55:54

7M ago55:54

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www.mediahq.com In this episode of the Digital Irish Podcast, join us in a captivating conversation with Jack Murray, the visionary CEO and Founder of MediaHQ. From the charming landscapes of Ireland to the forefront of media innovation, Jack shares his journey and the profound impact his Irish roots had on shaping his love for storytelling. As we …

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The Irish Fintech Ecosystem: A Collaborative Force for Global Growth 58:22

8M ago58:22

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Join us for a dynamic discussion with leading experts from Ireland's booming Fintech scene. We'll dive into the powerful synergy between government, academia, and businesses, exploring how they're: Sparking a culture of innovation: Discover how government initiatives and organizations like Enterprise Ireland are nurturing a fertile ground for disru…

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Understanding and Analyzing P3: Part 2 25:13

9M ago25:13

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On this episode, we continue the P3 conversation with industry veterans, David Rolls, Malcolm Macintyre, Adam Shaw and Crawford's Owner & Senior Principal, Stacey Jones. Crawford Architects is an award-winning international planning, architecture and interior design firm, headquartered in Kansas City. As a professional services firm, we specialize …

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Understanding and Analyzing P3: Part 1 18:45

9M ago18:45

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On this episode, David Rolls, Malcolm Macintyre, Adam Shaw and Crawford's Owner & Senior Principal, Stacey Jones, discuss the intricacies of navigating public private partnerships (P3s). From history and early implementation, to navigating new developments, this panel of industry veterans take an up close look at all things P3. Crawford Architects …

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The Connected Enterprise: How Industrial Digital Transformation is Breaking Down Silos and Driving Collaboration 1:01:13

9M ago1:01:13

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Links: www.imr.ie Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI) https://imr.ie/what-we-do/services/smart-industry-readiness-index/ Details: This podcast explores the human side of industrial digital transformation. We talk to leaders who are harnessing the power of technology to create a more connected, collaborative, and agile workforce. We discuss the ch…

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The Human Element of Cybersecurity: Collaborating to Protect People From Harm 1:04:32

10M ago1:04:32

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The Beginning of Crawford: Part 2 20:39

11M ago20:39

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On this episode, Owners & Senior Principals Stacey Jones and David Murphy continue their conversation about Crawford's origins, growth, and impact on the community today. With 23 years in the industry, Crawford Architects has established its business on creating and delivering value to our clients. Our first podcast episodes cover the Crawford cult…

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The Beginning of Crawford: Part 1 21:31

11M ago21:31

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On this very first episode of The People's Architect, Owners & Senior Principals Stacey Jones and David Murphy discuss their individual journeys leading them to Crawford, what the early stages of building Crawford looked like, and how that continues to shape the Crawford culture to this day. With 23 years in the industry, Crawford Architects has es…

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The Continued Innovation in Life Sciences: Ireland at the Forefront 42:44

11M ago42:44

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On this episode of the Digital Irish Podcast, we delve into the world of Life Sciences and the impact Irish Businesses are having in the field. To help us understand this space, we speak with John Power. Serial Entrepreneur and former European Entrepreneur of the Year, John leads Aerogen, Irelands largest indigenous Med-tech company and the world l…

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The People's Architect Trailer 0:41

11M ago0:41

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Welcome to The People’s Architect, Crawford Architects’ podcast about connecting and engaging people through innovative design. We will be highlighting impactful stories from designing with a people-first mindset. If you’re interested in how well-designed sports facilities can create unique and memorable experiences, then this is the podcast for yo…

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How AI Is Powering Irish Businesses 1:01:32

12M ago1:01:32

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On this episode of the Digital Irish Podcast, we host a panel of entrepreneurs and tech innovators who are working with AI to grow their business The first part of the conversation focuses on demystifying AI and its use, before shifting focus to the specific role of AI in business and the future of AI in Ireland. This conversation provides a compre…

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Scaling Up – Helping Irish Business Go Global - Leo Clancy, CEO Enterprise Ireland 42:02

1y ago42:02

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Leo Clancy is Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Ireland, the Irish government agency that helps innovative Irish businesses go global Enterprise Ireland’s mission is to accelerate the development of world-class Irish companies to achieve leading positions in global markets. Its network of 39 international offices encourage international compani…

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Building a business in a competitive environment with Alan Gleeson, Contento 42:30

1y ago42:30

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Alan Gleeson is the CEO and Co-Founder of Contento, (www.contento.io) a content management system (CMS) for B2B SaaS and technology websites. Alan started his career in financial services, joining Barclays on their graduate programme. After Barclays he moved to Freeserve, then one of the poster boys for the 'dot com' boom. He subsequently joined Pa…

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Engineering a Sustainable Future with Conall Laverty - Wia 50:50

1y ago50:50

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wio.io Conall Laverty, is the Founder & CEO of Wia, an Irish startup that provides sustainability companies with cloud infrastructure to utilise the Internet of Things. He is a key figure in the global Internet of Things ecosystem and was listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 for Europe. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he co-founded OSV, one of the fastest gr…

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What Overcoming Adversity Can Teach Aspiring Entrepreneurs - Greta Dunne, Marker Content 55:52

1+ y ago55:52

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After building a viewership of 4 million across two online magazines, Greta Dunne designed Marker Content and launched it last year. Marker Content is an online library of evergreen articles that you can download and edit for use on your own website or social media platforms. Now reaching 75,000 contributors, she's aiming to build the biggest conte…

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A New Yorkers Learnings From Working in the Irish Startup Ecosystem - Chris Walla, Dogpatch Labs 47:23

1+ y ago47:23

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A born and raised New Yorker, Chris Walla moved to Ireland in 2017 to join the founding team of Dogpatch Labs, a startup incubator and innovation lab in Dublin. Over five years, Chris helped build Dogpatch Labs into Ireland’s top incubator and one of Crunchbase’s ‘Top 10 Incubators Around the World You Need to Know’, leading their business developm…

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Building a solopreneur community - Diarmaid Ó Fátharta, Tonnta 51:12

1+ y ago51:12

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Diarmaid is the founder of Tonnta (tonnta.io), a pioneering platform that simplifies inbox management for solopreneurs. Diarmaid's early career saw him work at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the University of Galway ISS department before venturing to New York in 2017 to join On The Stage, a company specializing in technological solutions for the cr…

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Building an open and trusted Metaverse - Edwina Fitzmaurice, EY 52:59

1+ y ago52:59

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In this episode, we speak to Edwina Fitzmaurice - EY Global Chief Customer Success Officer - about the potential opportunity for the Metaverse and the need to build a foundation with Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in mind Edwina is responsible for customer success and products for Client Technology globally. She leads a network of customer success t…

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[Update on Previous Guest] Olus Education Raising Seed Round 1:21

1+ y ago1:21

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Olus Education have announced they are raising a seed round, with an investor launch on February 16th. Olus is a SaaS based digital skills portal for primary and secondary students. The portal is unique in the market in that it focuses on supporting the students first, while teachers learn alongside the students. By focusing on a self-led approach …

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HoloGen - Barry Haughey 50:22

1+ y ago50:22

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Barry Haughey is the Founder of HoloGen, a digital artist and educator with over 20 years working in the Irish education and youth work sectors. Throughout his career he has worked with a diverse range of harder to reach young people, striving to incorporate digital learning and future skills into his programmes. More recently he has founded HoloGe…

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Gamerfest - Stuart Dempsey 51:23

1+ y ago51:23

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In this episode, we speak with Stuart Dempsey, founder and CEO of GamerFest, Ireland's biggest gaming and esports festival. During a 20 year career in marketing Stuart has worked in a variety of sectors before establishing his live events company in 2017, targeting the gaming space in particular. Since then his company has gone from strength to str…

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IDA Ireland: Gemma Allen 54:11

1+ y ago54:11

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Gemma Allen is the vice president of B2C technology at IDA Ireland. In her current role with IDA Ireland, she is responsible for building relations with Executive decision makers, business leaders, political stakeholders and key industry players to secure foreign direct investment into Ireland. Allen is based in New York City and has over 17 years’…

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Manna: Bobby Healy 44:30

1+ y ago44:30

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Bobby Healy is CEO and Founder of Manna Drone Delivery. Healy started off his tech career building games for Nintendo at the age of 16. After Nintendo, Healy founded the airline technology company Eland Technologies, which was then sold 12 years later. Healy then went on to build the largest mobility marketplace for airlines in the world, CarTrawle…

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Inclusio - Sandra Healy 45:38

2y ago45:38

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Sandra Healy is CEO and founder of inclusio. Sandra's career spanned 20 years in the global telecoms industry and five years at Dublin City University where she established the DCU Centre of Excellence for Diversity and Inclusion. She is an Organisational Psychologist who over the last 15 years, has championed and driven diversity and inclusion pra…

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PepTalk - James Brogan 50:52

2y ago50:52

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James Brogan is CEO and Co-founder of PepTalk. Former founder and MD of marketing agency, Legacy Communications. Ex Dublin footballer and All-Ireland winner. PepTalk is the first team experience (TX) platform designed specifically for the hybrid work environment. They help organizations understand what the cultural environment is really like within…

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Ireland Ambassador of Women in AI - Begum Genc 42:25

2y ago42:25

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Begum is a researcher at Insight Centre for Data Analytics and a lecturer at School of Computer Science and IT, University College Cork. She is also the Ireland Ambassador of Women in AI. She is an advocate for increasing diversity and inclusion in the AI space, and passionate about designing AI solutions that are trustworthy. This episode is hoste…

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Enterprise Ireland - Sean Davis 42:00

2y ago42:00

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Sean Davis is the New York based Enterprise Ireland Regional Director for the Americas, taking up the post in August 2016, leading a team based in 9 offices across North & South America. This followed a 5 year posting as the Enterprise Ireland Regional Director MENA based in Dubai, 2012 to 2016. From 2006 to 2012 he managed the Enterprise Ireland C…

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HoloToyz - Kate Scott & Declan Fahy 48:32

2y ago48:32

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HoloToyz is a new Irish business innovating the toy industry globally. They launched with a range of children’s books, stickers, tattoos and wall decals that come to life through Augmented Reality and have recently signed deals with Nickelodeon (Paramount) and SEGA. The company believes children should be able to play and learn through new technolo…

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S02 E42 | Robbie Fowler's Growler, Calf and a Half & The Referee's A W*nker 39:25

2y ago39:25

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Greetings, Captain Footballland here! I have exciting things to report: our intrepid trio continue to fight for the greater footballing good – battling interminable desert sand storms, blistering temperature and general indifference – the park progress. Flying high above the footprint of Footballland I can imagine the splendour that awaits, which i…

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S02 E41 | Robbie Keane's Roly Poly Shooting Gallery, Headless Chicken FC and The Footballer Vacation Simulator 40:52

2y ago40:52

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Good day fair Footballlanders, Another glorious week of Footballland is upon us, and what a week of Footballland last week was, no? EXCITING NEWS ALERT!! We have broken ground! We think... (TBC) Either way Mark is out in Qatar, we think... (or Saudi Arabia (TBC)) and he's employed a local (TBC) building contractor/builder/man who is definitely doin…

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S02 E40 | Martin Tyler's It's Alive, The Quadruple Loople & The Mark Drapery 39:24

2y ago39:24

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Greetings Footballland Earholders! Well, we must apologise again, not sure to who, but to somebody for sure... Yes we've failed, yet again, to break ground on Footballland but we're not really worried because it's all sand and sand is dead easy to dig so, you know... In other news Anthony is having a lovely time in Hawaii as he makes his way "the o…

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S02 E39 | Ten Hag Pin Bowling, Lee Cars Lee & The Draught Excluder 33:58

2y ago33:58

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Greetings Footballlanders, It's all kicking off in Tuvalu! Anthony has started the newest, spiciest rivalry in football. After beating them in an 11 vs 1 game, he has now started to berate them and insult them whenever possible. Needless to say, we've not started building yet BUT we did come up with three excellent new rides: Ten Hag Pin Bowling Ma…

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Zai: Paul Byrne 44:10

2y ago44:10

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Paul joined Zai in October 2016, having been a customer of the company for several years before. Prior to joining Zai, he founded "Accelerate Success", to provide mentorship and capital to select high-growth ambitious software companies. He also founded Cadency, a SaaS workflow and finance automation business, in 2011, and grew revenue to circa US$…

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[Announcement] From Fake News To Deep Fakes: NYC - 16th June 3:29

2y ago3:29

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Please join our last Digital Irish event before the summer break on Thursday, June 16th from 6pm at the Irish Consulate, where we are delighted to host a special panel with Glamour’s Samantha Barry, Newswhip’s Paul Quigley and Malachy Browne from the New York Times, moderated by Conde Nast’s Rachel Quigley. The problem of misinformation — and the r…

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S02 E38 | Mount Mason, Father & Son & The Open Top Bus Parade Rollercoaster 41:38

2y ago41:38

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Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballland Sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballland Greetings Footballland Earholders! What a sunny day it is here in Western Samoa, Doha and Butlins Minehead respectively! The team at Footballland are working around the clock to bring you the first, best, biggest and only footba…

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S02 E37 | The Steve Wall of Death, Give It 110% and WAY Too Pumped 39:51

2y ago39:51

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Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballland Sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballland Welcome one and all to Footballland! After a slight mix up two of the trio are in Goa, India, while our Lord Sir Chief Ride Engineer Mark Davison is in Doha. So we've been left with no option but to delay the building of our the…

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S02 E 36 | The Rebekah Vardy Escape Room, Groundswell & The Hall Of Past/Future Mirrors 38:22

2y ago38:22

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Support our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballland Sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballland Hello from Saudi Arabia! The boys are in Saudi (although Mark is in fact in Qatar) to build the world's first football theme park in Qatar for the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 in Qatar, in Qatar! And what a theme park it's set to …

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[Announcement] Sustainability: The Biggest Opportunity In Business Right Now 2:55

2y ago2:55

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Join us on Thursday May 26 at 6:15pm at BT HQ in London for a fireside chat and drinks with Anne-Marie Tomchak to hear about how sustainability is changing the face of business. There will also be a showcase of some top startups in sustainability. Since starting out as a journalist in RTE almost 20 years ago, Anne-Marie has been an innovator across…

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S02 E35 | Ashley Young Getting Bird Poo In His Mouth: The Ride, The Damp Squib Factor & The Watcher 40:00

2y ago40:00

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Greetings from Qatar! For the first time in Footballland history, the boys are in the Middle East! Anthony is in the Holiday Inn in Doha, Ryan is in The Marriott in Doha, and Mark is in Saudi Arabia. Time is really running out to build this park - at this rate we’re looking at building one ride per day before it opens - but Mark suggests we invent …

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Niall Horgan - Gym + Coffee 41:55

2+ y ago41:55

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Niall Horgan is CEO and Co-Founder of direct-to-consumer athleisure clothing brand Gym+Coffee. Founded, headquartered and operated from Dublin, in the last 5 years Gym+Coffee has scaled to over 200 team members, a best in class ecommerce experience, 12 physical retail clubhouses across Ireland and the UK, and has built a passionate community of ove…

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