Best Padraig And Paul Podcasts (2024)

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Bonus Pod - Do Cats Have Souls? 8:15

11d ago8:15

8:15

From our Pets evening on 23 April, Jane Searle poses a deeply philosophical question. Paul does the introduction.By Tenx9

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281 - Troubles 35:10

18d ago35:10

35:10

Three stories from our Troubles-themed evening at the Black Box on 29 May 2024: Liam Kelly gets involved in recreational rioting; Ciaran McAlinden is a good citizen caught up in an IRA attack; Deirdre Morrison meets the man who had been missing all her life. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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280 - Happy Birthday, Black Box! 34:41

1M ago34:41

34:41

A special podcast marking the 18th birthday of Belfast’s Black Box, tenx9’s home venue since 2011: Helen McClements conjures up a troll for her girls; Jim Livingstone is a liability wherever he goes; Paul Brady plays Vatican roulette with the Duchess. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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279 - Roe Valley Pioneers 31:40

1M ago31:40

31:40

Three stories on the theme Coming Home from our evening in Limavady in April: Mike Carlisle gets anxious when his baby doesn’t poop; Alice Lewis remembers the hangover & her kindly Pioneer parents; Mark McGrath discovers powers within himself in a psychiatric unit. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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278 - Pets 2024 30:40

2M ago30:40

30:40

The theme for our April event at the Black Box was Pets: Ciaran McAlinden tells us about Patch & the soldiers; Sarah Torrens is forgotten by Gar the Goose; Paul Doran is still confused at Lucky’s fate. Paul is also your host.By Tenx9

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277 - Holy Water 31:25

2M ago31:25

31:25

Three stories told at three events in 2023: Bevin O’Donnell begins a lifelong journey; Norman Meharry literally falls for Capri; Gloria O’Connor pays tribute to her namesake. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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Bonus Pod - Paul Brady 11:05

2M ago11:05

11:05

Tenx9 regular Paul Brady told this hilarious story at Belfast’s Black Box at our March event when the theme was, appropriately, March.By Tenx9

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276 - Rites of Passage 32:45

3M ago32:45

32:45

Three stories told at our March evening in Belfast’s Black Box when the theme was… March: Richard O’Leary enjoys his First Communion - again; Kerry Logan goes marching through the dating apps; Barney Gribbin loses his mum but makes the room laugh. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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Bonus Pod - Ukraine 18:30

3M ago18:30

18:30

Two powerful stories told by refugees from Ukraine who found a welcome in Belfast told in the Black Box in December 2023: Aleksander Szachorin makes a dramatic escape across the border; Viktoriia Shakhorina shows her gratitude on a bicycle.By Tenx9

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Radio 43 | Episode 52 | Intelligence Report | Pessimism, Decline and a Rising Radical Right 40:51

3M ago40:51

40:51

HOPE not hate has today released its annual State of Hate report, titled ‘Pessimism, Decline and a Rising Radical Right’. It is *the* go-to place for analysis of the far right, growing trends, fresh investigations and up-to-date profiles of all the key figures and groups. There’s nothing else out there like it. On this episode of the podcast, Nick …

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275 - Omagh 32:45

3M ago32:45

32:45

Tenx9 visited Omagh for the first time for true stories of New Beginnings in partnership with the Integrated Education Fund: Charlotte Turnbull rediscovered her love of comedy; Patrick McGrath went from barman to Ironman & Mandy Chism introduced us to Ellie. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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Radio 43 | Episode 51 | Intelligence Report | GB News, The Homeland Party and a 2024 round-up so far 35:14

4M ago35:14

35:14

Welcome to the Radio 43 podcast from HOPE not hate, the antifascism show. Nick and Joe sit down for the first episode of 2024 to discuss: HNH’s new investigation into GB News owner Paul Marshall who we’ve caught sharing and liking really extreme stuff from an anonymised Twitter account HNH’s new investigation into the West Midlands branch of the Pa…

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274 - Games 32:50

4M ago32:50

32:50

Three amazing stories from our February evening as part of the NI Science Fest: Dave Thompson discovers pets can win prizes; Niamh Kelly discovers Silage Wars is a thing; Barry McDevitt discovers John McEnroe is someone to be reckoned with. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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273 - Martha the Witch 34:20

4M ago34:20

34:20

Three wonderful true stories told at the Black Box: get a glimpse of a political life with Rachel Woods; get a listen to the playlist of music-lover Paul Bond; get an insight into loneliness through the eyes of a child with Josephine Hassan. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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272 - Three Women 26:10

5M ago26:10

26:10

Three women, three themes, three stories from the dark winter evenings: Sarah Mathison is embarrassed by her past; Naomi Green defends her children from abuse; Rachel Smith loves Elton who does’t like to spend money. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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271 - In the Beginning 2024 33:45

5M ago33:45

33:45

Our first podcast of 2024 & it’s brill. Recorded on 17 January 2024 in the Black Box, Belfast when the theme was In the Beginning: Michael Topping taps to his own beat; Jim Livingstone falls for a gorgeous smile; Pat Scott finds an ending in the beginning. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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Bonus Pod - Feather Plucker 9:45

6M ago9:45

9:45

Here’s a little present for you - Heather Carey told her first tenx9 story at our amazing Christmas evening on 20 December 2023. It’s all about life on the farm… a turkey farm.By Tenx9

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270 - Last Christmas 37:00

6M ago37:00

37:00

Three wonderful Christmas stories told in the Black Box on 21 December 2022: Caroline Orr & the Bond villain organising Xmas; Brendan Green escapes Clonard for Vietnam; Lorna Dunn finds love in the cowshed. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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269 - Mouldy Old Dough 29:30

6M ago29:30

29:30

Three stories including one from the Zoom vault: Olwen Minford is drawn to nursing by Uncle Aubrey; Shane Laverty faces an unappetising choice & Gyda Meeten remembers a very special meeting. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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The Dublin riots & the far-right in Ireland: how did we get here? - w/ historian and author, Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc 58:51

7M ago58:51

58:51

On Thursday 23rd November, a 49-year-old Irish citizen, originally from Algeria but who had lived in Ireland for 20 years, committed a heinous knife attack on children at a primary school in Parnell Square East in Dublin. Quickly, far-right and anti-migrant activists and agitators turned to social media, spreading a range of misinformation about th…

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268 - Sick 32:02

7M ago32:02

32:02

The theme was Sick but the November Black Box event was hale & hearty: Paul Whittington was taken from behind by a Liverpool fan; Barney Gribbin honoured his parents’ undying love; Paul Brady donned several personalities for his mum’s dementia. Paul D is your host.By Tenx9

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267 - Holy Souls 33:25

7M ago33:25

33:25

Three wonderful stories told at our Black Box event on 25 October 2023 when the theme was Scared to Death: George Sproule knows bravery when he sees it; Josephine Hassan knows a fire when she sees it; Richard O’Leary knows the fires of Purgatory await. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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Radio 43 | Episode 50 | Intelligence Report | The far right remembers Britain's war dead the only way it knows how 31:03

7M ago31:03

31:03

On Armistice Day, 2000 far right activists and football hooligans descended on London under the guise of "defending" the Cenotaph from pro-Palestine demonstrators. 10 days ago, Britain's hooligan chat groups were filled with the usual discussion of football and beer. But they quickly mobilised as the (now former) Home Secretary Braverman branded pr…

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Bonus Pod - Malachí O'Doherty 9:15

7M ago9:15

9:15

Here’s a stand-alone story from tenx9 regular Malachí O’Doherty told in the Black Box on Weds 25 Oct when the theme was Scared to Death.By Tenx9

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Radio 43 | Episode 49 | Intelligence Report | Is Tommy Robinson returning to the streets? 24:15

8M ago24:15

24:15

On this episode, Nick and Joe discuss what is a very fast-moving situation. The far-right are mobilising in London this weekend in opposition to a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Near the centre of this is Tommy Robinson, who was allowed back onto X (Twitter) on Monday, and who has mentioned repeatedly that he’s wanted to get the Eng…

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266 - Warm Milk 29:20

8M ago29:20

29:20

Three stories from recent tenx9 events: Kate Murphy takes us back to her first day at school; Naomi Hoffart rediscovers her love of music after a bereavement; Kerriann Speers is inspired by a physicist on a train. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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265 - Music 2023 34:21

9M ago34:21

34:21

Three brilliant stories from our September event in Belfast’s Black Box: Mairead O’Hara recreates her first dance; Bronagh McAtasney is steeped in Madness; Dave Thompson is very Orange. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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264 - Together in Derry (with the IEF) 33:30

9M ago33:30

33:30

We paired up with the Integrated Education Fund for the theme Together in Derry’s Nerve Centre on September 21: Paul Bonar introduces Scully, his housemate; Mary Johnson is muddled by Zoom; Mark McGrath finds his hero in a cardigan. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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263 - Pulp Fiction 27:50

9M ago27:50

27:50

Three stories told at three summer events in 2023: Paul Hutchinson finds a friend in a failed conversion; Gloria O’Connor finds a nightmare scene in her garage; Barney Gribbin finds his poetic voice on holiday in Ibiza. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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Radio 43 | Episode 48 | Intelligence Report | (Susan) Hall of Shame 26:24

9M ago26:24

26:24

In some breaking news, HOPE not hate researchers have unearthed the deeply alarming views of the Conservative candidate for London Mayor, Susan Hall. Hall has liked posts endorsing Enoch Powell, Islamophobic tropes about Sadiq Khan, supported the myth that the 2020 American election was stolen from Donald Trump and expressed a disdain for the press…

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262 - One Summer 28:00

10M ago28:00

28:00

It was August 23 in Belfast’s Black Box & the theme was One Summer: Clare O’Connor took us to the shark-infested Foyle; Richard O’Leary took us to bed in France; Fiona Molloy took us to a sticky London & an encounter on the Tube. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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Bonus Pod - Lost in France 9:55

10M ago9:55

9:55

Pat Scott told this funny & chilling tale of hitching in France when the theme was One Summer. It was August 23 in the Black Box. There is mild sexual threat.By Tenx9

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261 - Proud Bangor

10M ago

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For the first time since 2019, tenx9 was back in Bangor for stories on the theme Proud: Helen Killick commits a small act of rebellion; Campbell Killick gets life lessons on the bins; Ann-Marie Foster discovers Charlie’s bits n pieces. Paul makes a Santa-related apology.By tenx9

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260 - It Never Rains... 31:30

10M ago31:30

31:30

It was a wet Wednesday in a soggy Belfast on 26 July with an inappropriate theme but wonderful stories: Judith Sialanskaia is rebuffed by Shusha the cat; Denise Magill struggles with a menagerie of pets; Darius Whelan decides to rescue the birds. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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Radio 43 | Episode 47 | Intelligence Report | Sending the fash packing, one town at a time 33:23

11M ago33:23

33:23

The episodes are coming thick and fast at the moment, and here we are back again with another Radio 43. On Monday, the first asylum seekers arrived at the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset. The plan has gone ahead despite the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) condemning the boat as a “potential deathtrap” due to serious fire safety concerns. Across the count…

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Music and Anti-Fascism: Paul Maps, editor of Joyzine, speaks with HOPE not hate 33:41

11M ago33:41

33:41

On this episode of the HOPE not hate podcast, Nick sits down with the Editor of Joyzine, Paul Maps, to talk about a forthcoming fundraising campaign that Paul and his team are running to raise money for HOPE not hate. Joyzine is an independent zine that covers music, film, books, art and theatre, and it has a real activist element directly at its h…

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Bonus Pod - Dolphin Watch 10:50

11M ago10:50

10:50

The brilliant Paul Brady told this hilarious story of a Dolphin Safari in July 2023 when the theme was It Never Rains…By Tenx9

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Radio 43 | Episode 46 | Intelligence Report | From the Government to the Streets: Anti-Migrant Activism in 2023 35:29

11M ago35:29

35:29

Welcome to episode 46 of Radio 43. This episode takes a similar form to the last one, in that it serves as a deep-dive into one particular topic: anti-migrant demonstrations. There’s no getting away from the fact that this has become a really unifying focus for the far right this year. HOPE not hate has been monitoring closely, and there’s been ove…

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Radio 43 | Episode 45 | Intelligence Report | Around the World...In 80 Lies! 34:43

11M ago34:43

34:43

They say that good things come to those who wait…in which case, this episode needs to be the best one we’ve ever done. Apologies to all for another short hiatus, but here we are - back with another episode. On the show this week, Joe and Georgie sit down to talk Nick through what’s been going on with a new campaign and investigation into Tommy Robi…

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259 - Love & Death 33:55

12M ago33:55

33:55

Three wonderful stories told at tenx9: Rhonda Glasgow encounters amazing principals; Paul Whittington tries his hand at erotica; Lorna Dunn breaks hearts with the loss of two parents in a short space of time. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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258 - Journey with Belfast Photo Festival 2023 30:40

12M ago30:40

30:40

We partnered with the Belfast Photo Festival on the theme Journey - each story accompanied by a photo: Robert Wallace & the healing power of donkeys; Steffi Jones & the Titanic trip that changed her life; David McCann & the inspirational Granny Mary. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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Bonus Pod - Three's a Crowd 11:50

12M ago11:50

11:50

Paul Brady told this hilarious story in the Black Box on April 27 when the theme was Bad. I mean, how bad can things get?By Tenx9

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257 - Wahanpi 30:00

1y ago30:00

30:00

Three wonderful Awkward stories from our partnership with Ulster University’s LGBT & BAME networks on 14 June, 2023: Susan gets into a series of awkward encounters; Liz watches the awkwardness vanish as she gets an honour; Campbell finds his tribe. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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256 - Flowerfield Family 19:30

1y ago19:30

19:30

Tenx9 returned to Portstewart’s Flowerfield Arts Centre on May 19 for an evening of Family stories - here are two of them: Alice Lewis mourns in her late mother’s garden; Maura Doran reflects on the Japanese repairs on a vase. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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Bonus - My Sister 8:18

1y ago8:18

8:18

Terence Finnegan broke hearts in the Black Box with this wonderful story - his first at tenx9 - when the theme was Bad on April 26.By Tenx9

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Radio 43 | Episode 44 | Intelligence Report | The New Fascist Petting Zoo 39:58

1y ago39:58

39:58

Hello! It’s been a mere 5 weeks since the last episode, and there’s much to dig into. Joe has managed to tear himself away from his new hobby in British rivers to sit down with Nick for a discussion on the massive split in Patriotic Alternative. The two examine the context, the split itself and its fallout, and try to get to the bottom of some rece…

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255 - Bad 29:00

1y ago29:00

29:00

In Belfast’s Black Box on April 26, the theme was Bad but the stories were amazing: Cliodna McCrory explained the real meaning of stew; Carrie Wilson introduced her dad who meant the world to her; Paul Bond told everyone he was grand even when he wasn’t. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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254 - Agreement 31:25

1y ago31:25

31:25

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, we teamed up with Belfast’s Lyric theatre for stories of agreement: Malachí O’Doherty talks life on the dole; Jane Searle on life-changing injuries from the Troubles; Richard O’Leary on life with Mervyn on the Shankill. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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253 - Sickness & Health 30:25

1y ago30:25

30:25

Three brilliant stories all with a strong medical theme told at different events: Jim McGrath is a lonely four-year-old in hospital; Mark McGrath’s mum is saved by a modest medic; Gloria O’Connor relives a wild day on the ward. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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252 - Good 2023 29:30

1y ago29:30

29:30

Three first-timers, three wonderful stories told in the Black Box, Belfast on March 28 2023 when the theme was Good: Hazel Naughton makes life-changing decisions; Geraldine Healey makes life-long friends with Benji; Stephen Magee makes a good tipster & fleeces the bookies. Paul is your host.By Tenx9

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