Curious Broadcast

Ground Breaker Anita Hayes 

Ground Breakers Series Two: Producer Patricia Baker looks at the life and work of three older women who did not just live through a changing Ireland but were the change mak…

Ground Breaker Jane Grimson 

Ground Breakers Series Two: Producer Patricia Baker looks at the life and work of three older women who did not just live through a changing Ireland but were the change ma…

Episode Four: Scott Holder, the founder of Los Chicanos Taquería, tells us about how he brought L.A.-inspired street tacos to Dublin through his travels to the United States and Mexico and his inspir…

Episode Three: Lily Ramírez-Foran, the madrina of Mexican food in Ireland, shares her journey from Monterrey to Dublin and how her food pantry Picado draws on her family’s rich tradition of making to…

Episode Two: We meet Daniel Hernández, the food critic of the Los Angeles Times. From Cal-Mex to Tex-Mex through Taco Bell and Baja fish tacos, Daniel tells us how Mexican food provides a window into…

Episode One: We speak to Dr Susan Flavin, Associate Professor of History at Trinity College Dublin. Susan takes us back in time to the 16th and 17th centuries in Ireland to reveal an unexpectedly di…

Ground Breaker Dervilla Donnelly is Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry at University College Dublin, founder member of WITS (Women in Technology and Science), and was the first female president …

Ground Breakers: Catherine McGuinness explores the life and work of Catherine McGuinness. A voce for women's issues and children's rights in Ireland, over the years Catherine has served as a Senator…

The Troublesome Nun is a new radio documentary on the life and times of Margaret Mac

Curtain, a Dominican Sister whose lifelong determination to write women into mainstream

Irish history changed the na…

Trafficking of human beings, referred to as modern-day slavery, is one of our largest humanitarian crises, with over 40 million adults and children enslaved worldwide. Half of these people are sold i…

Art/Rage is an audio journey through the streets of Dublin with artist and activist Will St. Leger and documentary maker Patricia Baker who explore the evolution of street art in Ireland. The program…

Egg Money is the story of a generation of women who worked to improve life in rural Ireland; countrywomen often stereotyped and overlooked in their roles as mothers, homemakers and farmer’s wives; wo…

Enquiring Minds is the philosophical enquiry undertaken by a class of ten year olds from 4th class at the Central Model School, Gardiner Street in Dublin’s Inner City. The children are participating …

A Hidden Fanfare is the story of St. James’s Brass and Reed Band, a band that has been playing music in Ireland for over two centuries. They have been present at key points in Ireland’s history but t…

Steamboat Ladies is the story of 700 female students from colleges in Oxford and Cambridge who travelled to Trinity College Dublin by Steamboat between 1904 -1907 to collect their degrees. They did t…

Charred Remains tells the story of the destruction in 1922 of Ireland’s Public Records Office. This office, located at Dublin’s Four Courts, was a treasure trove of legal proceedings, ecclesiastical …

This is the story of a man many would consider the father of computing in Ireland, Professor John Byrne, “The Professor” explores the life and influence of a shy but brilliant Trinity College Dublin …

‘Returning Home’ tells the story of the lives of six extraordinary women. These women have spent most of their lives working overseas and have now returned home. They are all in their 70s and they ar…