In this episode, Dara looks at a couple of recent news stories in Ireland that have raised some confronting questions about where we’re at as a society.
Laughing at the Wrong Things, or Why Cat Stevens is So Funny to Me – Episode 88 Read More »
After hearing his wife listening to a selection of different piano pieces in preparation for a class, Dara realised he wanted to talk about motifs. He discusses motifs in the work of film score composers before warming to the idea of motifs in one’s life – what themes and fascinations have recurred over a lifetime? What has been circled back to? What has been underscored and reiterated?
The Attraction of Certain Instruments, or Oh, What a Lovely Wand! – Episode 87 Read More »
In this episode Dara shares his experience of a recent family funeral that seemed to succeed in channelling a profound communal expression of love and grief. Because of his role in the service, he had to wait to express his own feelings.
Notes From a Funeral, or The Power of the Collective Experience – Episode 86 Read More »
If last week was the wrap-up of the year, this week is assessing the landscape of the year to come. Dara acknowledges the generic themes he has embraced for the moment that’s in it and tries to contextualise his own attitude to the beginning of another year. Part of that attitude is informed by his birthday falling in January, something that has helped him cultivate a lifelong affinity for the month and what it can represent.
Goldfish Memory and the Things We Get Used To – Episode 85 Read More »
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