INQUIRE - Michael Harding

Our last episode of the season! This conversation marks the final episode in our Inquire series. This week we are joined by award winning Cavan writer Michael Harding. Michael worked as a teacher, a prison social worker and as a priest before leaving the priesthood and studying buddhism for a few years. Michael is a regular columnist with the Irish Times and has written memoirs, novels, plays, and has toured the country doing live talks on his books. Michael has also worked as an actor on screen and stage, and has performed as the Bull McCabe in the Field. You can listen to his podcast, the Michael Harding podcast, on Spotify, Patreon and Audible. In this episode Michael talks to Molly about work, mental health, theatre, God and masculinity. This is an enveloping and philosophical conversation that gracefully fails to understand what it means to be human, like all good theatre should. You can keep up with Michael’s podcast on Twitter @hardingmichael. You can find his podcast, the Michael Harding podcast, on Spotify, Patreon and Audible, and you can find his columns in the Irish Times. His newest book, A Cloud Where the Birds Rise, is available to buy now from all book shops. This is a collaboration with illustrator Jacob Stack, where Michael’s most memorable musings on the human condition are brought to life by art. Patreon.com/hardingmichael. Thank you so much Michael for coming on to chat and for sharing your wisdom and eloquent musings with us. To mark the end of a spectacular project, we send ye off with a Ru Mew original song, Rose and Star, which he wrote in inspiration of our podcast. IG @rumewsic, patreon.com/rumew, You can find our podcast, In Fairness, on Acast, Spotify and Itunes. You can hear more from us and our interviewees on our Instagram, @infairnesspod, same on Twitter, and In Fairness Podcast on Facebook. Feel free to get in touch on any of these platforms with any questions or suggestions that you may have for us. Thank you again to Roscommon County Council for supporting us to create this series, and to our wonderful mentor Catherine Sheridan for keeping us in check and bringing us both together at the very beginning of our journey. Research questions, sound engineering and co-producing by Molly Mew, Editing and producing by Misha Fitzgibbon. Thank you so much for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.