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Changemakers with Clare McKenna
by Clare McKenna
A podcast series talking to people taking on some of the world's biggest issues but you should never underestimate the power of a conversation to shape an opinion, alter a perception and ultimately be part of the change process. I hope these conversations will inspire you to be the change you want to see in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Aisling Nestor - Doing the Work
With this episode I wanted to do something slightly different, I'm still talking to someone who works in the area of making change but if we want to show up in the world, or even in just our own life, we can't pour from an empty cup so I've invited Life Coach Aisling Nestor on to the podcast…
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Sandra Healy - Using Tech for Diversity and Inclusion
I was quite blown away by this week's episode with Sandra Healy co founder of Inclusio a science based, data led diversity and inclusion platform, designed to measure, track and action diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We talk about her career in tech spanning over 20 years and how a…
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Eoin Galavan - Why Don't We Care About Climate Change?
Dr Eoin Galavan is a senior clinical psychologist and associate fellow with the psychological society of Ireland – they have recently set up a special interest group for addressing climate and environmental emergency. The group are looking at the psychological reasons why we hear the information,...
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Seyi Akiwowo - Staying Safe Online
Seyi Akiwowo is CEO and founder of Glitch and now author of How to Stay Safe Online – A digital self care toolkit for developing resilience and allyship. Seyi has had the most incredible journey – a force to be reckoned with she became the youngest ever black female councillor in London at the…
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Conor Buckley - Human Collective
My guest today is Conor Buckley – Conor is the founder of Human Collective – a brand of sustainable clothing with a message of equality and a movement that includes education and workshops. As you'll hear Conor was inspired by his mum Christine, a changemaker herself who spoke out about...
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Níall Ó'Murchú - The Power of the Breath
Níall Ó'Murchú is a wellness expert, a Wim Hof instructor and author of The Blissful Breath. His mission is to teach people the tools to be able to check in with themselves and feel the many benefits breathwork and in some cases cold therapy can bring. In today's episode we talk about his most...
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Elizabeth Zion - Family Reunification
Elizabeth Zion is the youngest of my Changemakers so far – at only 19 she's been using her voice for the last few years to talk about family reunification. She serves on the global youth advisory board for UNICEF and currently works on the LIFT Ireland catalyst team, whose focus is building...
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Tammy Darcy - Empowering Girls
Tammy D'Arcy is founder and CEO of The Shona Project a multi-award winning non-profit organisation aimed at providing help, guidance and education to young Irish women on issues such as anxiety and depression, bullying, stress, relationships, social media and body image. Shona has an online...
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Pat Kane - Small Steps to Sustainability
Pat Kane of Reuzi is my guest this week. Originally from Brazil and moved here with her Irish husband, when they had their first baby they become a little more eco conscious and started to look at their home as a starting point. 4 years later and Pat is now a sustainability strategist, a speaker...
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Santis O'Garro Money Mentor - Taking Control
TW – Suicidal Feelings Money Mentor Santis O'Garro is my guest today, finding herself a single mum of two and in debt after a life of borrowing and spending – she took control. She stopped striving and putting her self worth into the attainment of things and asked herself the question 'what do I...
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Miss Ireland Pamela Uba - Using Your Voice
Pamela Uba is the current Miss Ireland, she represented the country in Puerto Rico back in March when Miss Poland eventually took the title, but Pamela has taken so much from the experience that went beyond winning first place. It has opened so many doors to the medical scientist and as you'll...
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Roxie Nafousi - Manifesting
Roxie Nafousi is the wellness woman of the moment. Her debut book Manifest has sat at the top of the bestseller list for 18 weeks and has been translated in 18 different languages. I couldn't put it down! Roxie has been building a community as a personal development coach through her workshops…
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Ailbhe Smyth
Ailbhe Smyth is an academic, an activist and a campaigner. She is mainly motivated by feminist, gender, LGTBQI equality and wider social justice issues. She was the founding director of the women's education, resource and research centre in UCD, she was co director of the Together for Yes…
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Patrick McAndrew
Today's guest is Patrick McAndrew, Patrick runs Momentum Mind Academy an educational company that gives people the tools to manage their attention, control their mindset, and expand their intellect. He's currently bringing his workshops and presentations to corporates but today we speak about how...
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Paul Ryder
Paul Ryder is probably best known for bursting on to our TV screens on Ireland's Got Talent with his drag act back in 2018. Since then he's gone on to set up his own dance school Proud Dance Academy, he still works as a choreographer, performer and TV presenter. In recent weeks his face can be…
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Josepha Madigan
Today's guest is government minister Josepha Madigan. I was almost fearful of having a politician on, somehow they don't get the same maverick kudos of someone leading a grassroots movement, often they are met with an eyeroll and some cynicism but the reality is that changing legislation and...
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Jack Kavanagh
My guest today is Jack Kavanagh. Jack had massive change foisted upon him when, on a holiday with his friends, a tragic accident involving him diving into the sea and hitting a bank led to a spinal injury and life long paralysis. Jack has been on a long road to where he is now, returning to his...
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Sonya Lennon
Today's guest is the emodiment of a powerhouse – I'm mad about her, Sonya Lennon. Sonya is probably best known for her dedication to fashion – from working as a stylist to presenting Off the Rails on RTE with Brendan Courtney the pair went on to form fashion label Lennon Courtney, first on their...
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Fiona Collins - Changemaker Schools
Fiona Collins is network coordinator of the DCU Changemaker Schools Network, she made contact with me after hearing about the podcast and when we first spoke on the phone I was buzzing after talking to her, she is a right up my street. Passionate, informed and knows a hell of a lot about change....
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Andy Ramage
Today my guest is self development coach Andy Ramage. Starting out as a professional footballer, moving into the corporate world when his sporting dreams were dashed, he climbed to the top of his game as a broker before pivoting again into his current career as he wanted to find something that...
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Karen O'Donohoe
Karen O’Donohoe is my guest today – we met a while back when she was a I interviewed her for TV – she worked for GIY and she had so much enthusiasm and charisma she made me want to rush to the dirt and get planting immediately. She contacted me recently about the war in Ukraine and the families...
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Karen Maurice O'Leary
Today’s guest is a friend of mine Karen Maurice O’Leary – Karen is from New Zealand and she and her husband Rua travelled to Ireland some years back and Karen and I were working at the same PR firm and I just loved her instantly. They were the most beautiful couple and literally adored each other…
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Riyadh Khalaf
Today’s episode features someone I am proud to call my friend – Riyadh Khalaf. We met a few years back when we worked at the same radio station in Dublin, I had been there for a few years at that stage, had a baby or two at that stage and he was the next generation on the way in, embracing the…
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Sarah Benson CEO of Women's Aid
TW *This episode features gender based violence This episode is launching the series on International Women’s Day and my guest is Sarah Benson, CEO of Women's Aid. Sarah featured heavily in discussion on gender based violence following the murder of Ashling Murphy and we get into that in the…
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Audrey Crawford - Humanitarian Crisis
So many of us are moved by images of worldwide humanitarian crisis we see across the world, poverty, corruption, war, disease, natural disasters ravaging often the 3rd world countries but as we saw more recently in Syria and Afghanistan people anywhere can become displaced and have their homes…
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Andrea Horan - Clubbing is Culture
My guest today is the absolutely fabulous Andrea Horan, she is as colourful and daring as the nails that walk out of her salon in Dublin Tropical Popical. She is presenter of podcast United Ireland with Una Mulally and in recent years she has become a spokesperson for Dublin city, speaking out...
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Anne-Marie Tomchak - Sustainability
Climate Change is scary isn't it. When faced with it you undulate between absolute fear and then hope that some great minds will sort it all out for us. Hope is so important in crisis, otherwise why would you bother? My guest today is someone I think will fuel that sense of optimism. Anne Marie...
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Nicola Tallant - Telling the Story of Crime
Nicola Tallant is Investigations Editor of the Sunday World Newspaper, she has written extensively about crime in Ireland over the past 16 years through her newspaper articles, her best selling books and more recently in her hugely successful podcast The Witness. Nicola tells the whole story of...
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Jack Black - Helping People Embrace Extraordinary
Before you press play waiting to hear what the American actor has to say, please recalibrate, THIS Jack Black is the Scottish motivational speaker and coach who I crossed paths with many years ago when the company I was working for sent us for training. I had never been exposed to anything like…
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Paul Merriman - Tackling The Housing Crisis
Paul Merriman is a financial advisor at www.askpaul.ie and has had countless couples and people crying with frustration at the inability to buy a home when they are both working. The housing crisis in Ireland not only fails to serve them but also the vulnerable in society who need help to have...
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Paddy Smyth - Disabled is Cool Too
Oh I so loved this conversation, even though I discovered in researching for this interview that I lived 10 minutes away from my next guest for most of our childhoods and teenage years and we went to the same college I only know of Paddy Smyth from what I have seen of him on TV. His biggest gig…
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Niall Breslin - Making Change in Mental Health
I may well have set up this podcast series, just to get an hour with my next guest! I jest of course but my path has crossed with Niall Breslin aka Bressie many times over the years and in TV and radio land you often only get 8-12 minutes, which is an overview on a topic and he has so much say...
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The Ungraceful Guide - Finding Your Own Way in Life
My guests today are Katie and Luke Hogan Gibney also known on Instagram as The Ungraceful Guide where they document their world wide travels. These adventurers are brave, as you will hear from their approach as they describe going from tourists to travellers. They came home and the end of last…
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Amanda Adé - Standing up Against Racism
I first came across Amanda Adé when she posted a video to her Instagram page after the death of George Floyd, in answer to the number of people she saw commenting in various outlets questioning outrage here in Ireland as it was happening so far away. She spoke so eloquently and beautifully about…
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Sarah Sproule Removing Sex Ed Stigma
Sarah Sproule is not only looking to work with parents to help remove embarrassment around sex education with her schools workshops but she is looking to help a generation to lean in to uncomfortable topics, bring about more self acceptance and ultimately more compassion for ourselves and others....
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Carla Bredin Anti Diet Culture
TW - Disordered Eating and body image discussed in this podcast Registered nutritionist and intuitive eating counsellor Carla Bredin is on a mission to dismantle diet culture and champions health at every size. After working with her clients her mind was opened to the nuances around why some…
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Changemakers with Clare McKenna Coming Soon
Changemakers - talking to people to stand up, speak out or challenge us to think a little differently. Clare speaks to activists, advocates and those living outside societal norms, people who have found a passion in life and taken action. These are often the people who embrace life and often want...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast series talking to people taking on some of the world's biggest issues but you should never underestimate the power of a conversation to shape an opinion, alter a perception and ultimately be part of the change process. I hope these conversations will inspire you to be the change you want to see in the world.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Clare McKenna
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