Episodes
Feb. 7, 2026
Bilbao - here I come - an adventure #Audio365 33/365
You hear Paul O'Mahony getting ready to fly to Bilbao - via Gatwick. Paul speaks about what he's hoping for: food, drink, views, music & education.
Feb. 6, 2026
Cross-cultural communication challenges #Audio365 31/365
You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about how he learned about the variety of ways in which people from different cultures communicate.
Feb. 5, 2026
How do you crack your eggs? Soft boiled eggs. #audio365 31/365
You hear Paul O’Mahony having breakfast - remembering Jonathan Swift - and the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu.
Feb. 4, 2026
Only listen to this in bed - poem by Scottish poet John Burnside (1955-2024). #Audio365. 30/365
You hear Paul O’Mahony reading a poem he selected - may be first in a series “Poems for Bedtime”
Feb. 3, 2026
Praising Proust on Dunking a Cake in his Tea - #Audio365 28/365 da
You hear Paul O’Mahony in awe of how Proust wrote about what happened to him after he tasted a madeleine that had been dunked in lime-flavoured tea. Paul referred to an incident in Joseph Conrad’s “The Secret Agent”
Feb. 2, 2026
Why it’s a Public Holiday in Ireland today. #Audio365 29/365
You hear Paul O’Mahony using quotations from the Irish government announcement of a public holiday: In January 2022, then-Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar announced the new holiday, stating: "This new public holi...
Feb. 1, 2026
Marcel Proust in my ears #Audio365 29/365
You hear Paul O’Mahony walking by rushing water with Louis - shortly after listening to the start of “Swain’s Way” on Audible. Paul remembers his great friend Dai Griffiths, who read the whole of “Remembrance of Things Past”...
Feb. 1, 2026
Freezing cold shower and a body part. #Audio365. 27/365
You hear Paul O’Mahony speaking under duress, under water.
Feb. 1, 2026
Unexpected Buddhist delight on Facebook #Audio365 #FebPodpomo 26/365
Your Paul O’Mahony on a bright sunny Sunday morning - talking about how he used Facebook. How he make a mistake which led to a Buddhist experience.
Jan. 31, 2026
An Everyday Calamity that has me in Levity #Audio365. #janpodpomo 25/365
You hear the mirth in Paul O’Mahony’s Voice as he tells the story of what happened before the picture that goes with this episode. Recorded on Saturday evening when Paul was not drunk on red wine.
Jan. 31, 2026
Frustrating Friday - Failing to Connect #Audio365 24/365
Imagine Paul O’Mahony spending his whole day striving to do something as simple as connecting a Mac to a new Epson printer - having to resort to DeepSeek.
Jan. 31, 2026
What gender is God? #Audio365 #JanPodPoMo 23/365
You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about his visit to a recycling centre on Saturday morning. You also hear a bit of family history - the time his daughter asked “ how do you know God is a man?" The champion boxer Katie Taylor c...
Jan. 26, 2026
Whatever you do - Don’t miss “Hamnet”. #Audio365
You hear Paul O’Mahony after he’s been blown away by Jesse Buckley - and the whole Hamnet experience. Paul expects Shakespeare’s wife to win an Oscar. (This was recorded on the 24th of January 2026)
Jan. 23, 2026
Hallelujah. Success. Problem solved - I’ll soon forget it. #Audio365
You hear Paul O’Mahony celebrating the end of a “pain in the neck”. He’ll be able to drive forward in comfort from now on.
Jan. 22, 2026
AI Masters, Conferring, and Sugar-Hit Stupidity. #audio365#JanPodPoMo 20/365
You hear Paul O’Mahony celebrating one of his brothers. Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence with First Class Honours. Praise too for the restaurant called Aces. Plus the stupidity of consuming a huge quantity of j...
Jan. 21, 2026
Complaining about my new electric car #Audio365. #JanPodPoMo 19/365
You hear Paul O’Mahony complaining loudly about the fact that he can’t charge his car with a home charger that was attached to the house yesterday
Jan. 20, 2026
Audiobooks to choose from Audible #Audio365. #Janpodpomo 18/365
You hear Paul O’Mahony about to delete Audible in favour of an offer from Spotify. But before that Paul must decide which four audio books to select. The short list of 11 is here.
Jan. 19, 2026
Needing Freud to interpret. #Audio365. #JanPodPoMo
You hear Paul O’Mahony’s dream. Theft. A Japanese man’s gel. A confession.
Jan. 17, 2026
‘Cannabis smuggled from US’ flooding Ireland. #Audio365 #JanPodPoMo 16/365
You hear Paul O’Mahony indignant. How dare USA allow drug gangs dump cannabis on people of Ireland. Will the Irish government retaliate?
Jan. 15, 2026
One man’s life on Thursday morning. #Audio365 14/365 #JanPodPoMo
You hear Paul O’Mahony declare that it’s time to walk the dog Louis. You also hear the list of things that Paul has done this morning.