Episodes

You hear a perfect example of a sneeze, an Irish sneeze, brought on by Irish cold and damp. If you listen carefully, you’ll hear the tinkle of a teaspoon on the side of a cup of second tea.

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about the power of music. How Maria Callas has moved into the house alongside his mother-in-law. Together over a famous victory by Ireland in a rugby match with England.

This was recorded on the first morning Paul O’Mahony got back from Spain. You hear how surprised and pleased Paul is that the battery is still alive. Your hear Paul talking about how he wishes he could wear bright colours lik...

You hear Paul O’Mahony moving at the speed of lichen - recovering from the intensity of a week in Bilbao. You hear Paul talking about the fact that no one finished the Barclay marathons this year. You hear the sound of coffee...

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.

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about how he learned about the variety of ways in which people from different cultures communicate.

You hear Paul O’Mahony having breakfast - remembering Jonathan Swift - and the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu.

You hear Paul O’Mahony reading a poem he selected - may be first in a series “Poems for Bedtime”

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”

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...

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”...

You hear Paul O’Mahony speaking under duress, under water.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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)

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.

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...