Dearbhail McDonald

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1,266 appearances 11 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 13 Sep

Dearbhail McDonald’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 11 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 6.

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Brendan O'Connor · Caitlin Moran - "We wouldn’t eat ‘doom-cake’, why do we ‘doom-scroll’??" · 13 Sep 2026 podcast

As someone at who was at the heart for many years at the the British media ecosystem and so so tuned in, like I obviously the world is fairly awful right now, but did you fear or feel that you would be missing out or how did it feel to to plug out for that? voice-verified

Like did you feel guilty about it at all? voice-verified

Do you think because of that rolling news, twenty four seven cycle, you know, news opinion, comment, you know, it it it it's relentless. voice-verified

But do you think that it's actually generating some voice-verified

empathy, fatigue as well because because you do feel powerless in in in light of everything that's going on around us. voice-verified

Um you were delittering, you were um mentoring, uh reading the local newspapers and instead of, you know, focusing on those big events which had been a big focus of your professional life, it sounds as if what you really did was immerse yourself in the smaller things and in community. voice-verified

Um was that something that sort of contributed to changing that sense of despair into one of hope? voice-verified

It's interesting how you describe yourself in the book, you know, that you'd started in this anxiety elimination regime, you know, a former anxiety uh junkie and which which I thought was a very powerful phrase. voice-verified

But I was wondering, you know, um, is optimism then voice-verified

a choice. voice-verified

Like I mean, some people need huge help, whether it is with medication or C B T or anything else to help reduce or let go of their anxiety. voice-verified

But do you think optimism is a choice? voice-verified

Wha wh what are some of the non negotiables of of uh Cattlemaran's days now? voice-verified

It's it's so interesting 'cause it is such a contrast to the kind of genre-defying kind of Bolshe Catalan Moran that I w when I first encountered your work. voice-verified

So this is quite a pivot. voice-verified

Is it a pivot for you in terms of your writing? 'Cause it's it's you know, you've always shared your story with us, but this is like a real taking us on the inside of um a very, very personal quest. voice-verified

And the technology, it's it's the smartphone which uh is being attributed to all sorts of things, including declining fertility rates, people not getting together. voice-verified

And I just wanted to ask you just about that younger generation, because you've two daughters who are now in their twenties and they're all, you know, sometimes they're criticized of being sort of an anxious generation, but they grew up with this technology. voice-verified

They grew up with living their worlds in the spaces that you have now um shunned. voice-verified

Is it hard sometimes to be voice-verified

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