Medals & Mics
Episodes
Bonus Episode - World Champs 2025 Preview
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Medals and Mics with hosts Rob Heffernan and Derval O'Rourke, featuring a special guest appearance by Sonia O'Sullivan, offers an expert previ...
Au Revoir Paris, Time to Move On
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Derval, David and Rob chat to each other about new beginnings and decisions. With the door closing on a spectacular Olympics now is the time...
Show Me the Money 💰
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Derval, David & Rob sit down to chat with Derry McVeigh, Irish sports agent, about the money and management side of Olympic Sport. They ...
Sonia - A Parent in Paris
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode Derval, David and Rob speak to Irish legend Sonia O'Sullivan. We chat about what it's like being a parent at the Olympics and d...
Psychology and the Olympics - We Chat to Team Ireland's Pysch, Kate Kirby
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Psychology and the Olympics, team psych Kate Kirby chats about managing athletes at their highest stress point & shares a superb strategy for pare...
Fintan McCarthy is Golden and His DM's are Open
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 2 of season 3 Derval, Rob and David chat to the golden boy Fintan McCarthy. The double Olympic gold medalist chats about life as part of a ...
The Debrief - What Really Happened Behind the Scenes in Paris
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back!! Join Derval, Rob and David as they discuss the aftermath of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The highs and lows, even some of the mishaps, in...
The Most Asked Olympic Questions
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s here track and field finally starts at the Olympic Games! We will be trackside in Paris with David Gillick and in the studio with Rob and Derva...
Team Ireland on a Mission with Gavin Noble
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Derval, David and Rob sit down to chat with Gav Noble the chef de mission for team Ireland in Paris 2024 in this chat we find out what does the chef d...
The Role the Media Play at the Olympic Games
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome the brilliant Jacqui Hurley on to Medals & Mics. Jacqui has gone from strength to strength in the world of sports broad...
Inside Team Ireland
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rob, David and Derval hit the road and visit the Team Ireland Olympic Camp in Dublin before they depart for the Paris Olympics. They take a peek int...
When The Dream Doesn't Become Reality with Thammy Nguyen
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our 3rd guest is someone who has shown unbelievable resilience & determination on her journey to trying to qualify for an Olympic Games. Not all...
How To Deal with Doubt and Overcome It with Annalise Murphy
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Derval, Rob and David chat to Annalise Murphy Ireland’s Rio Olympics silver medal winning sailor. Annalise Murphy‘s mother was a pion...
What Does High Performance Really Mean with Kenneth Egan
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode David, Derval and Rob welcome their first guest, Olympic Silver medalist, boxer Kenneth Egan. Kenneth openly talks about the h...
The Retirement
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join David, Derval and Rob for the final episode of season 1 of Medals and Mics where they talk about retirement from sport. What is it really like ...
The Setbacks
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we share the moments when things literally fell apart and left us wondering why! The setbacks that almost had us retiring and questioning wh...
The Revelation
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every successful journey is different, however more often than not there are similar moments when you need to take ownership and make the tough decisi...
The Aftermath
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you work so hard for that one moment, it goes well or it doesn’t, either way the hangover can hurt! From elation to embarrassment, the front r...
The Reality
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David, Derval & Robert chat about turning the dream of qualifying for an Olympics into reality. They discuss how that journey was different for al...
The Dream
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Derval, David and Rob discuss how their lives in sport began and reflect on what made them want to chase the dream of competing for Ireland at an Olym...
Introduction to Medals & Mics
04 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Medals & Mics with Derval O’Rourke, David Gillick and Rob Heffernan is a podcast that looks inside the life of three people who spent 2 decades tryi...