The Corrymeela Podcast
Episodes
The Corrymeela Podcast. Season 4, Episode 3. Mandy Cook
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mandy Cook is a therapist who works a great deal with those who have experienced religious trauma. In her words she makes "space for unravelling, cont...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 4, Episode 2. Jo Berry and Pat Magee: Beyond the Brighton bomb
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of a conversation held at an event in June 2025 called Borderlands. This is a monthly event run by Jonny Clark from Corry...
Season 4, Episode 1. Damian Gorman
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Damian Gorman is a playwright, poet, and committed peacebuilder who has used his art to build bridges in theatres, playhouses and peace centres all ...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3 special - Pádraig Ó Tuama
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet with interests in language, violence, power, and religion. He has published poetry, essays, a memoir and works of theology...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Compilation 4
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this last of four special compilation episodes of The Corrymeela Podcast, we revisit interviews with guests who shared their insights on conflict a...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Compilation 3
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this third of four special compilation episodes, we return to previous guests who spoke with us about language, storytelling, and the past. Include...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Compilation 2
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We revisit interviews with guests who spoke with us about place, movement, migration, identity, and belonging. Included in this compilation are clips ...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Compilation 1
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We return to interviews from earlier seasons to hear guests' insights on the pasts, presents, and futures of Britain and Ireland. Featured in this epi...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Episode 6. Sef Townsend
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sef Townsend is a storyteller and musician. He’s collected stories and songs from his travels all around the globe, and has worked with refugees, pe...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Episode 5. Dr. Yousif M. Qasmiyeh
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yousif M. Qasmiyeh is a poet and scholar whose work has appeared in publications including Modern Poetry in Translation, Critical Quarterly, Camb...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Episode 4. Rev. Dr. Rachel Mann
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Mann is a poet, theologian, broadcaster, and Anglican priest, who, since 2023, has served as Archdeacon of Salford and Bolton. She has publishe...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Episode 3. Dr. Dong Jin Kim
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dong Jin Kim is a writer and academic whose research interests are in the areas of peacebuilding, humanitarian and development cooperation, theology, ...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Episode 2. Jan Carson
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Carson is a writer and community arts facilitator based in Belfast. She has written three novels, two collections of short stories, and two flash ...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Episode 1. Prof. John Paul Lederach
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. John Paul Lederach is a conflict transformation practitioner, writer, and academic. He has worked with communities all over the world, in countr...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2, Episode 12. Dr. Peter Coleman
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Peter Coleman is a professor of psychology and education at Columbia University, and a renowned expert on constructive conflict resolution, intrac...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2, Episode 11. Dr. Nóirín Ní Riain
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nóirín Ní Riain is an Irish theologian and recording artist who has performed to audiences all over the world. She specialises in Irish traditional...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2, Episode 10. Rev. Dr. Lesley Carroll
28 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lesley Carroll is an ordained Presbyterian minister. She’s held a number of public roles in Northern Ireland, including serving as deputy chief comm...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2, Episode 9. Juliane Okot Bitek
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Juliane Okot Bitek is a poet. Her 100 Days (University of Alberta Press, 2016) was nominated for several writing prizes including the 2017 BC Book Pri...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2, Episode 8. Sarah Perry
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pádraig Ó Tuama is joined by Sarah Perry, the internationally bestselling author of the novels Melmoth (Serpent’s Tail, 2018), The Essex Serp...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2, Episode 7. Richard Holloway
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pádraig Ó Tuama is joined by Richard Holloway, who was the Bishop of Edinburgh in the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1986-2000. Richard is the auth...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2, Episode 6. Prof. Duncan Morrow
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pádraig Ó Tuama is joined by Duncan Morrow. Duncan is a lecturer in politics and Director of Community Engagement at Ulster University. In 1998, he ...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5. Veena O'Sullivan
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pádraig Ó Tuama is joined by Veena O’Sullivan. Veena has worked for the international relief and development charity Tearfund since 2000. She has ...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2, Episode 4. Dr. Jude Lal Fernando
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pádraig Ó Tuama is joined by Dr. Jude Lal Fernando.Jude is a campaigner and peace activist who coordinated the People’s Tribunal of Sri Lanka. He ...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2, Episode 3. Oliver Jeffers
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pádraig Ó Tuama is joined by Oliver Jeffers.Oliver is a visual artist and author working in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2. Marina Cantacuzino
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pádraig Ó Tuama is joined by Marina Cantacuzino.Marina is an award-winning British journalist and founder of The Forgiveness Project, a UK charity t...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2, Episode 1. Prof. Katy Hayward
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pádraig Ó Tuama is joined by Katy Hayward. Katy is Professor of Political Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast, a Fellow of the Senator George ...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 2. Trailer
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Corrymeela Podcast is back in 2023 for a second season, with six episodes in the spring and six in the autumn. Host Pádraig Ó Tuama will be spea...
Corrymeela Podcast Feedback
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’d be delighted if you’d click on the title “Corrymeela Podcast Feedback” above and give us a few minutes of your time. All your feedback ...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Episode 12. Martin Hayes.
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this, the final episode of the first season of the Corrymeela podcast, Pádraig Ó Tuama speaks to Martin Hayes, the renowned and multi-award ...
Season 1 Final Episode Trailer: Martin Hayes
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A trailer for the final Episode of Season 1 Corrymeela Podcast, featuring the renowned fiddle player Martin Hayes, from East Clare. This special epis...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Episode 11. Dr Lia Shimada
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Lia Shimada is a a conflict mediator, a theologian and a geographer. She’s used these wide-ranging trainings to work at the interface of migratio...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Episode 10. Michael Davies.
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Corrymeela features host Pádraig Ó Tuama speaking with Michael Davies. Michael is the founder and director of Parallel Histories...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Episode 9. Peter Sheridan
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Corrymeela Podcast features Peter Sheridan. For many years he was known as one of the senior-most Catholics in the police in North...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Episode 8. Dr Ebun Joseph
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode of the Corrymeela Podcast, host Pádraig Ó Tuama speaks with Dr Ebun Joseph — sociologist, author, speaker, and originator of Irel...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Episode 7, Prof Christine Bell
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor of Constitutional Law, Christine Bell, speaks to the Corrymeela Podcast about Peace Treaties, Brexit, the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement and ...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Episode 6. The Edge
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We were thrilled to speak to Irish rock legend The Edge, one part of U2. Born of Welsh parents and raised in Ireland, Edge has had longstanding intere...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Bonus: Trailer for The Edge
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A brief trailer from the Corrymeela Podcast’s interview with The Edge, the legendary guitarist of the equally legendary Irish band U2. The full epis...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Episode 5. Claire Mitchell
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to the brilliant Claire Mitchell, a sociologist and writer from Belfast about Irishness, Britishness, border crossing, the unexpected advanta...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Episode 4, Professor Anthony Reddie
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our fourth episode is an interview with Professor Anthony Reddie who considers Britishness, Belonging and Brexit through a Black Liberationist Theolog...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Episode 3. Rev. Dr. Johnston McMaster
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host Pádraig Ó Tuama interviews Rev. Dr. Johnston McMaster, who has spent decades - both as an ordained minister and as a writer and lecturer - cons...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Episode 2. Dr. Gail McConnell
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For episode 2 of the Corrymeela Podcast, host Pádraig Ó Tuama talks with the poet Gail McConnell, whose forthcoming collection The Sun Is Open consi...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Episode 1. President Dr. Mary McAleese
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Corrymeela Podcast, host Pádraig Ó Tuama talks homeplace, religion, British-Irish politics, and leadership with former Presid...
The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 1, Trailer.
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host Pádraig Ó Tuama gives a preview of season 1 of the Corrymeela Podcast, a season considering Irishness and Britishness in 2021: a year with Covi...
About the Corrymeela Podcast
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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