Athena Media - Podcast Directory

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A selection of podcasts and videos produced by Athena Media, from radio documentaries for NewsTalk and RTE Lyric FM to corporate podcasts and online corporate videos.

Episodios

  • Winning Women

    20/07/2012 Duración: 05min

    This August, Team Ireland is sending 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon the 17 year old swimmer and multi gold winning medallist as well as Irelands first ever Olympic qualifier in Modern Pentathlon, Natalya Coyle. Raphoe, Donegals international badminton star; Chloe Magee. Mexican American Irish pole vaulter Tori Pena and long distance marathon runners, Ava Hutchinson and Linda Byrne Winning Women features legendary commentator Jimmy Magee, Olympic silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan and Irish Times athletics correspondent Ian O Riordan, among others. The 8 part series is an Athena Media production, funded through BAI Sound Vision scheme and Broadcast on Newstalk. Producer is Helen Shaw and reporter Lisa Essuman. Ireland has four swimmers in the London 2012 Olympic team, and three of them are women Melanie Nocher, Grainne Murphy and Co Down schoolgirl Sycerika McMahon, At just seventeen Sycerika is our youngest Olymp

  • Death of an Empire

    27/02/2012 Duración: 25min

    Death of an Empire is a 5 part radio series exploring twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union led by Seamus Martin, former Moscow correspondent of The Irish Times, and exploring what made the Soviet Union, what lead to its collapse and what its like inside modern Russia today. Produced by Helen Shaw. Episode 5 Putins era. The last episode in the series Death of an Empire looks at modern Russia under Vladimir Putin. We hear from Irishman Chris Weafer, Chief Strategist of Troika Sperbank in Moscow about Russias economy today and Lena Firsova, who worked for the Irish Times during Seamus time says corruption is the biggest problem facing people in daily society and life. Young students Viktoria Kolesnichenko and Yelena Sorokina talk about life in Putins Russia and in the events post the recent elections Seamus explores just how democratic is todays Russia.

  • Death of an Empire

    14/02/2012 Duración: 25min

    Death of an Empire is a 5 part radio series exploring twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union led by Seamus Martin, former Moscow correspondent of The Irish Times, and exploring what made the Soviet Union, what lead to its collapse and what its like inside modern Russia today. Produced by Helen Shaw. Episode 4 Yeltsins era and economic collapse 1990s Episode four of Death of an Empire focuses on the age of Boris Yeltsin and the economic collapse of the new Russian Federation. Seamus visits the Statue park of Soviet times and explores how things changed. He speaks with Nonna Fomenko who raised her daughter during the massive inflation of 1992 when people were made destitute We hear from the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gerry Collins on Yeltsins Russia.

  • Death of an Empire

    30/01/2012 Duración: 25min

    Death of an Empire is a 5 part radio series exploring twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union led by Seamus Martin, former Moscow correspondent of The Irish Times, and exploring what made the Soviet Union, what lead to its collapse and what its like inside modern Russia today. Produced by Helen Shaw. Episode 3 the August Coup 1991 : the failed coup, the fall of Gorbachev and the rise of Yeltsin Episode three explores the August 1991 Coup attempt and the final months of the Soviet Union. Seamus Martin had just arrived as correspondent for the Irish Times six weeks earlier. We hear from well known economic and finance commentator in Ireland, Constantin Gurdgiev on his assessment of Boris Yeltsin who rallies crowds in defence of the White House and becomes the hero of the event. While Seamus is in Moscow during the twentieth anniversary of the coup he meets Oleg Baklanov one of the conspirators behind the August 1991 coup which was intended to save the Soviet Union from Gorbachevs restructuring b

  • Death of an Empire

    16/01/2012 Duración: 25min

    Death of an Empire is a 5 part radio series exploring twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union led by Seamus Martin, former Moscow correspondent of The Irish Times, and exploring what made the Soviet Union, what lead to its collapse and what its like inside modern Russia today. Produced by Helen Shaw. Episode 2 Gorbachev and Reform (1980s) Episode two examines Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachevs age of reform in the 1980s and the first cracks in the Soviet State as the Baltic States bid for independence. Former professor at Trinity College, Ron Hill followed Gorbachevs career and tells us why Gorbachev began his reforms of glasnost and perestroika. Seamus speaks to Cesolvas Stankecivius, the deputy speaker in the Lithuanian parliament, who was part of the struggle to re-gain Lithuanian independence. Actress Joan Sheehy vividly describes the historic tour by the Abbey Theatre while Sinead O Marcaigh, then a young student living in Moscow says daily supplies like food were always challenging to f

  • Death of an Empire

    10/01/2012 Duración: 25min

    Death of an Empire is a 5 part radio series exploring twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union led by Seamus Martin, former Moscow correspondent of The Irish Times, and exploring what made the Soviet Union, what lead to its collapse and what its like inside modern Russia today. Produced by Helen Shaw. Episode 1- Becoming Soviet 1940s -1970s Episode one traces the communist super state built by Joseph Stalin which once covered one sixth of the planet and crossed eleven time zones. Irishwoman Mairead Breslin Kelly shares her personal story about her father, Padraic Breslin, who died in Stalins work camps in 1940. Seamus speaks with an old friend in Moscow, Andrei Mironov, the human rights activist, who was also imprisoned in the 1980s by Soviet reformer Mikhail Gorbachev.

  • An Opera for Carlow Shelter me from the Rain

    28/11/2011 Duración: 01min

    The series An Opera for Carlow was the story of an extraordinary and unique community music and arts project led by conductor Fergus Sheil. This is a chance to recap on that journey which is produced by Athena Media with the support of the BAI sound and Vision scheme and presented by Paul Herriott and an opportunity to listen that opera titled Shelter me from the Rain which was composed by Brian Irvine and written and directed by John McIlduff. Shelter me from the Rain was premiered on May 5th 2011 in the GB Shaw theatre in Visual, Carlow.

  • Word of Mouth The Story of Fighting Words.

    01/11/2011 Duración: 56h53min

    Word of Mouth follows a year in the life of the creative writing centre Fighting Words developed by the award winning Irish writer Roddy Doyle and the former director of Amnesty Ireland Sean Love which was inspired by 826 Valencia in San Francisco and is located in the heart of Dublin city. The centre fosters and mentors writing particularly for children and teenagers across all forms of expressions including fiction drama poetry music and film. The documentary was broadcast on RTE lyric fm on 28th October 2011 at 7pm.

  • High Fidelity A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney Barry MacNeill on his passion of Vintage Records

    14/10/2011 Duración: 04min

    High Fidelity A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney is a 26 part series The series produced by Athena Media and is a sound-map of recorded song from Thomas Edison to the iPod from Tin Pan Alley to X-Factor.

  • High Fidelity A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney Liam Carson on why prefers Vinyl to Digital.

    14/10/2011 Duración: 10min

    High Fidelity A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney is a 26 part series The series produced by Athena Media and is a sound-map of recorded song from Thomas Edison to the iPod from Tin Pan Alley to X-Factor.

  • An Opera for Carlow Documentary Preview

    01/07/2011 Duración: 03min

    Three years in the planning one year in production An Opera for Carlow is the story of an extraordinary and unique community music and arts project led by conductor Fergus Sheil. Sheil and his creative team composer Brian Irvine and director and writer John McIlduff set up to create an opera from scratch working with the people of Carlow. On May 5th in the GB Shaw Theatre in Visual that opera Shelter me from the Rain was premiered and this documentary produced by Athena Media is the story of the journey to that night and how the birth of that opera changed the lives of everyone involved.

  • An Opera for Carlow Documentary

    01/07/2011 Duración: 58min

    Three years in the planning one year in production An Opera for Carlow is the story of an extraordinary and unique community music and arts project led by conductor Fergus Sheil. Sheil and his creative team composer Brian Irvine and director and writer John McIlduff set up to create an opera from scratch working with the people of Carlow. On May 5th in the GB Shaw Theatre in Visual that opera Shelter me from the Rain was premiered and this documentary produced by Athena Media is the story of the journey to that night and how the birth of that opera changed the lives of everyone involved.

  • An Opera for Carlow Performance Preview

    04/05/2011 Duración: 02min

    You have heard the shaping of this new opera every month through auditions and rehearsals. The opera is now called Shelter Me from the Rain and is all about the universal themes of love and weather. The opera is being led by conductor Fergus Sheil and has been composed by Brian Irvine, with words by John McIlduff and the voices of about a hundred people. The opening performance is tomorrow evening in the George Bernard Shaw theatre in Carlow and today we get to hear a preview of the opening song Shelter me from the Rain as the participants and the creative team describe how the project has gone. Athena Media will record the final performance of the opera and a full one hour documentary narrating the story of the project and the music will be broadcast during the summer on RTE Lyric fm. Presenter Paul Herriott will narrate the documentary. The documentary is due to air on Friday 1st July at 7pm on RTE Lyric fm. It will also be available as a podcast.

  • High Fidelity A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney

    29/04/2011 Duración: 16s

    Two of Irelands most talented stage performers Jack L and Julie Feeney have joined forces to present a ground breaking new radio series High Fidelity a century of recorded song which starts May 16th on RTE lyric fm. It is an Athena Media production and runs for 26 weeks and promises a sound map of recorded song from Thomas Edison to the iPod from Tin Pan Alley to X-Factor. Listen to the advertisement for the series here.

  • An Opera for Carlow Insert 10

    20/04/2011 Duración: 05min

    This is the tenth and final episode in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next month the opera will be staged in Carlow in one of Irelands newest and most impressive new theatres the George Bernard Shaw Theatre at Visual. The opera is now called Shelter Me from the Rain and is about the universal themes of love and weather. The opera has been led by conductor Fergus Sheil composed by Brian Irvine with words from John Mclduff and the voices of about a hundred people from around the county and beyond. There is now just a couple of weeks to go before the performances and today Belfast based composer Brian Irvine is down in Carlow for the final rehearsals with the Aspiro choir. We hear from Brian and Aspiros artistic director Mary Amond O Brien about the final run down to the first performance on May 5th. Athena Media will record the final perf

  • An Opera for Carlow Insert 9

    23/03/2011 Duración: 06min

    This is the ninth in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next May the opera will be staged in Carlow in one of Ireland's newest and most impressive new theatres - the George Bernard Shaw Theatre at Visual. The opera which is called 'Shelter Me From The Rain' will feature the stories and voices of Carlow town and county. The creative team have now selected the solo roles for the opera, we heard the auditions a couple of months ago and today we go back to the successful ones as they begin solo rehearsals. We get to know the people involved and what it means for them to be given the chance to perform on stage.

  • An Opera for Carlow Insert 8

    23/02/2011 Duración: 06min

    This is the eighth in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next May the opera will be staged in Carlow in one of Ireland's newest and most impressive new theatres - the George Bernard Shaw Theatre at Visual. The opera which is called 'Shelter Me From The Rain' will feature the stories and voices of Carlow town and county. The creative team led by conductor Fergus Sheil have been working hard to get the music and the libretto finished and today for the first time we hear the music from the final scene of the opera and find out what the local participants make of it.

  • An Opera for Carlow Insert 7

    19/01/2011 Duración: 05min

    This is the seventh in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next May the opera will be staged in Carlow in one of Ireland's newest and most impressive new theatres - the George Bernard Shaw Theatre at Visual. The opera which is called 'Shelter Me From The Rain' will feature the stories and voices of Carlow town and county. We'll be tracking the progress of the opera here on In Tempo over the coming months. This month we're following the hunt for the soloist voices who will perform Brian's work. After months of out-reach work and voice workshops about fifty local people auditioned for a solo spot and we went along for the final nerve-wracking competition to hear some of those seeking a challenge.

  • An Opera for Carlow Insert 6

    17/12/2010 Duración: 05min

    The sixth feature for Athena Media's latest radio documentary series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. This month we have been spending time with Brian Irvine, the composer of the music for the opera, to find out how the music composition is shaping up and to discover just what the opera will be about.

  • An Opera for Carlow Insert 5

    18/11/2010 Duración: 05min

    The fifth feature for Athena Media's latest radio documentary series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow.

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