Green Rebel

Emily O'Callaghan, Irina Dzhambazova
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Hosts Emily O'Callaghan and Irina Dzhambazova speak to original mavericks from the creative industries. The name Green Rebel originates from our definition of a person who carves a unique path from their passion - and through hard work and persistence, makes this passion their career. This podcast aims to gather knowledge, inspiration and a touch of advice from those who have done exactly that. The conversations with our guests will also touch on subjects such as Ireland’s political and cultural past, present, and future.

  1. Steve McCarthy: Drawing from Life

    10/25/2018

    Steve McCarthy: Drawing from Life

    On this week's episode, we chat to Dublin-based illustrator Steve McCarthy. Born in Dundrum County Dublin, in 1984. Steve left school at the age of 8, he was homeschooled from then to adulthood. Steve has never sat any kind of exam. His lack of qualifications led to some “creative” methods of securing a place in Ballyfermot college, where he studied animation. After college Steve went to work in several small animation companies as a character designer, before quickly realizing he did not have the patience for animation and abandoned the vocation altogether. He then spent several years working every odd job in Dublin before venturing into Illustration. Steve also did a stint in Kilkenny animation studio Cartoon Saloon, as a key background designer for the Oscar-nominated animated feature Song of the Sea. Steve returned to Dublin to focus on commercial illustration, ill-conceived art shows, and children’s books. His first book Sally go round the stars was nominated for the Bord Gais energy children’s book of the year, and his second book A Sailor went to Sea Sea Sea managed to win in 2017. Both books were a collaboration with Sarah Webb. He’s currently working on his first self-written book. Steve feels totally comfortable writing in the third person, and we have been told via a reliable source of him attempting but seemingly failing to speak in the fifth person. You can see his art on www.mrstevemccarthy.com If you ​are enjoying Green Rebel​ please take a minute to give us a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast. ​Make sure you subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episodes.​ ​ Presented by Emily O'Callaghan and Irina Dzhambazova. Produced by Irina Dzhambazova. Music by Le Boom.

    1h 13m
  2. Stephen James Smith: Live at the Sound House

    10/09/2018

    Stephen James Smith: Live at the Sound House

    A special live episode with Dublin-based poet and playwright Stephen James Smith, recorded at the Dublin Podcast Festival. Stephen is central to the rise of the Irish spoken word scene. His poetry videos have amassed over 1 million views online, including ‘My Ireland’, a short poetry film commissioned by St. Patrick’s Festival. Stephen has performed extensively at top venues and events such as Electric Picnic, Other Voices, the National Concert Hall, the Abbey Theatre (Noble Call), Vicar Street (alongside Oscar winner Glen Hansard), the London Palladium, the Oscar Wilde Awards (LA), Glastonbury Festival and George Town Literary Festival (ML). His debut collection, Fear Not, is published by Arlen House is out now. Stephen is about to embark on a huge UK and Irish Tour to promote Fear Not, which concludes with a show at the Button Factory on November 24th. You can get a ticket here You can buy Fear Not on his website www.stephenjamessmith.com You can find Stephen on most social media channels under @sjsWords If you are enjoying Green Rebel​ please take a minute to give us a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast. ​Make sure you subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episodes.​ ​ Presented by Emily O'Callaghan and Irina Dzhambazova. Produced by Irina Dzhambazova. Music by Le Boom. The end song, "I'm doing fine just the way that I am" is by Enda Reilly Photo by Jason Sheridan​ and Laine of Grafton Photo

    1h 20m
  3. Victoria Mary Clarke: From a Nervous Breakdown to Life Coaching

    09/16/2018

    Victoria Mary Clarke: From a Nervous Breakdown to Life Coaching

    On this week' episode, we talk with Victoria Mary Clarke, a media and life coach who has had more jobs and incarnations than most. Victoria was born plain Victoria Clarke (the Mary was added for effect) in Dublin, Ireland. She learned to read Cornflake boxes at the age of two, and began work on her first autobiography ‘All About Me’ at the age of six. In the book, she stated her clear intention to become very, very rich. By the time she reached sixteen, Victoria had begun the process of becoming very rich, and was hard at work on the second volume of memoirs, ‘Brown Rice And Vegetables’, a tragic account of having to eat wholesome, organic food in the Irish countryside. Victoria’s life took an unexpected turn when she met and fell madly in love with the Pogues singer Shane Mac Gowan in a pub in London, when she was seventeen. From awkward beginnings, romance blossomed. Not many books were written during the years that followed, but a lot of fun was had. She did have a nervous breakdown at some point, which helped go in a completely new direction, which we talk about in much detail on the podcast. We can’t wait to bring Green Rebel live to the Dublin Podcast Festival on October 4th. We will host a live chat with incredibly poetic and well-versed poet Stephen James Smith. You can see the full line-up and grab tickets http://dublinpodcastfestival.ie. If you ​are enjoying Green Rebel​ please take a minute to give us a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast. ​Make sure you subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episodes.​ ​ Presented by Emily O'Callaghan and Irina Dzhambazova. Produced by Irina Dzhambazova. Music by Le Boom.

    39 min
  4. Elaine Mai: Making Music Without a Grand Plan

    08/19/2018

    Elaine Mai: Making Music Without a Grand Plan

    In this episode, we chat with Irish artist Elaine Mai, whose atmospheric and melodic electronic music we love. We had the pleasure to see her perform at Body and Soul. She tells us a very interesting story about that performance that we both found kind of surprising. And as with all other interviews we have done, we don’t shy away from the more serious stuff like grief. In fact grief is a very big part of her quite positive and energetic EP Enniscrone, which Elaine released last year. Throughout the show, you will hear why it is that such a traumatic emotion inspires her to write happy tunes. You will also hear two of the songs from it, Enniscrone and Color of the Night, which Elaine was kind enough to let us use for the show. We talk about what it’s it like to not have a grand plan but to take things one step at a time, how she combines her regular job with doing live electronic music and the discipline it takes but also the kindness to oneself when you don’t quite fulfill the ambitious plan. We can’t wait to bring Green Rebel live to the Dublin Podcast Festival on October 4th. We will host a live chat with incredibly poetic and well-versed poet Stephen James Smith. You can see the full line-up and grab tickets http://dublinpodcastfestival.ie. We are on a double bill will the awesome lads from Pod Sqwod. You can find more of Elaine's music https://soundcloud.com/elainemai If you ​are enjoying Green Rebel​ please take a minute to give us a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast. ​Make sure you subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episodes.​ ​ Presented by Emily O'Callaghan and Irina Dzhambazova. Produced by Irina Dzhambazova. Music by Le Boom

    48 min
  5. Molly Sterling: Healing Through Music

    08/08/2018

    Molly Sterling: Healing Through Music

    On this week's episode, we bring you a very special conversation and performance with musicians very close to our hearts: Molly Sterling and Laura McCabe. Molly has just released her second single "Stripped Down" which you will hear performed live alongside her first single "Plain Static" as well as the song "I am but a Man." Molly Sterling who is only 20 is a Dublin-based singer-songwriter and has been creating music for as long as she can remember. A wordsmith and songwriter by nature, her music is moulded by dark and affective lyrics, wrapped up in grounding piano riffs, and a vocal that is overflowing with exposed emotion - delivering every note and syllable with precise detail, giving the listener the feeling that it has been honed from somewhere buried and unfathomable. Laura is Molly's cellist as well as her manager and Artist Manager and Booking Agent with Frank Music MGMT. We first saw Molly and Laura perform back in March 2017 at their very first gig together at the Cobblestone and have been following them closely ever since. In our conversation, we cover the journey since that first gig, the experience of the band coming together and playing at festivals such as Other Voices, Hard Working Class Heroes and Vantastival among others, as well as Molly's own journey of facing her demons through music and healing through it. You can catch Molly and Laura playing this Friday at Whelan's as part of the "We've Only Just Begun" Festival https://www.facebook.com/weveonlyjustbegunfest/ We will be there so come say hi. You can also catch us doing a live podcast during the Dublin Podcast Festival on October 4th at the Sound House where we will interview the poet and spoken word artist Stephen James Smith. We are on a double bill with the Pod Sqwod. Grab a ticket https://bit.ly/2Omz0s9 If you ​are enjoying Green Rebel​ please take a minute to give us a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast. ​Make sure you subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episodes.​ ​ Presented by Emily O'Callaghan and Irina Dzhambazova. Produced by Irina Dzhambazova. Music by Le Boom

    1h 2m
  6. Niamh Marron: The Emotional Release of Comedy

    07/20/2018

    Niamh Marron: The Emotional Release of Comedy

    On this week's episode, we bring you a conversation with award-winning comedian Niamh Marron, who has supported PJ Gallagher, Luisa Omielan, David Mc Savage, Foil, Arms & Hog and Gearoid Farrelly in the past. She is rightfully called “Consistently excellent ” by Hot Press Magazine. Niamh was 1 of 3 comedians chosen to perform in the infamous Vicar St venue for 'Dublin Does Comic Relief', and later again in the same venue alongside comic legends Eddie Izzard, Tommy Tiernan and Dara O'Briain. In our brief chat with Niamh, recorded backstage at Body&Sould, we talked about her ability to gig multiple times a night, for 10 days in a roll, the healing power of comedy when times are tough as they have been for her as she moved to London recently and the importance of loving yourself and surrounding yourself with the right people. You can find out more about Niamh https://www.niamhmarron.com You can see Niamh perform at The Folly this weekend http://www.thefolly.ie/tickets/ and at the Vodafone Comedy Festival next weekend https://vodafonecomedy.com If you ​are enjoying Green Rebel​ please take a minute to give us a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast. ​Make sure you subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episodes.​ ​ Presented by Emily O'Callaghan and Irina Dzhambazova. Produced by Irina Dzhambazova. Music by Le Boom

    20 min
  7. Mango x Mathman : Rhymes and Grime

    07/10/2018

    Mango x Mathman : Rhymes and Grime

    On this episode, Emily interviews producer Adam Fogarty and rapper Karl Mangan, aka Mango & Mathman just before their gig at The Sound House, as part of a night celebrating the launch of the new Irish film Dublin Oldschool which they starred and performed in. We are fans of these guys here at Green Rebel for the past year and jumped at the chance to interview them. Hard working and two of the soundest people you will ever meet, Mango and Mathman made Emily's nerves slide away with their wit and good humour during this chat. 2018 continues to be an amazing year for Mango and Mathman, having played numerous gigs and festivals not least the National Concert Hall here in Dublin and also the Barbican Centre in London. Take a look at what they do: https://www.facebook.com/mangoxmathman/ https://www.breakingtunes.com/mangoxmathman If you ​are enjoying Green Rebel​ please take a minute to give us a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast. ​Make sure you subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episodes.​ ​ Presented by Emily O'Callaghan and Irina Dzhambazova. Produced by Irina Dzhambazova. Music by Le Boom

    1 hr
  8. Leah Minto: Dublin​​'s Newsch​ool of Acting

    07/03/2018

    Leah Minto: Dublin​​'s Newsch​ool of Acting

    Leah Minto​, the latest guest on Green Rebel​, is a​ theater and film ​act​or​​ from Dublin​​.​ ​​Her latest role is in Dublin Oldsch​ool, which was released nationwide this weekend. ​Directed by Dave Tynan and starring Emmet Kirwan and Ian Lloyd Anderson, ​it is rightfully described as one of the greatest Irish film​s​ of recent years​. The film takes place over a drug-fuelled bank holiday weekend in Dublin. Lead character Jason, played by Emmet Kirwan reconnects with his estranged brother Daniel, played by Ian Lloyd Anderson, a recovering addict living on the streets. Leah, playing Aisling is one of Jason's friends. Prior to Dublin Old School, Leah has starred in two seasons of the TV drama Red Rock and in the motion picture What Richard Did, in 2012​. ​Leah discovered​ acting at the Dublin​ Youth Theatre while still at school​ and immediately found her calling and her tribe.​ ​It's where she first met writer and actor Emmet Kirwan​. ​Leah lived for three years in Norway before returning back to Dublin two years ago. Now she is about to embark on another journey to attend the Oxford School of Drama in the fall. During our chat, we ​talk about creativity, acting, ​the Irish ​drink culture, mental health, ​the artistic unsteady and unpredictable work and its more conventional counterpart: the more predictable office ​work​. Both Leah and her sister Jess, lead singer in the music group Barq have opted for the artistic path. Recorded just before the Pride Parade, we also touch on ​key societal ​issues in Ireland and how their treatment differs immensely to places such as ​​Norway. ​Dublin Oldschool is in cinemas nationwide. ​Leah​'​s Filmography: ​https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4508855/ ​Leah's Showreel: ​http://lisarichards.vzaar.me/11631599 ​Casting Directors may also find her through Spotlight UK​ If you ​are enjoying Green Rebel​ please take a minute to give us a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast. ​Make sure you subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episodes.​ ​ Presented by Emily O'Callaghan and Irina Dzhambazova. Produced by Irina Dzhambazova. Music by Le Boom

    55 min
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Hosts Emily O'Callaghan and Irina Dzhambazova speak to original mavericks from the creative industries. The name Green Rebel originates from our definition of a person who carves a unique path from their passion - and through hard work and persistence, makes this passion their career. This podcast aims to gather knowledge, inspiration and a touch of advice from those who have done exactly that. The conversations with our guests will also touch on subjects such as Ireland’s political and cultural past, present, and future.

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  • Creator
    Emily O'Callaghan, Irina Dzhambazova
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2018
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2017 Green Rebel
  • Show Website
    Green Rebel