Irish Stew Podcast

John Lee & Martin Nutty
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Irish Stew, the podcast for the Global Irish Nation featuring interviews with fascinating influencers proud of their Irish Edge. If you're Irish born or hyphenated Irish, this is the podcast that brings all the Irish together Listen Notes

  1. 20h ago

    You Are What Your Mother Is: Andre Archimbaud's Unlikely Irish Story

    Andre Archimbaud spent his life carrying three passports worth of heritage: a French surname, an Italian-American upbringing, and, buried a generation or two back, an Irish line he didn't know existed until a chance conversation set him straight. This episode, recorded at Ryan's Daughter on the Upper East Side, traces how Archimbaud built an identity by choice rather than inheritance. It started years earlier at a bar in Washington Heights, where a stranger, several drinks in, turned to him and said, "You are what your mother is," invoking a mitochondrial logic Archimbaud had never considered. Two weeks of digging into his maternal line turned up a great-grandfather from Sligo and a great-great-grandmother born in Dublin. From there, U2, a 1997 road trip through Killarney, and a growing engagement with Irish radio and Irish Twitter did the rest. Archimbaud's other education came from his father, a man who rose from a cramped East Orange apartment to sit on the US Olympic Committee, and who taught his son to network simply by being watched. "It imprinted in me the sort of how to do this," Archimbaud says, a skill that now underwrites Clearly Now Media, the digital agency he launched after nearly two decades in paid search and social advertising. Even the agency's name has an Irish thread: a Hothouse Flowers cover of "I Can See Clearly Now," framed on his living room wall, that his girlfriend pointed to when he needed a name. Archimbaud closes on a quieter note: two days alone on Inchydoney Beach in West Cork, sun and rain and a double rainbow, that stayed with him through a season of change. LINKS ANDRE ARCHIMBAUD Clearly Now Media LinkedInPodcastBlogIRISH STEW LINKS Website Home PageFacebookInstagramLinkedInMedia Partner: IrishCentralRYAN'S DAUGHTER WebsiteEpisode Details: Season 8, Episode 25; Total Episode Count: 166 Send us Fan Mail

    You Are What Your Mother Is: Andre Archimbaud's Unlikely Irish Story

  2. Sep 21

    European Surfing Champion Gearóid Mcdaid on Chasing Big Waves and Gold in LA

    Gearóid Mcdaid, known across the surfing world as G-Man, grew up twenty minutes from Mullaghmore, County Sligo's fearsome slab wave, and now holds the 2025 European shortboard title with an eye on the 2028 LA Olympics. John and Martin caught him mid-vacation in New York, tucked into Georgie's Chelsea, right under a photograph of the man himself mid-wave. "It's a pretty cool thing that surfing's in the Olympics now," he says. Gearóid's victory at the European Championships last year did its part for the sport back home, proof, as he puts it, that Ireland has surfers who can compete with the best in the world.  Gearóid walks us through the two lives of a pro surfer: the technical, judged world of competition, and the far riskier business of chasing 50-foot slabs at Mullaghmore, a wave made by limestone reef geology and giant North Athlantic swells. Chasing those waves takes a safety crew on jet skis and a fair amount of nerve, skills built on a childhood his surfer father set in motion, long before Mullaghmore's entered the picture. "You're always scared," he admits, "but it's just trying to push through it and enjoy it." He talks sponsors, wave pool training in Scotland, four straight years of injuries, and the tight-knit, fast-growing surf scene back home. "The Irish surf community's so small," he says. "Everyone knows each other that surfs." Next up for G-Man: a video trip to France for Monster in October, then the World Championships in Peru in November, all building toward one goal. As Martin puts it, fingers crossed we'll see the Irish flag flying on a beach at the LA Olympics in 2028. LINKS GEARÓID MCDAID InstagramYouTubeMullaghmore in the Summer - Hurricane Erin SwellMullaghmore in the Winter - Dec 2025Seamus Plug: Jackdaw GEORGIES CHELSEA (our hosts for this episode) Website POINTBREAK (this episode's featured music) Bandcamp IRISH STEW LINKS Website Home PageFacebookInstagramLinkedInMedia Partner: IrishCentralEpisode Details: Season 8, Episode 24; Total Episode Count: 165 Send us Fan Mail

    European Surfing Champion Gearóid Mcdaid on Chasing Big Waves and Gold in LA

  3. Sep 14

    Gerald Angley – Surviving & Thriving as Ireland’s Consul General in New York

    One year and a week since taking his new post, the Consul General of Ireland in New York Gerald Angley hosted the Irish Stew podcasters in his office high above Park Avenue for a behind-the-scenes look at Irish diplomacy in action while sharing his reflections on the first year on the job. One event stands out for Gerald. "The scale of St. Patrick's Day blew our minds,” he says. “It's 24/7 for a number of weeks." Gerald walks listeners through the impressive scale of his six-state consular territory of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. "That's 59 million people. That's the same population as the UK," he notes, adding that the region ranks as the world's third-largest economy in its own right. The conversation traces Gerald’s path from a University College Dublin commerce degree and a stint at Citibank to a career in the Department of Foreign Affairs, with postings in Brussels, Paris, and London during Brexit. On landing the coveted New York job, he admits to a bold move: "I wrote a letter that said, 'I dare you not to pick me.'" Talk turns to the perennial Irish Stew topic of diaspora engagement, where the diplomat reflects on evolving Irish American identity, saying, "We have to look at it not as purely Irish-born people, but rather people who have several identities." He also points to what distinguishes Ireland's mission from other consulates: "We're one of the only countries that has an immigrant support fund... we need to be bigger than most of the other consulates, and we are." As the episode wraps, Gerald provides the listeners with his must-read book recommendation and previews of the imminent launch the Green Pages, the new directory of Irish organizations in his consul region. And what’s it like to be a Consul General in New York? Gerald quotes a predecessor in his role who said, "It’s Wall Street by day, Broadway by night!” Links: Gerald Angley WebsiteLinkedIn Consulate General of Ireland in New York WebsiteLinkedInInstagramFacebookXEpisode Details: Season 8, Episode 23; Total Episode Count: 164 Send us Fan Mail

    Gerald Angley – Surviving & Thriving as Ireland’s Consul General in New York

  4. Jul 27

    The Case for Irish Venture Capital: Alan Merriman

    Why doesn’t a country good enough to produce Ryanair and Stripe have a normal venture fund industry? Alan Merriman spent three years lobbying the Irish government just to be allowed to launch one, and what he ran into along the way says more about Ireland’s capital gap than most economic reports ever will. Merriman built Elkstone from a boutique advisory firm into one of Ireland's most active venture investors, and in this conversation he's candid about what it actually took to get there. In this episode, you'll learn:  Why Ireland’s tax code made venture investing nearly impossible before 2022, and what it took to change itWhy Merriman puts the quality of a founder at eighty percent of any investment decision, and what he’s really screening forWhy Elkstone bets on the country instead of a sector, and what that says about the depth of the Irish marketWhat Merriman calls “network compounding,” and his pitch for why the Irish diaspora is worth more than its checkbookIf you've ever wondered what it actually takes to build serious venture capital in a small country, or how Merriman makes the case for engaging the Irish diaspora as more than a source of sentiment, this one's worth the full listen.  ALAN MERRIMAN LINKS LinkedInElkstone  IRISH STEW LINKS Website Home PageFacebookInstagramLinkedInMedia Partner: IrishCentral Episode Details: Season 8, Episode 22; Total Episode Count: 163 Send us Fan Mail

    The Case for Irish Venture Capital: Alan Merriman

  5. Jul 13

    Dr. Martin Russell: Ireland’s Global Diaspora Thought Leader

    Through its ongoing “Global Irish Nation Conversation” Irish Stew is all about connecting the worldwide Irish family, so sitting down with Dr. Martin Russell, one of the world's foremost diaspora engagement strategists, felt like a meeting of kindred missions. The proud Corkonian has spent nearly two decades turning diaspora theory into practice, working with governments and communities across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Balkans, all while championing Ireland's potential to be a global leader in the field. Hosts John Lee and Martin Nutty open with a thought-starter on the "diaspora World Cup" unfolding across North America, then trace Russell's journey from a would-be mathematician at UCC to a scholar of the Irish diaspora's role in the Northern Ireland peace process. Along the way, Russell unpacks the famous 70 million Irish worldwide figure, his four pillars of diaspora engagement, and the crucial distinction between migration and diaspora. "Other partners come and go and that's fine. That's the nature of life. But your diaspora are a community of consistency if you do it well," Russell says, making the case to governments worldwide. The conversation turns to Ireland's new Diaspora Strategy 2026–2030, which Russell's research helped inform, the duty of care owed to the vulnerable Irish abroad, and the threat of "diaspora fade" in Irish America. His answer? "The quick answer is don't let it happen, be active." A masterclass in belonging from a thought leader who's incredibly bullish on the diaspora's future. MARTIN RUSSELL LINKS LinkedInThe Diaspora InstituteThe Networking InstituteEPISODE REFERENCE LINKS  Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy, 2026-2030NY Times: Is this the diaspora World Cup? EU Global Diaspora Facility  Institute for Integrated TransitionsBOOKS Fragile Neighborhoods by Seth KaplanBelonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides by Jeffrey CohenOn Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation  by Kim SamuelIRISH STEW LINKS Website Home PageFacebookInstagramLinkedInMedia Partner: IrishCentral Episode Details: Season 8, Episode 21; Total Episode Count: 162 Send us Fan Mail

    Dr. Martin Russell: Ireland’s Global Diaspora Thought Leader

  6. Jun 29

    Finding Your Tribe 3,000 Miles From Home – John Cummins, Adele Farrell & the IABCN

    From Crumlin and Tallaght to the City of Brotherly Love, Irish Stew spins another Philadelphia story, appropriately timed to America's Fourth of July celebration of the Declaration of Independence forged in Philadelphia 250 years ago. Recorded in advance of Philadelphia's Irish American Business Chamber & Network's Ambassador Awards Luncheon, cohost John Lee talks with John Cummins and Adele Farrell, who drew on the grit of their working-class Dublin roots to build business success and rewarding lives in America. They tell of brutal Boston winters, tropical job sites in Puerto Rico, founding their breakout company NEXA Enterprise Asset Management, successfully exiting from it, and founding their new business initiative, Cummins Business Ventures. The pair underscore the importance of the Irish American Business Chamber and Network in their success story, calling it the “missing piece” they wished they'd found on day one. They look forward to the Chamber’s signature Ambassador Awards event every year, especially in 2023 when John and Adele received the IABCN’s prestigious Taoiseach Award. The episode wraps with a heartfelt Seamus Plug. This October, in partnership with the IABCN, John and Adele are launching a fundraising gala benefiting The Autism Hub, a new Dublin-based charity providing assessments, therapies, and family support for autism services in Ireland, a cause that's become deeply personal for them both. Hosted by their Rise Above Fund and the IABCN, The Infinity Gala will be held on Oct 15 in Warrington, PA. It’s a warm, genuine, and often inspiring Global Irish Nation Conversation about finding your tribe in Philadelphia, three thousand miles from home. LINKS John Cummins LinkedInAdele Farrell LinkedInThe Rise Above FundIrish American Business Chamber & NetworkInfinity GalaIRISH STEW LINKS Website Home PageFacebookInstagramLinkedInMedia Partner: IrishCentral Episode Details: Season 8, Episode 20; Total Episode Count: 161 Send us Fan Mail

    Finding Your Tribe 3,000 Miles From Home – John Cummins, Adele Farrell & the IABCN

  7. Jun 15

    Sherlock Holmes & Terry Golway Join Irish Stew LIVE at New York's Most Fenian Pub

    What's Sherlock Holmes doing in New York's most Fenian pub? That's the intrigue at the heart of Terror From America: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure, the debut novel from journalist and historian Terry Golway, and the question Irish Stew podcast cohosts Martin Nutty and John Lee set out to answer before a packed, raucous house at Ernie O'Malley's on the first of June. A Staten Island native with a Ph.D. in U.S. history from Rutgers and two decades of political reporting at the New York Observer, Golway has written more than a dozen acclaimed works of nonfiction. But fiction, he tells us, unlocks something facts alone cannot: "You can learn as much about history through a novel as you can in a history book." His novel imagines Britain dispatching the world's greatest detective to infiltrate the Irish American revolutionary underground of 1885 New York, a mission rooted in a real and largely forgotten chapter of history. "The original crime is based on something that actually happened," Golway explains. "Several Irish Americans were going to try to blow up London Bridge…instead they blew themselves up." Holmes's investigation pulls him into the orbit of real historical figures, none more compelling than John Devoy. In a dramatic reading brought brilliantly to life by actor Mick Mellamphy, Devoy records in his diary what Charles Parnell had told him when they met: "The American people are now the arbiters of the Irish question,” to which Devoy replied, "I almost had tears in my eyes when I heard those words. That was exactly what we in New York wished to be, the arbiters of the Irish question." And what does Holmes make of the Fenians he encounters? After infiltrating New York’s Irish revolutionary underground as an itinerant fiddler at Clan na Gael gatherings, Sherlock observed, "The Fenians who inhabit the back rooms of New York's clubhouses and taverns bear little resemblance to the crude caricatures portrayed in some less reputable newspapers. Formidable not because of their capacity for mayhem, but because of the power they yield over the production of memories." Fiddler Eileen McLain provided the evening’s musical accents while Mick Mellamphy served as producer. Past Irish Stew guests Peter Quinn, Larry Kirwan, and Maura Clare were in the house as were Black 47 co-founder Chris Byrne and Irish American Writers & Artists president Liza Engesser. LINKS TERRY GOLWAY WebsiteSubstack: ObserverLinkedInBook: Terror From AmericaAmazon: Terror From America ERNIE O'MALLEY'S Website IRISH STEW LINKS Website Home PageFacebookInstagramLinkedInMedia Partner: IrishCentral Episode Details: Season 8, Episode 19; Total Episode Count: 160 Send us Fan Mail

    Sherlock Holmes & Terry Golway Join Irish Stew LIVE at New York's Most Fenian Pub

  8. Jun 1

    Kwame Daniels brings exuberant, immersive Frederick Douglass-inspired North Star from Belfast to New York

    When Frederick Douglass left Belfast in 1845, only seven years after escaping slavery, he declared: "Wherever else I feel myself to be a stranger, I will remember I have a home in Belfast." That remarkable statement from a Black abolitionist finding radical welcome in a 19th-century Irish city is the beating heart of North Star, the immersive musical and theatrical experience that Northern Ireland-based DJ, broadcaster, and creative producer Kwame Daniels brings to New York's Irish Arts Center, June 3–21. Irish Stew cohosts Martin Nutty and John Lee met Kwame at the Irish Arts Center a few days before opening night and recorded this episode in the IAC Library He relates that his journey to Belfast began in a Ghanaian household in East London, where identity was worn proudly inside the home and navigated carefully beyond it. "As soon as we entered the house again, it was absolutely back to the background, the roots, and the culture," he recalls. "But outside, there was almost a code-switch going on. We were firm in our identity, and yet we were also aware of our surroundings and how we had to move within them." That same fluency served him when he arrived in Derry in 1997 and found a city divided along lines he didn't yet understand. Music became his passport across the sectarian divide. "I was bringing in sets of decks (the equipment DJs use to play, control, and manipulate music). That's the conversation, all the other conversations come out of that." Kwame relates that Douglass's Belfast story with his evocation of finding a home in the city hit him with the force of revelation. "A Black man, an enslaved man on the run in 1845 and that's his response to being in Belfast. That has to be the starting point for us to reset." The result is a 77-minute production, one minute for every year of Douglass's life, an immersive experience fusing hip-hop, jazz, gospel, classical, and electronic music with spoken word, choral arrangements, and the honest voices of young people from both Belfast and New York. "You're going to be presented with a level of musicianship that is extraordinary, and it's unlike anything you've ever seen." North Star runs June 3–21 at the Irish Arts Center, tickets at irishartscenter.org. Next up from Irish Stew, Fresh Stew LIVE with Terry Golway on his new thriller Terror From America: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, recorded before sold out audience in the Malachy McCourt Room at Ernie O’Malley’s Pub in NYC with the fiddler Eileen McLain and actor Mick Mellamphy enhancing the experience. LINKS NORTH STAR Irish Arts Center info and ticketsInstagramKWAME DANIELS InstagramFacebookLinkedInORGANIZATIONS Bounce CultureSolabIRISH STEW LINKS Website Home PageFacebookInstagramLinkedInMedia Partner: IrishCentral Episode Details: Season 8, Episode 18; Total Episode Count: 159 Send us Fan Mail

    Kwame Daniels brings exuberant, immersive Frederick Douglass-inspired North Star from Belfast to New York
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Irish Stew, the podcast for the Global Irish Nation featuring interviews with fascinating influencers proud of their Irish Edge. If you're Irish born or hyphenated Irish, this is the podcast that brings all the Irish together Listen Notes

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  • Creator
    John Lee & Martin Nutty
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    167
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Irish Stew Podcast
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