Get Around To It

Reviewed this week: David Byrne live at 3Arena, Louis Theroux - Inside the Manosphere (Netflix), Love Story (Disney+) and the films La Grazia and Good Boy…  plus what we thought of the Oscars.Previewed this week: New medical drama The Pitt and Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace, both on HBO Max from 26 March, and new film California Schemin'.Plus, we interview Peter Dunne of the fab Petrified podcast about cultural things he got around to lately, and the celeb-packed latest season of Petrified, which is a horror anthology podcast.Get Around To It is the culture podcast for curious people, sponsored by Imbibe Coffee and presented by arts journalists Aoife Barry and Lauren Murphy.Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpodOur sponsor: https://www.imbibe.ieProduced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ieTheme music: Cinema Bell by Land Lovers from the album Confidantes.Podcast artwork: Chris Hanna https://www.chris-hanna.com/Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. Interested in sponsorship or ads? Email getaroundtoitpod@gmail.comFollow us on https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod

It's Oscars time! This week we have double Oscar-winner Richard Baneham (for two Avatar films), Oscar nominee Louise Bagnall (director of Late Afternoon) and John Kelly (director of Retirement Plan, co-written with Tara Lawall and nominated in this year's Oscars!) chatting to us about what it's like to be nominated, the impact it has on your career, and what the ceremony itself is like. Plus Aoife spills about what it was like to cover the Oscars - she was in the winners'/press room in 2023. Enjoy as we await the 2026 ceremony!Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpodOur sponsor: https://www.imbibe.ieProduced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ieTheme music: Cinema Bell by Land Lovers from the album Confidantes.Podcast artwork: Chris Hanna https://www.chris-hanna.com/Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. Interested in sponsorship or ads? Email getaroundtoitpod@gmail.comFollow us on https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod

Reviewed this week: Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model, the film The Sound of Falling and the forthcoming Joshua Burnside album, as well as several films we saw at Dublin International Film Festival. Previewed: Project Hail Mary, Dead Man's Wire, Kim GordonPlus, we interview musician Gavin Friday. And we tell you about Rush Festival of Writing, which was founded by Lauren and her husband Sean Smith! It's on 25th April and headline guest is John Banville.This week:Reviews:The Netflix documentary - Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model. What did we make of the controversies at ANTM?European arthouse film The Sound of Falling - is it worth watching?Joshua Burnside was nominated for the Choice Prize for his last abum Teeth of Time - what's his next album It's Not Going To Be Ok about?Previews:The new Kim Gordon album Play Me - what can we expect from this iconic musician?Do the films Project Hail Mary and Dead Man's Wire look good?Interview:Gavin Friday chats to us about what he got around to lately, plus remixes from his most recent album Ecce Homo.Get Around To It is the culture podcast for curious people, sponsored by Imbibe Coffee and presented by arts journalists Aoife Barry and Lauren Murphy.Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpodOur sponsor: https://www.imbibe.ieProduced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ieTheme music: Cinema Bell by Land Lovers from the album Confidantes.Podcast artwork: Chris Hanna https://www.chris-hanna.com/Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. Interested in sponsorship or ads? Email getaroundtoitpod@gmail.comFollow us on https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod

Want to publish a novel? Jen Bray, author of The Lies Between Us, tells us about getting through rejection and the journey to getting her debut novel published by Penguin Sandycove. She talks about the agenting process, what inspires her, how she kept going, and more. Thanks for chatting to us, Jen! Her book is available in all good bookshops now.Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpodOur sponsor: https://www.imbibe.ieProduced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ieTheme music: Cinema Bell by Land Lovers from the album Confidantes.Podcast artwork: Chris Hanna https://www.chris-hanna.com/Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. Interested in sponsorship or ads? Email getaroundtoitpod@gmail.comFollow us on https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod

It's a mini Irish comedy special! Irish comedian Roger O'Sullivan on his award-winning show Fekken; and Ailish McCarthy on turning her quest for Arts Council funding into a Scene and Heard show.Roger won the Comedian's Choice Newcomer of the Year award at the Edinburgh Fringe last year - he's touring in April and as you'll hear his show taps into gaming nostalgia and what it's like living in Ireland today.When Ailish McCarthy discovered that comedy wasn't officially funded by the Arts Council, she set off on a three-year campaign to rectify that. She explains why she's bringing a new show about what happened to the Scene & Heard festival.Big thanks to Roger and Ailish for chatting to us.You can find tickets for Roger's upcoming dates here.And for Ailish's Scene & Heard date at Smock Alley here.Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpodOur sponsor: https://www.imbibe.ieProduced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ieTheme music: Cinema Bell by Land Lovers from the album Confidantes.Podcast artwork: Chris Hanna https://www.chris-hanna.com/Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. Interested in sponsorship or ads? Email getaroundtoitpod@gmail.comFollow us on https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod

These Sacred Vows, Tyler Ballgame's album and Eureka Day are reviewed this week, plus we preview Wuthering Heights and The Testament of Ann Lee. And director John Butler chats to us. And more!This week:Reviews:These Sacred Vows - what do we make of the new RTÉ series?Is Tyler Ballgame's much-hyped album good?Irish doc A Quiet Love and what it tells us about the Deaf communityNew play Eureka Day is in the GatePreviews:Will Wuthering Heights live up to the hype?We tell you about the new documentary It's Never Over, Jeff BuckleyWhat's the story with the new film The Testament of Ann LeeInterview:Director John Butler tells us the 3 cultural things he got around to lately and all about These Sacred Vows. Thanks for chatting to us John!Get Around To It is the culture podcast for curious people, sponsored by Imbibe Coffee and presented by arts journalists Aoife Barry and Lauren Murphy.Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpodOur sponsor: https://www.imbibe.ieProduced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ieTheme music: Cinema Bell by Land Lovers from the album Confidantes.Podcast artwork: Chris Hanna https://www.chris-hanna.com/Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. Interested in sponsorship or ads? Email getaroundtoitpod@gmail.comFollow us on https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod

Award-winning actor Aidan Gillen - star of Game of Thrones, The Wire, Queer as Folk, Love/Hate, Kin... we could go on! - joins us this week for a Deep Dive into the culture that made him.We chat about:His earliest cultural memoriesStarting out as an actorBurning an old diary (!)Listening to music in his sleepQueer As Folk and intimacy coordinatorsHis thoughts on future theatre rolesHis insanely busy 2025 and the projects coming up soonThanks so much to Aidan for being this week's guest.Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpodOur sponsor: https://www.imbibe.ieProduced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ieTheme music: Cinema Bell by Land Lovers from the album Confidantes.Podcast artwork: Chris Hanna https://www.chris-hanna.com/Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. Interested in sponsorship or ads? Email getaroundtoitpod@gmail.comFollow us on https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod

Steal, Industry, and The History of Sound are reviewed this week - plus we head to London for a brace of shows featuring brilliant Irish actors.This week:Reviews:Steal, The History of Sound and Industry come under the GATI microscopeWe tell you about The Playboy of the Western World at the National Theatre and The Spy Who Came In From the Cold at SohoPlace in London (GATI abroad alert!)Previews:Under Salt Marsh begins on Sky Atlantic - but what's it all about?Pilgrims release a new albumEureka Day is about to hit the stage at the Gate Theatre - we explain allInterview:Musician Dani Larkin tells us the 3 cultural things they got around to lately. Thanks for chatting to us Dani!Get Around To It is the culture podcast for curious people, sponsored by Imbibe Coffee and presented by arts journalists Aoife Barry and Lauren Murphy.Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpodOur sponsor: https://www.imbibe.ieProduced by Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry. Consulting producer Emma White. Editor Aoife Barry.Sponsored by Imbibe Coffee. http://imbibe.ieTheme music: Cinema Bell by Land Lovers from the album Confidantes.Podcast artwork: Chris Hanna https://www.chris-hanna.com/Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. Interested in sponsorship or ads? Email getaroundtoitpod@gmail.comFollow us on https://www.instagram.com/getaroundtoitpod