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Director, Pat Collins, on his first feature film, Silence, the story of a sound recordist’s search for exactly that elusive stuff.

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As Alan Lomax’s peerless archive of folk recordings from around the world goes online, we talk to one of those behind the project, Don Fleming.

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The Baton v The Bow: John Wilson and Andrew Haveron talk about what a long friendship can do for a conductor and his soloist.

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Director and celebrity sister, Sophie Fiennes, on shooting her documentary, Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow, about German artist,Anselm Kiefer.

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Actor, Rory Nolan, tells us about the occupational hazard that led him to write The Audition for Fishamble Theatre Company’s “Tiny Plays for Ireland” programme.

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Will it be the Talibam! or the Bunyan, sir? The staff at Cork’s talismanic Plugd Records shop help us choose a new CD from their eclectic racks.

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L’affaire Daisey, where do you stand? Aisling Kelliher on a few things we might learn about technology in the wake of writer and performer, Mike Daisey’s fall from grace.

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Harlem-born Julliard-trained tenor, Noah Stewart, shares his feelings on Pinkerton, Puccini and the Atkins Diet.

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Luke Clancy reviews a very chatty dual London exhibition from David Shrigley and Jeremy Deller. (Despite what you hear at the end of this piece, the Shrigley and Deller shows run until May 13th.)

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Is Ireland having a musicals renaissance? Phillip McMahon writer of the Abbey’s new musical, Alice In Funderland, and the show’s Alice, Sarah Greene, think so.

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What would do get if a barbershop quartet supped with a gospel choir? Something that sounds a lot like Harold’s Cross very own the Larkfield Four.

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How do you solve a problem like Philomena? Stephanie McKeon on taking on an already well-loved role in Rough Magic’s Improbable Frequency.

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Anything planned for June 21st? Love:Live Music organiser, Jody Ackland, explains how Ireland’s daylong celebration of music is going to take over the solstice.

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Historian Helen Castor tells us about her book She Wolves: The Women who Ruled England before Elizabeth, which has now been turned into a BBC television series.

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What does the Christchurch, Triskel, Cork, look like when Dreyer’s Joan of Arc is being projected? A bit like this.

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A cinematic mass? Composer Irene Buckley & Cork French Film Festival director, Paul Callanan on giving Dreyer’s ‘Joan of Arc’ a new sound.

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Eric Whitacre’s rallying cry “Choir Nerds of the World Unite!” is taken up on Culture File this time by Greg Beardsell and the Irish Youth Chamber Choir.

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In a bonus part of our conversation with Martin Lindstrom (which we saved specially for podcast fans) the author of Brandwashed tells us why “nostalgia” in marketing isn’t what it used to be. (Part 4 of 3! Haha!)

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In the final part of our interview with Brandwashed author, Martin Lindstrom, he weighs up where our relationship with technology is leading us. (Part 3 of 3)

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Are consumers giving away their personal information too cheaply on sites like Facebook and Gmail? Brandwashed author, Martin Lindstrom, says absolutely, yes. (2 of 3)

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Could you do a “brand detox” and live a life without brands? Our guest this time, Martin Lindstrom, author of ‘Brandwashed’, tried & failed. (part 1 of 3)

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What does it feel like when you are singing Madama Butterfly? Soprano, Anne Sophie Duprels (@duprels) tries to explain.

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Activist comedian, Josie Long, talks to Luke Clancy about where agitating against austerity is taking her comedy.