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# Alan Meaney

Creative Producer in Radio, Podcasts, Circus & Street Arts | Audio Editor | Arts Educator

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## Posts

- [Harness Your Hopes](https://alanmeaney.ie/harness-your-hopes/) - Discover 'Harness Your Hopes,' a series of 6 podcasts showcasing upcoming Irish authors and their inspiring stories crafted around hope.
- [Equalization](https://alanmeaney.ie/equalization/) - The music industry has always been unbalanced. In Ireland and throughout the world, women and female-identifying musicians have had to play second fiddle to men in terms of exposure, gigs, festivals and pay. Four unique organisations have been established in Ireland over the last few years to encourage and engage women and LGBTQIA+ in the music industry. Gash Collective, Fair Plé, DIAXDEM Collective and Girls
- [Strolling Through Ulysses](https://alanmeaney.ie/strolling-through-ulysses/) - ‘Strolling Through Ulysses’ tells the fun-filled story of Bloomsday - June 16th 1904 - the iconic day around which James Joyce’s Ulysses is based. This two part radio drama guides listeners through the curious events and quirky characters of Ulysses, in a humorous, entertaining and informative manner, with extracts from the novel which best illustrate the
- [How I Murdered Lucrezia](https://alanmeaney.ie/how-i-murdered-lucrezia/) - Set in an Irish secondary school, outside Galway city, this radio drama is a meditation on lust, violence and obsession. A High School shooting has taken place with recently arrived student Lucrezia the victim. Her killer is a boy named Jones Maddox, who commits the act under coercion from Caitlin Purcell. Caitlin is a former
- [Mary Mary Mary](https://alanmeaney.ie/mary-mary-mary/) - "So what is love then Mary Ellen?" A delicately-woven piece about three generations of Irish women, Mary Mary Mary offers glimpses into the loves, lives and cares of three women. Mary Mary Mary tells of Mary Ellen, the grandmother, a formidable and influential woman, her daughter Mary Bernadette aka Bernie, who lost herself to an
- [Mitch Hurwitz Interview](https://alanmeaney.ie/mitch-hurwitz-interview/) - Mitch Hurwitz, the creator of Arrested Development chats about Season 4 of the show, ostriches, the chicken dance, Ron Howard, and the long awaited movie.
- [Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Interview](https://alanmeaney.ie/bonnie-prince-billy-interview/) - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy speaks about the new album, live shows, country music, Drag City, songwriting, collaboration, beards and much more.
- [Oh Boland Interview & Session](https://alanmeaney.ie/oh-boland-interview-session/) - Galway noisniks Oh Boland perform 3 songs and have a chat about their split EP with Me & My Dog on Popical Island.
- [Squarehead Interview and Session](https://alanmeaney.ie/squarehead-interview-and-session/) - Squarehead play 3 tunes in studio and chat about their album 'Respect', their songwriting process, Popical Island, Tieranniesaur and beautiful trainwrecks.
- [Reverberations](https://alanmeaney.ie/reverberations-poetry/) - Produced for RTE Radio One Extra, this radio series features six of Ireland’s foremost poets and spoken word artists speaking about their work, and performing a poem inspired by a particular soundscape in a unique location.
- [Reverberations Series 2](https://alanmeaney.ie/reverberations-series-2/) - Six of Ireland’s foremost female poets and spoken word artists speak about their work and perform a poem.
- [Pod Only Knows](https://alanmeaney.ie/pod-only-knows/) - The series will look behind the scenes at some of the most popular and fascinating podcasts available including The Truth, The Cinemile, Sound Matters, The Alison Spittle Show, Love Me and Meet Your Maker.
- [Independent’s Day](https://alanmeaney.ie/independents-day/) - A 10 part series exploring the role of Irish independent record labels in a much changed musical landscape.
- [A Pilot's Honour](https://alanmeaney.ie/a-pilots-honour/) - In this gripping and haunting radio thriller, a US fighter pilot almost killed in Iraq finds unexpected love on Ireland’s wild western shore. Captain Bob Conway’s soul is broken, just like his body was in Iraq. In the effort to rebuild himself, he travels to Galway in Ireland, where he meets and falls in love
- [Sound Conversations](https://alanmeaney.ie/sound-conversations/) - Sound Conversations is a new short radio documentary series. The programme will showcase the work and creative inspiration of fifteen of Ireland’s most exciting sound practitioners across a wide spectrum of audio disciplines - including sound art, poetry, sound therapy, broadcasting and sound design.
- [In Tom Crean's Footsteps](https://alanmeaney.ie/in-tom-creans-footsteps-on-rte-documentary-on-one/) - My first RTE Documentary on One; 'In Tom Crean's Footsteps' will be aired on RTE Radio one on Saturday August 5th at 1pm with a repeat on Sunday 6th August at 2pm.
- [The Dead Key](https://alanmeaney.ie/the-dead-key/) - Radio drama. Audio Fiction. A contemporary spy thriller and tale of family loyalty.
- [The Vampires of Killaspleen](https://alanmeaney.ie/the-vampires-of-killaspleen/) - The village of Killaspleen has seen some strange goings on lately. Could it be the Drake family who live in an ancient estate and never seem to come out during daylight?
- [A Pilot's Honour](https://alanmeaney.ie/a-pilots-honour-radio-drama-on-newstalk-106-108fm/) - In this gripping and haunting radio thriller, a US fighter pilot almost killed in Iraq finds unexpected love on Ireland’s wild western shore. This radio drama was broadcast on Newstalk 106-108FM. Shortlisted for UK International Radio Drama Festival 2018.
- [Reposing at Home](https://alanmeaney.ie/reposing-at-home/) - In this poignant and gently humorous radio drama, a father and daughter bring healing and growth to their strained relationship. Written and directed by Marisa O Mahony. Produced, recorded and edited by Alan Meaney
- [The Time Before The Tarn](https://alanmeaney.ie/the-time-before-the-tarn-on-midlands-103/) - Radio drama on Midlands 103
- [The Driftwood Manor Interview & Session](https://alanmeaney.ie/the-driftwood-manor-interview-session/) - The Driftwood Manor play 3 songs and chat about Irish trad, touring, songwriting and their new album.
- [Jaki Liebezeit Interview](https://alanmeaney.ie/jaki-liebezeit-interview/) - One of the finest drummers ever, Can's Jaki Leibezeit talks about his early drumming influences, Can's recording methods and lives shows, their spilt in 1979.
- [Sophie Coyle Interview & Session](https://alanmeaney.ie/sophie-coyle-interview-session/) - Galway born, Dundalk based singer Sophie Coyle joined Alan Meaney in studio to talk about her songwriting process, her gothic folk and the recording of her new album, due in 2016.
- [Kitty, Daisy & Lewis Interview and Live Session](https://alanmeaney.ie/kitty-daisy-lewis-interview-and-live-session/) - Kitty, Daisy & Lewis talk about their new album The Third, working with Mick Jones from The Clash, life on the road and their sense of style.
- [Noriana Kennedy Interview & Live Session](https://alanmeaney.ie/noriana-kennedy-interview-live-session/) - Noriana Kennedy plays a couple of acoustic songs and speaks about her songwriting process, her influences, the Whileaways and the recording of her debut album.
- [Redemption](https://alanmeaney.ie/redemption-on-clare-fm/) - Redemption is a radio drama, about the village of Kilthumper in Co.Clare and how the community lives through its beleaguered Gaelic Football team.
- [Heads Up](https://alanmeaney.ie/heads-up/) - Heads Up is a series of 10 half hour radio programmes on student mental health. It started during Mental Health Week on October 7th 2015, and ran every Wednesday at 2pm until December 9th 2015 on Flirt FM 101.3.
- [Fairies Only Wear Wings](https://alanmeaney.ie/faeries-only-wear-wings/) - On a bright summer’s day on a quiet lake in the Irish Midlands, a small boat is found drifting into shore. It contains the body of a 16 year old girl; Lizzie Lacey, clad in a white dress and bedecked with garlands of flowers.
- [The Prime of Johnny Broody](https://alanmeaney.ie/the-prime-of-johnny-broody-on-midlands-103/) - The Prime of Johnny Broody - a dark Irish comedy of greed, lust and sandwich making, will be aired on Midlands 103 on Tuesday 20th December at 7pm.

## Pages

- [Radio Producer](https://alanmeaney.ie/) - Independent Radio & Podcast Producer, Sound Designer and Trainer. Based in Galway Ireland. Providing podcast production, training, sound design and funding applications.
- [Radio Producer](https://alanmeaney.ie/) - Independent Radio & Podcast Producer, Sound Designer and Trainer. Based in Galway Ireland. Providing podcast production, training, sound design and funding applications.
- [Radio Producer](https://alanmeaney.ie/) - Independent Radio & Podcast Producer, Sound Designer and Trainer. Based in Galway Ireland. Providing podcast production, training, sound design and funding applications.
- [Radio Producer](https://alanmeaney.ie/) - Independent Radio & Podcast Producer, Sound Designer and Trainer. Based in Galway Ireland. Providing podcast production, training, sound design and funding applications.
- [Radio Producer](https://alanmeaney.ie/) - Independent Radio & Podcast Producer, Sound Designer and Trainer. Based in Galway Ireland. Providing podcast production, training, sound design and funding applications.
- [The Dead Key](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/the-dead-key/) - Radio drama. Audio Fiction. A contemporary spy thriller and tale of family loyalty.
- [Alternative Health Tools](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/alternative-health-tools/) - Alternative Health Tools Co-hosts Lisa Thorp, John Biethan, Lisa Victoria, and Kim Shea discover and share new alternative health tools and resources from alternative healthcare practitioners and experts. Produced by Imagine Podcasting, a DBA of Heard Not Seen Media, Inc. Edited by Alan Meaney Listen to Alternative Health Tools: BACK TO PROJECTS
- [Field Recordings](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/field-recordings/) - Field Recordings A podcast where audio-makers stand silently in fields (or things that could be broadly interpreted as fields). Hailstones and rain heard from inside a shipping container, Ballycurrin, Co. Galway, Ireland “After a few days of sunny weather, the clouds darkened in the morning and I anticipated rain. I grabbed my recorder and made my
- [Sound Design](https://alanmeaney.ie/sound-design/)
- [May’s End](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/mays-end/) - May's End In 1900s Ireland, a fiercely independent woman rallies against traditional expectations. May Mullen is a ‘good cattle woman’, who assists her father James on the farm and at the mart in Midlands Ireland of the early 20th century. She swears and drinks like a man but is also responsible for running her father’s
- [Reverberations](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/reverberations/) - Reverberations Six of Ireland’s foremost poets and spoken word artists speak about their work, and perform a poem inspired by a particular soundscape in a unique location. Series One includes the poets Abby Oliveira, Dave Lordan, Órfhlaith Foyle, Paul Casey, Sarah Clancy and John Cummins. Series Two includes FeliSpeaks, Nuala Leonard, Melissa Ridge, Amy Barry,
- [Independent’s Day](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/independents-day/) - Independent's Day Independent’s Day is ten part radio series looking at the state of independent music in Ireland. Alternative culture and independent music has a rich history in Ireland and record labels are a big part of that. These small businesses bring drive and passion to signing, promoting and selling non mainstream music. Across ten episodes, Independent’s
- [Mary Mary Mary](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/mary-mary-mary/) - A delicately-woven piece about three generations of Irish women, Mary Mary Mary offers glimpses into the loves, lives and cares of three women.
- [Stories from the Tuam Mother and Baby Home](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/tuam-mother-and-baby/) - OTHER: Stories from Tuam Mother and Baby Home Other: Stories from the Tuam Mother and Baby Home is part of the Tuam Oral History Project at NUI Galway which records and archives the histories and life stories of survivors of the Tuam institution and their families. The project aim is to enable survivors to tell
- [Another Love Story](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/another-love-story/) - Another Love Story A new documentary that goes behind the scenes at the Another Love Story music festival in Co. Meath. One of Ireland’s premier small festivals, Another Love Story has been running since 2014. Set in the beautiful surrounds of Killyon Manor House Co. Meath over 3 days in August, the festival showcases both
- [Turntable Stories](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/turntable-stories/) - Alan Meaney Home About Radio & Podcasting Training & Booking Contact Home About Radio & Podcasting Training & Booking Contact Turntable Stories Turntable Stories is a new series exploring vinyl culture. Records have made a resurgence in the last few years and they play a prominent part in music lovers lives once again. Despite
- [Passengers](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/passengers/) - Passengers Two people at very different moments in their lives end up beside each other in the VIP waiting lounge at Shannon airport. They make small talk, share a beer, and unwilling to reveal their true selves, a game of mutual deception ensues. Stephen is a young man running away from his life to backpack
- [Roving Out](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/roving-out/) - Roving Out ‘Roving Out’ is a radio documentary that celebrates the burgeoning musical culture of Ireland, by focusing on musical artists Mohammad Syfkhan, Varo, Qbanaa and Wise Wolf, who have all made Ireland their home. Named after the traditional song, ‘As I Roved Out’, it explores how these musicians decided to leave their own countries,
- [Trigger For Change](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/trigger-for-change/) - Trigger For Change is a documentary that explores the challenges people with a criminal record face in securing employment on release from prison.
- [Paper Boat Sets Sail](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/paper-boat-sets-sail/) - Paper Boat Sets Sail Paper Boat Sets Sail is a documentary telling the story of the making of ‘Paper Boat’; a community opera for Galway. Using observational recordings, interviews and excerpts from the opera, the documentary places the listener at the centre of this creative venture. It follows the build up to the opera, from rehearsals to opening night. It moves Paper Boat Sets Sail is a documentary telling the story of the making of ‘Paper Boat’; a community opera for Galway.
- [In Tom Crean’s Footsteps](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/footsteps-tom-crean/) - In Tom Crean's Footsteps Tom Crean is an Irish hero. In 1916, he was part of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition to the Antarctic and one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. Now, Tom’s granddaughter Aileen, her two sons, Morgan and Cian and her partner Bill will attempt to follow the men’s treacherous journey across
- [Grounded](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/grounded/) - Grounded Galway based radio show hosted by Alan. Bringing you songs to soothe, entice and move you. From Sandy Denny and Sonic Youth to Sault and any intervening discursions. Every Wednesday at 9PM (GMT) on Flirt FM 101.3. Listen to the latest episode: BACK TO PROJECTS
- [How I Murdered Lucrezia](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/how-i-murdered-lucrezia/) - How I Murdered Lucrezia Set in an Irish secondary school, outside Galway city, this radio drama is a meditation on lust, violence and obsession. A High School shooting has taken place with recently arrived student Lucrezia the victim. Her killer is a boy named Jones Maddox, who commits the act under coercion from Caitlin Purcell.
- [Witness with Siobhán Garrigan](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/witness/) - Witness with Siobhán Garrigan 'Witness with Siobhán Garrigan’ was a series that encompassed the multifaceted and evolving religious, moral, and spiritual landscape of Ireland and beyond. Through a combination of insightful,approachable, and enjoyable content such as features, discussions, interviews, poetry and music, the show explored a wide range of religious beliefs and spiritual practices. It
- [Strolling Through Ulysses](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/strolling-through-ulysses/) - This two part radio drama guides listeners through the curious events and quirky characters of 'Ulysses'. The fun-filled story of Bloomsday - June 16th 1904.
- [Equalization](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/equalization/) - ‘Equalization’ is a documentary that speaks to women about the disparity they have experienced as musicians.
- [Mmanwu](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/mmanwu/) - Alan Meaney Home About Radio & Podcasting Training & Booking Contact Home About Radio & Podcasting Training & Booking Contact Mmanwu ‘Mmanwu’ is radio drama that delves into the complexities of maternal struggle, mental health, and the clash between tradition and modernity. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Onitsha, Nigeria, the story follows Ada, a
- [Contact Alan](https://alanmeaney.ie/contact-alan/) - Get In Touch Contact me with your enquiries. Email: meaney.alan[at]gmail.com
- [Citadel: Building Bridges Through Music](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/citadel/) - Citadel: Building Bridges Through Music Citadel is a group of musicians formed at the Kinsale Road Accommodation centre in Cork city in 2018, who refuse to be put down by the system. They are from different countries, such as Burundi, South Africa, DR Congo, Angola and Tanzania. The musicians perform songs from home, accompanied by rhythms
- [Training and Consultations](https://alanmeaney.ie/training-and-consultations/) - Recording in Studio or Remotely You concentrate on presenting the show, I take care of the technical side. Podcast Editing Your podcast edited, mixed and mastered to the highest standards. I record and edit your podcast to the highest standards I deliver high quality audio in remote interviews or real life recording sessions. I will
- [Harness Your Hopes](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/harness-your-hopes/) - Harness Your Hopes ‘Harness Your Hopes’ is a series of 6 podcast episodes of 30 minutes investigating and showcasing fiction. Six of the West of Ireland’s upcoming authors have written a new short story inspired by the theme of ‘harness your hopes’. On the podcast, the author reads the story, and then speaks to the presenter about their
- [Podcast and Radio Programme Archive](https://alanmeaney.ie/podcast-radio-programme-archive/) - Programme Archive READ MORE
- [Radio and Podcasts](https://alanmeaney.ie/radio-and-podcasts/) - Radio & Podcasts VIEW PROGRAMME ARCHIVE
- [About Alan](https://alanmeaney.ie/about-alan/) - Alan Meaney: Creative Producer & Arts Educator I started out on radio at age 16 and absolutely loved it, so I wanted to explore this passion in my work. I have worked for radio stations, including Athlone Community Radio, Flirt FM, RTE Jr and RTE Documentary on One and freelance for over fifteen years. I
- [Home](https://alanmeaney.ie/home/) - Creative Producer in Radio, Podcasts, Circus & Street Arts | Audio Editor | Arts Educator. Based in Galway Ireland.

## Categories

- [Radio Drama](https://alanmeaney.ie/category/radio-drama/)
- [Radio Documentary](https://alanmeaney.ie/category/radio-documentary/)
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- [RTE Doc on One](https://alanmeaney.ie/category/rte-doc-on-one/)
- [Midlands 103](https://alanmeaney.ie/category/midlands-103/)
- [RTE Radio 1 Extra](https://alanmeaney.ie/category/rte-radio-1-extra/)
- [Newstalk FM](https://alanmeaney.ie/category/newstalk-fm/)
- [Radio Series](https://alanmeaney.ie/category/radio-series/)
- [FlirtFM](https://alanmeaney.ie/category/flirtfm/)
- [Podcasts](https://alanmeaney.ie/category/podcasts/)
- [Clare FM](https://alanmeaney.ie/category/clare-fm/)
- [RTE 2XM](https://alanmeaney.ie/category/rte-2xm/)
- [Galway Bay FM](https://alanmeaney.ie/category/galway-bay-fm/)

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