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#225 Emma Mcilroy: Wildfang

Sep 27, 2021

Emma Mcilroy is the Co-founder and CEO of Wildfang: a clothing brand based in Portland Oregon whose mission is to rethink gender norms and how they show up in fashion.

(She’s also proudly Norn Irish).

In today’s episode we talk about:

Finding a pre-historic fossil as a kid
Landing dream jobs with the...

#224 Marissa Callaghan: Northern Ireland Women's Football Captain

Sep 20, 2021

Welcome to Sport Inspires, a podcast recorded with the Mary Peters Trust and made possible by the Coca-cola Thank You Fund.

Today’s episode is with Northern Ireland Women’s Football Captain Marissa Callaghan, who led the team to their first-ever major tournament qualifier last year in a historic match...

#223 Joe Magowan: Irish Whiskey Expert

Sep 13, 2021

Joe Magowan is an Irish Whiskey Expert from Belfast who spends his days educating people all over the world about "the water of life."

In this episode we talk about:

Growing up working in The Vineyard
How he became Brand Ambassador for Powers
The history of Irish Whiskey
What "the angel share" is
And his most...

#222 Ciaran Gillen: Machinery Partner

Sep 6, 2021

[Please note that some of the financial figures have been censored from this episode]

This time last year, Ciaran Gillen was working on a laptop in Ormeau Baths trying to get his new start-up "tinder-for-tractors" off the ground.

Today, Machinery Partner is an industry-changing business that's raised a record-breaking...