Podcasts

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

This unique and lively history show delves into some of the world's most important political, social and cultural events and the intriguing personalities behind them. Presented by Dr Patrick Geoghegan of Trinity College Dublin, Talking History unravels the gritty, sometimes uncomfortable, side of our past, and what we can learn from it.

Latest episodes

April Books Special

5 days ago - 49 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

Abba: 50 Years Since Eurovision

12 days ago - 45 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

The Creation of the Irish Courts

19 days ago - 52 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

March Books Special: WWII

a month ago - 53 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

The Taoisigh Visits To White House For St Patrick's Day

a month ago - 54 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

The Oscars: The Trailblazers and Terrors

a month ago - 54 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

Best of May Books

Join Patrick for the best of Irish and International history publications for May 2022. Books covered on the show include: Periodicals and journalism in twentieth-century Ireland 2, the editors Mark O'Brien & Felix M. Larkin; The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin, Irish Traditional Singer, by Dáibhí Ó Cróinín; You Will Dye at Midnight: Victorian Threatening Letters, by Donal P. McCracken; Irish Lives in America by Liz Evers and Niav Gallagher; and Legacies of the Magdalen Laundries – Commemoration, gender, and the postcolonial carceral state, which is edited by Miriam Haughton, Mary McAuliffe and Emilie Pine.