# "My big ambition? That my wife is happy" - writer, Richard Ford

An episode of [Brendan O'Connor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1495060929), 16 Aug 2026, 31 min.

Audio: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0b4f3022-f323-4188-80ec-b2ac0167b3d7/5e90d4eb-e0de-4956-b83e-b4a800d1897c/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=fdac2904-a57e-4b42-8e2f-b2ac0167b3e5

Novelist Richard Ford, joins Brendan to discuss the current state of Donald Trump’s America, rediscovering his Irish heritage and the dynamics of his life-long marriage. He also explores his changing relationship to age, ambition and his friend, John Banville. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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