# Seán Ronayne - “Being a new father is like living a magical new life”

An episode of [Brendan O'Connor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1495060929), 22 Aug 2026, 15 min.

Audio: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0b4f3022-f323-4188-80ec-b2ac0167b3d7/934b452f-d778-45d4-8ee0-b4ae00d75b00/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=fdac2904-a57e-4b42-8e2f-b2ac0167b3e5

Ornithologist and author Seán Ronayne talks about becoming a father, his awe at watching his daughter’s developing love of nature, how his autism informs his parenting, the influence of the late Manchán Magan, his sadness at watching the effects of climate change, his live tour Untold Sounds and his new Headstuff podcast, The Seán Chorus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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