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The Mario Rosenstock Podcast

Mario Rosenstock

295 episodes

Join Ireland’s most popular comic satirist for brand new comedy, rants about the state of the world, and interviews with a twist. You never know what you’ll get by pressing play on this podcast, but you always know Mario Rosenstock will be there to welcome you in

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  1. Mark Little: Will AI destroy us or make us more human?

    · 59 min

    Is AI is going to take your job, destroy civilisation or just make you feel completely inadequate? My chat with Mark Little in this episode might help shed some light on the answers to these questions. Mark is a…

  2. Held at Gunpoint, Chased by Cartels: The Extraordinary Life of Jeff Farrell

    · 57 min

    What kind of person voluntarily walks into a Venezuelan prison run by armed inmates, travels to the front line of a war without a flak jacket, or goes looking for drug cartels while supposedly on holiday? Meet Jeff…

  3. Ivan Yates talks bankruptcy, perseverance, and Matt Cooper!

    · 1 h 01 min

    It’s fair to say that Ivan Yates has had more careers, comebacks and reinventions than most. Farmer, politician, government minister, bookmaker, broadcaster, podcaster and political commentator – he's done the lot. At…

  4. Today’s special? Marco Pierre White

    · 59 min

    You’ve probably seen that iconic black and white photo of Marco Pierre White – long hair, cigarette in mouth, in his chefs whites, and serious attitude in his expression. He was one of the first so-called 'rock star'…

  5. Sophie Morris- the woman taking on the food industry

    · 56 min

    Sophie Morris has become one of Ireland’s most influential voices on food, with more than 650,000 followers watching as she picks apart supermarket claims, exposes questionable marketing and recommends the products she…

  6. A for and against review of Trump’s whirlwind visit to Ireland

    · 56 min

    Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland last weekend certainly gave us plenty to talk about. In the space of 48 hours, he backed a united Ireland, promised to remove tariffs on Irish whiskey, met President Catherine Connolly,…

  7. Morning Guys! Just jumping on with D4 guy Rory O’Hanlon

    · 56 min

    It has only taken Rory O’Hanlon 20 years to become an overnight success. Having spent two decades grafting in comedy clubs, open-mic nights, and corporate gigs, it was a quick piece to camera in the persona of a…

  8. Better Late Late than never - Ryan Tubridy

    · 1 h 05 min

    Ryan Tubridy and I go back quite a long way. I appeared as his guest many times on The Late Late Show; I had enormous fun doing it and, as he admits on this episode, so did he. And as it happens, this very podcast was…

  9. Elaine Crowley talks white wine, mortgages and morning TV

    · 57 min

    Elaine Crowley was generous enough to join me in the studio to record this episode on her birthday! And we had so much fun. Elaine has finally bought her own home after years of renting, so we get into the madness of…

  10. Paul Williams on juvenile joyriders and the justice crisis

    · 47 min

    In all his years covering crime, Paul Williams says he has rarely, if ever, seen a public reaction to a story like this one. The horrific crash on the M9, involving a car carrying a group of teenage joyriders…

  11. Priest, Footballer, Missionary, Father – the extraordinary lives of Frank Diamond

    · 1 h 08 min

    Some people lead extraordinary lives, and Frank Diamond is certainly one of them. Growing up on a farm in South Derry with Gaelic football in his blood, Frank won an All-Ireland club medal with Lavey before taking his…

  12. Frances Black on family, fighting injustice, and memories of Glen Hansard

    · 58 min

    Frances Black is one of Ireland’s best-known singers, born into one of Ireland’s best-known musical dynasties. Nanci Griffith famously called her ‘the sweetest voice of Ireland. Frances also successfully reinvented…

  13. John Gibbons on wildfires, US climate policy and the renewables race

    · 58 min

    John Gibbons is one of Ireland’s most vocal climate commentators - he has a weekly slot on Matt Cooper’s Last Word on Today FM and his articles are regularly published across print and online media. He has also joined…

  14. How to write a bestseller (and crack Netflix) - Vicki Notaro

    · 47 min

    It was an email out of the blue from one of the world’s biggest book publishers that completely changed the course of Vicki Notaro’s career. Having spent over 15 years as a journalist and managing director of a…

  15. Survival, family secrets, and the search to belong

    · 54 min

    Paul Cullen is one of Ireland's best-known journalists, having spent more than 30 years at The Irish Times covering health, politics, education and public affairs. But despite having a successful career and a happy…

  16. Are Ireland’s drug laws actually working?

    · 58 min

    For decades, Hot Press has been at the centre of some of Ireland's most challenging conversations around drugs, consistently questioning whether criminalisation is the best way to tackle addiction, organised crime and…

  17. Mike Hanrahan: Stories from four decades at the heart of Irish music

    · 1 h 06 min

    Mike Hanrahan has spent over forty years writing, performing and championing Irish music. He spent fifteen years with Stockton's Wing, writing hits such as Beautiful affair and Over the Moors, which was the theme tune…

  18. Laughing with Lucy

    · 1 h 06 min

    Lucy Kennedy’s hit TV show ‘Living with Lucy’ has been a huge success and so much of that is down to Lucy’s disarmingly relaxed and authentic style of interviewing – in fact it doesn’t even really feel like an…

  19. Greg Allen on Rory McIlroy's rise, awkward interviews, and favourite sporting moments

    · 39 min

    My conversation with Greg Allen continues, with more great stories and sports insights in this episode. Greg has spent over 40 years covering golf and athletics on RTE, and in this part of our chat he shares early…

  20. Greg Allen - A life in sport

    · 1 h 00 min

    Greg Allen joined RTE’s sports department over 40 years ago and he intentionally decided to focus on two sports that weren’t particularly widely covered, so that he could develop a niche for himself and make his mark.…

  21. Jack L on why AI will make us want to hear more mistakes and see more live gigs

    · 1 h 09 min

    Ever since he was a kid, all Jack Lukeman (aka Jack L) wanted to do was to write and perform music - and he has managed to make a very long and successful career out of it, with multi-platinum selling albums and…

  22. Craig Doyle on playing with Maradona, presenting with Holly Willoughby, and THAT viral Geoff Parling video!

    · 43 min

    This is the second part of my chat with Craig Doyle, and we’ve kept some of his best stories for this episode. Craig talks about how ITV’s This Morning survived the Phillip Schofield saga, the time when he played…

  23. Craig Doyle – the highs and lows of a TV career

    · 50 min

    If you ask Chat GPT about Craig Doyle, one of the things it will say is: Craig gives off “good bloke who accidentally wandered into television and stayed there” energy. And when I put this to Craig he didn’t disagree!…

  24. Nazis, war, and trauma – I learn a lot more about my family history

    · 29 min

    A couple of episodes back Gerry Mullins told me the fascinating story of Jonathon swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels, which is still by far the most successful book ever published by an Irish author. It was full of…

  25. Where does The Late Late Show go from here?

    · 1 h 07 min

    Did you know that RTE’s Late Late Show is longest running chat show in TV history? For over 60 years it has been an institution in Ireland - entertaining huge audiences, reflecting societal changes, challenging the…

  26. Linda Martin – douze points!

    · 1 h 04 min

    She’s one of Ireland's hardest working and best-known performers, and her honesty and sense of humour is an absolute tonic, making Linda Martin a great podcast guest. Linda started singing professionally when she was…

  27. Jonathon Swift – Ireland’s original satirist

    · 46 min

    You’ve heard of the book Gulliver’s Travels, but did you know that it’s by far the most successful book ever published by an Irish author? And that it contained such dangerous political commentary that Jonathon Swift…

  28. Dermot Bannon peaks inside the homes of Joanne McNally, Vogue Williams, Andrew Porter…

    · 1 h 03 min

    What does your home reveal about you? Celebrity architect Dermot Bannon’s new show, Celebrity Super Spaces, brings us inside the front doors of well-known people where we learn something different about them. Because I…

  29. Russell 'The Voice' Watson - from Working Men's clubs to the World stage

    · 57 min

    Russell Watson and Gary Barlow have something in common – they both started their careers in Workingmen’s clubs across northern England, playing to audiences that were very hard to win over. They other quality they…

  30. Would Bruce Springsteen make it big today? (and more great insights from a hit songwriter)

    · 41 min

    I just love talking about music and songwriting, so when I had the chance to interview Grammy-nominated singer songwriter, RuthAnne Cunningham, it was never going to be a short conversation! So we divided out our chat…

  31. Inside the world of a Grammy-nominated hit songwriter

    · 52 min

    RuthAnne Cunnigham has written songs for some of the world’s biggest performers, including Niall Horan, Britney Spears, Westlife, Niall Horan, Martin Garrix and One direction. She is a Grammy-nominated singer-song…

  32. We need to talk about Roy (Keane)

    · 57 min

    Ireland has produced a lot of sporting greats, but none quite like Roy Keane. He’s not just a footballer, or a pundit, or even a national obsession at this stage, he’s practically a genre of Irish conversation. And…

  33. The greatest football manager you’ve probably never heard of

    · 57 min

    I am a huge football fan, and I love the history of football too. I’m fascinated by the best players we’ve had the privilege of watching over the years, my all-time favourite being Diego Maradona , and also by the…

  34. Karl Deeter and Larissa Nolan talk Tourette’s, OCD and the BBC

    · 51 min

    Larissa Nolan, who you may know from previous episodes of the show, got in touch the other day about a story that she really wanted to talk about, and she wanted Karl Deeter , another friend of the show, to join the…

  35. Ireland’s most iconic Panto Dame? Oh yes he is!!

    · 59 min

    Joe Conlon first walked on to the stage of the Gaiety Theatre at the age of 13 and he knew immediately that that’s where he wanted to be. Fast forward to today and Joe has become synonymous with Panto and theatre in…

  36. Brian Kennedy – ‘Dancing with the Scars’

    · 59 min

    I have to say that I was genuinely moved by Brian Kennedy’s recent appearance on RTE’s Dancing with the Stars. In the last few years Brian has really been through the ringer - he has had cancer, a massive heart attack,…

  37. How to Achieve Financial Freedom, with Eoin McGee

    · 1 h 03 min

    Eoin McGee is one of Ireland’s best-known financial advisors, he’s also a TV presenter and an author. His latest book is called 'How to Achieve Financial Freedom – create enough wealth to stop working’ in which he…

  38. Is Technology Killing Creativity? (And how to stop it)

    · 1 h 03 min

    Joan Mulvihill has been a regular voice on all things tech for years– she was CEO of the Irish Internet Association, before working in Siemens for many years, and she was involved in a number of other tech-related…

  39. Mark Little on big tech, AI’s impact, and nostalgia for simpler times

    · 58 min

    Mark Little has always been a few steps ahead, especially when it comes to technology and social media. He spent years at RTÉ, then made a jump that looked risky at the time (but turned out to be seriously smart) to…

  40. REPOST: How dogs saved my life – Niall Harbison

    · 59 min

    While we’re on a short break we’re going back in to the vaults and replaying a couple of our most listened-to episodes of 2025 – enjoy! Niall Harbison was a very successful entrepreneur in Ireland, setting up and…

  41. REPOST: Nicola Tallant on why she chose a life in crime

    · 1 h 05 min

    While we’re on our short Christmas and New Year break we’re going back in to the vaults and replaying a couple of our most listened-to episodes of 2025 – enjoy! As far as careers go, crime journalism is up there with…

  42. Mixed Up: An Irish boy’s journey to belonging

    · 1 h 02 min

    Leon Diop is the founder of the Black and Irish advocacy group, he’s a podcaster, and he’s the author of two books – the latest of which is a memoir called Mixed Up: An Irish boy’s journey to belonging. Leon is…

  43. Part 2 of Marion McKeone: Trump’s intelligence, Robert F Kennedy’s ruthlessness, Olivia Nuzzi’s Facetime affair, and Jeffrey Epstein’s death.

    · 41 min

    If you enjoyed part 1 of my chat with Marion McKeone, you're going to LOVE part 2. This time we get stuck into some of the key characters in the crazy story that is the USA today – characters like Robert F Kennedy…

  44. An insider's view of U.S Politics: Fear, Access, and the Press - with Marion McKeone

    · 39 min

    Marion McKeone is one of Ireland’s best known journalists and commentators on the United States. She has been on Matt Cooper’s Last Word US slot, alongside Cal Thomas, every week for years now and her columns appear…

  45. Now you see him...its Keith Barry!

    · 59 min

    Keith Barry has been on our stages and screens for 25 years and he been all over the world performing his mentalism in all sorts of situations, including on the sets of Hollywood movies and in the homes of famous…

  46. Russell Howard talks comedy tours, TV shows and tough audiences

    · 57 min

    I’ve been watching Russell Howard on tv for years. He was a regular fixture on the hugely popular comedy show Mock the Week, he’s had Netflix specials, and of course his standup clips are all over social media. So Ive…

  47. The inside track on the ruthless world of elite athletics

    · 1 h 02 min

    David Gillick is one of Ireland’s most successful athletes. He’s a track and field sprinter, a two time European champion and has set national records , some of which he still holds to this day. When it comes to…

  48. How to have a healthy mind

    · 1 h 07 min

    Dr Harry Barry is a medical doctor with a particular interest in mental health, and what lies behind the conditions that so many of us are familiar with, such as anxiety and panic attacks, phobias, depression, toxic…

  49. In bed with Mattress Mick

    · 49 min

    Michael Flynn, aka Mattress Mick, has a great story to tell – he’s a true entrepreneur at heart and thrives off the cut and thrust of business. He runs a very successful company now, but this wasn’t always the case -…

  50. It’s the Rock ‘n’ Roll Kid himself, Paul Harrington!

    · 1 h 03 min

    He’s one of Ireland’s big Eurovision success stories, he has a weekly slot on Newstalk’s Pat Kenny Show called 'The Lyric’s the Thing', and he’s got some brilliant behind-the-scenes celebrity stories from the heyday of…

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