Multi award winning documentaries from Ireland and beyond telling real life stories. With over 1,800 documentaries on offer, the Documentary On One Podcast has the largest archive of documentaries available in the world, dating as far back as 1954, right up to the present day. Winner of over 400 national and international awards. Producer of podcast series 'Where is Jón?', ‘The Real Carrie Jade’, 'Runaway Joe', 'Finding Samantha', 'Tiger Roll', 'GunPlot' and 'The Nobody Zone'. Immerse yourself in a world of sound, story and character.
The Celtic Tiger wasn't all about making money and looking after No.1. There were some Irish people who made it their business to go around picking up other people's litter, as this report by Ronan Kelly from 2009 shows. (Short audio RTE Radio, Ireland) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Are the Irish still going on about Saipan 10 yrs later? Of course we are. Go down any street, into any pub and the whole Mick McCarthy vs Roy Keane row is ready to be debated. They may have moved on but have we? Ten years is a bit soon. A humourous listen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A spoof caller, "Mr. Scully" with Gay Byrne on holidaying at home and why Brazil's soccer team were 'ballerinos'. We think this may be from 1973, Prescott's sponsored programme. (An audio short from RTE Radio, Ireland.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
20 years after the release of Ireland's best selling home-grown album 'A Woman's Heart', Kiara Murphy explores the effect this one album had on three generations of Irish women. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the deep night a public phone box rings. It could be Margate in England, the Florida Everglades or a tiny town in New Zealand. But who will pick up? And will this complete stranger share their life under the cloak of darkness? (A BBC Radio 4 production) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Whimsy of W's: shooting Weirs, Watching grass grow, Writing in stone, hanging out the Washing and Whistling. A series of random activities joined by only by the letter W. (A short audio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
15 retired teachers from Ireland embark on a trip of a lifetime, as they travel to West Africa to bring over 500 years of teaching experience into the classrooms of The Gambia. A story of old life and new life, of hope, experience and a shared education. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brian Gallagher's mother, Mona, loves dancing. Her heydey was during The Emergency. It was a time of clothes rationing and when a man could complain if you refused a dance. Then, there's the great music. (A short radio documentary from RTE, Ireland) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Will it sink? 100 years after 14 villagers left to travel on The Titanic, Lahardane, Co. Mayo, gets ready to commemorate the disaster. (An Irish audio documentary for RTE Radio, Ireland.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
100 years after Bram Stoker's death, DIT graduate, Fergal Browne finds the Irish influences on the "Dracula" story. (A short Irish audio documentary for RTE Radio Ireland.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Have you ever thought about what goes on behind the scenes when you stay at a hotel? This is the story of a day in the life of one Irish hotel - the Central Hotel in Dublin - now in its 125th year. Stories of poker bets, memorable guests and lots lots more See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
50 years ago, Cork farmer, Dan Joe Kelleher, was helping RTE erect a TV transmitter on a nearby mountain. It gave him an idea: Why not erect his own transmitter and set up his own local station? Welcome to LTV Macroom. (From 2006 on RTE Radio, Ireland) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jerusalem was a scene of sadness this week. In poignant contrast, a joyful visit to the city: 13-year old Irish boy, Coby Baker, went there to make his Bar Mitzvah....and to get sweets thrown at the back of his head. (RTE Radio Ireland documentary) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How a 'joke' helped free a man from the racism of the U.S. Navy. The remarkable story of Lanier Phillips who survived a shipwreck and prejudice. He died last week and his story is told by Chris Brookes. (Battery Radio documentary for RTE, Ireland.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In 1984, the first TV reports from the famine in Ethiopia in Africa aired. They had a profound effect on the nuns of The Little Sisters of the Assumption. As trained nurses, they decided to go and help. Although surrounded by great death and sorrow, the sisters felt a bond with the people and learned from them. (First Broadcast 1990) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
LARPing is a new 'sport'. Live Action Role-playing. Participants pretend to be mythical creatures the like of which you'd find in 'Lord Of The Rings'. Sounds crazy but suspend your scepticism and enjoy Robert McDonald's feature. (Audio documentary RTE) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Irishman, Les Dougan, worked as an emergency operator in Melbourne when, in 2008, radio producer, Kyla Brettle, eavesdropped on the kinds of calls he and his colleagues took. A tense, sometimes distressing listen. (ABC Radio on RTE Radio Ireland) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We go in search of the truth behind one of Ireland's worst maritime disasters, the sinking of the St Patrick Vessel. A cross channel passenger ferry on the Rosslare-Fishguard route which was targeted by the German Air Force during World War Two, resulting in the death of 30 people. (2012) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
He's a former Jesuit, former hotelier, an art lover, gay, contracted HiV - what more can be said? Lots. (A short Irish audio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pearse Hutchinson was a fiercely interesting man with hundreds of stories to tell. He spent his life as a translator, a poet, a broadcaster and a writer - travelling around the world from the 1950's onwards. He passed away on January 14th 2012. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
An Irishman in San Francisco who relaxes from selling broccoli by going out and recording ordinary people with extraordinary stories: like the woman who makes erotic Barbies or the man who was the Naughty Santa. (An audio documentary - RTE Radio Ireland) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why move to a rock in the ocean? Cape Clear Island, the most southerly inhabited part of Ireland, is home to Chuck and Nell Kruger. 20 yrs ago they moved to the island to write, to host a storytelling festival and to become part of one pretty large family See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dublin poet, Colm Keegan, lived in a Ballymun tower block until he was 5 years of age. Despite that young age, he has vivid memories of the place. While the towers were being demolished, Colm brought reporter Daniel Carroll along for a visit to his past. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In 2006, three people died tragically in the Dublin suburb of Firhouse. The media were criticised for distressing the local people with its behaviour; what actually happened was more nuanced. (A short Irish documentary from Ronan Kelly, RTE Radio Ireland). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In 1968, writer John Healy published a work that made Charlestown, Co. Mayo famous: "No One Shouted Stop: Death of an Irish Town". In 2007, to gauge the economic life of the town, RTE Radio reported on a day in the life of a local petrol station. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The priest who married a man to his dead fiancée....and other stories on the wedding bus from Manchester to Galway. (A short Irish documentary from RTE Radio Ireland - 2006) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The story of an unsung hero. Today, Irishman Carson Harte still battles the legacy of the Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge Regime years after the wars are over. His aim? To get the wounded back on their feet in the most mined country in the world, Cambodia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
They're just little computers that sit on the dashboard to tell you where you're going. Except there's more: they have voices and irritating, intimidating 'personalities'. (A short Irish documentary from RTE Radio Ireland and ABC Radio Australia) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hate Valentine's Day? You'll love this: a student doc. on romantic break-ups. Ice-cream and a duvet...or laughing it off with the lads? Find out how the Irish like to leave a lover. (A short Irish documentary from Domhnall Marnell for RTE Radio Ireland). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In recent years, record numbers from the Republic of Ireland have joined the British army. Why? We join the 'Royal Irish' as they fight the 'War on Terror' against the Taliban - in one of the most dangerous places on earth - Helmand Province, Afghanistan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
