Meet Your Maker

Rosemary Mac Cabe's first book - This Is Not About You - is a life story in a series of love stories. On today's episode she sits down for a conversation on how to write a very personal book. You can order a copy from Easons, Kenny's and all good book shops. www.meetyourmaker.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In writer/director Robbie Banfitch's found footage film The Outwaters - four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert. In this episode Liam chats to Robbie about making the film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Doc and his dog Sprocket from Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock are two of the most beloved characters on television. On this episode we tell the story of the actor who played Doc - Gerry Parkes. We look at his journey from Dublin to Canada through theatre, film & TV with a little help from his family and co-star Steve Whitmire - puppeteer of Sprocket and Kermit the Frog. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A sculpture of an Irish fairy creature leads to trouble in a small town. Meet Your Maker is produced & hosted by Liam Geraghty. Theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Additional music in this episode was by Blue Dot Sessions. www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker Meet Your Maker is a founding member of The Warren - the home of great Irish podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Irish cartoonist Luke Healy grew up obsessed with America and goes in search of the American experience on a 147-day, 2660-mile-long hike across the Pacific Crest Trail. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Meet Your Maker is produced & hosted by Liam Geraghty. Theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Additional music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions and Louie Zong. www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker Meet Your Member is a founding member of The Warren - the home of great Irish podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cartoon Saloon founders Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey and Paul Young tell the story of the Kilkenny animation studio behind Oscar nominated films The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner and now Wolfwalkers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Global pop sensation CMAT on launching her music during a pandemic, living with her grandparents and taking inspiration from Rodney Dangerfield. www.meetyourmaker.ie   Support the show at: www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just as he was poised to take over from Disney's Nine Old Men Don Bluth defected, set up a rival company and moved it to Ireland in the 80s. There he created animated classics like An American Tail, The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go to Heaven and helped kick start the Irish animation industry. Support Meet Your Maker: www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker Produced and hosted by Liam Geraghty www.liamgeraghty.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A chat with a poet, an artist, a cartoonist and an illustrator about creativity during Covid. www.meetyourmaker.ie Support the show: www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker Twitter: www.twitter.com/meetyourmakerie This weeks guests are: Poet Emily S. Cooper in Donegal. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Emily_S_Cooper Illustrator, designer and book author Charlot Kristensen's graphic novel What We Don't Talk About is available for pre-order at Avery Hill Publishing: https://averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com/product/what-we-don-t-talk-about-by-charlot-kristensen Charlot's website is: https://charlotkristensen.com/ Artist Mick Minogue's website is https://www.mickminoguemadethis.com/ and you can order SWP (Suprise - Woodcut - Post) from his Instagram: www.instagram.com/mickminogue Cartoonist Chelsea Akpan's website is https://thankscocoa.com/ and is @thankscocoa on Twitter & Instagram If you enjoy this little culture podcast from Ireland please leave a review or give the show a shout out. Thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you make a TV show during a pandemic? The classic Jim Henson children's series Fraggle Rock has returned with all new episodes shot entirely from home. We speak to puppeteers Dave Goelz, Karen Prell and John Tartaglia about returning to Fraggle Rock and shooting on iPhone. Dave Goelz is a puppeteer who performs Gonzo the Great, Bunsen Honeydew, Beauregard, Zoot, Boober Fraggle and many other characters from The Muppet Show, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth. Karen Prell performs Red Fraggle, Yolanda Rat and many other characters on Sesame Street, Dreamchild, The Animal Show and The Muppets Take Manhattan. John Tartaglia performs Gobo Fraggle and many other characters on Dog City, Bear in the Big Blue House and Elmo the Musical. He also performed in the original cast of Avenue Q. Fraggle Rock: Rock On! is available on Apple TV now and features guests like Alanis Morissette, Common, Jason Mraz, Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffany Haddish, and Ziggy Marley. If you enjoyed this episode you might like these Muppet related episodes of Meet Your Maker: Louise Gold on working on The Muppet Show: https://meetyourmaker.ie/episodes/as-good-as-gold-s1!a238f A behind the scenes look of the Netflix series Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance with director Louis Leterrier, puppeteers Louise Gold and Damien Farrell and author Caseen Gaines: https://meetyourmaker.ie/episodes/cracking-the-crystal-s1!7e876 Writer Ed Valentine on how to get to Sesame Street: https://meetyourmaker.ie/episodes/sesame-street-s1!9c795 You'll find more episodes on www.meetyourmaker.ie Meet Your Maker is produced and hosted by Liam Geraghty in Dublin, Ireland. Meet Your Maker is a founding member of The Warren - the home of great Irish podcasts. www.thewarren.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Throughout COVID19 one video game has been helping people get through all this - Animal Crossing. www.meetyourmaker.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Often called the founding father of Irish animation, Jimmy Murakami was behind some of the most iconic animation of all time from The Snowman to When the Wind Blows not to mention his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Support Meet Your Maker on www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker www.meetyourmaker.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pioneer of Irish animation Aidan Hickey on cut out animation, Bosco and dental surgeries... Part 2 of Animation Island - a new mini-series from Meet Your Maker that tells the story of the Irish animation industry. Support the show: www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Animation Island is a new mini-series from Meet Your Maker that tells the story of the Irish animation industry. Episode 1 explores Walt Disney's links to Ireland, the oldest surviving piece of Irish animation and one of the first animators in Ireland - Gunther Wulff. Support the show: www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ian builds a board game to save his kids from boredom on holidays but it doesn't exactly go according to plan...   Join the Meet Your Maker Patreon today!   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 90's Lucasfilm did something very odd. They created a new Star Wars film complete with action figures, soundtrack and video game - everything except the film itself. This is the story of Shadows of the Empire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet Your Maker is a proud founding member of The Warren - Ireland's newest podcast network and home to some of the most remarkable and innovative podcasts in the country. In this special episode we meet the creators behind The Warren's podcasts. You'll find them all on www.thewarren.ie www.meetyourmaker.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author Deirdre Sullivan on why making things is not a straight line.   www.meetyourmaker.ie   Meet Your Maker is a founding member of The Warren - the home of great Irish podcasts. Take a look here: www.thewarren.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we sit down to talk to disgruntled North Dublin anti-folk pop merchant Big Monster Love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We go behind the scenes of the new Netflix series Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance with director Louis Leterrier, puppeteers Louise Gold and Damien Farrell and author Caseen Gaines.   www.meetyourmaker.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.