Magnified with Matt Cooper
Matt Cooper
A podcast hosted by Matt Cooper featuring intimate, in-depth and insightful interviews with guests from across the worlds of entertainment, business, sports, politics and more. Audiences are long familiar with Matt’s skill as an interviewer through his radio and TV work. Now for the first time, his podcast offers him (and his guests) the opportunity to chat more personally than we’ve heard before. It’s a Matt Cooper interview, magnified.
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Sep 12, 2022 • 1h 18min
Paul Howard Is Magnified
Matt is joined by his former Sunday Tribune colleague Paul Howard for this edition of Magnified. Best known now for the Ross O'Carroll Kelly series of novels, his varied career has seen him navigate a path from Sports journalism to writing for TV and musicals.
Sep 8, 2022 • 49min
Miriam O' Callaghan is Magnified
In this edition Matt is joined for a special live show at Electric Picnic 2022 by Ireland's best known current affairs presenter Miriam O' Callaghan to discuss her fictional face cream business, her career in broadcasting and whether she has presidential ambitions.
Sep 6, 2022 • 1h 25min
John Stapleton Is Magnified
John Stapleton has created and grown food business in the UK and US and has learned from Success and failure. Now a business mentor, he talks to Matt about getting the bits into fresh soup, why he's investing in vertical farming and how Ireland could become a bigger player in the food industry.
Aug 29, 2022 • 58min
Dearbhla Walsh Is Magnified
On this episode, Matt is joined by Award Winning film and television director Dearbhla Walsh as she discusses her work on the new Apple TV series 'Bad Sisters' and other shows such as 'Fargo', 'The Tudors' and 'Little Dorrit'
Aug 24, 2022 • 1h 11min
Eamon Ryan is Magnified
On this edition Matt Cooper is joined by Green Party Leader and Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan. In a lengthy discussion they touch on energy security, the green agenda and the party's future in government.
Aug 15, 2022 • 1h 11min
Terry Prone Is Magnified
Telling truth to politicians, preparing them for broadcast, writing under pseudonyms
in fiction and non-fiction and her marriage to ex-priest Tom Savage are just some of the topics covered in this edition of Magnified with Terry Prone. And the small matter of how she inadvertently brought down Charlie Haughey.
Aug 5, 2022 • 40min
Matt's Holiday Edition
As Matt heads away for a short summer break, we'll be revisiting some of his favourite interviews on the podcast to date.
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Jul 26, 2022 • 51min
The man (not) behind the Wire with Martin O’Malley
Donald Trump. Hilary Clinton. Joe Biden. Gun control in the US. Treating immigrants properly. David Simon, creator of the Wire, and his portrayal of Baltimore. Making music with Shane McGowan. The Global Economic Forum for Mayo in 2023. The former Mayor of Baltimore and Governor of Maryland Martin O’Malley tells all.
Jul 19, 2022 • 56min
Ship ahoy with Mary McKenna
The role of the travel agent. Overcoming 9/11, recession and Covid impacts on the business. A near death experience in a car accident and the impact of her father’s death at a young age. The importance of marketing during a downturn. The founder and chief executive of Tour America, Mary McKenna, joins us.
Jul 12, 2022 • 1h 20min
Building high with Brian Moran
The developer’s tale. Build to rent. One bedroom apartments. Planning permissions. The future for shopping centres and retail. Interaction with politicians. Delays and costs. The new look old Central Bank on Dame Street. Hines Ireland boss Brian Moran provides a rare insight into the thinking of foreign property investors in Ireland.
