A road trip with Sinéad O’Connor
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The Washington Post
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🗓️ 18 August 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
When legendary musician Sinéad O’Connor died, arts reporter Geoff Edgers was crushed. He’d spent time with her in 2020 as she relaunched her career. Today on the show, we share moments from that time and Geoff’s reflections on her legacy.
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Read Geoff’s essay about his road trip with Sinéad O’Connor and his profile from 2020.
A previous version of this episode incorrectly stated the year Sinéad O’Connor’s son Shane died. It was 2022, not 2020. The audio has been corrected.
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| 0:00.0 | Just a heads up, today's episode mentioned suicide. |
| 0:03.8 | If you or someone you know needs help, visit 988 Lifeline.org or call or text the Suicide |
| 0:09.7 | and Crisis Lifeline at 988. |
| 0:13.8 | In February of 2020, I was driving a rental car along the coast to California. |
| 0:19.1 | The videographer for the post was in the back seat and Shenato Connor was next to me riding |
| 0:23.9 | shotgun. |
| 0:24.9 | She was rolling a joint. |
| 0:27.2 | I've sipped it, so for fuck's sake, don't let it fall. |
| 0:29.9 | Okay, I'm holding it, okay? |
| 0:31.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:32.4 | I was working on a profile about her and she decided to ride with me between gigs rather |
| 0:37.0 | than fly with her band. |
| 0:38.5 | It's not like we were close, I think it was so she could smoke. |
| 0:43.3 | She didn't love to smoke and swear and I should warn you now, you can hear a lot of beeps |
| 0:49.0 | in this episode. |
| 0:50.0 | When do you have to give this car back? |
| 0:52.4 | Uh, tonight? |
| 0:53.4 | Oh really? |
| 0:54.4 | You're giving it back tonight? |
| 0:55.4 | I don't know why I thought you were going back to f***ing somewhere in it. |
| 0:59.4 | No, I, uh... |
| 1:00.4 | It's going to be a cleanly fee, which I'll pay. |
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