Alan Corcoran: Embracing Freedom

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On a weekend when Ireland tasted freedom for the first time in a long time, today’s guest seems particularly appropriate. Alan Corcoran knows a thing or two about embracing the opportunities that life presents you with even when it seems like there is only darkness ahead. While studying abroad Alan received devastating news from home. It’s a moment we all dread as emigrants. Ordered to stay and finish his exams rather than return to support his family, Alan hatched a plan. 35 marathons in 35 consecutive days. For an experienced runner it would seem daft to take on such a challenge. For someone like Alan, with no marathon experience whatsoever, it seemed like self-destruction. And yet he did it and raised thousands for his chosen charity. He didn’t stop there. Here for the first time he talks to Jarlath about his journey, the book he has written and self-published about the experience and film he made about the next challenge - swimming the length of Ireland. If you’re at all nervous about getting out there and engaging with your new freedom. Listen to this chat. To support his kickstarter to fund the final phase of the film’s creation visit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1616467730/unsinkable-a-500-kilometre-irish-sea-swim-for-charity. To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 600 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Supplementary research provided by John Meagher. Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of an Irish man abroad with me, Jarleth Regan.
0:06.8	Well, what a momentous weekend this has been.
0:10.4	A big shout out to everybody back home in Ireland, enjoying that new freedom that you've just been given.
0:18.5	I've never seen such a change in the dialogue of a country in the space
0:22.9	of 48 hours, everything changed and everybody is just feeling a little more hopeful and optimistic
0:30.3	about the future. And in that way, it's appropriate that Alan Corcoran is our guest today.
0:41.5	He is a one-of-a a kind guy who is all about embracing freedom and embracing the opportunities that life presents you with, no matter how far
0:47.7	out there the concepts may seem. But before we get to Alan, we have a little something special starting on Irish
0:57.4	Man Abroad this Monday. Even without the challenges the last two years, raising your kids not
1:04.7	to be gobshights is exceptionally hard. I think we can all agree. I don't know anyone who doesn't
1:10.5	need a little bit of help. I don't know anyone who doesn't need a little bit of help.
1:11.8	I don't know anyone who wouldn't feel a little bit better hearing what other people are
1:16.6	dealing with. So here we are. The first ever episode of Honey, you're ruining our kid, the parenting
1:22.9	podcast from an Irish man abroad.
1:28.0	Children are so smart.
1:29.9	If they know there's nappies in the house, they're not going to try.
1:33.0	If you're going to toilet train your child, get rid of the nappies.
1:37.0	We are struggling to get our 20-month-old to eat anything that isn't pasta and bolognese.
1:49.0	You know when your child is lying.
1:51.0	And how do you get them to be honest without sharing them with all the Catholic guilt we were raised?
1:57.0	Sleep when your baby sleeps.
2:07.4	What human can fall asleep for 20 seconds and nap for 30 minutes every two hours?
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