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An Irishman Abroad

Eddie Jordan: A Life Less Ordinary

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This week businessman, broadcast and motorsports legend Eddie Jordan joined Jarlath for a one of a kind conversation about his life, career and charity The Amber Foundation.  Eddie discusses the art of motivation, the key to spotting talent like Ayrton Senna and how he takes care of his mind and body these days. Eddie speaks about his dismay over this week’s report on mother and baby homes and his unpopular view that he was 'deserving' of the corporal punishment that he received while in a Christian Brothers school. From being a 'real nasty bastard' in sealing negotiations to detailing the important work of his charity Amber, his role as a sort of spy in the Lewis Hamilton/Mercedes deal, who he believes to be the best driver of his era and much more, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss. Click here for more information on The Amber Foundation: http://www.amberweb.org/ To hear each episode in full every single week and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 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 this extract from my conversation with Eddie Jordan for the Irishman Abroad Podcast.

0:09.0

My name is Jarleth Riegan, I'm your host. We've been creating this show for the last seven, maybe eight years.

0:16.0

And for most of that time, I've been chasing Eddie Jordan in the hope that he would have this conversation

0:21.2

with me.

0:21.8

Well, we got there this week.

0:23.4

Eddie Jordan is on the show.

0:24.9

Thanks to our researcher, John Marr, for finding a way of getting to Eddie and persuading

0:30.9

him to do this conversation.

0:32.8

To hear the entire conversation, head over to patreon.com forward slash irishman abroad a couple of clicks later

0:39.4

you'll have access to our full back catalog that's hundreds of hours of conversations

0:44.4

with sporting legends political figures musicians writers you name it everyone's been on there

0:52.9

the archive is hundreds of episodes and includes our spin-off series,

0:57.4

Irishman in America with Marion McKeown, which has been extraordinary over the last six months.

1:02.1

And of course, a running podcast with Sonia O'Sullivan on a Tuesday, Irishman running abroad.

1:08.1

Well, in that podcast, I'm attempting to run 2,000 kilometers in the

1:11.6

space of 12 months in aid of our chosen charity partner jigsaw.a.e. An incredible Irish charity,

1:18.8

aiming to equip young people in Ireland with the mental health skills they'll need to survive

1:22.9

this pandemic and life itself. Not everyone has people to lean on, particularly young people.

1:28.5

They need access to content, services, phone lines and people who can help them with the difficult

1:35.5

questions through this, the hard times.jigsaw.a.e have been saving lives across this pandemic.

1:42.2

If you can afford to kick in some money over there at jigsaw.i.e

1:46.4

or support the Irishman running abroad challenge at Idonate.com.

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