The Selection Box - The Irishman Abroad Recommendations Podcast: Episode 2

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This month, the Irishman Abroad's recommendations podcast The Selection Box is back by popular demand! If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the amount of content out there, if you’ve ever felt like you’re forever scrolling but never finding what you should be listening to, watching or reading, The Section Box is the podcast for you. First up, the one and only Tom Dunne selects the defining tracks of 2020 and points you to the music you might have missed. After that, award-winning Irish author and Sunday Times arts writer Eithne Shortall selects the absolute best books of the year as well as some fantastic “Mom gift” recommendations. Rory Cashin (Entertainment writer at lovin.ie) and Eoghan Doherty (movies and TV at JOE) trawl through all platforms to find the movies and shows that are a must watch this Christmas. To close, Úna-Minh Kavanagh takes a look at technology addiction, the gaming industry and also discusses being one of the rare few in possession of the PS5. This is just a taster. To hear this episode in full 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 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	Well, the end of the year is nearly upon us and let's face that this year, more than any year, feels like there's just been too much to watch, too much to read, too much to listen to and buy yet. How many times are you finding yourself attempting to buy gifts for people or sitting on the couch not knowing
0:21.8	what to watch, what to buy? Scrolling through your phone with no clue anymore of what is good
0:28.7	and what is worth giving your time to. Well, all this choice is overwhelming and as I've said
0:34.9	before, it produces an anxiety in me and that's why I've created
0:39.3	this podcast from the Irish Man Abroad podcast network this is the selection box the new
0:45.0	monthly podcast where I and our team of experts shift shift and sift through the junk that's
0:52.5	out there so that you don't have to.
0:55.6	From here on and from last month on,
0:58.1	we've become, for a lot of people,
1:00.0	the one-stop shop for recommendations on everything from TV series,
1:03.7	film, books, albums, podcasts, apps, gadgets and gizmos.
1:09.3	Got to go into Pat Kenny there.
1:11.9	And later in the show, we will have all of these brilliant contributors,
1:16.2	Aetna Short Hall on books, movies and TV with Rory Cashnan, Owen Daugherty,
1:21.3	and Una Mincavana on tech.
1:23.7	And to hear those conversations in full, you'll get a snippet here now.
1:28.1	Come on over to patreon.com forward slash Irishman abroad.
1:32.0	Get all the recommendations and all the fun of these chats in one place.
1:37.0	But to kick things off, we have the one and only.
1:40.5	Tom Dunn is here.
1:42.1	Tom, how are you this week?
1:44.1	I'm very well indeed. That's an absolutely
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