The Cure Podcast
Cultivating conversations for mind, body and soul.
Episodes
35 episodes
Heat Waves
Hello lovely listeners, in this episode we tackle a subject we have been getting loads of requests to cover: yoga. We are joined by Kate McNamara, owner and teacher at Hot Yoga Cork (hotyogacork.ie) who tells us how she fell in love with yoga a...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:15:02
I've Gotta Be Me Part 2
In the second episode of our two parter with Conor Hammersley, he tells us about his research in Ireland and the United States on rural masculinity. Conor describes the challenges facing male farmers and farming families today. He helps us to u...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:14:36
I've Gotta Be Me Part 1
This episode sets a new record for the Cure Podcast, as for the first time we interview a sibling of a previous guest. We loved our conversation about stammering and resilience with Timmy Hammersley way back in series 1. This week we talk to hi...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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54:49
Screenage Dirtbag
Hello friends of the Cure Podcast! After an unexpectedly long break we are delighted to be back talking all things related to health and wellbeing, and learning from our wonderful guests. We have a super episode to open Season 3. We talk ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:33:29
To be young, gifted and black.
In this weeks show we chat to Stefan Okunbor.Stefan is currently a member of the Kerry Senior football panel. He speaks very openly about his experiences of growing up black in Ireland, racism, his travels to Australia to peruse an AFL ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:09:07
Love is all around us.
In this episode we are talking about the psychology of online dating with Cyber psychologist Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton.Nicola is a lecturer in applied psychology and cyberpsychology in the Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT). He...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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1:15:44
Bittersweet
We are back after a short break. In this episode we chat all things poetry with the wonderful Mary Kennelly. Mary shares her journey through poetry and why she has written her most recent book. It is a lovely personal story about l...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:12:03
Insane in the membrane
In this weeks episode we talk all things the brain and alzheimer's disease.Professor Marina Lynch is a leading expert in the area of brain health and the role inflammation has on the brain. She discusses her work and gives some simple t...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:03:08
Hot N Cold
In this episode we talk to Dr Susanna Soeberg who talks us through her research on hot and cold exposure and why this approach is beneficial.Susanna describes the impact of this practice on physical and mental well-being, and discuss th...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:01:21
Technologic
In this weeks show we talk all things Artificial intelligence with Professor Barry O Sullivan.Barry is an award-winning academic working in the fields of artificial intelligence, constraint programming, prescriptive analytics (ope...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:10:11
If I could turn back time.
We are joined in this episode by the wonderful Prof Rose Anne Kenny from St James Hospital. Prof Kenny is a leading doctor in the medicine of aging and a founding investigator of the influential Irish study on aging, TILDA. She is also the auth...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:01:01
Better Days
After a little R&R we are back to chat all about the lost art of Convalescence.We tend to talk a lot about treatment of illness and injuries, but as a society have we forgotten the importance of recovery? Convalescence used to be a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:02:57
Bi Ophelia
Today’s episode is all about the benefits of time spent in green spaces (such as woodlands, parks and gardens) for our physical health, mental health and even for our society. We speak to Dr Eoin Lettice: plant scientist, lecturer and environme...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:12:46
Hungry Eyes.
In our latest episode we talk to Diarmuid Duggan, dietitian manager at Bon Secours Hospital Cork. Diarmuid specialises in the areas of cancer and obesity disease and he shares his unique insights into these two disease areas and how diet can im...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:23:10
Eye of the Tiger
Today’s episode is a story of true grit, resilience in the face of adversity, and the importance of human connections. We chat to rugby player Ian McKinley, who suffered a devastating eye injury forcing him to retire from rugby at the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:01:46
Changes
In this episode we take a deep dive into unfamiliar territory for us guys: the menopause. Luckily we have an expert to guide us in the form of Dr Caoimhe Hartley. Caoimhe is an expert in women’s health and founder of the Menopause ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:14:50
Throw it in reverse.
Type 2 Diabetes is a global health problem, on the rise not just in adults but in children also. In this episode we talk to Professor Roy Taylor, one of the world’s leading experts in this disease. Roy clarifies that whole type 2 D...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:14:22
Pumped up kidz
In this weeks show we chat all things parenting with Colman Noctor. Colman has loads of tips and advice to share on how we can aspire to be better parents.We discuss everything from when to allow kids on devices to their participation in sp...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:18:07
Vitamin Sandwich
Season 2 starts where we left off in season one. More debates, conversation and chats with really interesting guests.We open up the season with the wonderful Josh Jackson who started his own supplement company, Hakamount, during Covid. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:02:57
See you again.
It is the last episode of season 1. We look back on our personal highlights of the season and reveal what changes we have made in our own lives based on our chats with our wonderful guests, from diet, sleep, exercise, teamwork and lear...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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50:22
Let's get physical - Part Deux
In the second part of our chat with exercise physiologist and all round nice guy Ciarán Fairman, we talk about his own experiences moving to the US, the challenges he faced around body image and self care. How endlessly scrolling through ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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59:56
Let's get physical.
In this weeks show we speak with Ciarán Fairman. We spoke to Ciarán way back in February and he was so kind to take the time to chat to us. Ciarán is an exercise physiologist and Assistant Professor in the University of South Carolina ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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57:53
Chasing Waterfalls.
In this weeks show we chat to Dr Catherine Kelly. Catherine is the author of a new book called Blue Spaces - why time near water is the secret to happiness. She talks to us about her personal journey towards water and how it helped her...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:19:33
Just give me a chance coach.
In this weeks show we have a chat with the brilliant Liam Moggan. Liam is known as the coaches coach and has a huge amount of knowledge and insight into the world of coaching and how to get the best out of people. We chat about how to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:23:50
You've got to visualise to actualise.
Can art make medicine better, and can it help us in our everyday lives? In our new episode we talk to Sioban Murphy who is the program director of Visual Thinking Strategies in UCC. This program is used to teach skills like observation, empathy...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:11:25