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Joe Jackson is a journalist, interviewer, author and IMRO-Award nominated radio presenter/producer. He has interviewed roughly 1,400 people in the world of the arts, politics, and entertainment for all major media outlets in Ireland, including RTE Radio 1, The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times, and Hot Press. His articles have been published globally in magazines such as Vox, Rolling Stone, and Snoozer. His radio shows include The Years Go Pop, 26 one-hour documentaries a 26 on the history of popular culture, People Get Ready, 52 one-hour documentaries on the greatest music acts of the 20th century, and Under The Influence, which was nominated for a 'Best Music series' award. In 2018, his documentary about Elvis Presley, Conversations about the King, was nominated for an IMRO Award in the 'Best Music Documentary' category.
Episodes
Saturday Feb 17, 2024
What if history proves the U2 story was a lie? Eamon Dunphy.
Saturday Feb 17, 2024
Saturday Feb 17, 2024
Dunphy wrote the book; he should know. But there is only so much he is unafraid to tell
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
James Dean rembered by Dennis Hopper. From the Joe Jackson archive
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Amazing slice of film history, the iconic Dennis Hopper and me talking about Dean
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Mick Fleetwood remembers a stash of Hash in Ireland and more. Repost
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Cute memories of my homeland, from Mick Fleetwood. An excerpt from a much longer Irish Times interview
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
The Corrs from The Joe Jackson Archive. Repost
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
It's been nearly thirty years since I first interviewed Andrea Corr; I see they are back on tour. Here's a slice of Corr's history for their fans
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
Mike Love of The Beach Boys mocks the Irish and talks about Good Vibrations
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
This was a great moment for me. After Mike Love, a sometimes tediously arrogant person, said we Irish wouldn't understand something as intangible as Transcendental Meditation, I responded, 'You mean the race that gave the world James Joyce?" He didn't like the interview, but what the hell? I still love the music of The Beach Boys
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
Christine McVie on Fleetwood Mac, the album Rumours and its core theme, pain!
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
As a kid, I bought I'd Rather Go Blind, so even at that level, it was a delight to talk with Christine McVie, and I told her so!
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Mike Murphy in conversation with Joe Jackson
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Mike Murphy was my mentor in broadcasting. We worked together for more than a decade on The Arts Show, and he asked that I be his substitute presenting the show in 1995, which started my broadcasting career. This is an interview we did when he was retiring from radio - a great loss to broadcasting in Ireland. His made the arts popular
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Larry Gogan: A Golden Half-Hour conversation
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Irish radio listeners will not need to be reminded that Larry Gogan, one of our most beloved DJs, had a 'Golden Hour' radio show. Hence my title for this podcast, which I originally posted after the man died. Let's remember our DJs!
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Cillian Murphy "Acting from the start was like drugs and good sex!"
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Part 2 of my 2004 interview with Cillian. Here, we talk about his early music career, what he learned about the music business and his transition into acting. We had done a previous interview over the phone back in the 1990s and we refer to that.
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Joe Dolan and Joe Jackson. There is no show like a Joe show doubled!
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Joe Dolan was great fun to talk to. Here we talk about his musical influences and life.