Magnified with Matt Cooper
Matt Cooper
A podcast hosted by Matt Cooper featuring intimate, in-depth and insightful interviews with guests from across the worlds of entertainment, business, sports, politics and more. Audiences are long familiar with Matt’s skill as an interviewer through his radio and TV work. Now for the first time, his podcast offers him (and his guests) the opportunity to chat more personally than we’ve heard before. It’s a Matt Cooper interview, magnified.
Episodes
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Nov 30, 2022 • 55min
Devan Hughes Is Magnified
In this latest edition Matt is joined by Buymie CEO and Co-founder Devon Hughes to discuss the challenges of scaling a startup that provides a solution for grocers and consumers.
Nov 17, 2022 • 56min
Eamonn Brennan Is Magnified
In this edition of Magnified, recorded live at the Silc Conference 2022 in Limerick, Matt talks with Eamonn Brennan, Director General of Eurocontrol. In a wide ranging discussion, they cover his career in aviation and the future of my the aviation industry as airlines attempt to achieve net zero and Evtol’s come on stream.
Nov 7, 2022 • 1h 1min
Mario Rosenstock Is Magnified
In this edition Matt places his Today FM Colleague Mario Rosenstock under the microscope and learns about the Gift Grub stars turbulent childhood, love of performing and his eclectic interests.
Oct 24, 2022 • 1h 12min
David McRedmond Is Magnified
On this edition Matt Cooper is joined by David McRedmond whose remarkable career has taken him from selling books for Waterstones to running Eircom, TV3 and now An Post, a role he combines with chairing Eir.
Oct 11, 2022 • 52min
Shane Ross Is Magnified
As his biography of Mary Lou McDonald hits Ireland's bookshelves, Shane Ross joins Matt Cooper to Magnify his work on the book, his political career and his rift with old friend Eamon Dunphy.
Oct 3, 2022 • 1h 2min
Stephen Garvey Is Magnified
In this edition, Matt is joined by Glenveagh Homes CEO Stephen Garvey, to discuss his path from plastering apprenticeship to running one of only two publicly listed home building companies in Ireland.
Sep 28, 2022 • 1h 20min
John Moran Is Magnified
John Moran has had a fascinating career, in law, in business, as a senior official in the department of finance during an economic crisis, Chairman of the Land development agency and now he's overcoming cancer. He discusses all of these topics and the need for state intervention in land and housing development in this edition of Magnified.
Sep 19, 2022 • 56min
Cal Thomas Is Magnified
In this edition of Magnified Matt Cooper is joined at his kitchen table in Dublin by American Conservative Journalist and commentator Cal Thomas, where they discuss his upbringing, his Christian faith, his Journalistic career and his love of Ireland.
Sep 12, 2022 • 1h 18min
Paul Howard Is Magnified
Matt is joined by his former Sunday Tribune colleague Paul Howard for this edition of Magnified. Best known now for the Ross O'Carroll Kelly series of novels, his varied career has seen him navigate a path from Sports journalism to writing for TV and musicals.
Sep 8, 2022 • 49min
Miriam O' Callaghan is Magnified
In this edition Matt is joined for a special live show at Electric Picnic 2022 by Ireland's best known current affairs presenter Miriam O' Callaghan to discuss her fictional face cream business, her career in broadcasting and whether she has presidential ambitions.
