Episode 42 - Colm Tobin

The 738am podcast - talking to people about stuff

One of the great accomplishments of my life will be tell people I've interviewed so many people who have Wikipedia entries. Maybe one day I'll have one of my own, in the meantime I can live vicariously through my guests. According to the online encyclopedia, my guest today is 'an Irish screenwriter and television producer known for his work on Irish Pictorial Weekly, Langerland.TV, Science Fiction, and Brain Freeze.' If you've been online in Ireland for any amount of time, you'll surely have been aware of Langerland, the biting, cynical look at Irish life, and we talk about Colm's involvement in that project. And after his popular Twitter account @colmtobin helped bring about a book deal, we discuss that project, life online, the ups and downs and social media, and lots more. It's a good chat, and you can get the book 'Surviving Ireland' in all good bookshops now.