First Thought

By Galway International Arts Festival

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Episodes: 54

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First Thought invites you to discover new perspectives, people, and more. Tune into conversations on creativity and the issues of the day.  Based on Galway International Arts Festival's popular First Thought Talks series.

Episode Date
Audio Guide: David Mach Burning Down the House
Jul 14, 2025
Audio Guide:Jane Cassidy and Arts Alive Tactile Tunes
Jul 14, 2025
Audio Guide: Patricia Piccinini's We Travel Together
Jul 15, 2024
Vinyl Hours with Brian Cross
Apr 09, 2024
First Thought Backstage: Life & Times of Michael K
Feb 14, 2024
First Thought Backstage: The Pulse
Jan 23, 2024
First Thought Backstage: Volcano
Jan 23, 2024
Vinyl Hours with Robert Forster
Dec 19, 2023
Vinyl Hours with Elaine Mai
Oct 26, 2023
Vinyl Hours with DJ Fitchie of Fat Freddy Drops
Sep 28, 2023
GIAF23: David Mach and The Oligarch’s Nightmare
Jul 15, 2023
First Thought Backstage: HOME
Feb 24, 2023
Vinyl Hours with Anna Mullarkey
Feb 16, 2023
First Thought Backstage: The First Child
Feb 03, 2023
First Thought Backstage: True West
Jan 20, 2023
First Thought Backstage: From A Low and Quiet Sea
Dec 02, 2022
The #GIAF22 Podcast: Episode - Spectacle
Jul 13, 2022
The #GIAF22 Podcast: Episode 2 - Theatre
Jul 13, 2022
The #GIAF22 Podcast: Episode 1 - Music
Jul 13, 2022
Mirror Pavilion
May 26, 2022
Vinyl Hours with Philip King
Mar 04, 2022
Vinyl Hours with Niamh Regan
Feb 02, 2022
Vinyl Hours with Brian Kerr
Oct 14, 2021
Vinyl Hours with Sinéad Burke
Sep 21, 2021
Vinyl Hours with Caitríona McLaughlin
Aug 24, 2021
Vinyl Hours with Stephen Murtagh
Jul 27, 2021
Vinyl Hours with Maureen Kennelly
Jun 29, 2021
Vinyl Hours with Steve Wall
May 25, 2021
Hughie O‘Donoghue at GIAF 2020
Apr 06, 2021
Dael Orlandersmith: Theatre and the Personal
Mar 30, 2021
Mary Robinson: What Can We Do About Climate Change?
Mar 16, 2021
Vinyl Hours with Liz Nugent
Mar 10, 2021
A Conversation with Enda Walsh and Paul Fahy
Mar 03, 2021
Vinyl Hours with David Brophy Part 2
Feb 24, 2021
Vinyl Hours with David Brophy Part 1
Feb 17, 2021
Climate: What Can Change? Minister Eamon Ryan, Tara O’Neill and Mai Sheehan and Dr. Rory Monaghan
Feb 10, 2021
Does Culture Drive Human Evolution? with Gaia Vince and Maureen Kennelly
Feb 03, 2021
What May the Post-Pandemic Future Hold? Fintan O'Toole in conversation with Catriona Crowe
Jan 27, 2021
The State of the UK: Fintan O'Toole, John Lanchester & Martina Fitzgerald
Jan 20, 2021
The Spanish Flu: Dr Ida Milne, Fergal Bowers and Dr Caitriona Clear
Jan 13, 2021
Italia 90: Colm Tóibín, Eamon Dunphy and Mark Duncan
Dec 16, 2020
Black Lives Matter: Experiences of Racism in Ireland: Tobi Lawal, Felicia Olusanya and Amanda Adewole in conversation with Róisín Ingle
Dec 09, 2020
Brexit and the North: Glenn Patterson, MP Claire Hanna and Dave O’Connell
Dec 02, 2020
COVID-19 in Ireland: Dr Luke O’Neill, Dr Catherine Motherway, Dr Paul Moynagh, Dr Mary Favier & David McCullagh
Nov 25, 2020
Bloody Sunday 1920: Paul Rouse, Anne Dolan and Diarmaid Ferriter
Nov 17, 2020
Samantha Power & Áine Lawlor: The State of the US
Oct 02, 2020
Marion McKeone & Larry Donnelly: Will Trump Win Again?
Oct 02, 2020
Tomi Reichental: A Holocaust Survivor Living in Ireland
Aug 03, 2020
Ireland's Direct Provision System: Donnah Vuma, Bulelani Mfaco and Evgeny Shtorn
Aug 03, 2020
Bee Wilson: Food, the Vital Frontier
Jul 28, 2020
Fintan O'Toole: Brexit
Jul 16, 2020
Kate Mulgrew: How to Forget
Jul 16, 2020
Michael D Higgins: The Meaning of Home
Jul 07, 2020
John Crumlish and Paul Fahy Introduce First Thought
Jul 07, 2020