• Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast

  • By: Matthew Thompson
  • Podcast
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Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast

By: Matthew Thompson
  • Summary

  • Northern Ireland has a better story to tell — one that goes beyond bombs, bullets and a sunken ship. You are part of this story. With 300+ conversations featuring some of the incredible people who call this place home, our weekly show gives you the chance to get away from the clickbait and connect with the amazing things happening in Belfast. Previous guests include NASA Scientists, Billion-Dollar CEOs, 91-year-old park-runners, Oscar-winning directors, Olympic Gold medalists, Bitcoin Auctioneers, Tim Burton's puppet-maker and a guy who built an aeroplane in his garage. Well-known voices include Snow Patrol, Foy Vance, Julian Simmons, May McFettridge, Zoe Salmon, Andrew Trimble, The Dead Rabbit, Michael Deane, The Priests, Two Door Cinema Club, Oliver Jeffers, Pete Snodden, Colin Geddis, Mary Peters, Rebecca McKinney and May Blood — the millworker who became a peer in the House Of Lords. Check it out! https://bestofbelfast.org/
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Episodes
  • Ciaran May on the Sins of our Fathers, Suicide & the Path to Resilience
    May 27 2024

    Ciaran May is the founder of Natural Resilience, a lover of nature and a proud father.

    In this episode, we talk about:

    • The baggage Northern Irish men are unpacking from their dads/grandas
    • Joining the police as a young lad from West Belfast
    • Taking “the armour off” for the first time
    • The rock bottom moment that changed his life forever
    • And breaking limiting beliefs around business/money

    Check it out.

    https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/ciaran-may-natural-resilience

    Ciaran’s Skool: https://www.skool.com/natural-resilience-6996/about

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • “Just do” — Tom Griffiths
    May 20 2024

    Tom Griffiths is a Sunday Times Top 100 Entrepreneur & Disruptor who is currently launching a revolution with https://www.nightlenses.com

    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Getting Richard Branson naked
    • Digitally selling fish in buckets before they come to shore
    • Breaking the “crabs in a barrel” mentality
    • 10-second courage
    • The power of taking action
    • And advice he’d give to an 18-year-old self

    Check it out!

    https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/tom-griffiths-night-lenses

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Bethel’s Kitchen’s Willetta Gabriel on Bagels, Pickles & the Future of Dromore
    May 13 2024

    Willetta Gabriel is the founder of Bethel’s Kitchen: an artisan bagel and pickle business in Dromore, County Down.

    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Launching an extremely niche product in a rural town
    • Why every single bagel tastes different
    • (Depending on who rolled it)
    • How one social media post saved her whole business
    • And her experience living in Northern Ireland for the last 20+ years.

    Check it out!

    https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/willetta-gabriel-bethels-kitchen

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethelskitchen?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

    Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9PnmQraZ3Gg9zTFr7

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    1 hr and 1 min

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