Magnified with Matt Cooper cover art

Magnified with Matt Cooper

Magnified with Matt Cooper

By: Matt Cooper
Listen for free

About this listen

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.Magnified with Matt Cooper Politics & Government
Episodes
  • S06 Ep04: Paul Johnston Is Magnified
    Nov 12 2025

    Paul Johnston is this week’s guest on Magnified. Paul recently finished up in his role as British Ambassador to Ireland after five years.

    In this episode, Paul talks about what it takes to become an ambassador of a country, how he and his wife fell in love with Ireland and decided to make it their forever home, and what lies ahead in his new job as Director General of the Irish Universities Association.

    This series is brought to you by Intact Insurance.

    Show More Show Less
    43 mins
  • S06 Ep3: Marc Ó Sé is Magnified
    Nov 5 2025

    On this week's Magnified, Matt is joined by former Kerry footballer Marc Ó Sé.

    During his career with his county Marc earned five All-Ireland titles, along with 10 Munster championship and 3 national football league medals. He was also awarded 3 All-Stars and was named Footballer of the Year in 2007.

    In this episode, Marc talks about the pressure of growing up as a member of the Gaelic football's most famous families and his determination to prove himself under the management of his uncle, Páidí.

    He also speaks fondly of growing up in rural Kerry, his transition from player to pundit and the importance of keeping the Irish language alive in 2025.

    This series is brought to you by Intact Insurance.

    Show More Show Less
    46 mins
  • S06 Ep2: Walter Walsh is Magnified
    Oct 29 2025

    Former All-Ireland winning hurler with Kilkenny Walter Walsh is the latest guest on Magnified.

    He founded his tech business SocialTies with Brendan Kavanagh earlier this year which saw him create the Kilkenny Cats Social app. The app is a one stop shop for Kilkenny GAA fans and provides news updates and content for clubs around the county.

    On this week's episode of Magnified, Walter talks about his decision to leave his teaching profession and enter the business world, the ups and downs of being an intercounty hurler and what it was like to play under legendary manager Brian Cody.

    This series is brought to you by Intact Insurance.

    Show More Show Less
    43 mins
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.