Sparking Change with Dil
Dil Wickremasinghe shines a light on the latest social justice and mental health stories and hopes to inspire positive social change one conversation at time. Follow Dil on Twitter (https://twitter.com/dilw) , Sparking Change with Dil's Twitter (https://twitter.com/sparkingchange1?lang=en) , Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/sparkingchangewithdil/) , the Podcast's Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sparkingchangewithdil/) and Dil's Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dilwickremasinghe/)
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58: #58 | Amy Plant
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57: #57 | Paula Leonard & Mark Dunnbier
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56: #56| Mary Moynihan: Smashing Times
This week on Sparking Change, Dil talks to Mary Moynihan. Mary is the artistic director for Smashing Times Theatre and Film Company (more info here).
Smashing Times Theatre and Film Company is a not-for-profit, human rights based organsiation that...
41 min
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55: #55 | 100 Years on: Women Creating Change
This week on Sparking Change, Dil is joined by an extremely impressive group of women: Grace O'Sullivan, Melanie Lynch, Amy de Bhrún, Donna Gilligan and Eileen O'Sullivan. As it is a hundred years since women gained the right to vote in Ireland, Dil’s ...
27 min
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54: #54 | Waterford Walls Street Art Festival
This week on Sparking Change, Dil brings us another episode from the sunny south-east, at this years’ Waterford Walls street art festival.
Waterford Walls is an international street art festival started by The Walls Project that transforms Waterford...
35 min
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53: #53 | Niamh Darcy: Morriscastle Strand Holi...
This week on Sparking Change, Dil takes some time from her holiday to speak to Niamh Darcy, one of the owners of Morriscastle Strand Holiday Park (more info here).
Morriscastle Strand Holiday Park is a 4 star Fáilte Ireland recommended tourist Carav...
46 min
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52: #52 | From The VISUAL in Carlow: LGBTI Voic...
This week on Sparking Change, Dil records from the VISUAL in Carlow, as she is joined by Joanne Donohoe of the Carlow Community Development partnership, and Hayley Fox Roberts, the consultant and author of the LGBTI voices report.
The LGBTI Voices r...
25 min
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51: #51 | From the Gutter Bookshop: GAZE LGBT f...
This week on Sparking Change, Dil joins us from the Gutter Bookshop as she first interviews Sarah Williams, the chairperson of GAZE LGBT film festival (more info here).
The Gaze LGBT film festival has striven over the last 25 years to provide a plat...
55 min
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50: #50 | Brian Teeling: Uncover
On this episode of Sparking Change, Dil is joined by photographer Brian Teeling to discuss his latest exhibition, Uncover, which has recently finished in Dublin, and will be at The Lavit Gallery in Cork from the 2nd–9th of August (more info here).
U...
23 min
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49: #49 | Discovery Gospel Choir: The Elephant ...
In this episode of Sparking Change, Dil interviews Uche, Mika and Daniel of the Discovery Gospel Choir. We then hear their amazing performance of ‘The Elephant in the Room’ at the Peacock Stage Theatre.
Formed in 2004, Discovery Gospel Choir is home...
44 min
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48: #48 |Children and Family Relationships Amen...
On this episode of Sparking Change, Dil is joined by Senator Fintan Warfield, Paula Fagan, CEO of LGBT Ireland, as well as Dil’s wife, founder and clinical director of Insight Matters, Anne Marie Toole, to discuss the passage of the Children and Family...
18 min
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47: #47 | Su-Ming Khoo: IDEA Conference 2018
On this episode of Sparking Change, Dil interviews Su-Ming Khoo, and afterwards we hear speeches from the Irish Developmental Education Association (IDEA) Conference.
In Dil’s interview with Su, they discuss what developmental education is, how Su...
84 min
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46: #46 | Louise Shanagher: Lou Lou Rose
**Louise Shanagher: Lou Lou Rose**
On this episode of Sparking Change, Dil speaks to [Louise Shanagher](https://www.louiseshanagher.com/aboutlouiseshanagher). [Lou Lou Rose](https://www.louiseshanagher.com/loulourose) is the creative partnership of Lo...
40 min
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45: #45 | Pride Launch 2018
**Pride Launch 2018**
On this episode of Sparking Change, Dil records from the Civic Offices at Dublin County Council, for the launch of Pride 2018.
This is the 35th anniversary of Pride, and the theme for this year’s Pride is family. First up, Dil h...
64 min
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44: #44 | Conor Mahon: Anxiety in Sexual Minori...
On this episode of Sparking Change, Dil is joined by Conor Mahon. Conor is the principal investigator in the Anxiety in Sexual Minorities Study, at DCU.
In this episode, Conor and Dil cover a broad range of topics, including the correlation between so...
47 min
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43: #43 | A look into Homeopathy
On this episode of Sparking Change, Dil is joined by Krysia Lynch, Sheelagh Behan and Nanni Schluenz (Midwife Nanni) to discuss homeopathy and its applications to childbirth.
Krysia Lynch is a doula, a homeopath and the chair of AIMS Ireland. Sheelagh...
67 min
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42: #42 | Together for Yes at the Intercontinen...
**Together for Yes at the Intercontinental Hotel**
On this episode of Sparking Change, Dil is at the Together for Yes event in the Intercontinental Hotel in Ballsbridge, for the announcement of the referendum results. Dil interviews some of the people...
90 min
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41: #41 | Together 4 Yes at the Honest2Goodness...
On this episode of Sparking Change, Dil records once again from the Honest2Goodness market and talks to people about the upcoming referendum.
Included in this episode are Emma, Sinéad, Tracy and Karen at the together4Yes table, who discuss the reali...
27 min
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40: #40 | Young Social Innovator of the Year Aw...
**Young Social Innovator of the Year Awards 2018**
On this episode of Sparking Change, Dil hosts the Young Social Innovators of the Year Awards in Croke Park, where she has conversations with four groups of students, who discuss their projects and vie...
91 min
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39: #39 | Dóchas Conference 2018
On this incredibly captivating episode of Sparking Change, Dil hosts from the Dóchas Conference 2018 in Croke Park, where she is joined by a star-studded line up of human rights activists from around the world.
01:20 Suzanne Keatinge: CEO of Dóchas
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122 min
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38: #38 | Miriam Dowling and Sandra Dillon of t...
On this episode of Sparking Change, Dil speaks to Miriam Dowling and Sandra Dillon, who are ambassadors for the Green Ribbon Campaign.
The annual Green Ribbon Campaign takes place every May, and aims to get people talking openly about common mental he...
41 min
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37: #37 | Stories For Repeal: Catherine Hayes
**Stories for Repeal: Catherine Hayes**
On this episode of Sparking Change, Dil speaks to Catherine Hayes about her experiences and perspective as a GP since the referendum to introduce the eighth amendment in 1983.
Catherine Hayes has had an astound...
44 min
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36: #36 | Stephen Lehane: Mr. Gay Ireland 2017
**Stephen Lehane: Mr. Gay Ireland 2017**
In this episode Dil talks with the lively, lovely and chatty Stephen Lehane.
Stephen was Mr. Gay Ireland in 2017, and holds a degree in deaf studies from Trinity College, Dublin. If you’re familiar with the sh...
21 min
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35: #35 | Harry Conway and Fay Dunn: Dyspraxia/...
In this informative episode of Sparking Change, Dil is joined by Harry Conway and Fay Dunn of Dyspraxia/DCD Ireland.
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), also known as Dyspraxia in the UK and Ireland, is a common disorder affecting fine and/or g...
33 min
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34: #34 | Dr. Shaun O’Boyle: Founder of House o...
**Dr. Shaun O’Boyle: Founder of House of STEM**
In this episode of Sparking Change, Dil is joined by the amazingly active and affable Dr. Shaun O’Boyle to discuss inclusiveness for all genders and sexualities within the science community.
As well as ...
36 min