Green Rebel

Frankie Gaffney, writer​ and ​activist​ was our guest for Episode 2 of Green Rebel. ​He speaks passionately ​to us ​on subjects close to his heart such as dialects, reading books, creating art, class equality and the curse of social media. ​ In this ​short ​interview, he ​manages to cover everything from Shakespeare through Joyce​,​ via Marxism, Maya Angelou, Roald Dahl, politics, discrimination, racism, misogyny, Irish Twitter and accidentally emailing filthy sex scenes from his book 'Dublin Seven' to his mother. A Freudian click if ever there was one. ​Frankie has gone from getting into "scrapes" with the Gardai​ to DJing to ultimately releasing a novel which ended up at the Number 1 spot in Hodges Figgis and is now lecturing in Trinity and completing a Ph.D. He is an outspoken activist both online and in real life. He truly believes that the love his Mother gave him for reading books from a young age has saved him from a life that could have gone differently. Frankie made for a captivating guest

Niall ‘Nialler9’ Byrne was our guest for the first episode of Green Rebel. Niall has been running a successful music review website by the name of Nialler9 for 13 years. He is strongly regarded in Ireland as the go-to recommender for quality music and his work has grown into selecting songs for TV shows and DJing at his own club night, Lumo. In this interview, he speaks about the music itself, the many interesting aspects of the industry and explains how he got started, how the blog grew and how he chooses the songs he posts. He shared insights into his work and how everyone can get a start in a creative field if they just get out there and do it. This is an interview packed with advice, key insights and industry stories. Presented by Emily O’Callaghan and Irina Dzhambazova Produced by Irina Dzhambazova. Music by Le Boom. Niall is also the manager of Le Boom - rising Irish electro-pop duo. Since appearing last summer and garnering 230,000 Spotify plays for their debut single 'What We Do', Christy Leech and A