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Butter Side Up

Butter Side Up

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Leonie McDonagh, Maeve Finn and musician Donal Scullion are your hosts for a regular dose of feelgood, with a selection of stories from the sunny side of the street. Funny, sometimes crazy, but always uplifting, these stories prove that when our toast hits the floor, it really can land butter side up.

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  • BUTTER SIDE UP EPISODE 4
    Dec 22 2021

    Leonie McDonagh, Maeve Finn and musician Donal Scullion are your hosts for a regular dose of feelgood, with a selection of stories from the sunny side of the street. Funny, sometimes crazy, but always uplifting, these stories prove that when our toast hits the floor, it really can land butter side up.
    In this episode, meet Tommy Perman who has released an album of sounds to make us happy, Jaime Thurston whose random acts of kindness are contagious, plumber Kev Crane and record label owner Paul Conneally who have created an unlikely musical success story, and father and son Ben and Sonny Giroux tell us about a school poetry assignment that has inspired millions of people all over the world

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    35 mins
  • Butter Side Up Episode 3
    Nov 19 2021

    Leonie McDonagh, Maeve Finn and musician Donal Scullion are your hosts for a regular dose of feelgood, with a selection of stories from the sunny side of the street. They talk to people at home and around the world who, by accident or design, are making our world a brighter place.
    Funny, sometimes crazy, but always uplifting, these stories prove that when our toast hits the floor, it really can land butter side up.
    In this episode meet Action Nan, the beach cleaner who is crusading against plastic, and Giovanna who responds to the broken-hearted all the way from Verona. Rock star Cormac Neeson sings a song for his son, a school principal in Wisconsin does a deal with the tooth fairy and Eddie Dooner has gone from down and out to tour guide in his native Dublin.
    Recorded at the Accidental Theatre in Belfast

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    26 mins
  • Butter Side Up
    Oct 15 2021

    Leonie McDonagh, Maeve Finn and Donal Scullion are your hosts for a regular dose of feelgood, with a selection of stories from the sunny side of the street.

    They talk to people who, by accident or design, are making our world a brighter place.

    Funny, sometimes crazy, but always uplifting, these stories prove that when our toast hits the floor, it really can land butter side up.

    In this episode, how music helped trombonist Willie McLean recover from a serious stroke, why Nate Carroll did more than a million press-ups to raise money for charity and how bird-watching has enabled Virginia Rose and many others to find their community
    Recorded at the Accidental Theatre in Belfast

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    29 mins
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