Colm O'Regan

Colm O'Regan is a comedian, author, and broadcaster, hailing from the small County Cork village of Dripsey. Colm writes a weekly column for the Irish Examiner and a weekly radio diary for the BBC World Service.

The Bounds of Comedy

by Colm O'Regan

A comedian must convince a court that a joke he told was funny.

Karen Gearon

Karen Gearon was one of the Dunnes Stores strikers who refused to handle South African produce in protest against apartheid. Karen has lived in Kerry for the past 26 years and works in the community development sector.

The Dunnes Store Strikers

by Karen Gearon

A shop worker in Ireland helps bring attention to South African apartheid.

Daryl McCormack

Daryl McCormack was born and raised in County Tipperary. In 2014, he graduated from The Conservatory of Music and Drama, Rathmines.

I Grew Up Here

by Daryl McCormack

A young man stands up to his bullies.

Lynn Ferguson

Lynn Ferguson's career spans TV, radio, film and stage. Trained as a classical actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Lynn contents herself in the knowledge that she'll likely always be best known as the voice of a plasticine chicken (Mac) in the movie Chicken Run.

Before Fergus

by Lynn Ferguson

Lynn Ferguson makes an important choice about her pregnancy.

Peter Pringle

Peter Pringle is a human rights and anti-death penalty activist. He lives with his wife, Sunny Jacobs, in the west of Ireland. Together they founded The Sunny Center Foundation USA Inc., a non-profit organization with a sanctuary in Ireland.

As If I Was Not There

by Peter Pringle

A man faces the death penalty for a crime he did not commit.

Duff McKagan

Duff McKagan is the bassist for Guns N' Roses and is also a writer. Duff has written columns for Seattle Weekly and ESPN.com, and is the author of How To Be A Man: And Other Illusions.

What We Live For

by Duff McKagan

Duff McKagan finds sobriety and meaning in his life after a major health scare.

Kemp Powers

Kemp Powers is the author of The Shooting: A Memoir. You can see his plays at the Rogue Machine Theatre company in Los Angeles.

Where'd That Apple Go?

by Kemp Powers

Kemp Powers contemplates what makes his son so sensitive.

Meg Wolitzer

Meg Wolitzer is the New York Times–bestselling author of The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, The Wife, and Sleepwalking, as well as the forthcoming novel The Female Persuasion, out April 2018 from Riverhead Books. She is also the author of the young adult novel Belzhar. She lives in New York City. 

Summer Camp

by Meg Wolitzer

A girl at summer camp tries to keep up with her sophisticated fellow campers.

Simon Doonan

Simon Doonan is the Creative Ambassador at Large of Barneys New York, a columnist for Slate, and the best-selling author of many books.

Hollywood Calling...But Not Really

by Simon Doonan

Simon Doonan tries out for The Devil Wears Prada but realizes they were interested in more than his acting.

Jon Ronson

Jon Ronson is a writer whose books include The Psychopath Test, Lost at Sea, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and his newest So You've Been Publicly Shamed. He also cowrote the screenplay for the recent movie Frank. Ronson is a regular contributor to This American Life and lives in London and New York City.

The Real Jon Ronson

by Jon Ronson

Jon battles a Twitterbot that is using his name and his photo.