S4 E7 – Sisters Are Doing It (for themselves)
Airs Tuesday August 27th at 22:00

 

Panti with her parlour guests

 
It’s a conversation of sisterhood and three generations of feminism In this episode of Pantisocracy with host Panti Bliss. Panti is joined by the acclaimed Galway poet Elaine Feeney, who is now working with the oral history project around the Tuam Babies story.
 

Full length, extended Podcast Mix of the show

 

The Pant Monologue ‘Sisters Are Doing It (for themselves)’ – Pantisocracy S4 E7 from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

 

 

Panti with Elaine

 

 

Elaine Feeney: "Rise" – Pantisocracy S4 E7 from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

 

Fehdah: Amhrán Mhuínse – Pantisocracy S4 E7 from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

 
With them in the parlour are two outstanding performers, Emma Garnett aka Fehdah, an afro-Irish singer who mixes her passion for music with astro-physics, and Nina Hynes, a Dubliner living in Berlin for over a decade now, who mixes her own music-making with teaching children to find joy in making sounds themselves.
 

Elaine Feeney: "The Radio was Gospel" – Pantisocracy S4 E7 from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

 

Nina Hynes: "Vagina" – Pantisocracy S4 E7 from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

 

Fehdah and Panti

 

 

Fehdah: "N'Saheli – Pantisocracy S4 E7 from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

 

Nina and Panti

 

Nina Hynes: "Raging Fire" – Pantisocracy S4 E7 from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

 
Completing our quartet is writer and first wave Irish feminist Rosita Sweetman who challenged Ireland in the early seventies with her book about women, sexuality and the Catholic Church called ‘On Our Knees’ and who now combines her commitment to women’s rights with activism on the environment.
 

Rosita and Panti

Broadcast Mix of the show as heard on RTÉ Radio 1