Season 3 Episode 1 – Awesome Mná

 

 
The Awesome Mná episode of Pantisocracy is now a finalist in this year’s New York Radio Festival Awards in the Human Rights category. The awards ceremony which will decide if the episode is a medal winner (Bronze, Silver, Gold) in on June 24th in New York. The Grand Jury of the New York Radio Festival Awards is made up of international radio and audio peers so previous winners are invited to judge the entries on a world wide basis.
 
In an emotional show recorded just after the historic vote in the abortion referendum on May 25th Singers Karan Casey and Ciara Sidine join host Panti Bliss in an episode entitled ‘Awesome Mná’ exploring the voice of women in Ireland; the stories they tell and the songs they sing.
 

The Panti Monologue 'Awesome Mná' – Pantisocracy S3 Episode 1 from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

Panti Bliss with her guests Karan Casey, Eva O’Connor, Samantha Long, Linda Connolly and Ciara Sidine

 

Broadcast:
July 3rd 2018 22.00 – 23.00 on RTÉ Radio 1

 
Casey, an outstanding traditional and folk singer, kicked off the gender equality in music initiative Fair Plé earlier this year while Ciara Sidine’s work includes a powerful song in tribute to the memory of the women and babies of the Magdalene laundries and mother and baby institutions. Samantha Long, a Magdalene adoptee, shares the story of her birth mother Margaret.
 

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Samantha Long – On Meeting her Birth Mother Margaret – Pantisocracy S3 Episode 1 ‘Awesome Mná’ from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

Eva O'Connor 'My Name is Saoirse' – Pantisocracy S3 Episode 1 'Awesome Mná' from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

Eva O’Connor and Panti Bliss

 

 

Eva O’Connor reading a segment from her play ‘My Name is Saoirse’

 

Joining them is Maynooth sociologist Linda Connolly, author of The Irish Women’s Movement and playwright/actor Eva O’Connor whose work includes the play Maz & Bricks exploring themes affecting young Irish women today. In the provocative and timely show Ciara Sidine performs her songs ‘Finest Flower’ and ‘Trouble Come Find Me’.
 

Ciara Sidine performing with guitarist Conor Brady

 

Ciara Sidine 'Trouble Come Find Me' Pantisocracy S3 Episode 1 ‘Awesome Mná’ from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

 

Ciara Sidine 'Finest Flower'- Pantisocracy S3 Episode 1 ‘Awesome Mná’ from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

 
Karan Casey sings a favourite Janis Ian song ‘I’m Still Standing Here’ as well as a song she wrote during the referendum campaign ‘Sister I’m Here for You’.
 

Karan Casey performing ‘Sister I’m Here For You’

 

Karan Casey 'Sister I'm Here for You' Pantisocracy S3 Episode 1 ‘Awesome Mná’ from Athena Media on Vimeo.

 

 

Karan Casey 'I'm Still Standing Here' Pantisocracy S3 Episode 1 ‘Awesome Mná’ from Athena Media on Vimeo.