Podcast episodes

In this episode Toby speaks to Julieta Abella, an Argentinian scholar working on Irish modernism who can explain the seemingly strange transatlantic connection between Flann O’Brien and Jorge Luis Borges – and much more besides. Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Music Listen on on Google Podcasts Toby: Hey, everyone, and welcome to another episode […]

In this episode, the editor of The Collected Letters of Flann O’Brien shares a new recording of the voice of Brian O’Nolan – only the second time in history we have been able to hear his voice.

Renowned O’Nolan scholar Maebh Long shares an unpublished draft of the famous manifesto in At Swim-Two-Birds and reaches a surprising conclusion about the legacy of Flann O’Brien. Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Music Listen on Google Podcasts Toby: Hello and welcome to another episode of Radio Myles. I’m your host, Toby Harris, and this

Toby asks a leading expert: who was Flann O’Brien? The answer involves pseudonyms, rarely heard first-hand accounts and a legendary editor of the Irish Times.

Toby and a Chicago writer discuss how Flann inspires him. They explore the soft lunacy of books, the uses of bureaucratic jargon and the life of moonlighting writers