Doc and his dog Sprocket from Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock are two of the most beloved characters on television. On this episode we tell the story of the actor who played Doc - Gerry Parkes. We look at his journey from Dublin to Canada through theatre, film & TV with a little help from his family and co-star Steve Whitmire - puppeteer of Sprocket and Kermit the Frog.

Meet Your Maker has partnered with Brightening Air - a series of arts experiences taking place nationwide from June 11-20. This is the final of four episodes where I'll be sitting down to chat with artists about their projects within Brightening Air. On today's episode Elizabeth Kilroy (The Corner of Scotsman's Bay) and Frank Sweeney & Cóilín O’Connell (no_matter_here) discuss their projects for Brightening Air. www.brighteningair.com

Meet Your Maker has partnered with Brightening Air - a series of arts experiences taking place nationwide from June 11-20. This is the third of four episodes where I'll be sitting down to chat with artists about their projects within Brightening Air. On today's episode Mamobo Ogoru (Lime Tree, Limerick) and Douglas Reddan (glór, Ennis) talk about their development as curators through LASTA for Brightening Air. www.brighteningair.com

Meet Your Maker has partnered with Brightening Air - a series of arts experiences taking place nationwide from June 11-20. This is the second of four episodes where I'll be sitting down to chat with artists about their projects within Brightening Air. On today's episode Jo Mangan and Kate Butler talk about the opportunities of imagination and place in developing immersive art in unusual spaces like the Braun Factory in Carlow with their event Woman In The Machine www.brighteningair.com

Meet Your Maker has partnered with Brightening Air - a series of arts experiences taking place nationwide from June 11-20. Over the next four episodes I'll be sitting down to chat with artists about their projects within Brightening Air. On this episode, I talk with James Riordan (Ar Ais Arís) and John Conway (The Ballad of a Care Centre) about adventures in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in theatre and the arts. www.brighteningair.com

A sculpture of an Irish fairy creature leads to trouble in a small town. Meet Your Maker is produced & hosted by Liam Geraghty Theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Additional music in this episode was by Blue Dot Sessions. www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker Meet Your Maker is a founding member of The Warren - the home of great Irish podcasts.

Irish cartoonist Luke Healy grew up obsessed with America and goes in search of the American experience on a 147-day, 2660-mile-long hike across the Pacific Crest Trail Meet Your Maker is produced & hosted by Liam Geraghty Theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Additional music in this episode was by Blue Dot Sessions and Louie Zong. www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker Meet Your Maker is a founding member of The Warren - the home of great Irish podcasts.

Cartoon Saloon founders Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey and Paul Young tell the story of the Kilkenny animation studio behind Oscar nominated films The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner and now Wolfwalkers.

Global pop sensation CMAT on launching her music during a pandemic, living with her grandparents and taking inspiration from Rodney Dangerfield. http://www.meetyourmaker.ie Support the show at: www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker

Just as he was poised to take over from Disney's Nine Old Men Don Bluth defected, set up a rival company and moved it to Ireland in the 80s. There he created animation classics like An American Tail, The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go to Heaven and helped kick start the Irish animation industry. Support Meet Your Maker: www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker Produced and hosted by Liam Geraghty www.liamgeraghty.com

A chat with a poet, an artist, a cartoonist and an illustrator about creativity during Covid. www.meetyourmaker.ie Support the show: www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker Twitter: www.twitter.com/meetyourmakerie This weeks guests are: Poet Emily S. Cooper in Donegal. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Emily_S_Cooper Illustrator, designer and book author Charlot Kristensen's graphic novel What We Don't Talk About is available for pre-order at Avery Hill Publishing:...

How do you make a TV show during a pandemic? The classic Jim Henson children's series Fraggle Rock has returned with all new episodes shot entirely from home. We speak to puppeteers Dave Goelz, Karen Prell and John Tartaglia about returning to Fraggle Rock and shooting on iPhone. Dave Goelz is a puppeteer who performs Gonzo the Great, Bunsen Honeydew, Beauregard, Zoot, Boober Fraggle and many other characters from The Muppet Show, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth. Karen Prell performs Red...

Throughout COVID19 one video game has been helping people get through all this - Animal Crossing. www.meetyourmaker.ie

Throughout COVID19 one video game has been helping people get through all this - Animal Crossing. www.meetyourmaker.ie   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Often called the founding father of Irish animation, Jimmy Murakami was behind some of the most iconic animation of all time from The Snowman to When the Wind Blows not to mention his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Support Meet Your Maker on www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker www.meetyourmaker.ie

Often called the founding father of Irish animation, Jimmy Murakami was behind some of the most iconic animation of all time from The Snowman to When the Wind Blows not to mention his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Support Meet Your Maker on www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker www.meetyourmaker.ie For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Pioneer of Irish animation Aidan Hickey on cut out animation, Bosco and dental surgeries... Part 2 of Animation Island - a new mini-series from Meet Your Maker that tells the story of the Irish animation industry. Support the show: www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker

Pioneer of Irish animation Aidan Hickey on cut out animation, Bosco and dental surgeries... Part 2 of Animation Island - a new mini-series from Meet Your Maker that tells the story of the Irish animation industry. Support the show: www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Animation Island is a new mini-series from Meet Your Maker that tells the story of the Irish animation industry. Episode 1 explores Walt Disney's links to Ireland, the oldest surviving piece of Irish animation and one of the first animators in Ireland - Gunther Wulff. Support the show: www.patreon.com/meetyourmaker For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy