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cycling

A new Cycling With… profile featuring cycle-newbie Dr. Madeleine Lyes who, sez Paddy Cahill:

…started cycling so she could enjoy trips with her boyfriend but she soon saw the potential for cycling to transform Dublin, and other cities, for the better. We went for a cycle with Madeleine and she told us the lessons she has learned about cycling, her thoughts on recent changes in attitudes to urbanism in Dublin, and about her project, an urban forum in Dublin called City Intersections.

Previously: Cycling With Fergal

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Canadian interviewer John ‘Nardwuar The Human Serviette’ Ruskin interviews 2014 Grulke prize-winners and all-round fine young world-conquering Cavan lads The Strypes at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Previously: Meanwhile, On Letterman

(H/T: Eoin Murtagh)

ferg

Of this ‘parallel cycle’ with artist Fergal McCarthy, Paddy Cahill writes:

Soon after moving to Dublin Fergal developed a fascination with the river Liffey. During the 2008 economic meltdown, Fergal’s art project Liffeytown, comprising lifesize Monopoly houses floating on the Liffey, received worldwide attention, as it was seen to symbolize the state of the Irish economy. In another project, Fergal constructed a small island in the Liffey and lived there for a week. We went for a cycle with Fergal along the Liffey to discuss his newest idea: turning the Liffey Quays into a park, thereby replacing the current six lane motorway by a ‘Ribbon of Green’.

Related: One Man’s Love Affair With The Liffey

See all 16 ‘Cycling With…’ films here.

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A new animation from the PBS Blank On Blank series features the late author John Updike talking about balancing family life with his career in an 2002 interview with John Freeman animated by Patrick Smith.

Previously: Tupac: Sprinkled In Ashes

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