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Reignite returns for Season 7 with a mix of well-known voices and everyday people making an impact in leadership, business, innovation and beyond. Across six episodes, we'll inspire action, share practical insights and tips, and create a sense of positivity and hope as we navigate constant change in our lives and careers, with award-winning authors and inspirational leaders. Presented by well-known Irish journalist, entrepreneur and broadcaster Áine Kerr.

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  • August 22 · 11 min

    How to avoid mental spirals? Learn from a sailor

    Pamela Lee on building the mental fortitude to become Ireland’s first sailor to compete in a famously brutal solo race. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • August 22 · 20 min

    How to let go when life has other plans?

    The first behavioral science advisor to the UN, and a former advisor at the Obama White House, Maya Shankar, on who we become when life makes other plans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • August 22 · 21 min

    Bestselling author Nir Eyal

    Bestselling author Nir Eyal will have practical advice on the power of beliefs instead blind denial. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • August 15 · 9 min

    Narrative 4

    We visit Narrative 4 at their summer camp in Limerick which empowers young migrant girls through the power of telling their own stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • August 15 · 23 min

    Amy Edmondson on why we need more 'intelligent failures'

    Professor Amy Edmondson - of Harvard Business School no less! - famously coined the phrase ‘psychological safety’. She tells Áine why we need more ‘intelligent failures’ in life and careers! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • August 15 · 18 min

    Brenda Romero, CEO of Romero Games

    Galway-based Games Guru Brenda Romero on bouncing back after huge redundancies at her firm, and a radically changing global games industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • August 8 · 10 min

    Aoife's Clown Doctors

    Reporter Brian Lally is on the scene with Aoife's Clown Doctors to hear about how they bring joy and laughter to children and parents in hospital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • August 8 · 16 min

    SHIFT, Managing Your Emotions—So They Don't Manage You.

    Ethan Kross, one of the world’s leading experts on emotional regulation who has written a new blueprint for dealing with life’s curveballs in a New York Times bestselling book called ‘SHIFT”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • August 8 · 25 min

    The King of Chemo

    The King of Chemo, Iain Ward, on how he built a community of 16 million people and why he wants to break a world record for charity fundraising while being treated for cancer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • August 1 · 7 min

    Empathy in Leadership

    Áine heard about the value of teaching empathy to future leaders from the University of Galway's UNESCO Child and Family Research's Prof Pat Dolan and youth researchers and coordinators Jack Gaffey and Ella Anderson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • August 1 · 5 min

    Patch Kids

    36 young wizards, picked from a record 450 applications, are talking, living and learning how to collaborate and know when they are onto the next big thing. It's all happening at DogPatch Labs and Reignite's Brian Lally went to chat Ben Hewston, Aoife Fadjen, Shrinity Karthik, Lorcan Grimesand and Patch's Lucy Daly. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • August 1 · 36 min

    Ex-Marvel CEO Peter Cuneo on 'superhero' leadership

    Renowned CEO Peter Cuneo on how he turned Marvel Entertainment into a Superhero business that was eventually sold to Disney for 4.5 billion dollars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • July 25 · 14 min

    Building an Incorruptible Company

    Following on from Eric Ries, we get the reaction from Irish founders on how they’re creating incorruptible companies. Áine spoke to Rena Maycock, CEO of Chirp, and Dee Coakley, CEO of Boundless on how they both strive to build their companies that stay true to their missions and values. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • July 25 · 14 min

    Building Incorruptible Routines and Goals

    So what of building incorruptible routines and goals!? Steve Kamb is a personal trainer and founder of Nerd Fitness, an online fitness coaching company aimed at busy people who struggle to stick to their health and nutrition goals. His new book, "How To Try Again," is based on the lessons he's learned of helping people create consistent habits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • July 25 · 23 min

    'Incorruptible' by Eric Ries

    Áine spoke to Eric Ries, creator of the Lean Startup approach that has transformed how a generation of entrepreneurs build products and has sparked a global movement. He’s back with a deeper question in an instant bestselling book called Incorruptible which poses the question: how can we build companies that stay true to their mission and values? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Aug 30, 2025 · 9 min

    Alpana Delaney

    Head of Programmes Ireland & Northern Ireland at Change See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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