On today's podcast I chatted with writer, performer, producer and magician Daniel Cremin.

At four years of age Daniel saw a magician perform a trick at a local library which intrigued him,and at 11 he saw Paul Daniels perform a magic trick on TV, he was hooked.

Daniel immersed himself in magic and at every opportunity he would perform his tricks to friends, family, visitors to the house and even to the local priest at his first confession!

Since then he has perfected his craft as a magician and extended his interests to acting, writing and producing shows.

Daniel is a very busy man between his one man, self written, self performed show 'Why Magic', the Cork Fringe Festival that he co-founded, which will run from the 8th to the 10th May, a new project, 'Jacko the Musical', and his private magic shows.

The real magic is storytelling, not the tricks!

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On today's podcast I welcome back urban planner, journalist and political commentator, Paul Kearns to the podcast.

Paul is living in Tel Aviv with his partner and his two young girls and finds himself once again, literally in the eye of the storm as the war with Iran is in its fourth week.

Bomb alerts are now part of everyday life for the family, and as he says himself, you never get used to that sound.

He chats about the impact of the war, in particular on his young girls and the long term effect on the next generation, who are growing up with harsh memories and inevitable hatred for the "other side".

Paul explains the mood in Israel and why support for what I believe is an unnecessary war with Iran, has increased since it began.

Discussing war on a podcast about Happiness might seem strange - unfortunately life goes on even when the bombs are falling.

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On today's podcast I chatted with communications specialist and author Andy Freed about his book, 'Lead Like the Boss'.

When Andy, a lifelong Bruce Springsteen fan was returning from one of the 95 concerts he has seen, he penned a post on LinkedIn about the leadership qualities of "The Boss", and what we can all learn from them.

This post literally blew up and eventually turned into this book.

Andy spoke about his own life and career, leadership lessons he learnt from working on political campaigns in America and more importantly the important lessons that leaders of today can learn from Bruce.

He talks about the importance of storytelling, empathy, rehearsing, carefully listening, bringing people with you and much more.

He also explains how teddy bears ended up in police cars!

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