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Joe Rooney talks to friends and acquaintances that he’s met and worked with over twenty years in the entertainment industry; some old friends or foes that he’s worked with on and off over the years and some recent acquaintances that he has met on the road.Join HeadStuff+
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Episode 112 – Matthew Dunehoo
Matthew Dunehoo is an actor and director, known for No Margrettes (2015), The Vetting(2017) and Wretch (2019).
As creator and leader of the band Doris Henson, he shaped one of KC’s most celebrated rock groups. Doris skirted the brink of national recogniti...
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Episode 111 – Tracy Carroll
Tracy Carroll's two-year-old daughter Willow has the highest grade of cerebral palsy, is fed through a tube and will be in “nappies for the rest of her life.” The mu...
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Episode 110 – Shazia Mirza
Shazia Mirza was born in Birmingham, England—the eldest daughter of Muslim parents who moved from Pakistan to Birmingham in the 1960s.
About a year into her comedy c...
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Episode 109 – Mike Farragher
Mike Farragher has been a well-known columnist in the Irish American community for the last two decades, covering the Irish and Irish American music scenes for the N...
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Episode 108 – Brian Byrne
Brian Byrne is a composer, conductor, songwriter, arranger and pianist living in Los Angeles. He is a Golden Globe nominated composer who has won two World Soundtrac...
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Episode 107 – Allie O'Rourke
Allie O’Rourke has performed nationwide, peddling her brand of Girl Dick Energy, gracing stages such as Whelans and The Comedy Cellar. She is cofounder and 1/4 of Th...
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Joe Rooney
Joe Rooney is a stand up comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician and podcaster. In the last 20+ years Joe has performed stand up from Moscow to Muscat and everywhere in between. He is best known for his role as Father Damo in Father Ted and as Timmy in the long running RTE sitcom Killinaskully. He