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Episode Nine | Sara Baume

October 12, 2026 · 49 min

In this episode, we chat with Sara Baume about her piece "On Handkerchiefs" (Tolka, Issue Eleven), as well as her book, Opening Night (2026). We discuss friendships, grandmothers, and crafting as an anti-capitalist act. Music by Lemzly…
Episode Eight | Wendy Erskine

May 8, 2026 · 55 min

In this episode, Wendy Erskine joins us to talk about her essay, 'Clobber' (published in Tolka Issue Ten). Wendy, a fashion icon, discusses the relationship between clothes, creativity and how stories get made, as well as her novel, The…
Episode Seven | John Patrick McHugh

February 17, 2026 · 51 min

In this episode, we sit down with John Patrick McHugh, who reads an excerpt from his piece "Voice, voice, voice" (Tolka, Issue Ten). We discuss self-esteem, the negotiation between voice and style, and what your position in football…
Episode Six | Caelainn Hogan

January 26, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

In this episode, we chat with Caelainn Hogan to read her piece "House Share" (published in Tolka, Issue Nine). We discuss the commodification of housing, the institutionalisation of women in Irish history , and her bad history with…
Episode Five | Kimberly Campanello

December 2, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

In this episode, we sit down with Kimberly Campanello to read her piece Tachyphylaxis (published in Tolka, Issue Seven). We discuss bodybuilding, the influence of music and poetry on form, and the discipline and precision involved in being…

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Episode Four | Noreen Masud

May 19, 2025 · 1 hr 7 min

In this episode, we speak with Noreen Masud about her essay Quietly the World Shifts (published in Tolka, Issue Eight). We discuss the work of Fossil Free Books in support of Palestine, the colonial logic behind endless calls for debate…
Episode Three | Declan Toohey

March 25, 2025 · 52 min

In this episode, Maddie and Liam speak with Declan Toohey about his hybrid essay Bomb's Away: Blitzkrieg Notes on Gravity's Rainbow (published in Issue Eight of Tolka). We discuss the Wonderful World of Thomas Pynchon, absurdism, and the…
Episode Two | Tim MacGabhann

February 26, 2025 · 54 min

In this episode, hosts Maddie and Liam speak with Tim MacGabhann about his piece The Intransitive (published in Issue Seven of Tolka). We discuss his insatiable reading and writing, Victor Serge, and the golden age of ape cinema. For…
Episode One | Niamh Campbell

January 30, 2025 · 60 min

In this first episode of The Tolka Podcast, hosts Madeline Arkins and Liam Harrison speak with Niamh Campbell about her piece Birth Story (published in Issue Seven of Tolka) and How They Met Themselves (from Issue Two). We discuss shame…

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About the show

The Tolka Podcast invites writers to read and discuss the work they have written for Tolka. Hosts Madeline Arkins and Liam Harrison hear pieces from contributors, ask them about their journey of becoming a writer, and in “Tolka the Town”, hear about their recent cultural highlights and book recommendations. Tolka is a literary journal based in Dublin publishing a diverse range of "formally promiscuous" non-fiction – encouraging writers to test the limits of non-fiction through essays, memoir, and the things that fall in between.