fintan lives with

Karl and Cristina in Madrid

fintan lives with cousin Karl and his partner Cristina in Villalba, a small city in the region of Madrid, Spain.
Cris and Karl started dating during the covid lockdown in 2020, so i asked them about what that was like.
We also talk about La Gordoloba, a very cool community garden that started as a squat, which i’ve been visiting often during my time here.

Nollaig Rowan in Ireland

fintan lives with auntie Nollaig Rowan at her home in Dublin, Ireland. Nollaig recounts fintan's visits as a child and family trips to the Irish countryside, where we cooked up fresh shellfish and witnessed the birth of lambs. Nollaig also shares some of the writing she's worked on this year, including for a children's book (One Old Ostrich) that was a whole family effort (illustrated by fintan's mother and with layout by fintan; for sale at https://theostrichbooks.wixsite.com/website).

Will Hamilton in Albania (feat. Claudia Handal)

fintan travels with Will Hamilton and Claudia Handal from the mountains to the seaside of Albania. Will shares his journey from growing up in Iowa to moving halfway across the world to do the Peace Corps in Kosovo, leading to an adoration of the Balkan way of life. We discuss the food, culture and language of Albania from Will's balcony in Sarandë.

Max Christensen in Minneapolis

fintan lives with musician and future transit planner Max Christensen at their home in Minneapolis. Max shares his experience living through the uprisings of 2020, their impact on his sense of community and the implications for urban planners striving to build a more equitable city. We also get to hear Max (aka Sky the Dog) break down some of his favorite songs off his new album Plants Have Feelings Too You Know (stream it on Spotify and Apple Music).

Jeanne Johnston in Oahu

fintan lives with cousin Jeanne Johnston in Oahu.
Jeanne was born in Hilo, Hawai’i. At age 6 she survived a 7.4 magnitude tsunami, which catalyzed a lifelong passion of telling the stories of tsunami survivors. In 1996 she co-founded the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo. Jeanne has held all sorts of wild jobs: working in pineapple and fish canneries, as a flight attendant for Western Airlines, a first mate on a fishing boat in the Bering Sea, and as a chef on a research vessel that sailed around the world (narrowly avoiding a pirate attack).
Jeanne now lives in Kailua, Oahu with her daughter and grandkids and works for FEMA as a disaster mitigation specialist.
music in the episode by Johnny Akamu: https://jonnyakamu.bandcamp.com/album/here-and-there

Daniel Peralta in Oaxaca

fintan travels with tinder match Daniel Peralta in Mexico.

Marcos Ospina in NYC

fintan gets in bed with musicmaker Marcos Ospina for a discussion on love and queerness.

Carrie House [bonus NYC edition]

fintan lives with their Navajo friend Carrie House (featured on episode one) in NYC.

Seth Tack in Iowa

fintan lives with-- wait, that's not right...
fintan dates singer Seth Tack while on a stint in Iowa.

Claudia Handal in Morocco

fintan lives with their travel wife Claudia Handal in Morocco, Spain and Iowa!