Funny Irish Stories

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This is Pub Songs & Stories #252.

WHO'S PLAYING IN THE PUB TODAY

Welcome to Pub Songs & Stories. This is the Virtual Public House to share stories and inspiration behind music with your host Marc Gunn. Subscribe to the podcast and download free music at PubSong.com.

0:27 - WHAT'S NEW?

• If you're new to the Pub Songs & Stories, please subscribe and post a comment on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
• Today's show is brought to you by my Gunn Runners on Patreon. Special thanks to mine Robert, Mikey Mason, Jacob and Sue
• Background sounds from The Pocket in North Georgia
• Check out the new Mont St-Michel Video.
• What are you doing while listening to Pub Songs & Stories? I'd love your thoughts and feedback. Take a picture of where you are. Post it on social media. Use the hashtag #pubstories so I can find it and share your story.

5:05 - CONCERNED FOR AIR, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE

One of my big goals with mentioning the Climate Almanac in the last show was to start a discussion. Someone emailed me last week. They responded "my concern about air and water (not climate change) are more health related than political."

I know I didn't make myself clear. My fight against climate change is not political either. I don't care about your politics. Sure 95% of all Climate scientists say human-made climate change is real. And so yes, I trust the science. If you wanna call that political, that's up to you.

But I've been passively supporting the environment long before the climate change discussion began, back when I was a member of the Surfrider Foundation in college, when I was actually studying to be a marine biologist.

But I'm not talking about climate change for the science I can't see, but rather for the empirical evidence that I can see. And you can see.

We both see and feel the repercussions of pollution. I remember picking up a Budweiser beer can that someone left on the bank of a lake in Alabama. That's something you can see. Or have you seen the oil film left on the water of a lake?

My friend pointed out the public health effects on asthma. In Texas, they frequently have air quality warnings. I didn't need the warnings. Every time one of those days came about, I used my inhaler BEFORE I heard the warning. For those of us who live with asthma. That is something to fight against. And it will get worse.

Taking care of the planet is an everyone issue. Remember that the human population on earth grows exponentially. It might not affect you… right now. But it will one day. Because more people means more pollution. Whether that's air pollution, water pollution, whatever.

You, your kids and other people will feel the effects. We are a community. So we should take care of one another.

So even if you don't believe scientists who warn about human-made Climate Change. There is no harm done in supporting the Climate Change movement. Even small changes can make a big difference over time. Because if each of us makes a small change, that means BIG change. That's what the Climate Almanac is about.

7:34 - Old Blind Dogs "Bonnie Earl" from Four on the Floor

12:16 - NEW TO IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC: BEST OF 2022 PLAYLIST

There's a lot of great new music added to our Best of 2022 playlist on Spotify and Amazon Music.

• Wolf & Clover
• Lissa Schneckenburger
• Jenna Monynihan
• Heather Dale
• Marc Gunn "Breathing"
• Old Blind Dogs
• Kathy Barwick
• Marys Lane

Listen to the playlists on Spotify or Amazon Music.

12:54 - UPCOMING SHOWS

• APR 2-3: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX
• APR 9-10: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX
• One show daily with Brobdingnagian Bards. Others with Jamie Haeuser
• APR 16: : Ironshield Brewing in Lawrenceville, GA @ 7:00 – 10:00 PM.
• APR 22-24: JordanCon, Atlanta, GA

13:37 - Kathy Barwick "My Native Home" from In My Life

18:45 - STORY OF JOUSTING WITH JALOPIES

Have you ever driven in Ireland? The roads were not made for our modern automobiles. They're kind of narrow. It comes with its own challenges.

Dublin Abbey is a band out of Seattle. They share their story of driving the narrow rural roads of Ireland.

21:50 - "Jousting With Jalopies" by Dublin Abbey from Single

It is always interesting driving in Ireland.