The eyes have it: Michelle Obama’s new video podcast is part of a fast-growing trend
In My Opinion will be released in both video and audio formats as subscribers increasingly want to watch as well as listen to podcasts
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Blind acceptance of untruths could propel Trump back into the White House
The prevailing credo is that the voter is always right, even when the voter is egregiously misguided
Michelle Obama accuses Trump of ‘gross incompetence’ at Michigan rally for Harris
US election: Trump’s criminal track record and amoral character would be embarrassing, shameful and disqualifying in any other arena, says former first lady
The Wonder of Stevie: A rewarding account of ‘the most miraculous, most inspired streak in American popular music’
Podcast review: New York Times critic Wesley Morris digs into the transformative albums Stevie Wonder released between 1972-1980
The 5am club: I tried it for a week and by day five found myself eating a salted caramel Magnum for breakfast
I tried it for a week in London and by day five found myself eating a salted caramel Magnum for breakfast
Marian Robinson obituary: down-to-earth matriarch of the Obama family
“Just show me how to work the washing machine and I’m good,” she said after moving into the White House
Bodkin review: toe-curling paddywhackery from Barack and Michelle Obama plumbs the diddly dee depths
Netflix dramedy thinks it is critiquing cliches about Ireland when in fact it is adding to the stockpile
JF Murray: BookToker and author on needing ‘that fun dopamine hit on every page’
‘Michelle Obama fanatic’ discusses writing before sunrise, listening to Taylor Swift and growing up bilingually in Meath
You don’t need to be artistic to work in the creative arts sector
Creative industries need people to mastermind projects and business types who keep the commercial side humming
Michelle Obama says she ‘couldn’t stand’ husband Barack for 10 years
Former first lady says caring for their young daughters put strain on their marriage in TV interview promoting latest book
Virginia McLaurin obituary: Sharecropper’s daughter who danced with Obamas at the White House
She died at the age of 113 by her own measure but did not have a birth certificate, and had lived a quiet life until video of her with the president made her famous
Michelle Obama ‘hates’ how she looks and grew up with a ‘tiniest kernel of self-loathing’
In The Light We Carry, the former first lady’s second memoir, she also writes about her experience of depression
Finding the right words for a rarely speechless US president
Former White House speechwriter Cody Keenan recalls a tumultuous 10 days during Barack Obama’s presidency in his new memoir, Grace
The Obamas’ new TV series is about to start filming in Ireland. Brace yourself for the diddley-dee worst
Cameras start rolling in west Cork next week on Bodkin, the power producers’ latest Netflix show
Miriam Lord’s Week: Virus surge sees Cabinet isolated in Covid Castle
Elsewhere, we were doing time on Bernard’s watch, and saw some political engagement
Forgotten conflict: A week in a city under siege by Boko Haram
The trenches dug all around the Nigerian city of Maiduguri protect it from attack – for now
André Leon Talley, former Vogue editor, dies aged 73
The influential fashion journalist was a champion of black designers and models
Crucial week for Biden as voting reform moves intensify
Michelle Obama spearheads campaign to register a million new voters in the US
Sport 2021: Stars provided welcome escape but some paid high price
A breakthrough year for Irish women, while Osaka, Biles and Peng faced huge pressure
Listen up: Audiobooks are Spotify’s newest, shiniest obsession
Podcasts prove a gateway drug for streamer in search of its next high
Donald Trump says he’s writing ‘book of all books’ but big publishers unlikely to touch it
‘It would be too hard to get a book that was factually accurate,’ publisher says
‘On the cliff edge’: Spain’s flamenco industry fears for its future amid Covid-19
Concerns raised that future of music genre in jeopardy as venues shut permanently
Workhuman set to increase staff and bring its HR conference to Dublin
Irish tech firm worth more than $1bn taking additional space to house more employees
George W Bush enjoys something of a renaissance as his party tears itself apart
America Letter: Bush jnr’s new book about immigrants is his latest rehabilitation effort
Brit Awards 2021: Dua Lipa leads diverse range of female winners
Little Mix make history in group category as Taylor Swift becomes first female global icon
Maureen Dowd: Biden brings Jimmy Carter in from the cold
96-year-old former president has been snubbed by his Demoratic successors – until now
Spotify expected to report significant slowdown in new subscribers
Audio streaming company forecasts operating loss of €200m to €300m this year
D8 pad sets the pace with a Peloton bike thrown in for €475k
Redesigned first-floor apartment also has access to gym and swimming pool
Michelle Obama says it is not a ‘surprise’ to hear Meghan Markle raise issue of race
Obama says ‘race isn’t a new construct in this world for people of colour’
The Capote Tapes: From impoverished childhood to cocaine-fuelled decline
‘I felt like his story hadn’t been told,’ Ebs Burnough says about his Truman Capote documentary
US first lady shows no signs of letting new role define her
Jill Biden to continue teaching in community college alongside public-facing duties
Joe Biden’s Peloton bike may pose a cybersecurity risk, experts warn
US leader’s fitness regime could possibly cause unexpected headache for security services
First lady Jill Biden: A passionate educator seeking to break barriers
Low-profile college educator will be the first to continue her career while in first lady role
Donald Trump to hold sendoff ceremony on inauguration day
Outgoing president has issued invites for event taking place in Maryland
Kamala Harris is about to make history. So is her ‘big, blended’ family
TV viewers will see a more expansive take on the American family staring back at them tomorrow
Perma-peeved: Melania Trump’s White House photo (plus 11 other revealing first lady portraits)
A big online exhibition brings US presidents’ wives back into the frame of American history
Spotify’s podcast deals, MacKenzie Scott’s billions and Hornby’s export woes
Planet Business: Striving once more for a personal best
Over 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolboys are released
Authorities say the boys had been abducted by bandits affiliated with Boko Haram
Hundreds of boys missing after attack on school in northern Nigeria
Incident echoes previous kidnapping in April 2014 when 276 schoolgirls were abducted
Trump believed parody set up by man impersonating his family for months
Supporter (21) created Twitter accounts claiming to be US president’s relatives
Kim Ng’s long wait for top MLB job shows what women are up against
New Miami Marlins boss becomes first female general manager in baseball’s top flight
America’s new first family: Joe, Jill and the Bidens
First lady expected to keep job as professor as president-elect leans on trusted inner circle
US election: ‘It’s so exciting to have this catharsis as we collectively celebrate’
Black Lives Matter Plaza fills with jubilant voters as Trump loses White House ‘tenancy’
‘It will take a bit of getting used to, not to see the Quinn symbol’
Rebranding of Quinn empire ‘inevitable’, says locals as name had become ‘toxic’
Michelle Obama: ‘There were times I wanted to push Barack out of the window’
Former US first lady has a frank discussion about relationships in her latest podcast
Where Is George Gibney? raises the podcast bar but how to measure it?
Everyone is listening to podcasts but their viability is threatened by lack of listener data
Joe Biden’s hour: Five takeaways from the Democratic convention
Unorthodox virtual event was a surprising success and a pre-election boost for the party
Michelle Obama’s ‘cold hard truths’ expose America’s divide
Party conventions underscore toxic era and show that election is all or nothing
US Democratic National Convention kicks of as a mostly virtual affair
Speakers at four-day event include Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
‘It was like somebody put a furnace in my core’: Michelle Obama on menopause
Former US first lady used podcast to also draw attention to weight, ageing and image
Spotify hints at improving advertising and listening trends
Second-quarter revenue at the Swedish audio-streamer missed analysts’ expectations
Fintan O’Toole: In the US, the 19th century is coming to a very slow end
The unfinished business of slavery, emancipation and Civil War is still playing itself out
Beyoncé urges US protesters to vote ‘like our life depends on it’ in election
Singer encourages voters to ‘dismantle a racist and unequal system’ at BET awards
The Best Of Times: How Katie Taylor carried a nation with her to gold
Nothing left to chance as Bray lightweight fulfilled Olympic destiny in London
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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