Meet Your Maker

Doug

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 07:49:15 GMT

Creator of Doug - Jim Jinkins - takes us back to the lightning-strike moment when Nickelodeon green-lit the show, and shares the behind-the-scenes journey of how Doug was born from doodles in a Manhattan loft to becoming one of the very first Nicktoons. From the quirks of animation cels to the stories and characters that defined a generation, Jim reflects on creativity, collaboration, and the lasting legacy of Doug and his world.

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Jim is offering special animation cels, development art, and memorabilia from his personal collection at The Cricket Gallery here.

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Hey Arnold!

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 21:04:17 GMT

Hey Arnold! creator Craig Bartlett sits down for a conversation about the animation, style and artwork of the cult 90s Nickelodeon show as well as the fate of the animation cels from the series.

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Live from New York, It’s Wally Feresten!

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:52:24 GMT

Wally Feresten has held cue cards for Saturday Night Live for over 35 years. In this episode, he shares how he turned a behind-the-scenes job into a vital part of live television for the iconic NBC sketch comedy show.

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Courage the Cowardly Dog

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Liam dives into the strange, weird world of Courage the Cowardly Dog - the cult Cartoon Network show - with creator John R. Dilworth, voice actors Marty Grabstein and Thea White, head writer David Steven Cohen, and composers Jody Gray and Andy Ezrin.

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Henry's Cat

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 13:38:48 GMT

Liam chats with Tom Lowe, the grandson of British animation legend Bob Godfrey, about looking after his grandfather's archive of animation cels and artwork for shows like Henry's Cat and Roobarb.

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The Toymaker

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:20:41 GMT

Richard Collier has gone from playing with toys to collecting them to now making them. He creates custom art toys of niche Irish pop culture resulting in actions figures of everyone from Pint Man to Peig Sayers.

Check out Richard's work at: https://www.instagram.com/hibernotoys/

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This Is Not About You

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 20:37:00 GMT

Rosemary Mac Cabe's first book - This Is Not About You - is a life story in a series of love stories. On today's episode she sits down for a conversation on how to write a very personal book.

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The Outwaters

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 21:35:30 GMT

In writer/director Robbie Banfitch's found footage film The Outwaters - four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert. In this episode Liam chats to Robbie about making the film.

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The Dublin Doc of Fraggle Rock

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:43:26 GMT

Doc and his dog Sprocket from Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock are two of the most beloved characters on television. On this episode we tell the story of the actor who played Doc - Gerry Parkes. We look at his journey from Dublin to Canada through theatre, film & TV with a little help from his family and co-star Steve Whitmire - puppeteer of Sprocket and Kermit the Frog.

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The Púca of Ennistymon

Sat, 15 May 2021 14:35:03 GMT

A sculpture of an Irish fairy creature leads to trouble in a small town.

Meet Your Maker is produced & hosted by Liam Geraghty.

Theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

Additional music in this episode was by Blue Dot Sessions.

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Americana

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:49:55 GMT

Irish cartoonist Luke Healy grew up obsessed with America and goes in search of the American experience on a 147-day, 2660-mile-long hike across the Pacific Crest Trail.

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Meet Your Maker is produced & hosted by Liam Geraghty.

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Additional music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions and Louie Zong.

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Cartoon Saloon

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:19:12 GMT

Cartoon Saloon founders Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey and Paul Young tell the story of the Kilkenny animation studio behind Oscar nominated films The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner and now Wolfwalkers.

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CMAT

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:26:31 GMT

Global pop sensation CMAT on launching her music during a pandemic, living with her grandparents and taking inspiration from Rodney Dangerfield.

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Don Bluth in Ireland

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 18:49:01 GMT

Just as he was poised to take over from Disney's Nine Old Men Don Bluth defected, set up a rival company and moved it to Ireland in the 80s. There he created animated classics like An American Tail, The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go to Heaven and helped kick start the Irish animation industry.

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Creativity During Covid

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 19:00:00 GMT

A chat with a poet, an artist, a cartoonist and an illustrator about creativity during Covid.

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This weeks guests are: Poet Emily S. Cooper in Donegal. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Emily_S_Cooper

Illustrator, designer and book author Charlot Kristensen's graphic novel What We Don't Talk About is available for pre-order at Avery Hill Publishing: https://averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com/product/what-we-don-t-talk-about-by-charlot-kristensen

Charlot's website is: https://charlotkristensen.com/

Artist Mick Minogue's website is https://www.mickminoguemadethis.com/ and you can order SWP (Suprise - Woodcut - Post) from his Instagram: www.instagram.com/mickminogue

Cartoonist Chelsea Akpan's website is https://thankscocoa.com/ and is @thankscocoa on Twitter & Instagram

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Fraggle Rock

Tue, 26 May 2020 19:00:00 GMT

How do you make a TV show during a pandemic? The classic Jim Henson children's series Fraggle Rock has returned with all new episodes shot entirely from home. We speak to puppeteers Dave Goelz, Karen Prell and John Tartaglia about returning to Fraggle Rock and shooting on iPhone.

Dave Goelz is a puppeteer who performs Gonzo the Great, Bunsen Honeydew, Beauregard, Zoot, Boober Fraggle and many other characters from The Muppet Show, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth. Karen Prell performs Red Fraggle, Yolanda Rat and many other characters on Sesame Street, Dreamchild, The Animal Show and The Muppets Take Manhattan. John Tartaglia performs Gobo Fraggle and many other characters on Dog City, Bear in the Big Blue House and Elmo the Musical. He also performed in the original cast of Avenue Q. Fraggle Rock: Rock On! is available on Apple TV now and features guests like Alanis Morissette, Common, Jason Mraz, Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffany Haddish, and Ziggy Marley.

If you enjoyed this episode you might like these Muppet related episodes of Meet Your Maker: Louise Gold on working on The Muppet Show: https://meetyourmaker.ie/episodes/as-good-as-gold-s1!a238f

A behind the scenes look of the Netflix series Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance with director Louis Leterrier, puppeteers Louise Gold and Damien Farrell and author Caseen Gaines: https://meetyourmaker.ie/episodes/cracking-the-crystal-s1!7e876

Writer Ed Valentine on how to get to Sesame Street: https://meetyourmaker.ie/episodes/sesame-street-s1!9c795

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Meet Your Maker is produced and hosted by Liam Geraghty in Dublin, Ireland.

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Animal Crossing

Thu, 07 May 2020 18:00:00 GMT

Throughout COVID19 one video game has been helping people get through all this - Animal Crossing.

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Animation Island: Jimmy Murakami

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:00:00 GMT

Often called the founding father of Irish animation, Jimmy Murakami was behind some of the most iconic animation of all time from The Snowman to When the Wind Blows not to mention his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Animation Island: Aidan Hickey

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 11:00:00 GMT

Pioneer of Irish animation Aidan Hickey on cut out animation, Bosco and dental surgeries...

Part 2 of Animation Island - a new mini-series from Meet Your Maker that tells the story of the Irish animation industry.

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Animation Island: Beginnings

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:00:00 GMT

Animation Island is a new mini-series from Meet Your Maker that tells the story of the Irish animation industry.

Episode 1 explores Walt Disney's links to Ireland, the oldest surviving piece of Irish animation and one of the first animators in Ireland - Gunther Wulff.

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The Board Game

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 00:13:50 GMT

Ian builds a board game to save his kids from boredom on holidays but it doesn't exactly go according to plan...

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Shadows of the Empire

Thu, 19 Dec 2019 13:51:28 GMT

In the 90's Lucasfilm did something very odd. They created a new Star Wars film complete with action figures, soundtrack and video game - everything except the film itself. This is the story of Shadows of the Empire.

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Making Things is Not a Straight Line

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:41:12 GMT

Author Deirdre Sullivan on why making things is not a straight line.

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Big Monster Love

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:40:58 GMT

This week we sit down to talk to disgruntled North Dublin anti-folk pop merchant Big Monster Love.

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Cracking the Crystal

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 22:23:48 GMT

We go behind the scenes of the new Netflix series Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance with director Louis Leterrier, puppeteers Louise Gold and Damien Farrell and author Caseen Gaines.

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A Night at the Hutch

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:11:40 GMT

A Night at the Hutch tells the stories of three performers at the open mic night 'Bunny's Hutch' feat. Bunny - a drag queen, Julian Mandrews - a drag king and former Miss Alternative Ireland Smilin' Kanker.

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Heads or Tails

Tue, 28 May 2019 13:40:36 GMT

In 1928 the Irish Free State caused a commotion when they decided to put animals on their coins instead of political heads.

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Garda Role Play

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:42:09 GMT

Twice a week, people from all over Ireland role play online as Gardaí.

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Time Marches On

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 02:24:27 GMT

Horologist Kevin Chellar winds back time on a life spent restoring clocks.

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The Making of Everything

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:03:13 GMT

How do you even begin to make a game where you can play as everything? Artist and animator David O'Reilly tries to answer that question along with the team behind his reality simulation game Everything.

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Under the Influence

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:34:18 GMT

Cartoonist Chris Ware talks about the importance of influence.

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Judging a Book By Its Cover

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 22:41:25 GMT

How do you ensure a 1000 year old manuscript lasts another 1000? This week Liam visits the conservation lab at the Chester Beatty to meet Senior Conservator Kristine Rose-Beers and Book and Paper Conservator Julia Poirier.

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Meet Your Maker - Season 4 Trailer

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:17:25 GMT

Meet Your Maker returns on Feb 4th.

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FANGS

Tue, 09 Oct 2018 22:25:15 GMT

Episode 1 of FANGS - the pop culture podcast about Dracula - hosted by Liam as a part of Bram Stoker Festival, Ireland.

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The President's Glasses

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 21:18:01 GMT

An illustrator begins work on his first children's book only to be faced with the biggest challenge of his life. This is the story of The President's Glasses.

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As Good As Gold

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 17:49:34 GMT

Muppeteer Louise Gold on the story behind - or should that be 'beneath' - The Muppet Show.

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Cow and Chicken

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 21:04:53 GMT

Animator David Feiss tells the story of how he created one of the most surreal cartoons of the 90s - Cow and Chicken.

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The Man Behind the Rubber Mask

Mon, 02 Apr 2018 20:55:12 GMT

When Ross Mullan was a kid, all he wanted to be was the guy in the rubber mask at the end of Scooby Doo. Now he is. Ross is the performer of the White Walker in Game of Thrones as well as The Teller and The Silence on Doctor Who.

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Making a Monster

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 18:46:12 GMT

This week we meet Kate Walshe who makes monsters for a living.

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Paduary

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:53:40 GMT

One day artist Mick Minogue decided that he would draw his friend Paddy every day for the month of January and call it 'Paduary'.

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Adventure Time with Andy

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:28:35 GMT

Adventure Time's Lead Designer Andy Ristaino sat down in Dublin Castle garden to talk about working on the show and comic books.

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Roots

Mon, 05 Feb 2018 17:32:13 GMT

Heartbreak leads New Jersey cartoonist Tara O'Connor to Ireland on a search for her family history. What she finds is something very different.

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Waiting for Ira

Sun, 28 Jan 2018 22:28:51 GMT

This week we throw away the advice that you should never meet your heroes and end up with a toast from Shane MacGowan, a letter from Harper Lee, an insult from Hunter S. Thompson and a dance pose from Ira Glass.

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How to get to Sesame Street

Sat, 14 Oct 2017 11:49:13 GMT

Writer Ed Valentine on how to get to Sesame Street.

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Viral

Sun, 17 Sep 2017 20:56:44 GMT

You've probably seen Stephen Byrne's artwork. Over the past few years he's pumped out hilarious and brilliant illustrations that have gone viral around the world. On this episode we ask - why does he do it and what does he get out of it?

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Read My Lips

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 09:52:53 GMT

Two anime voice actor legends - Caitlin Glass (Pokémon, Street Fighter) and Chuck Huber (Dragon Ball Z, Star Trek Continues) discuss the tricky process of dubbing Japanese animation into English.

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EDIT! EDIT! EDIT!

Sun, 27 Aug 2017 20:14:25 GMT

The story of Heather Antos' swift rise to the role of Marvel editor. Heather is the editor behind dozens of Star Wars, Deadpool and Gwenpool comic books.

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Femmes Eternelles

Sun, 20 Aug 2017 23:43:10 GMT

An iconic photograph was taken in the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 1975. Thirty-six years later its spotted by chance in Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris.

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Pulling Out All the Stops

Sun, 13 Aug 2017 21:44:43 GMT

Liam takes a road trip with film and TV composer Steve Lynch on a search to find a harmonium.

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Garfield Minus Garfield

Sun, 30 Jul 2017 23:25:15 GMT

What happens when you remove the star of the show from the show? Dan Walsh tells the story of how he chopped Garfield out of Garfield, gained millions of fans and attracted the attention of the one person he didn't want to find out about what he'd done: Garfield creator, Jim Davis.

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Meet Your Maker - Teaser Trailer

Sun, 28 May 2017 15:58:44 GMT

Meet Your Maker is a new podcast about the people who make the things we love, hosted by Liam Geraghty. Launching July 31st 2017.

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