Welcome back to season 2, episode 4 of Little Town Big Queeries!

Join your queer co-host, Billie A, and our fourth special guest of season 2, singer and songwriter, science communicator and comedian, Emer Maguire!

Join in on the conversation as we discuss how Emer got her sense of humour, interest in science and her musical talent! And how being from small town Strabane influenced her into becoming Irelands trailblazer comedian who represents autistic, neurodivergent and queer audiences!

Chapters:

00:00:00 : INTRO

00:02:25 : HOW EMER GOT INTERESTED IN MUSIC & COMEDY

00:06:13 : HOW COMEDY, SCIENCE AND MUSIC CAN COEXIST

00:08:56 : SMALL TOWN STRABANE INFLUENCES

00:22:01 : MASTERS IN CLINICAL ANATOMY00:28:47 : SCIENCE AND STUFF WITH EMER

00:32:31 : SNOW PATROL APPROVED

00:37:56 : HOW HAS EMERS COMEDY SHOWS EVOLVED

00:45:11 : THE ESSENTIAL THREAD

00:50:03 : IS THE COMEDY INDUSTRY MORE NEURODIVERGENT AWARE

00:55:32 : EMER'S PLATFORM IS RESHAPING THE REPRESENTATION OF NORTH OF IRELAND PERFORMANCE CULTURE

01:03:18 : IRISH AUDIENCES VS AMERICAN AUDIENCES

01:09:09 : EMER MAGUIRE'S LEGACY

01:12:19 : EMER IS TRUE TO HER WORD

01:16:38 : OUTRO

Content Warning:

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