Maeve Higgins talks to Ciara McDonnell about how she became fascinated with the idea of immigration as a child growing up in Cobh, and how moving to America has opened her eyes to her own privilege as a white Irish woman. She talks about Joe Biden and the Irish Americans in power in America, and about the moment that she realised that Nora Ephron's view of New York is very different to the reality.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Hugh Wallace: The Moments That Made Me

Listen to The Moments That Made Me, the Weekend Podcast from the Irish Examiner in association with Green & Blacks, where we ask well-known people not where they are now - but rather, how they got there. We’ll be asking people to take a walk through their lives and pick the key points - good or bad, personal or professional - that shaped their lives. The moments that made them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.