Hosted by Matt Cooper · 🇺🇸 US · EN-IE · 92 episodes
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A podcast hosted by Matt Cooper featuring intimate, in-depth and insightful interviews with guests from across the worlds of entertainment, business, sports, politics and more. Audiences are long familiar with Matt’s skill as an interviewer through his radio and TV work. Now for the first time, his podcast offers him (and his guests) the opportunity to chat more personally than we’ve heard before. It’s a Matt Cooper interview, magnified.
Matt Cooper hosts Magnified with Matt Cooper, a news show with 92 episodes published.
Former Labour Party Leader Pat Rabbitte is this week’s guest on Magnified. Rabbitte previously served as Labour leader from 2002 to 2007, minister for communications, energy and natural resources from 2011 to 2014, and m
Matt’s first guest for 2026 is Pat Byrne, founder and former Chief Executive of CityJet. In this episode, Pat talks about his career that began in banking and finance when he was 19 years old and then spread across to av
Nicola Sturgeon is the latest guest on Magnified. Sturgeon released her memoir ‘Frankly’ earlier this year and here she speaks to Matt live from the National Concert Hall in Dublin about the career that le
In the latest episode of Magnified, Matt speaks to Mark Henry. Mark is the author of ‘In Fact: An Optimist’s Guide to Ireland at 100’, where he looks at how despite the challenges that we face when it comes to housi
On this week’s Magnified, Matt meets Seán Farrell, the new Chief Executive of Trócaire. Seán was appointed to his role in October of this year having previously been with the organisation for 20 years. He speaks to Matt
Niall Breslin, aka Bressie, the Irish singer/songwriter who first shot to fame with The Blizzards, joins Matt for this week’s episode of Magnified. He speaks to Matt about the release of his new album ‘The Place That Has
Paul Johnston is this week’s guest on Magnified. Paul recently finished up in his role as British Ambassador to Ireland after five years. In this episode, Paul talks about what it takes to become an ambassador of a count
On this week's Magnified, Matt is joined by former Kerry footballer Marc Ó Sé. During his career with his county Marc earned five All-Ireland titles, along with 10 Munster championship and 3 national football league meda
Former All-Ireland winning hurler with Kilkenny Walter Walsh is the latest guest on Magnified. He founded his tech business SocialTies with Brendan Kavanagh earlier this year which saw him create the Kilkenny Cats Social
Hannah Wrixon is co-founder and CEO of KELLA, an exclusive company which focuses on supporting female business leaders. Hannah founded KELLA on International Women’s Day 2025, having previously started and sold three oth
Louis Walsh is one of the most prolific music moguls of the last 20 years, having managed pop groups such as Westlife, Boyzone and Girls Aloud. Louis joined Matt to talk about growing up in Kiltimagh in Co. Mayo, his tim
On this week’s Magnified, Matt spoke to Yvonne Brewer, Country Manager for Ireland at Auticon. Auticon is an IT solutions company that prides itself on its inclusivity and which is now the largest majority-autistic compa
Pat Farrell is Chief Executive of Irish Institutional Property, but has a CV that covers an extensive range of roles and industries. Among them include General Manager at Sligo General Hospital at just 24 years of age, C
Therese Coveney is the co-founder and CEO of the Together Academy, an organization dedicated to creating employment opportunities for young adults with Down syndrome. Inspired by her daughter April, who has Down syndrome
Richard Shakespeare is the Chief Executive of Dublin City Council (DCC). He took over the role from Owen Keegan, who retired in September 2023. Richard has over 30 years of experience in local government, including roles
Daniel Davey is a well-known performance nutritionist and author based in Dublin, Ireland. He has worked with elite athletes, including the Dublin Senior football team and Leinster Rugby team. Daniel is the founder of Da
Alan Kerins is a legendary Irish sportsman, humanitarian, social entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is renowned for his achievements in both hurling and football, having played for Galway at inter-county and at club le
While we wait to resume the rest of this series of Magnified after the festive break we thought we'd give you the chance to listen back to a collection of some of Matt's favourite interviews so far. HAPPY NEW YEAR! from
While we wait to resume the rest of this series of Magnified after the festive break we thought we'd give you the chance to listen back to a collection of some of Matt's favourite interviews so far. Happy Christmas and a
In the course of a twenty-year friendship, broadcasters, podcasters and best pals, Jenny Kelly and Mairead Ronan have experienced single life, career highs, break-ups, make-ups, marriages, divorce, motherhood, death, die
Pat Byrne
Musician · Ireland
1 appearance on this show
Nicola Sturgeon
former First Minister of Scotland
1 appearance on this show
Mark Henry
World Strongest Man and WWE HOFer IRL · Fellowship Bible Church
1 appearance on this show
Niall Breslin
1 appearance on this show
Louis Walsh
1 appearance on this show
Daniel Davey
performance nutritionist · Longbow Motors
1 appearance on this show
Anthony Scaramucci
Wall Street financier, broadcaster, former Director of Communications for Donald Trump · SkyBridge Capital
2 appearances on this show
John Clancy
Founder & CEO · Galvia.ai
1 appearance on this show
Tony O'Reilly
co-author of Tony 10
1 appearance on this show
Aimee Connolly
CEO · Sculpted By Aimee
1 appearance on this show
Bernard Jackman
Ex Irish International
1 appearance on this show
Eddie O'Connor
Sports psychologist
1 appearance on this show
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