Podcast Episodes

STORIES FROM THE SEA 2025

In the week that started with 'Blue Monday', we take a deep dive into the increasingly popular obsession of plunging into the Big Blue. Often referred to as “cold water therapy”, just how therapeutic…

Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago

ISLAND SKIES AT NIGHT 2025

Howard Parkin (MBE!) talks to Christy DeHaven, giving us a heads up on what we can expect to see in the Island’s Night Skies in 2025. From eclipses to occultations, aurora to meteor showers, there's …

Published on 11 months ago

SAFEGUARDING THE ISLE OF MAN

What is safeguarding - and what do the teams across the Island who work in this area do on a day-to-day basis to keep our most vulnerable people safe? That's the question Siobhán Fletcher is asking i…

Published on 11 months ago

Sailing by; A century of the shipping forecast

BBC continuity announcer and presenter of the shipping forecast, Amanda Litherland, talks to Manx Radio's Chris Pearson about the forecast, what it means to people, her career and growing up here on …

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

THE BABY IN THE GLEN - Mary Ramsey's story

A woman whose mum was abandoned in Ballure Glen near Ramsey as a baby nearly 80 years ago believes she may have traced the family names of her birth grandparents.

Mary Ramsey, who was later adopted an…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

THE SOLWAY HARVESTER AND THE ISLE OF MAN

January 11th 2025 marks 25 years since the Solway Harvester sank off the Isle of Man, with the loss of all on board. RNLI crewmen John McCreadie and Peter Cowin, Captain Stephen Carter of Laxey Towin…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

William King's TT Encounters

William relives some of his favourite interviews and features from TT 2024.

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

MANX RADIO BLOOPERS 2024

H with his round up of the worst of Manx Radio from 2024. We're getting better. Apparently . .

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

ECHOES OF EXCELLENCE - A tribute to opera star Margaret Curphey - in music and her own words!

She was as Manx as the hills, and when she died in Spring 2024, tributes poured in for Margaret Curphey, placing her firmly among the leading opera stars of her generation.

Returning to the Island in …

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

ECHOES OF EXCELLENCE - the complete Margaret Summerscales tribute concert is here!

The complete concert recorded in St Andrew's United Reformed Church, Douglas on 1st November 2024 - a tribute to opera legend MARGARET CURPHEY (Margaret Summerscales following her marriage to Philip)…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago