Podcast Corner: Conan O'Brien has the craic with Irish festival stalwart 

Conan O’Brien's podcast recently had Aoife McElwain, of Singalong Social fame on the Irish festival circuit 

Conan O'Brien. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend

Chat show legend Conan O’Brien’s appearance on the cover of US magazine Variety in August 2019 felt like a certain moment in podcasting. Perhaps it was the form’s ‘jumping the shark’ moment, the subheading declaring O’Brien as “among a new wave of podcasters helping to transform the niche medium into a viable business”.