Hannah Alderman is a young aspiring model who recently moved to New York City from Oklahoma. Moving to one of the most exciting cities in the world was a big step for Hannah towards her dream of becoming a professional model. However, when Covid-19 hit, she found herself locked into her apartment building in Brooklyn. It wasn't all bad as on her rooftop many of the building's tenants would meet in the evenings and throw parties. Hannah would go up to the roof every night and have a glass of wine... the only problem is she would not know when to stop. She soon released that she had a problem with alcohol and struggled to try and get it under control, eventually resulting in her checking into rehab back in Oklahoma. In this podcast, Hannah talks to Colm Flynn about her relationship with alcohol and the toll it took on her life, and how, with the help of others she has been able to battle the addiction and fight for a brighter future.

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Mario Salerno is a landlord like no other. After first meeting him you may think this hard-talking, body-building, tracksuit-wearing, Italian American would be as tough as nails, but as hundreds of his tenants discovered when New York was in the grip of the Coronavirus, he has a heart of gold. In April of 2020 New Yorkers were devastated when their city became the global epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. The city that once never slumbered overnight became like a ghost town as people fled the city. For many of those who remained, life was tough as people started losing their jobs and income. In the neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, Mario Salerno runs an auto body repair shop and garage. He is also a very successful landlord with over 200 tenants and noticing how much some of them were hurting, he decided to do what most landlords would never dream of doing. He waived the rent for all 200 tenants for the entire month of April. Conservative maths put Mario at a loss of over a quarter of a million dollars. Colm Flynn heard about his story and immediately went to interview him at his garage. After the report was broadcast it went viral and Mario became known as the 'Angel Landlord' of Brooklyn. He was invited on to the Ellen Show, mentioned on Saturday Night Live, and even invited to the White House by President Trump! One year after his incredibly generous gesture, Colm travels to New York to meet Mario Salerno to find out more about him and the story of Brooklyn's 'Angel Landlord'.

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Paddy Slattery is an Irish filmmaker and director who has just been named by IFTA (Irish version of the Oscars) as one of Ireland's top emerging talents. But growing up, it was never his plan to pursue a career in cinema. He comes from a village in the countryside west of Dublin and in 1996 when he was just 17 years of age, Paddy was the passenger of a car that was involved in a serious accident, flying off a country road and flipping a number of times. The driver and other passengers walked away with little injuries, but as Paddy was not wearing a seatbelt he was left paralyzed from the chest down. "I don't care what they say, I will walk again.", were the words he told doctors as he sat in a new wheelchair. 25 years later, Paddy says he can now fly.

Colm Flynn talks to Paddy Slattery about his incredible story, who says that when his "body switched off, my mind switched on."

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