The Number One Fear - Speaking in Public

That's right - it ranks even before death and is the thing that most people fear, even speaking before a small group.

Welcome to The Talk Show for Talkers

The Talk Show for Talkers is a Podcast covering everything to do with public speaking, confidence and leadership. It is published in every Saturday as a podcast on Anchor, iTunes and other podcasting platforms as well as on this website.

The show is hosted by experienced Toastmasters, Paul O'Mahony, Dr Shirley Gallagher and Moira O'Brien DTM. First broadcast in November 2014, the Talk Show is now in its 11th season with over 450 shows (as of Jne 2025) and is listened to in at least 190 countries/territories with Podcast downloads exceeding 255,000 (as of June 2025).

Shows

We are pleased to bring you Podcasts of all the shows for Seasons 4 to 11 (the current season) here on our website. Seasons 1 to 3 can also be found on the Irish Radio International Mixcloud account using the following links: Seasons1 & 2Season 3.

We publish the podcasts at 2pm on Saturdays each week. Our podcasts are also available on these platforms:

Anchor Apple Podcasts/iTunes Google Podcasts
Spotify Breaker Castbox
Google Play Music Overcast Pocket Casts
PodBean RadioPublic