Author & documentary maker John Safran talks in this episode about his eulogy for 'the People's Priest', Father Bob Maguire at St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne in May 2023. He also discusses his latest book 'Squat' about his week squatting at Kaye West's LA Mansion and his creative life as Australia's best known 'valid troll' (to use John's own expression) 

Safran has a live show  Squatting at Kanye's and Other Adventures at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival on April 17th, as well as shows in Hobart and Paramatta.  

He's our first return guest on the podcast. He was also on episode 27, 'Unsmoke the World' 

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Tony's film 'Ange & The Boss - Puskas in Australia' is currently showing at Cinema Nova (daily sessions) and Thornbury Picture House. 

Follow the film's progress and Tony's writing generally at Good one, Wilson! 

Author &amp; documentary maker&nbsp;John Safran talks in this episode about<a href="https://speakola.com/eulogy/for-father-bob-maguire-by-john-safran-state-funeral-2023"> his eulogy for 'the People's Priest', Father Bob Maguire at St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne in May 2023. </a>He also discusses his latest book '<a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/squat-9781760890179">Squat'</a> about his week squatting at Kaye West's LA Mansion and his creative life as Australia's best known 'valid troll' (to use John's own expression)&nbsp;
Safran has a live show&nbsp; <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/john-safran/">Squatting at Kanye's and Other Adventures</a> at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival on April 17th, as well as shows in Hobart and Paramatta.&nbsp;&nbsp;
He's our first return guest on the podcast. He was also on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/422Tp7me36t3rLZB2H74kQ">episode 27, 'Unsmoke the World'&nbsp;</a>
Sign up to <a href="https://news.speakola.com/">Speakola newsletter</a>, either as a free subscriber or pay $50 a year to show your support.&nbsp;
Tony's film '<a href="https://angeandtheboss.com/">Ange &amp; The Boss - Puskas in Australia</a>' is currently showing at Cinema Nova (daily sessions) and Thornbury Picture House.&nbsp;
Follow the film's progress and Tony's writing generally at <a href="https://goodonewilson.substack.com/">Good one, Wilson!</a>&nbsp;

Speakola is the home for great speeches on the web. 

Tony Wilson is the founder and curator of Speakola, which now hosts more than 2000 speeches, some famous – think Churchill, Obama, Gandhi - some not so well known. 

In each episode, Tony interviews someone who has written, delivered or studied a great speech to reveal the stories behind the scenes, to provide context to the historical moment, or in the case of eulogies, birthdays and other common events, to inspire people to hit new creative highs.

Tony will also play a ‘speech of the week’ to honour great words by great orators. Released fortnightly.

Speakola, for all speeches great and small.

Speakola is the home for great speeches on the web. 
Tony Wilson is the founder and curator of Speakola, which now hosts more than 2000 speeches, some famous &ndash; think Churchill, Obama, Gandhi - some not so well known.&nbsp;
In each episode, Tony interviews someone who has written, delivered or studied a great speech to reveal the stories behind the scenes, to provide context to the historical moment, or in the case of eulogies, birthdays and other common events, to inspire people to hit new creative highs.
Tony will also play a &lsquo;speech of the week&rsquo; to honour great words by great orators. Released fortnightly.
<a href="http://www.speakola.com">Speakola</a>, for all speeches great and small.

Speakola, for all speeches great and small.

Speakola

<a href="http://www.speakola.com">Speakola</a> is the home for great speeches on the web. 
Tony Wilson is the founder and curator of Speakola, which now hosts more than 2000 speeches, some famous &ndash; think Churchill, Obama, Gandhi - some not so well known.&nbsp;
In each episode, Tony interviews someone who has written, delivered or studied a great speech to reveal the stories behind the scenes, to provide context to the historical moment, or in the case of eulogies, birthdays and other common events, to inspire people to hit new creative highs.
Tony will also play a &lsquo;speech of the week&rsquo; to honour great words by great orators. Released fortnightly.
<a href="http://www.speakola.com">Speakola</a>, for all speeches great and small.

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