pplpod Episode 116 follows Maeve Higgins’ gentle-dagger comedy from Cork clubs to New York’s indie stages—and into books, films, and podcasts that smuggle big ideas inside small, funny moments. We trace the stand-up rise and the essayist turn with Maeve in America and Tell Everyone on This Train I Love Them—immigrant stories, sidewalk anthropology, and perfectly odd observations that land like confessions. On mic, we hit her climate-justice podcast Mothers of Invention (with former Irish president Mary Robinson), NPR panels and radio mischief, and a live style that blends curiosity with a conspiratorial whisper. On screen, there’s the cult charmer Extra Ordinary—deadpan, ghosts, and Maeve’s offbeat warmth turned into a superpower. Throughline: kindness with teeth, a writer’s ear for detail, and jokes that keep  ...