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Stephen McCauley talks to Filmmaker Duncan Cowles, about his first feature length documentary 鈥楽ilent Men 鈥� The Awkward Art of Expressing Emotion鈥� 鈥� which he describes as 鈥淧art road trip, part therapy.鈥� Derry songwriter, Roisin Donald, chats about why she's only released singles this year, culminating in her first ever Christmas song, and connecting with her fans through a newsletter. And Phil Taggart and writer Mick McCullough have joined forces again, for a new Radio 4 sitcom 鈥楶arish Matters鈥� - set "somewhere in Ulster, near the Irish border", listeners join a confederacy of dopes (their words) for their weekly parish council meeting as they try to right wrongs and fix problems that blight the lives and livelihoods of the eccentric, landlocked locals. They all share how they manage their own mental health, how creativity is a necessary escape and way to coping, navigating social media, and the difference in creating long form vs. short form content.

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