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The Mental Health Crisis Ireland Keeps Pretending Isn't Happening - Rob Connolly

1 Stunde 20 Minuten
He Built One of Dublin's Best-Known Businesses While Addiction Nearly Took Everything. Rob Connolly on Success, Grief, Recovery and the Brother He Lost.

Rob Connolly is the founder of The Ink Factory, one of the most recognisable tattoo studios in Ireland, and a serial entrepreneur since his teens. But behind the businesses is a life shaped by addiction from the age of twelve, the loss of his brother John to suicide, and a long, honest reckoning with what success is really worth.

Ryan sits down with Rob for one of the most open and moving conversations Made in Chaos has had, about building a life while battling addiction, the loss that changed everything, and why he believes there is always a way back.

What we get into:

Getting into business as teenagers, from nightclubs to The Ink Factory

Why he built The Ink Factory around community, not just tattoos

Growing up in an addicted household and using from the age of twelve

How success became the perfect place to hide an addiction

Mistaking net worth for self-worth, and the hole that no business could fill

Losing his brother John to suicide, and the years of grief that followed

The conversation with Ryan that helped Rob reconnect with his brother in time

Why there is always a way back, no matter how far down

The John Connolly Foundation and the mental health work it funds

The loneliness and identity crisis facing young men in Ireland

Why Ireland's mental health system too often fails people until crisis point

Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos exists to platform guests who've turned adversity into hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.

Follow: @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis

If anything in this episode affects you, support is available in Ireland. Samaritans are free, 24/7, on 116 123. Pieta (suicide and self-harm support) is on 1800 247 247, or text HELP to 51444. The HSE Drugs and Alcohol Helpline is on 1800 459 459.

️ Sponsored by The Ink Factory, Temple Bar. theinkfactory.ie | @theinkfactory

Traveller Culture, Fighting & the Life Settled People Never See - Lucas Connor

1 Stunde 43 Minuten
He's an Irish Traveller Who Speaks Five Languages, Reads Nietzsche in German, and Is Reviving a Dying Language. Lucas Connors on Culture, Community and Everything Settled Ireland Gets Wrong.

When most people hear the word "Traveller," a set of assumptions follows. Lucas Connors spends this episode gently, brilliantly taking those assumptions apart. He's a jiu-jitsu black belt, a linguist reviving the Shelta language, a voracious reader of philosophy, and one of the most thoughtful guests Made in Chaos has had.

Ryan sits down with Lucas for a warm, funny, genuinely eye-opening conversation about Traveller culture, identity, prejudice, community and curiosity.

What we get into:

Why Lucas says he doesn't really believe in bigotry — and his remarkable approach to changing prejudiced minds

What settled Ireland gets most wrong about Travellers, starting with the fact that it's an ethnicity

The Traveller sense of community — walk in, no knock, the company is the reward

Shelta (or Gammon): the Traveller language, where it came from, and how Lucas is reviving it

Why so many young Travellers grow up believing they're "only simple" — and how that belief is passed down

How his mother refused to let him set his sights low

Curiosity as a superpower: from the Bible and the Quran to Jung, Freud and Nietzsche

Why he reads Nietzsche in German — and journaling as a tool for thinking

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, reality TV, and how stereotypes get manufactured and sold

The generation of educated young Travellers changing the culture from within

Jiu-jitsu, "culchie strength," and the mindset of never staying down

Lucas turns the tables and interviews Ryan about the accident, gratitude, and living fully

Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos exists to platform guests who've turned adversity into hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.

Follow: @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis

️ Sponsored by The Ink Factory, Temple Bar — Ireland's highest rated tattoo studio. theinkfactory.ie | @theinkfactory

Why Do So Many Working-Class Young Men End Up in Prison? - Bob Cullen

1 Stunde 42 Minuten
He Went From Addiction, Violence and a Seven-and-a-Half Year Prison Sentence to Studying the Very Behaviour That Destroyed His Life. Bob Cullen on Violence, Class and Whether People Can Really Change.

Bob Cullen grew up in Blanchardstown as, by his own account, a shy and sensitive kid — and became a violent, addicted young man who ended up serving over seven years in prison. What makes his story extraordinary is what he did next: he studied criminology from his cell, and is now finishing a master's, trying to understand exactly what turns an ordinary child into a violent criminal.

Ryan — who shares a lot of common ground with Bob — sits down for a genuinely thought-provoking, at times challenging conversation that pushes back on both sides.

What we get into:

What actually turns an ordinary kid into a violent criminal

Why Bob believes violence is a "pathogen" you catch through proximity

Masculinity, patriarchy, and how young men build status when they have nothing

Why he argues the harsher a system punishes, the more crime it creates

The difference between explaining your actions and excusing them

Systemic vs street crime: why a bike shed can cost more than people go to prison for stealing

Why the same few postcodes fill every prison in the country

Addiction, two suicide attempts, and the moment he decided to stop

Prison abolition — what it actually means, and the pushback he gets

Delusional self-confidence, luck, and the doors that have to open

Routine, discipline, neurodivergence, and how structure saved him

The one lesson he learned the hard way: the love you need has to come from you

Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos exists to platform guests who've turned adversity into hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.

Follow: @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis

If anything in this episode affects you, support is available in Ireland. Samaritans are free, 24/7, on 116 123. Pieta (suicide and self-harm support) is on 1800 247 247, or text HELP to 51444. The HSE Drugs & Alcohol Helpline is on 1800 459 459.

️ Sponsored by The Ink Factory, Temple Bar — Ireland's highest rated tattoo studio. theinkfactory.ie | @theinkfactory

Paul Hughes: The Steroid Problem in MMA Is Worse Than You Think

1 Stunde 36 Minuten
Doctors Told Him He Might Never Fight Again. Now He's One of the Best Fighters Ireland Has Ever Produced. Paul Hughes on Injuries, the Usman Fights, PEDs and the Real Cost of Winning.

Paul Hughes is one of the biggest names in Irish MMA — a former Cage Warriors world champion who's twice gone five rounds with Usman Nurmagomedov for a world title, and beaten some of the best fighters on the planet. But the road here nearly ended before it started: multiple hand fractures early in his career had doctors telling him he might have to retire.

Ryan — who's trained alongside Paul at Fight Academy Ireland — sits down with him for an honest, wide-ranging conversation about belief, sacrifice, and the parts of the fight game nobody sees.

What we get into:

Where his almost abnormal competitiveness actually comes from

The brutal reality of cutting weight, and why it's the hardest part of the sport

Delusional self-belief, "proof," and how confidence is really built

Four hand fractures, surgery, and two years out at 19 — and what got him through

The "filter": why every level weeds more people out, and how he uses that mindset

Why "success is just who's willing to suffer more" — and the real cost of winning

The two Usman fights, and how good Usman Nurmagomedov actually is

The untold story: fighting the second Usman fight on a badly broken body

Why he views MMA as "kill or be killed" in the cage, and pure respect after

Fighter pay, fighter welfare, and why so many leave the sport with nothing

The PED problem in MMA, out-of-competition testing, and why he's speaking out

Why he chose PFL over the UFC — and has no regrets

What he wants to do when fighting's over

Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos exists to platform guests who've turned adversity into hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.

Follow: @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis

️ Sponsored by The Ink Factory, Temple Bar — Ireland's highest rated tattoo studio. theinkfactory.ie | @theinkfactory

How To Reprogram An Addicted Brain Through Hypnosis & Neuroplasticity - Angela Carney

1 Stunde 42 Minuten
She Was Sober for 16 Years. Then She Lost It All, and at 53 Rebuilt Her Brain From Scratch. Angela Carney on Hypnosis, Addiction and the Subconscious Mind.

Angela Carney got sober in her early thirties and stayed sober for 16 years while building a successful business from nothing. Then her mother died, the pressure mounted, and a "harmless" habit reopened a door she thought was closed for good. What followed was years of cross-addiction, the loss of her business, and a rock-bottom moment at 53 where she sat down and Googled four words: "Can I fix my brain?"

What she found, neuroplasticity, the theta brainwave state, and the power of the subconscious mind, became the foundation of her recovery and her work today as a hypnotherapist helping others beat addiction.

Ryan sits down with Angela for a genuinely fascinating conversation about how the mind actually works.

What we get into:

How someone relapses after 16 years sober and what "cross-addiction" really means

Why your dopamine system never forgets, and how addiction hijacks the reward pathway

The conscious mind is 5% of you your subconscious runs the other 95%

Why you can consciously want to stop and still be unable to

Neuroplasticity: why your brain can change at any age, not just before 25

The theta brainwave state, and how the first 7 years quietly shape your whole life

The night Angela felt overwhelming joy in the middle of withdrawal, and what it taught her

Why advertising is a form of legal hypnosis, from Pringles to Nike

Why the subconscious doesn't hear the word "don't", and how to talk to it instead

Self-pity versus self-compassion, "mood hoovers," and training your brain toward the positive

Ryan's own visualisation story after his accident, and where it overlaps with Angela's

Her message to anyone who's tried to stop ten times and thinks this is just who they are

Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos exists to platform guests who've turned adversity into hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.

Follow: @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis

If anything in this episode affects you, support is available in Ireland. The HSE Drugs & Alcohol Helpline is free and confidential on 1800 459 459, and Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.

️ Sponsored by The Ink Factory, Temple Bar — Ireland's highest rated tattoo studio. theinkfactory.ie | @theinkfactory
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Made In Chaos is a podcast about resilience, mental toughness, and rebuilding your life after everything collapses. Hosted by former MMA fighter Ryan Curtis, who survived a catastrophic training accident that left him paralysed from the neck down, this show explores what it really takes to recover - physically, mentally, and emotionally. Each episode digs into adversity, discipline, identity, trauma, growth, recovery, and personal development, sharing lessons that help you create lasting change and a stronger future.
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