On the latest episode of Turning Points, Patricia Killeen welcomed World Radio Paris’ Robert Quinn to the show. Robert has been living in Paris for the past year and has accomplished so much in his action-packed time in the City of Light and experienced incredible ‘Turning Points’ in his time here.

Before heading to Paris Robert studied English Literature and Sociology at Trinity, and is passionate about people and writing. 

Robert discovered World Radio Paris on his very first day in Paris when his taxi driver tuned into the station! A couple of months later, on holidays from his teaching job, he reached out to WRP and found out they had a Service Civique position open. He applied and got the job and hasn’t looked back since, enjoying meteorite success at the station. He is now a producer and talk show host on WRP, presenting his own Friday night music show, the emblematic ‘Left of the Dial’, which features interviews and deep dives into alternative rock and folk music in Paris and beyond. He also hosts shows for ‘WRP Presents’ which shines a spotlight on cultural happenings across Paris and France. 

He is also a musician and drummer and a member of a Dublin-based punk band, the ‘Pompeii Wellness Concept’, which have released three Eps and we hear one of their songs ‘Ballyfever’.

He has also published two poetry zines called ‘Absolute Funk’ and ‘Slow Down, Move Over.’ 

They also discussed how, over a period of a few decades it has become so on the pulse to be Irish…