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Odrán Waldron
Thursday, 20 November, 2025

On this month’s episode, host Nicole Flattery is joined by Odrán Waldron to read from and discuss his story ‘Temporary’, published in the Summer 2025 issue of The Stinging Fly ⁠⁠Issue 52 Volume Two.⁠Odrán Waldron is a writer and hurler from Freshford, County Kilkenny, living in Belfast. His work has appeared in Sonder and The Stinging Fly and is forthcoming in The Pig’s Back; he hurls for Lámh Dhearg CLG.⁠⁠Nicole Flattery⁠⁠ is a writer and critic. Her story collection ⁠⁠Show Them A Good Time⁠⁠, was published by The Stinging Fly and Bloomsbury in 2019. Her first novel, Nothing Special, was published by Bloomsbury in 2023.The Stinging Fly Podcast invites writers from the latest issue of The Stinging Fly to read and discuss their work. Previous episodes of the podcast ⁠⁠can be found here⁠⁠. The podcast’s theme music is ⁠⁠‘Sale of Lakes’, by Divan⁠⁠. All of the ⁠⁠Stinging Fly archive⁠⁠ is available to ⁠⁠subscribers.⁠