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Jennifer Collins

Jennifer Collins

Climate correspondent, editor and podcast producer at Deutsche Welle in Berlin, producing DW's environment podcast Living Planet.

Jan 2, 2026

25:45
I, I really would like to hear the story again.
25:48
Um, so there was a salmon, some say his name was Fintan, and he was swimming in a river.
25:54
I think it was the Boyne River, but, um, he, uh, was, had all the knowledge in the world.
26:01
And then one day he was caught by this poet called Finegas, who wanted to have all the knowledge in the world, and the p- person who took the first bite from the salmon would gain all that knowledge.
26:12
So he had an apprentice there, uh, Fionn McCool, who was really, like he's really famous in Irish mythology as a warrior.
26:21
But Fionn, um, he was like, "Fionn, you look after that salmon there while it's cooking, but whatever you do, do not eat the salmon." And, uh, the salmon got a bit of a blister on its skin as it was cooking, so he just burst the blister, and then he s- put, 'cause his thumb burnt, he put it in his mouth, and he got all of the knowledge from the salmon.
26:39
And the poet came back and was pretty disappointed because ...
31:38
Which story sets your green lie detector off?

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