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The Laughter Effect

The Laughter Effect

The Laughter Effect - Diarmuid Gavin

Aug 7, 2026 · 50 min · 12 segments

Diarmuid Gavin is an Irish garden designer and television personality. He has presented gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show on nine occasions between 1995 to 2016, winning a number of medals, including…

Diarmuid Gavin is an Irish garden designer and television personality. He has presented gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show on nine occasions between 1995 to 2016, winning a number of medals, including Gold in 2011. He has also authored or co-authored more than ten gardening-related books.

Diarmuid Gavin is an Irish garden designer and television personality. He has presented gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show on nine occasions between 1995 to 2016, winning a number of medals, including…

Speakers: Diarmuid GavinGuestJames HoggHost

Top entities: Diarmuid Gavin×30 Ireland×47 Father Ted×22 Sonia O'Sullivan×9 Brendan Grace×7

Welcome and Guest Introduction0:09 – 1:02

0:09

Hello, welcome to The Laughter Effect, the podcast in which we investigate and celebrate our relationship with comedy and laughter.

0:17

This week, we welcome, well, I'm delighted to welcome the, let me get this right.

0:22

So TV presenter, horticulturalist, Diamond Gabin.

0:28

Welcome.

0:28

Welcome, sir.

0:29

How are you? I'm good, James.

0:32

Great to be here.

0:32

Yes.

0:33

And you're back in Ireland.

0:34

You were over in the UK yesterday, back in Ireland? Yes.

Diarmuid GavinGuest

0:37

Yeah, that's my kind of constant.

Diarmuid GavinGuest

0:40

And it has been for the last 30 years, every couple of days on a boat or on a plane.

Diarmuid GavinGuest

0:47

And if I'm lucky enough, unlike your long journeys, that it's only the UK, it makes me very happy.

0:53

Yeah, absolutely.

0:54

Absolutely.

0:55

Well, let's get straight on with it.

0:57

So the first question is a doubleheader, but an easy one.

1:00

So how are you and where are you?

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