All Episodes
Brendan O'Connor — 241 episodes
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"My big ambition? That my wife is happy" - writer, Richard Ford
“I’m not worried about Millennials; I’m worried a fear of cringe is ruling Gen Z lives!”
Robbie Williams - “I’m taking the weight loss jabs. I didn’t qualify, but I’m a celebrity”
"With potatoes cooking in the ground - has this summer been a wake-up call on climate change?"
From pink cocaine to ultra strong MDMA - a warning on this year’s casual drug trends
“Odyssey Round the A&E”, a new poem by Rita Ann Higgins
“He told me ‘word is you’re a flash in the pan’ - that drove me to prove myself” - Phil Coulter
A Physio’s Guide to Improving your Balance
Homemade Ice Cream for Dummies with Kevin Dundon
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“Jeremy Irons can hold his own at a seisiún ” - Martin Hayes
“Real life horrors are on your phone instantly”
“I didn’t think Ferris Bueller would last 40 years” - Matthew Broderick
“I think I'll miss being given out to by Brenda Fricker the most!”
“Marriage needs conflict” - Prof. Katriona O’Sullivan
“People used tea bags and gravy browning to tan their legs!”
The ultimate cheeseburger
Ellen Keane: “I came back from the Paralympics and my motivation was in the bin”
Literary feuds – “She shot to fame in a film that sexualised a young girl”
Weinstein survivor, Ashley Judd: “Not all men are violent, but most men are silent”
Summer debts: “Dog-sitting can be a great way to get a cheap holiday - if you like dogs!”
“You don’t need a free bar two hours before the meal” - Noel Cunningham on hosting a recovering alcoholic
Viral Clare businesswoman: “I was born with resting bitch face, and I’m proud of it!”
Shane Daniel Byrne - “I like the way songs can change meaning over the years”
“Camping is just THE BEST way to explore Ireland”
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Pat Shortt: “I love grotesque, edgy madness!”
“People are watching Netflix while they’re driving along”
“There is always violence bubbling under”
“You want a waxy spud for a potato salad”
Paul Simon’s Graceland at 40
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“Are bank details on a wedding invite the new norm?”
“By the time you’re thirsty you're already 2% dehydrated” - Defeating Dehydration
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Frances Black - “A Woman’s Heart was the inspiration for the Spice Girls!”
“Don’t be afraid of your home” - Getting to Know Your House
Discover the Coolcation
“I want to make the women of Ireland safer” - Leona Macken
Luke Combs at Slane - “Ordinary is the appeal”
Sensational Strawberries with Neven Maguire
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“Crying shows us what really matters to us” - The Power of Crying with Dr Tony Bates
“‘The Queue’ at Wimbledon is now a social media sensation in its own right”
The Newspaper Panel
Your Summer Dilemmas with Dr Richard Hogan
Minding Yourself In The Heat with Dr Colm Henry
“Breadcrumbing is where the man isn’t giving you the full loaf of bread!”
Mary Kennedy - “I’m at an age now where I don’t care what people think of me”
Why Buying Refurbished Tech saves money and the planet
Darina Allen - "Your oven should never be moody”
The Newspaper Panel
“Choose Life” - The Trainspotting Soundtrack turns 30
How to Pack the Perfect Holiday Suitcase
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Summer Holiday Book Recommendations “It’s Sinead’s memoir, and she’s reading it – it’s very intimate”
Niall Moyna: “Within four hours of this treatment, 18,000 bio-molecules are produced in your body”
Enda Walsh: “Bowie told me he was sick – he wanted to leave on his own terms”
Cape Verde’s World Cup Heroics: “It’s been a fairytale, but not an overnight success”
Shellfish masterclass: “Irish people always think seafood will kill us. But it's very safe now”
Newspaper Panel
Conversations To Have With Your Parents Before They Die
Wedding bells in Madison Square Garden for Taylor Swift?
The Watchlist
Ann Lane - “People started dying, the Captain told us it was Hantavirus”
Enda Wyley – Poems for Summer
“Having a son with special needs introduces you to so many everyday heroes” - writer, Ian Rankin
Do you need an LED face mask? - Prof Caitriona Ryan
“Dot cakes are dopamine baking!”
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Newspaper Panel
Mark Little: ‘Technology doesn’t have a moral compass – WE need to rein it in and to push for that!’
The enduring appeal of Nora Ephron
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Roddy Collins, Mary Coughlan, Kyla Cobbler & more - Advice for the Class of 2026
Adam Harris: Why I’m leaving ‘AsIAm’...
Daniel Wiffen: “I’ll never replicate the joy of a really tough training session”
Financial Cultures: avoiding the social pressure to overspend
Sprucing up your packed lunch
Newspaper Panel
Patrick Freyne -“There’s a beauty in accepting that you’re probably just average”
The rise of the Naked Nail
The Watchlist
Ciara Mageean - “If I’m going to die, I’m going to fit in as much living as possible now”
Irish priest and spiritual advisor to Anthropic reacts to U.S. ban on foreign use
Salman Rushdie - “It wasn’t true, I never lived in Bono’s back garden!”
Stefanie Preissner’s Father’s Day Gift Guide
“Porridge with chocolate milk? Yes! Change up the liquids you use!”
Elvis Costello: “This is my face – there's nothing I can do about it!”
“It felt like a secret world, with music from another planet” - The Pretty in Pink soundtrack at 40
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Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”
“After your show aired, the guy I loved, from years back, got in touch...”
Masterchef’s Anna Haugh: “Appalling treatment of restaurant staff makes my blood boil”
Richard Hogan: “Too many feel their boundaries should never be breached”
Greenways: “Cycling is about much more than getting from A to B”
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“I thought I was the saviour of the planet” - GOT actor, Hannah Murray
Does technology mean that our cars are no longer private spaces?
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“I’m telling his story, because Brian can’t” - Emily O’Reilly
“Being an influencer is the loneliest job” - TikToker, Miriam Mullins
“Although the U.S. has an awful lot of problems, most Americans will still celebrate the 250th anniversary”
"Did I want to be an actor or a movie star? That was the question for me" - Jack Reynor
“Lot of lemon juice, lots of lemon zest; delicious”
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Playwright Deirdre Kinahan - “Living to retire is such a cod. None of us knows what’s coming next”
How to holiday with friends without falling out
“I was so moved by the experience of hopelessness I shared with these women”
“I was a very shy kid and suffered from shyness right up until my 40s”
The low down on cholesterol
Why brack is not just for Halloween
Can a chatbot be a good friend? Two Gen Z guinea pigs find out
“When dressing for an event, don’t forget who you are!”
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Director, John Carney: “I had an almost priestly calling to film-making"
Mick Lynch - “People feel Britain needs a radical change right now”
“The God I grew up with was all about hell and punishment” - Fr. Iggy O’Donovan
What’s your flexibility score? (and why it matters)
Salad dressings that don’t skimp on flavour
Theo Dorgan: “My Dad buried himself early so that we might live”
The irrational optimism of driving a convertible in Ireland
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Newspaper Panel
Maria Walsh MEP: “It takes a village – that’s the image I’m leaning on, as a gay, single mum-to-be"
“Thank you isn’t nearly enough” - finding the good Samaritan who saved his life
Why we need holidays
Bill Nighy: “Now I’m Irish, I’m going to have to rebrand”
“Australia’s Martha Stewart” Donna Hay
James Kavanagh - “My bully found all manner of creative ways to make my life hell”
“‘Yesteryear’ shines another light on the Trad Wife culture war”
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Newspaper Panel
Michael Bublé - “I’m a pretty big deal, you need to see me before I die!”
“Teaching Love to medical students allows them to bring their own vulnerabilities to the job”
“I’m looking for the woman who saved my life”
Dr Richard Hogan - “The birth mothers who’ve come to my clinic have stayed in my soul”
Summer Life Hacks
Fruiting up your salads!
Michael Harding: “The sun gaslights us in Ireland. We’re never sure of it”
“The last hurrah, for a golden age of fashion magazines” the enduring appeal of The Devil Wears Prada
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Katriona O’Sullivan: “I felt like a fat bride, and I still hate the wedding photos”
How long will the sunshine last?
PJ Gallagher: “You’d never let anyone talk to you, the way you talk to yourself when you’re unwell”
From the archive: Manchán Magan kicks-off summer with a naked dew-roll
All the tricks you need for an authentic Caribbean BBQ
My Life in Five Songs: actor, Eileen Walsh
“YouTubers are increasingly invading our TVs”
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Jan Carson - “Maybe the whole of Northern Ireland should have gone to therapy”
Theologian: “Trump’s post was blasphemous and utterly un-Christian"
Neurologist: “Procrastination is a tug-of-war between parts of your brain”
Holidays Of A Lifetime “If you’re dreaming about it, just go”
How to Walk, with Karl Henry
French classics with an Irish twist
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Niall Quinn “Football is the answer to a lot of problems in modern Ireland”
Apps that make travel easy with Conor Pope
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“My father thought I was part bird, because I was born without arms”
Do you know your love language? Psychologist, Allison Keating explains!
What is likely to happen now in the stand-off over the fuel protests?
Dermot Bannon “People say they need storage, but what are they storing?!”
“You lose 30% of your collagen around perimenopause”
Baking this weekend? Chef Una Leonard has some tips!
Kathryn Thomas - “I would never have admitted to Botox five years ago”
Nóirín Ní Riain – “The modern world badly needs a spiritual transplant”
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Comedian, Emma Doran - “I’m like a Jack Russell; all bark but really I just want to be up on the couch!”
Trisha Lewis - “I love myself now, I didn’t love myself 7 years ago”
The Edge on his friend Hal Wilner - “It was our good fortune to know him”
Crime writer, Tana French - “Women are socialised to think about predators who see us as prey”
European Greenway Holidays “I wouldn’t go on a holiday now that didn’t involve cycling”
The Ultimate Chocolate Cake this Easter
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Rita Ann Higgins: “The witch in me wanted to scramble his eggs”
Arrest of controversial influencer Clavicular
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Colm Tóibín: “After Epstein, I wanted to explore why some people feel no guilt”
Stefanie Preissner: “I have six hoovers – and a back-up battery.”
Was this the week the tide turned against social media giants?
Donal O’Shea: “Everything is salted caramel now: it combines salt, fat and sugar.”
How to ask for a pay rise
The secrets of making great coffee, at home or at work
Richie Sadlier: “I was in this pit of self-pity and anger and loss all wrapped into one”
The real-life drama surrounding TV show ‘Love Story’
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Dr Richard Hogan: “Guilt & shame have their tentacles in everything”
“Troy Parrott is just in flying form right now” - Tony O’Donoghue
“This used to be called insider trading!” – the rise of online prediction markets
John Banville - “Humble items around the house might bring me to tears”
Carrie Crowley on the joys of sea-swimming
Darina Allen: “Risotto is the ultimate stand-by dish”
“Mam knew she was loved, but I wish I told her more” Édaein O'Connell on grief of losing her mother
Ed Guiney “The car queue lasts around 2 hours to the Oscars”
The Newspaper Panel
Mark Little - “Bro culture is infiltrating politics ...and now war”
RTE Sport’s Jacqui Hurley on the most exciting Six Nations in years
Mr Motivator - “Every minute I’m sad, I’m missing out on 60 seconds of happiness”
Liz Nugent - “I only ever had bad dreams – I’d wake up thinking I’d murdered someone”
“Eid has become so commercialised – the price of dates is ridiculous”
Restaurant level fish dishes at home
“I thought art didn’t exist in Ireland” - artist, Dorothy Cross
Pokémon at 30: “I’ve rediscovered it now as an adult and realise it’s a great way of keeping you company”
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Leo Varadkar: ‘I think the European-Atlantic relationship is changed forever’
“I was a bit player in my parents’ drama, a parentified eldest daughter”
Ex-Trump advisor, Anthony Scaramucci: “I was in the Epstein Files”
Neil Jordan “Everyone knew what Weinstein was”
Ireland’s Prettiest Towns and Villages
Eva Pau’s Sensational Stir Fries!
Colum McCann “With my brain condition - the medicine altered me more than the pain”
Love is Blind controversy: Body Shaming or Romantic Honesty?
Colin Farrell - “I have enormous feeling around Emma, love for her, anger for her EB, sorrow for things EB has taken from her”
“De-escalation is out of the question” Middle East Update
Róisín and Ann Ingle on steady eddies, what makes a good sex scene and why we need to talk about death
A dietician’s definitive guide to protein
Quick and tasty homemade dips with chef, Alannah Sheehan
Prof Luke O’Neill - How to get through ‘Sniper’s Alley’ and optimise your health in midlife
How AI is changing the face of filmmaking and content creation
The Newspaper Panel
Dr. Mike Ryan: “My mother took me by the two hands and said ‘don’t you die over there'”
Jacqui Hurley previews Ireland v England in Twickenham
Dads at the cutting edge - the half zip jumper is now fashion!
David Gray “My Dad pulled out his chemo tubes and came and cheered Bowie up”
Do you know your smishing from your vishing? - The top scams to watch out for right now
The only muffin recipes you’ll ever need with Caryna Camerino
Newspaper Panel
Painter, Sean Scully: "I wet the bed until I was 20"