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RTÉ Brainstorm — 190 episodes

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What’s really in the air Dubliners breathe?

2

Why a 115kg stone from Waterford is finding a new home in Boston

3

The inside story of Dublin’s blood and guts economy

4

4 tips for reading with babies and toddlers

5

All you need to know about voice spoofing and audio

6

What learning a second language does to your first language

7

Who owns my child’s data?

8

Are you being ripped off by the 'loyalty penalty'?

9

How long will it take for my solar panels to pay for themselves?

10

6 policy changes which could help consumers save money & cut costs

11

Why do some words give us the ick?

12

Why electric cars need to be heard as well as seen

13

Why women are taking to the sheds in Ireland

14

All you ever wanted to know about emergency planning

15

Cad é an scéal leis an nGaeilge?

16

What will Irish towns look like in the future?

17

Where are the future strongholds of Gaelic games?

18

From toys to wars, where will you encounter drones next?

19

Where does the time go?

20

The hospitality crisis: what's happening to Irish restaurants?

21

Are 'quiet redundancies' happening in your workplace?

22

Can I stop drone delivery companies flying over my property?

23

How slogans as Gaeilge have become part of Irish-Gaza protests

24

Why is the Child of Prague statue associated with Irish weddings and weather?

25

Are you stuck in the wrong job? 5 signs it’s time to move on

26

What was on the menu in prehistoric Ireland?

27

Do I have to work when I’m sick?

28

It's 1970 and the Irish army are plotting to invade Northern Ireland

29

Howya lads: how we address and greet others in Ireland

30

How 92 year‑old Richard Morgan became a rowing world champion

31

The colourful story of the Elephant House on Dublin's O'Connell Street

32

The night JFK came to dinner in Dublin

33

Meet George Ryan, the Tipperary Don Quixote in 18th century Peru

34

Is it possible to create a healthy, tasty beer with no alcohol?

35

How RIP.ie became an unlikely Irish cultural phenomenon

36

Why micro-retirement has become a new workplace trend for Gen Z & millennials

37

How bonus points have changed Leaving Cert Maths

38

Here are 10 landmark GAA sites to visit in 2025

39

Why exemptions from studying Irish are an increasing phenomenon

40

How do EVs perform in the real world? Here’s what one Cork driver discovered

41

Why are my bills going up (and up) mid-contract?

42

Do you have a middle-ageing brain?

43

Why money doesn't always motivate employees

44

Why you should be collecting and using rainwater

45

Why do we work?

46

How social media has impacted on young people's mental health

47

All you ever wanted to know about Jupiter

48

Where have all the Patricks gone?

49

How do you create a bike-friendly neighbourhood?

50

What can be done with 11,000 tons of used wind turbine blades?

51

Rain, floods & storms: why weather conditions are getting wetter

52

The story of 3 wild Irish lives

53

How we’re tricked into buying new appliances

54

How the way you walk tells the story of your health

55

The golden age of video games is over

56

5 things our deposit return scheme can learn from other countries

57

Where did all the historical Irish weather data go?

58

How competitive is the Irish broadband market?

59

Do you work with a psychopath? Here's how to know

60

'Ireland's gate to hell': a Co Roscommon cave and the Otherworld

61

Tornadoes in Ireland: yes, we get them and here's how many

62

From Germany to the US, the countries who plotted to invade Ireland

63

Meet Anne O'Brien, the legendary soccer star from Inchicore

64

Why we need a new bidding process for buying homes in Ireland

65

Here's the real cost of your morning rush hour commute in Dublin

66

Why do some people have no sense of direction?

67

A step by step guide to how one Cork homeowner cut his energy costs

68

Why doctors and nurses should use more plain language and less jargon

69

How Irishman William Howard Russell invented modern war reporting

70

5 reasons why it’s so difficult to get a divorce in Ireland

71

Wreckers and levellers: evicting Ireland's poor during the Great Famine

72

The successful 'back to basics' approach of farming in The Burren

73

Why Irish field names and local placenames need to be recorded

74

All you ever wanted to know about shipping containers

75

How the Marino estate transformed Dublin housing 100 years ago

76

How coffee badging became a new workplace trend

77

Meet Lena Rice, the only Irish woman to ever triumph at Wimbledon

78

How vaping has an unhealthy impact on indoor air quality

79

The story behind Croke Park's rodeo extravaganza in 1924

80

The story of the secret theatre buried under Dublin’s Busáras

81

'Face the flag': the complicated history of the national anthem and Gaelic games

82

How much does it really cost to build a new house in Ireland?

83

Why do people talk so much at gigs and concerts?

84

When Ireland said no to nuclear power in Co Wexford

85

Wizard wanted: why job ads use such bizarre terms and descriptions

86

Why class in the workplace remains a taboo subject in Ireland

87

Why we keep comparing politicians to Hitler and why we need to stop

88

How a new app could show you green travel routes through Dublin

89

Why do breathing techniques stop panic attacks?

90

3 misunderstandings about money that cost a lot in the long run

91

How a kiss in public in DeValera’s Ireland caused a global sensation

92

How remote working has changed how we learn on the job

93

Why are teens half as likely to walk or cycle to school in Dublin as Dunshaughlin?

94

Why do you have so many unread emails?

95

Who was Kathleen Lynn? The diaries of a radical Irish woman

96

Dia dhuit: what's behind Irish language's religious roots?

97

5 tips to save money on your heating this winter

98

Is Government policy leading to longer commutes and urban sprawl?

99

'A good send-off': why food plays a major role in Irish wakes and funerals

100

How Irish dance became a significant business for Irish women

101

How did the marriage bar affect Irish women?

102

Why so many of us will run up that hill with Kate Bush

103

What Ireland ate and drank during the Second World War

104

Under Clery's clock: the history and legacy of the landmark Dublin store

105

What's going to happen to used electric car batteries?

106

Why is society so surprised by older people having sex?

107

Why we turned a Dublin street into a playground

108

Ráiméis! Here are 15 slang words as Gaeilge to use this week

109

Do you work in a toxic workplace? Here what you can do about it

110

A short history of the Irish coffee

111

Why are Irish gig tickets so expensive?

112

Taylor Swift's songs are full of literary references - so what do they tell us?

113

What goes on at the Workplace Relations Commission?

114

Why Irish people sing 'Ole Ole Ole' when they're happy

115

How Michael Collins became the Irish revolution's sex symbol

116

How do you clean a wind turbine blade?

117

The growing world of nixers, passion projects and side hustles

118

‘He proposed to me on our first date’: my experience of Irish culture shock

119

Because they're worth it: medieval hair treatments

120

A Croke Park murder mystery: who shot Séan Ó Glaimín?

121

Why banks need to maintain cash services for customers

122

Meet the 5 worst boyfriends in fiction

123

Radio GAA GAA: the Irish abroad and Gaelic games on the radio

124

Why Irish people love making connections when we meet strangers

125

A short history of the many plans to reclaim land from Dublin Bay

126

Help, my child is now a teenager – what do I do?

127

How many friends do you need?

128

Will we see 'robot judges' in Irish courtrooms in the future?

129

Why the trench coat became the garment of choice for IRA fighters

130

Why Ireland sought to stop US airlines landing at Dublin Airport in the 1960s

131

How listening to music at lunch increases your afternoon productivity

132

5 things women should know before starting a business

133

The man from Co Meath who had at least 10 funerals

134

4 ways to make public transport easy to use and safe for all

135

How much does your job title matter?

136

'Ah sure, you know yourself': why Irish people never say what they mean

137

All you need to know about putting solar panels on your roof

138

Why referees are quitting Gaelic games

139

How to save money on your household bills with simple maths

140

How to fall in love with strangers

141

Could super-villains use your smart kettle to disrupt the power grid?

142

5 things you didn't know about Fionn Mac Cumhaill

143

Why It’s A Wonderful Life still resonates today (repeat)

144

Why women prefer male bosses

145

How we unearthed a medieval town in Co Kilkenny

146

How surfing can improve your mental health

147

Will a latte levy stop us dumping 200 million coffee cups a year?

148

Is it time for a woolly jumper revival?

149

All you need to know about bank holidays in Ireland

150

Why workers don’t like their HR departments

151

A history of the GAA in 100 objects (Special)

152

Where did the term ‘west Brit’ come from?

153

How to save cash on your energy bills

154

Why sea levels are rising higher than expected in Dublin and Cork

155

How the Civil War split an Irish republican family in two (repeat)

156

You're not singing any more: where do soccer chants come from?

157

All you need to know about how heat pumps work

158

Can I delete myself from the internet?

159

The good and bad news about workplace gossip

160

What First Dates tells us about dating in Ireland

161

What can you do with used wind turbine blades?

162

10 commemoration ideas you won't forget in a hurry

163

Why are legal costs in Ireland so high?

164

The life and times of Dublin’s first O’Connell Bridge

165

Why the reign of SUVs on Irish roads should end

166

The summer Garth Brooks didn't come to town (repeat)

167

What happens to the waste that goes down the drain in your home (repeat)

168

The groundbreaking Irish woman golfer you’ve never heard of before

169

What Leopold Bloom's food diary tells us about Bloomsday

170

Why it's time to make room on the road for electric scooters (repeat)

171

My boss is a psychopath: why bad people get good jobs (repeat)

172

Where does the phrase ‘taking the soup’ come from?

173

The story behind John Lavery’s controversial painting of Roger Casement in the dock

174

How architect Herbert Simms transformed Dublin

175

The spy who came to lunch: Ireland and Russia during the Cold War

176

How to eat and exercise your way to healthy ageing

177

How the Irish helped to create Easter Sunday

178

Is it really bonkers to use an algorithm to hire a person?

179

The problem with having a difficult name in Ireland

180

How the Civil War split an Irish republican family in two

181

CSI St Patrick: just where is the saint's body?

182

From Elvis to the Muppets, the story of Danny Boy

183

How roots of Riverdance can be found in Kerry

184

The Great Resignation: why are so many people leaving their jobs?

185

How much water should I drink daily?

186

How can we enjoy a tasty, fatty meal without weight gain?

187

How to build a new town in Ireland

188

Who do some ads follow me around online?

189

Why some runners get injured - and how to stop it happening

190

Just how do reindeers fly Santa’s sleigh around the world?