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For the first time, the top restaurant in the world is from South America. Central in Peru has won the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, and Lima earned more spots in the top 50 than any other city. So what is Peruvian cuisine? Why is it seeing something of a surge in popularity? Mark Moriarty, award winning chef and the presenter of Off Duty Chef on RTE joined Sean to discuss...

In a world first, Domino's Pizza will be delivering pizza to Glastonbury Festival via jetpack. Sam Wilson, Domino’s Jetsuit Deployment Director joined Sean on the show... Image: Domino's Pizza

The Titanic submersible story has been a gripping story to follow, with so many factors playing into it. And Irish people are known for being obsessed with these kinds of stories. But why is that? Colleen Murrell, Professor of Journalism in DCU joined Sean to discuss…

A new study in the UK has found evidence that regular napping can reduce the amount of brain shrinkage taking place as we age. The authors of the study now hope that these findings will held to remove any stigma that still exists around people taking a little nap during the day. Sean was joined by Motty Varghese, sleep physiologist in the Sleep Therapy Clinic in Dublin...

Henry McKean is in Berlin for the Special Olympics World Games. He has been there since Saturday. We asked him to tell us about the German way of life and is the stereotype of German efficiency and everything running on time true? Henry joined Sean live from Berlin…

Glastonbury music festival starts today. If you've ever been there, you might have learned the hard way that the festival takes place in a village 9 miles away from Glastonbury town. David MacGeoch, Vicar of Glastonbury spends a lot of his time every June redirecting people...

After years of anti-smoking messaging, Gen Z are bucking the trend and the rates of smoking are increasing for the first time in years. There has also been an increase in the amount of smoking seen in television series and amongst celebrities. Previously a social no-no among a generation of wellness enthusiasts, why has their attitude changed? Alaina Demopoulos has written a piece in The Guardian...

For this weeks 'How To' slot we’re looking at how to erase your digital history. Sean was joined by Daragh O’Brien, Managing Director of Castlebridge, data consultancy company to discuss...

Egg tossing, is throwing them between two people as far as you can without them breaking. It's a feature of the Rylane Family Fun Day. Wild Willie O'Donovan from Mayo is an infamous egg tosser and will be in attendance this weekend. Colm Burke, Organiser of the event within Rylane Family Fun Day...

Rescuers are facing a race against time to find a missing submersible that lost contact near the wreck of the Titanic as its oxygen supply dwindles. Sean was joined by Dickie Burston, Chairman at NATO Industrial Advisory Group & Expert in Underwater Systems to discuss…

We justifiably hear stories of depression in the popular media but is there a condition that exists between this and positive mental health? Anhedonia refers to the inability to experience pleasure. It has been extensively studied but remains relatively unknown in the popular imagination. Sean was joined by Tanith Carey, Author of Feeling ‘Blah’? Why Anhedonia Has Left You Joyless and How to Recap...

Coroners across the country have been informed by the State Laboratory that the turnaround time for toxicology results has been increased to 160 days. This is because there aren’t sufficient resources to manage an increase in requests. There are also pressures on the Dublin District Mortuary because of difficulties relating to the availability of pathology services – and that’s causing delays to f...

While Henry McKean is in Berlin for the Special Olympics, he has fully immersed himself in the Berlin culture and went to one of Berlin's most well known raves. Henry McKean spoke to Sean on the show live from Berlin...

An exceptionally gruesome story emerged from Harvard University over the past week, involving the illegal sale of human body parts. Sean was joined by Michael Levenson, Reporter for the New York Times to discuss the latest on the story...

Like a number of other places in Europe and the United States, and even in Ireland a few months ago, Drag Queen Story Time events have been coming under increasing attacks by members of the Far Right in Sweden. In an act of solidarity with the LGBTQ community, the deputy mayor of Stockholm Jan Jönsson has now carried out his form of drag expression. He joined Sean on the show to discuss...

Does your pet dog have a personality or have you just given them one? It's impossible to say definitively, but Pete Wedderburn says that science has provided significant evidence that animals are more like us than we previously thought...

Imagine taking a 45-minute hike up a mountain to then go inside the mountain, and travel 1,385 feet down below the surface to your hotel. A new experience called Deep Sleep has launched inside the Snowdonia Mountain in Wales, and their Operations Manager Mike Morris joined Sean to discuss... Image: Deep Sleep

ChatGPT has blown up across the world with billions of searches since it launched last year. But now, a menacing alter ego within the AI chat bot has been uncovered. DAN, which stands for Do Anything Now, allows users to pass all ethical limitations of the chat bot, and has even provided advice on how to break into Aras an Uachtaráin, the Dáil and how to run a smear campaign against TDs. Elaine Bu...

A consultative forum on Ireland's international security policy is to be held this week. Part of that discussion will look at Irelands neutrality. Ireland, Austria and Malta are the only neutral counties in Europe – what is it like being neutral in Malta, and are they considering their own neutrality? Sean was joined by Neville Borg, Fact Checker at the Times of Malta...

Pickle enthusiasts will be delighted to know that a pickle eating competition is coming to Dublin this month, as part of Stoneybatter Festival. The interesting thing about this eating contest, is that the Golden Pickle isn’t awarded to the person that consumes the most, but rather how well you can handle the increasing sour intensity. Dearbhla Reynolds, fermentation expert and author of 'The Cultu...

In the Netherlands a paralysed man has learned to walk again, thanks to AI bridging the gap between the brain and the spine. One of the system engineers for that allowed Gert-Jan Oskam to walk again was Irish man, Cathal Harte. Cathal is the lead software and system engineer at NeuroScience and joined Sean on the show to discuss...

Would you go to a museum that talked about death? Waterford is opening the Irish Wake Museum today in a former hospice. It looks at how death was celebrated in communities, and how attitudes have changed in centuries past. Eamonn McEneaney, Director of the Waterford Treasurers group of museums joined Sean to discuss... Image: Twitter via @WFORD_Treasures

As Irish people we moan about the rain and the cold constantly. But, when it gets a bit warm, we suddenly can't handle it - but there are physiological reasons for this. Sean was joined by Dean Burnett, Neuroscientist, Lecturer and Author to discuss...

The European Parliament has passed the Artificial Intelligence Act, which is aimed at regulating platforms that use AI in different settings. All but four Irish MEPs voted for it, with those four abstaining, such as Clare Daly and Mick Wallace. Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune joined Sean to discuss...

During the week a video of Belgian TikTokker David Baerten went viral. He asked his family to tell people he had passed away and organise a funeral. The 45-year-old was annoyed that his friends were paying him insufficient attention. Barrister Peter Leonard joined Sean to discuss...