Arena

Ralph McTell chats to Rick and plays live in studio.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fiddle player and RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards nominee Clare Sands chats to Rick about her new album and performs live in studio.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Macnas marks 40 years of creating extraordinary public art, Rick look back at the history of the company with Galway theatre-maker James Riordan.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jess Fahy discusses the National Gallery’s new exhibition, Hilma af Klint: Artist and Visionary.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For over twenty-five years, novelist Niall Williams has been crafting some of the most lyrical and resonant of Irish stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wexford Festival Opera marks its 75th anniversary. From its modest beginnings in 1951, it has grown into one of the world's most respected opera festivals, earning an international reputation for reviving neglected masterpieces and nurturing new talent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Wasser and Louise Bruton review VisionQuest (Disney+), Crystal Lake (Sky) and The Party (Virgin). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zara Hedderman and Nadine O’Regan review new releases from Fontaines DC, Arborist and Declan O’Rourke. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Martin Doyle, Books Editor of The Irish Times chats to Rick about Faber confirming it will stop supplying Sally Rooney's books in the UK.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Clarke and Sarina Bellissimo review survival thriller Whalefall and documentaries NAZA and Forever Is Now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Actor Luke Grimes chats to Rick about the latest season of Taylor Sheridan's American neo-Western Marshals.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ahead of the release of his new album, Belly of the Beast, Whozyerman? chats to Rick and performs live in studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Playwright and director Enda Walsh and actors Séamus McLean Ross and Aoise Meaney discuss the major new production at The Everyman marking three decades of the play. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Singer-songwriter Maya Libbey performs live in the studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashley Keating of The Frank and Walters chats to Rick about Cork's most iconic music venues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Limerick artist Strange Boy performs live in studio and chats to Rick about his recently released second album, Say Nothing.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Poets Vona Groarke and Martina Evans discuss this year’s Circling the Square Literary Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul Whittington discusses Marathon Man at 50. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jenn Gannon and Chris Wasser review Mike Flanagan’s reboot of Stephen King’s Carrie and Channel 4's comedy series It Gets Worse, and discuss why The Celebrity Traitors is so compelling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Graham Smyth and John Meagher review new releases from Troye Sivan, Morgana and Pet Shop Boys.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A look back into the RTÉ Archives to mark Anne Carson winning the Nobel prize in Literature, 2026. The Canadian poet joined Vincent Woods in studio in March 2011, on a visit to Dublin as a guest of the Poetry Now festival in Dún Laoghaire. In the interview, she discusses her work translating from the Greek classics, and her own poetry and criticism, including her books The Autobiography of Red, Er...

John Maguire and Cara O'Doherty review Aaron Sorkin’s new Facebook film The Social Reckoning, Andrew Garfield in The Uprising and new Irish documentary Lesbian Lines.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sue Rainsford discusses her new novel From Out My Heart.       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jenny Vila, founder and Creative Producer of La Mecànica chats to Rick about A Teen Odyssey an immersive and highly original production at this year's Baboró International Arts Festival for Children.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Choreographer Akram Khan discusses his work Kaash, which will be part of a landmark triple bill of internationally acclaimed contemporary dance works coming to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre as part of NŌS by Luail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.