Arena

Niamh Bury chats to Rick and performs live in studio.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Lockhart on why Auden’s The Shield of Achilles is still relevant in 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rick chats with IMMA director Annie Fletcher about her three favourite pieces in the permanent collection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author and designer Annie Atkins on her work with Wes Anderson and The BIG Type Festival, a three-day celebration of print at The National Print Museum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Clare McCague discusses The Jackson Harp: Craft, Commerce and Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Dublin.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daniel Mason discusses his latest novel Country People. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Really Good Time chat to Rick and perform live in studio.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Carty reviews Days of Miracle and Wonder - Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Writer and performer Gráinne Curistan discusses her show Saving for a Helicopter.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zara Hedderman and John Meagher review new releases from Phoebe Bridgers, Really Good Time and Jungle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Wasser and Jenn Gannon review Travis Barker: Louder than Fear (Disney +), Warren’s Vortex (Sky/Now) and Mourinho (Netflix). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A look at what's happening in the world of arts, culture and entertainment presented by Rick O'Shea. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tara Brady and Declan Burke review Sunny Dancer, Tony, The End of Oak Street and Our Hero, Balthazar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donegal singer McGrath (Mick Russell) chats to Rick and performs live in studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Benedict discusses Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer Fritz Lang, 50 years after his death. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Choreographer and dancer Michael Keegan-Dolan discusses ‘13 Songs from Nobodaddy’, a new work coming to Teac Da?sa’s home in the West Kerry Gaeltacht. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To mark the partial solar eclipse, which fell during tonight's Arena, we opened the show with a specially curated selection of words and music, to accompany this rare event as it unfolded across Ireland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carol Moran and Louise Bruton review new releases from Jack White, The Rolling Stones and Cat Power.

Chris Wasser and Dee Molumby review Ann Droid, Little House on Prairie and The Five-Star Weekend.  

Ahead of tomorrow’s release of the new Rolling Stones album, Pat Carty discusses their new biography by Bob Spitz.

Darkfield Co-Artistic Director Glen Neath discusses Flight, a new immersive theatre project at this year's Galway International Arts Festival.

Donald Clarke and Cara O'Doherty review  Moana, Evil Dead Burns and Rosebush Pruning.

Jess Fahy discusses the National gallery’s latest acquisitions.

Ahead of her upcoming Irish tour acclaimed Welsh/Cornish musician Gwenno chats to Rick. 

Author Jonathan Coe discusses his latest satire The Proof of My Innocence and an upcoming event at the West Cork Literary Festival.