Arena

Studio director Clodagh Kenny and visual artists Brian Fay and Vanessa Daws discuss Patrick Street Studios, a brand new studio in Dun Laoghaire.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens when family, old wounds and very different ideas about how to live collide? Director Annabella Comyn and actor Niall Buggy discuss Erica Murray’s new play, Meredith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Derry singer-songwriter Roe returns with her second album, LOST DOG! - a deeply personal record shaped by grief, heartbreak and the quiet determination to keep moving forward.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Overton’s new biography, John Berger: From Life, explores the man behind the ideas and a remarkable friendship that began with Berger’s archive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do you get when you mix traditional dancing, community spirit and a little something sweet? A Cake Dance! Edwina Guckian joins us to tell us more about this unique Drogheda event. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two decades of world-class pianists, unforgettable performances and a love of music. Finghin Collins looks back at the New Ross Piano Festival’s remarkable journey and previews this year’s programme. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Murder, intrigue, betrayal and enough family drama to fill a box set. Fifty years after I, Claudius first aired, we look back at the BBC classic that made ancient Rome feel remarkably familiar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Wasser and Jenn Gannon review The Terror - Devil in Silver (Sky), season three of Vigil (BBC) and season two of Adults (Disney+).  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eoin Sweeney and Carol Moran review new releases from Mike D, Dinosaur Jr and Erykah Badu and The Alchemist.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul Whittington and Ruth Barton review One Night Only, The Dog Stars, Guggi and I Want Your Sex.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Louise Bruton on the must-see acts of this year's Electric Picnic.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dave Rudden and Rick celebrate 60 years of Star Trek.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andy Irvine performs live in studio and chats to Sinead about reimagining the songs of Woody Guthrie in his new album, Rambling Round Your City.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Writer and director Molly Mew discusses Temple Bar the Musical, a new trad musical about modern Dublin.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dominic Dromgoole discusses his new book about the history of theatre from 1865 to 1965, Time Frames. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eileen Walsh talks about her role in the new Druid production of Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dolly Parton, music legend, dies aged 80.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon alongside Barry Devlin of Horslips brings together an extraordinary lineup of musicians, writers and artists. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens when you follow the hare? Roscommon writer Maria Tivnan talks about Hill of the Hares, her new play from Fregoli Theatre Company where memory, longing and imagination collide.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Live music and an interview with Macdara Yeates, breathing new life into Dublin’s forgotten songs.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Wasser and Jenn Gannon review Little Bird (Sky Atlantic and NOW ), Lanterns (HBO) and Ludwig (BBC).  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Louise Bruton and Eamon Sweeney review new releases from Weezer, Sam Smith and Brandon Flowers.      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys discusses their upcoming gig at Collins Barracks.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ahead of her performance at this year’s Masters of Tradition singer Méav Ní Mhaolchatha chats to Rick.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Maguire and Arlene Hunt review Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, & Sons and Coyote vs. Acme.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.