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GUESTS: Orli Degani,Jewish community representative Roxana Manouchehri, Iranian artist Dr. Jun Ni, Lecturer TU Dublin Mike Egan, Ana Liffey Drug Project Joanne White, Founder of Women in Construction Ireland and lecturer at Dundalk Institute of Technology

GUESTS: Nathalie Crowley – Chairperson, Mud Island Community Garden Mick Kelly – Founder and CEO, GIY Kayleigh Corcoran – Filmmaker Fiona Neary – Director of Operations, The Linenhall

Guests: Armour Young – Public Relations Officer, Dublin Devils Football Club John Hickey – Public Relations Officer, Emerald Warriors RFC Kim O’Neill – Representative, Emerald Warriors RFC Alan Carrigan – Disability Advocate, Novelist and Screenwriter Kathrina Rupit (KinMx) – Mexican-Irish Contemporary Artist, MINAW Collective

Panel on being an Immigrant in Irish Politics Kwanele Nomoyi on being a fashion influencer in Dublin A chat through Irish Black History

Guests: Farah Haidary, Project Coordinator for the Santry Catering Project Ashley Shak-Penn, Managing Director, Dublin Independent Fashion Week Amanda Marques, Social Media Executive, Dublin Independent Fashion Week Jason Andres, Brand & Comms Director, Dublin Independent Fashion Week Comedian Maanadh Naik

 Our panel will bring together the group behind Dublin Independent Fashion Week, and we chat all matters of gender non-conformity in fashion and how fashion has become more inclusive in matters from size to beyond  On What’s Your Story we’ll meet comedian Maanadh Naik.  Andon the Social Scene, we’ll meet the author Farah Haidary on her new cookbook Tastes of Home; created by Saoirse...

In this episode: What is hygiene poverty and who does it affect? Ciara Mangan on founding Beyond Surviving, a survivor-led charity that supports victims of violence. What to expect from The National Social Enterprise Awards.

Our panel discusses how food helps define our culture in so many ways with Bia Zine founder, Victory Nwabu-Ekeoma; and contributors to the magazine; Luxmi Shanmuganantha, and Tshego Putu. We also speak with Michael Fry for the Social Scene ahead of him presenting the GALAS this year. And too with the filmmakers behind Adam's Apple; Amy Jenkins and her son Adam Sieswerda on the premiere of their fi...

In this episode: our panel explores navigating and embracing neurodiversity. That's with Christine O’Mahony, Ruth Medjber, Caoilinn Handley, and Dr Michele Hill, Consultant Psychiatrist. Orla Egan from Cork LGBT Archive joins us to chat about Ireland's first permanent LGBT museum exhibition, and on the Social Scene we meet Jolly O'Rock, founder of AHA Storytellers.

Our panel discusses what it means to be a minority academic in Ireland - featuring Dr Lilian Nwanze-Akobo, Lecturer in Adult and Community Education, and Dr Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain, Professor of Sociology. On What’s Your Story we’ll meet Traveller activist Oein DeBhairduin. And on the Social Scene, the Kerry In Harmony choir.

In this episode: our panel will discuss where do we draw the line between curiosity and offensiveness? Featuring Grace Odumosu, film producer, Blezzing Dada, mental health advocate, and Dr James Carr, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Limerick. We’ll meet the Kerry Garda who’s won a Diversity Award for supporting children with additional needs. And on the Soci...

Our panel reflects on the experiences of ‘Codas’, the hearing children of deaf adults, with Codas Catherine White, Amanda Coogan and Declan Buckley, interpreted by Cormac Leonard. An ISL version of the interview will shortly be available on Newstalk’s digital platforms. On What’s Your Story we meet Black&Irish founder Leon Diop. And on the Social Scene: Irish Centre For Diversity - Rob Fitzpat...

In this episode: Our panel reflects on how to ensure people with intellectual disabilities continue to receive the care, support and opportunities they deserve when their parents and siblings are no longer able to provide it. Fashion designer Farouk Alao tells us how he explores Céad Míle Fáilte in his designs. And on the Social Scene, driving as a wheelchair user, with Joe McCormack, wheelchair u...

In this episode: Is enough being done to encourage migrants into politics in Ireland? That's with our panel Brian Sheehan, CEO of Women For Election, Liliana Fernández, Leadership Officer at the National Women’s Council of Ireland, and Nazek Ramadan, Director of Migrant Voice, a non-profit migrant-led organisation in the UK established to develop the skills, capacity and confidence of members of&n...

In this episode: The new Social Inclusion Roadmap – how feasible is it? We’ll chat to Zak Moradi about his journey from a refugee camp in Iraq to becoming a championship-winning hurler for Leitrim. And on the Social Scene, bringing the lived experiences of Brazilian men in Ireland to the stage through movement.

Our panel will discuss housing insecurity, and whether some communities are disproportionately affected. That's with Ann-Marie O’Reilly, Threshold’s National Advocacy Manager, and Ciara Kealy, Threshold Advisor. We’ll meet Chinese-Irish musician Ethan Hollan, better known as Touzai. And on the Social Scene, why we need to see queer filmmaking in a new light, with the GAZE LGBTQIA In...

In this episode: how should the film industry approach diversity in casting? We discuss with film producer Grace Odumosu and director Aisha Bolaji. We meet the new CEO of BelongTo, Kieran O'Donovan, on What's Your Story. And on the Social Scene we hear about Brazilian Day, taking place this week.

Our panel reflects on how can we counteract toxic masculinity and why we should perhaps stop using that term, with Cormac Ó Nuanáin of Wolf Academy and Dr Kenny Doyle of the Men's Development Network. What's Your Story features HIV activist Rebecca Tallon de Havilland. And on the Social Scene: what can people with disabilities expect from Irish Rail's new assistance platform coming out later this...

In this episode: the future of accessible technology for visually impaired and blind people, with David Redmond, Technology Trainer and Digital Content Creator at Vision Ireland, and Sean Doran, Head of Technology at the Vision Ireland Labs; Palestinian artist Tuqa Al-Sarraj joins us for What’s Your Story to explore the role her heritage plays in her installations; and on the Social Scene, we’ll b...

In this episode: the power of movement as a tool for inclusion with Active Disability Ireland; what exactly is ballroom culture and its significant history?; and on the Social Scene, we’ll be hearing about the conversational English classes taking place around the country with Fáilte Isteach.

In this episode, our panel discusses the legacy of the 2004 Citizenship Referendum, with Dr Ebun Joseph, executive producer of the Echoes of 2004 documentary, and two participants in the film who were personally affected, Toyosi Sanni and Mariam Sobayo. For What's Your Story, we’ll meet the woman behind the Rainbow Club Cork Centre for Autism, Karen O'Mahony. And on the Social Scene, we’ll hear fr...

In this episode we meet gay fathers who tell us about their routes to becoming parents; we chat to Nigerian-Irish comedian Emman Idama; and finally we hear about the work of the Capuchin Day Centre who support the homeless.

Featuring: Oisín O'Reilly and Tom Donnelly; Lapree Lala; and Melissa Gonzaga and DonKing Rongavilla.

In this episode we discuss: how learning alongside university students is breaking down barriers, with Dr Katharina Swirak, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at UCC, and Damien Quinn, founder of Spéire Nua; What’s Your Story – author Emma Shevah on the importance of neurodiverse characters in books; and The Social Scene – Hope & Courage Collective, with Edel McGinley, executive director of the Ho...

In this episode, our panel is: Dr Abeba Birhane, founder and Principal Investigator of the AI Accountability Lab at Trinity College Dublin, and Assistant Professor of AI at the School of Computer Science and Statistics there, and Dr Maria Murphy, Associate Professor in the School of Law and Criminology at Maynooth University. On What's Your Story, we meet South African poet Nandi Jola. And on the...