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*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* Emer McLysaght joins me this week to discuss the stories gifted to us by the world of showbusiness. Jedward are having absolutely none of Louis Walsh's nastiness, there are rumours about a Paul Mescal/Ayo Edebiri romance, Lindsay Lohan is BACK BABY and several other very pleasing stories for those of us who came of age in the...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* This week Carl Kinsella of TheJournal.ie and I discuss the movement of men camped outside the IPO to Crooksling and how appalled many people are, we also discuss Leo Varadkar's trip to D.C. for Paddy's Day as well as Catherine Martin travelling to SXSW despite all Irish artists pulling out of the festival. We talk about report...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* If you're in any way into electronic music, you know Saoirse. She's a DJ who's played all over the world, a producer, a record label head, and the co-founder of London's queer electronic music festival Body Movements. This weekend, she's also the headliner at Mother's Cultúr Club, a special night of live music, queer performan...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* There's loads to talk about in this week's entertainment catch up in which I'm joined by Cassie Delaney. Cassie and I discuss the Oscars, the absolute madness around Kate Middleton's amateur editing, Irish artists taking a stand for Gaza and Louis and Sharon's antics on Celebrity Big Brother. To support the podcast and access...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* Carl and I have crawled out of sick beds to bring you this week's news, which is CHOCKABLOCK between ongoing events in Gaza, the Referendums, the State of the Union drama in the US and lots more. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* Welp, I did it again, I bawled while interviewing another author. I can't remember the last time I connected so deeply with a book as I did with Breakdown by Cathy Sweeney, which tells the tale of a woman who walks away from her seemingly perfect home and seemingly perfect husband and children, and doesn't turn back. It is con...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* In this week's entertainment catch-up, Cian Sullivan and I discuss the Brit Awards, Tiffany Haddish's trip to Israel, Che Diaz's departure from And Just Like That... and lots more besides. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes join our community on Patreon . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

*Send your thoughts, suggestions and feedback to 0892096423* In this week's news catch-up TheJournal.ie's Carl Kinsella and I discuss the horrific events in Gaza over the last week as well as some upsetting revelations about for-profit care agencies for vulnerable children failing to appropriately vet staff. We talk drone deliveries in Blanchardstown, and whether it's ok to protest by pouring bean...

*Send your thoughts, opinions and feedback via voicenote to 0892096423* Today's catch-up is with Laura De Barra who many of you already know and love. Laura's third book, Garment Goddess, launched last week. It follows Gaf Goddess and Decor Galore in empowering us all to make informed decisions and care for our belongings the to best of our ability. I LOVE Laura, she is so chic, so smart, and so f...

*Send your thoughts, opinions, suggestions and anything else you'd like via voicenote to 0892096423* In this week's entertainment catch-up James O'Hagan and I chat about the SAG Awards, including a surprising win for a tipsy Pedro Pascal, the truly wild behaviour of some Taylor Swift fans and Graham Norton's departure from radio. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join us on the Pat...

Hey pals! A good few of you have been in touch with me to ask about the referendum as you'd missed this explainer from a few weeks ago, then over the weekend one of you suggested I release it as a standalone so that it could be shared easily. Genius! So here it is - please excuse the slightly rough edit at the beginning - I didn't have the standalone files anymore so had to pull from the edited ep...

*Send your thoughts, opinions, suggestions and anything else you'd like via voicenote to 0892096423* Today Carl Kinsella of TheJournal.ie and I are catching up on the news and there's loads to talk about. We discuss the latest in Gaza, Kneecap on the Late Late Show, the latest in RTE chaos, the price of baby formula, Body and Soul's pause and the end of Vice as we know it. To support the podcast a...

*Send your thoughts, opinions, suggestions, and anything else you'd like to share via voicenote to 0892096423* This week's standalone interview is with drag queen, musician and HIV activist Veda. I've been admiring Veda's drag for a frankly shocking number of years now, but have been even more impressed by her work in HIV activism. Veda co-hosts Poz VIbe with fellow HIV activist Robbie Lawlor, 'a...

*Send your thoughts, feedback, opinions and suggestions 0892096423* My pals it's time to talk showbiz, culture and entertainment. This week I am happily joined by the wonderful Esther O'Moore Donohoe as we get into the above stories and more. I do genuinely nearly lose my reason in the middle over a minor word mistake Esther makes - I hope you enjoy. If you'd like to support the podcast, please jo...

It's an episode on Monday! The new format means you'll be getting three episodes a week, and Monday's will be a news catch-up. Today myself and Carl Kinsella of TheJournal.ie discuss the latest from Rafah, the death of Alexei Navalny, The Soc Dems national conference, a Superbowl shooting and romance scams. I hope we sufficiently catch you up so you're ready for the week! To support the podcast, j...

This week, in the last of the OG format episodes, Carl Kinsella and I chat through the horrors of what's happened in Gaza this week as well as this week's conversation about respect for the irish language, kicked off by the 6 O'Clock Show. I chat to menstruation coach Lisa de Jong about what we can do to know more about our cycles and to feel more empowered within it. Then Cassie Delaney and I tal...

*Send me your thoughts, opinions and suggestions via voicenote to 0892096423* This week I start with a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! EXCITING! Then we get into the news. Myself and Carl Kinsella chat through the latest in Gaza, anti-immigration arson attacks, and the first case of a parent being charged as a result of their child's role in a school shooting. Then I'm joined by Sinead O'Carroll, editor of TheJ...

*Send me your thoughts, opinions or topics via voicenote to 0892096423* This week Carl Kinsella and I chat through the latest in Gaza, the idea of cannabis legalisation in Ireland and why Adobe had to weigh in on a photoshopping incident in Australia. I chat to writer and lecturer in philosophy Kate Manne about her latest book Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia. Jenn Gannon and I discuss the Nicki...

*Send me your voicenotes! I want to hear what you think, your opinions, your ideas, or if there's something you'd like me to discuss. Whatsapp me at 0892096423* Hello! Thank you so much for coming back my friend! This week Carl and I discuss the developments with the government's approach to Israel and Gaza, the damage done by the week's storms and the death of Ian Bailey. I chat to THISISPOPBABY'...

For extra episodes and to support the podcast visit the Patreon here ! This week Carl Kinsella and I discuss the ongoing events in Gaza as well as the protests this week outside accommodation for refugees and asylum seekers in Roscrea, PLUS a bit of good news via some energy price cuts. I catch up with Gearoid Farrelly about doing around 180 shows with Joanne McNally's Prosecco Express tour and ho...

*Send me your thoughts! I love to hear your feedback, opinions, takes and ideas via 0892096423* This week Carl Kinsella and I chat through what's happening in the Hague at the moment with South Africa bringing a genocide case against Israel. We also discuss the pope proving that he actually is a regular pope, not a cool pope, and the case for regular STI tests. I chat to Dermot Bannon about what i...

*** Send me your thoughts, feedback, ideas and opinions! Voice notes and text messages welcome at 0892096423*** We're BAAAAACK! Hope you had a nice break. If not, no worries. Thank you so much for coming back here to me, I so appreciate it. This week Carl Kinsella catches us up on the latest on what's been happening in Gaza and now, elsewhere, as well as why we all got into the Darts this year. I...

CW: addiction, childhood poverty, sexual assault No person has been suggested more for this podcast than Dr. Katriona O'Sullivan, so she immediately came to mind when I was considering who I'd like to speak to for these extended episodes over Christmas. Katriona is an award-winning professor whose memoir Poor was published this year and went on to recently win two Irish Book Awards. Poor tells the...

Monica Heisey's year began with the January publication of Really Good, Actually, her debut novel, and finished with the launch of Smothered, a television series she co-created and wrote. Really Good, Actually was loved by both critics and readers thanks to its sharp writing and frighteningly accurate portrayal of life in the immediate aftermath of a big break-up. It also gives great insight into...

Send me a voicenote of your thoughts, opinions and feedback to 0892096423! I'm back with a regular episode! I so enjoyed this one so I hope you do too. We get an update from Carl Kinsella on his new personal achievement along with the latest updates on Gaza, Cop 28, a tornado in Leitrim and a female Deputy President of the IFA! Green Party MEP Grace O'Sullivan tells us about her journey to politic...