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Elvis Costello: “This is my face – there's nothing I can do about it!”
It’s fifty years since Declan Patrick MacManus burst on to the music scene as Elvis Costello. Ahead of a visit to Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens for a conc…
1 week ago
“It felt like a secret world, with music from another planet” - The Pretty in Pink soundtrack at 40
Musician and broadcaster, Tom Dunne joins Brendan to mark the fortieth anniversary of the brat-pack comedy, ‘Pretty in Pink’ - and the iconic soundtr…
1 week ago
The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to discuss the week’s film and TV highlights are broadcaster, Fionnuala Jones and Andy McCarroll, host of the Extra Vision Podcast. T…
1 week ago
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”
Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Elizabeth Strout, joined Brendan to talk about contemporary life in the US, loneliness within marriages, and her lates…
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“After your show aired, the guy I loved, from years back, got in touch...”
In February, Brendan read out a letter from a listener, about his love affair with a rival athlete, 30 years ago. While watching Heated Rivalry, this…
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Masterchef’s Anna Haugh: “Appalling treatment of restaurant staff makes my blood boil”
Host of BBC Masterchef, and owner of Myrtle restaurant, chef Anna Haugh talks to Brendan about unacceptable behaviour in restaurant kitchens, her fir…
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Richard Hogan: “Too many feel their boundaries should never be breached”
Psychotherapist Richard Hogan joins Brendan to talk about boundaries: teaching people how to treat you, putting down boundaries within your family an…
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Greenways: “Cycling is about much more than getting from A to B”
Stress-free summertime hosting
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The Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss the big stories in Sunday’s newspapers are Oisín Coghlan, public policy advisor; Dan O’Brien, Chief Economist at the Insti…
2 weeks ago
“I thought I was the saviour of the planet” - GOT actor, Hannah Murray
Game of Thrones actor, Hannah Murray, joins Brendan to discuss her memoir The Make Believe, which recounts her experience becoming involved in a well…
2 weeks ago