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With a popular boycott of both Coca Cola and Pepsi across many of the nations in the Middle East, a new product has stepped in, which will use its profits to rebuild a hospital in the region.Osama Qashoo, Founder of Gaza Cola, joins Seán to discuss.

The full bush bikini movement is the latest trend to hit TikTok and apparently, more and more young women are getting behind body hair positivity.So, are the days of the pink razor over?Suzanne Harrington, Journalist and Author, joins Seán to discuss.

Is small talk something that’s necessary in our lives? In Sweden, there's apparently none! Could we ever go without it? And, should we?Henry McKean has been out having small talk with the public, and joins Sean to share what he’s heard.

It’s often said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.However, in recent years, with the rise in popularity of intermittent fasting, it is hard to know what to believe.Joining Seán to discuss is Sarah Keogh, Dietician and founder of EatWell…

A newly-married couple living in Inchicore have been forced to vacate their home due to the danger of it falling into the River Camac, which the property backs onto. Joining Seán to discuss is Ellen Blehein, Inchicore resident…

Over time, your accents can tend to change. According to research, Queen Elizabeth II sounded more cockney throughout her 70-year reign. So, why does this happen?To discuss, Seán is joined by Rob Drummond, Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University and author of ‘You’re All Talk: Why we Are What we Speak’.

Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook and Instagram in the United States will remove their content moderation. Is this a bad thing?Seán is joined by Eoin O’Dell, Associate Professor in the School of Law at Trinity College Dublin, to discuss.

Perhaps the most famous example of observed evolution in a species is that of the Peppered Moth, which largely turned black in some English cities during the Industrial Revolution so as to use soot-covered trees as camouflage, and then turned back to their natural grey colour upon the advent of cleaner fuels.This demonstrates natural selection, but it also shows the impact of human activity on the species around us, and that impact has only increased and intensified in the 21st century…Patrick Greenfield is a Biodiversity and Environment Reporter for the Guardian and the Observer who has been writing about this. He joins Seán to discuss.

Irish people are famous for the so-called ‘pulmonic ingressive’ or ‘inhaled yeah’... but, what is it exactly, and where does it come from?Joining Seán to discuss is Davy Holden, who runs a popular Irish history social media account, who has been investigating…

It’s exactly 10 years to the day that a terrorist attack killed most of the editorial staff at France’s satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.The shooting is being marked in a typically-controversial style with a special 10th anniversary edition of the publication.But, how do the French public view Charlie Hebdo now? And in what way did this incident change France?Simon Kuper is a Journalist and Author of ‘Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century’. He joins Seán to discuss.