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Ann Marie O'Sullivan has taken a lot of selfies, but as she writes in today's Irish Independent, her phone has been doing something she hasn't been aware of. It was airbrushing her features.Freelance writer, Ann Marie O'Sullivan joined Sean on the show to discuss...

Green Day’s latest album cover has picture from a riot scene from The Troubles in Northern Ireland. It shows a smiling boy with a rock in his hand standing in front of a burned out car.Is this artistic creativity or an exploitation of a very sensitive time in our history on the island of Ireland?Niamh Campbell, Journalist from The Belfast Telgraph joined Sean to discuss...Image: Chris Steele Perkins

Although it sometimes seems as if the housing crisis stumbles from one disappointment to the next, there is now over 100 years of housing planning since the State began. A new programme on TG4 seeks to put the current crisis in a broader historical context.Sean was joined by Paul Webster, Director of 100 Bliain de Thithíocht (100 Years of Housing: Crisis Without End).. Image: TG4

With Halloween just around the corner and the dark evenings setting in, there’ll be some families sitting down for the annual viewing of Hocus Pocus, but for others this is their favourite time of the year when horror comes into the spotlight.  Author Sophie White is a self-confessed horror superfan, and she’s put together a festival to mark the goriest, scariest and most disturbing fiction around...TICKETS: The All-Hallows Horrorcon Tickets, Sat 11 Nov 2023 at 10:30 | Eventbrite

A new survey says Gen Z thinks there is too much sex on TV and sees most relationships on screen as forced. Henry McKean has been looking into this...

With the proliferation of social media, the narrative we consistently hear is that our attention spans are reducing. But is this true or instead, have our attention spans always been manipulated by different forms of media?Sean was joined by Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare studies at Hertford College, Oxford, who has been writing about these issues for the Guardian... 

Researchers from Oxford University found each tantrum on a plane lasts 15 minutes. Parents are being urged to make sure their children nap for 37 minutes, do activities for boredom for 31 minutes, are fed for 19 minutes, and have noise blocked out with music or reading for 14 minutes. Two-thirds of parents surveyed say the idea of flying with a misbehaving toddler fills them with anxiety. But in reality how hard is it for parents?Henry McKean has been speaking to travelling families at Cork airport...

As winter approaches, with its gloomy days and longer nights, it's no wonder we can feel a little down. But experts may have finally found an answer to the 'winter blues' – and it involves having a word with the season itself. Sean was joined by Professor Hayden Lorimer, Co-investigator on the Living with SAD project – which was a co-study between University of Glasgow and Edinburgh...

A TikTok trend of taping your mouth shut at bedtime to enforce nasal breathing is gaining traction in Ireland, but experts say evidence of the benefits is lacking. Videos of the practice, favoured by celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Bradbury and Erling Haaland, have gained more than 38.5 million views on TikTok. It involves placing a strip of skin-friendly tape over or around the lips to help keep them shut while Sean was joined by Prof. Ken O’Halloran is a Professor of Physiology and Department Head at UCC...

When Napoleon died on the island of St. Helena in 1821, something very intimate was removed from his person and has become the stuff of legend ever since. Sean was joined by Historian and broadcaster Ashley Cowie from HistoryFuzz.com...