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Are you in a family WhatsApp group? If so, what are the criterias to be included? Is there a group for the core family, one for extended relatives and one for the annoying ones you put up with? And, what happens when those annoying people find out about your hidden chats?Newstalk's Henry McKean has been out in the public investigating, and joins Seán to discuss.

While every Irish schoolchild has traditionally been taught that our most famous book originated on the island of Iona, an argument has now been put forward that challenges this assumption…Joining Seán to discuss is Victoria Whitworth, author of ‘The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma’...

Around Ireland and in Europe, the gay rights movement has had extraordinary success. Many would argue that there is more work to be done.However, Ronan McCrea, Professor of Constitutional and European Law at University College London argues that it's time for the movement to possibly take a step back, or risk unravelling all that's been achieved…He is author of ‘The End of the Gay Rights Revolution: How Hubris and Overreach Threaten Gay Freedom’, and joins Seán to discuss.

Roughly 30,000 Irish emigrants return to Ireland each year to live. But, this process is both bureaucratically and emotionally challenging. Now, there are calls for a dedicated government agency to be established to help the diaspora return.Joining Seán to discuss is Karen McHugh, Chief Executive of Safe Home Ireland…

While plastic surgery and other tweaks to the human anatomy seem par for the course nowadays, it can be easy to forget that these groundbreaking surgeries began with some rather hairy experimentation.Joining me now is Mary Roach, Author of ‘Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy’...

We’re all well used to being told what we should and shouldn’t be eating, and the latest food boogeyman is UPFs, or Ultra Processed Foods.You likely won’t have to spend too long on social media to come across an influencer in a supermarket telling you why eating one product or another would be terrible for your health.But, could the fear mongering itself be even more harmful?Richie Kirwan is Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at Liverpool John Moores University. He joins Seán to discuss.

Is that photo of Trump on the cover of Time magazine really ‘the worst of all time’?The US President certainly seems to think so, and has been hitting out about the unflattering picture…But, what does it take to make a cover photo, and was this one deliberately uncomplimentary?James Crombie is the 2025 Irish Press Photographer of the Year and his photograph is on the front page of the Irish Times today. He joins Seán to discuss.Image: TIME

Unless you’re the Rolling Stones or you’ve been on the road for decades, the music business is generally something people try to make a career of in their twenties.Not so for Seán’s guest. Linda Lamon is 75 and has four grandchildren, but that hasn’t stopped her from getting radio play in the UK and celebrity endorsements from the likes of Queen’s Brian May since she decided to make a go of it in 2020. She joins to discuss!

You may have been listening to the Pat Kenny show this morning as Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys continued to make their respective cases to be Ireland’s next President.On Friday the 24th of October, we will go to the polls to elect our 10th Head of State, but how will they compare to their predecessors? Who was our best and who was our worst?Kevin Rafter is Full Professor of Political Communication at DCU and Co-Editor of ‘The Irish Presidency: Power, Ceremony and Politics’. He’s been ranking our former presidents from 1 to 9, and joins Seán to discuss.

Do you know what Ireland’s national bird is? Well, it’s now on the Red List of Birds of Conservation Concern…Joining Seán to discuss is Nature Communications Expert, Jack Morley.