The Hard Shoulder

Kieran has escaped the makeshift studio to check out one of Boston’s neighbourhoods with a strong Irish connection: Dorchester.Ed Forry, Dorchester Reporter, joins to tell more.

Joining Kieran in Boston to discuss the business landscape in Ireland, ever changing with the proposed tariffs, is Entrepreneur Sean Gallagher!

A social media ban in Ireland for under 16s is under "serious consideration", with similar efforts being made in Australia already.Should it happen?Joining Kieran to discuss is Aisling O Connor, Psychologist from Connections Child Psychology and Jess Kelly, Newstalk's Technology Correspondent.

Kieran has popped out of the makeshift studio in Boston to visit the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.Library Director Alan Price joins to give a sense of this historic building and its contents!

From world champion in the ring to championing Irish culture, high performance, and youth sport, Kieran’s guest is in Boston with thanks to Ireland Gateway to Europe and has popped in for a chat at the Hard Shoulder makeshift studio in the Seaport Hotel.Former WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion and pundit Bernard Dunne joins to discuss.

The Hard Shoulder is broadcasting from The Seaport Hotel in Boston this week with thanks to Gateway to Europe.Joining Kieran to look at local stories for both the United States and at home (including incredible reactions stateside over the first American Pope) is Adrian Walker, Associate Editor and Columnist with the Boston Globe and Jess Kelly, Newstalk’s Tech Correspondent.Image: Britannica

White smoke! Robert Prevost has been voted to be the next Pope following the two-day conclave. It’s a historical moment, as he is the first Pope to be from the United States. He will be Pope Leo XIV.To discuss and give updates as it happens live, Kieran is joined by Fr Iggy O’Donovan, Augustinian Priest who studied with the new Pope in Rome, Gina Menzies, Theologian and Lecturer in Medical Ethics, Henry McKean Newstalk Reporter in attendance in Rome and Eileen Dunne, Journalist and former RTÉ News Anchor.

Fitness technology company Whoop has announced the new iteration of its fitness tracker product: the Whoop 5.0.Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent, Jess Kelly, was at the launch for the product, and has also been using it for a week. She joins Kieran to discuss if it’s worth getting.Image: Whoop

For most of modern history, the global order has been solidly anchored by the US and Nato cooperation, but that era may be over, partly due to the US administration’s shift away from these trusted alliances.Thomas Berger, is a Professor of International Relations at Boston University and he joins Kieran to answer why this shift may have happened (with a small interruption as white smoke billows out from the Vatican!).

The Dublin-based biotech company Nuritas, which uses AI to identify supplements and new drugs by developing bioactive peptides, is changing the pharmaceutical industry.Their CEO, Nora Khaldi joins Kieran in Boston to discuss.