Playback Daily
RTÉ Radio 1
Featuring some of the most ear-catching moments you might have missed from the day on Ireland's top radio station RTÉ Radio 1, filleted and ready for bingeing. Featuring the best of programmes like Oliver Callan, Today with Claire Byrne, Liveline, The Ray D'Arcy Show and Drivetime. Published every weekday evening.
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Mar 12, 2025 • 58min
Playback Daily Wednesday March 12th 2025
Sophie Ellis Bextor chats to Ray Darcy, the writer of The Big Short, Moneyball and The Blind Side Michael Lewis is Oliver Callan’s guest and Claire Byrne hears from European gold medal winning athlete Sarah Healy
Mar 11, 2025 • 58min
Playback Daily Tuesday
Amanda Grace on her famous father and the trouble with winging it; The English – well, some of them – finally own up to their imperial past in Ireland; And fourteen women take on a 350km Arctic Circle challenge...
Mar 10, 2025 • 58min
Playback Daily Podcast Monday
On this Manic Monday edition of PBD: What it’s like to be still living with the devastating effects of Storm Éowyn; Itchy and scratchy – the rise and rise of scabies; And the greatest sports anthem ever? Put ‘Em Under Pressure examined...
Mar 7, 2025 • 58min
Playback Daily Podcast Friday
On this wet weekend edition of PBD: Discovering (again) how the Irish deal with tragedy; From Homer to Hawking – the make-up of a modern Irish Maths class; And the ultimate dilemma – what shoes go with these jeans?
Mar 6, 2025 • 58min
Playback Daily Thursday March 6th 2025
The best songs to fill the dance floor, archive audio from the late poet & tv presenter Pat Ingoldsby & author Joseph O’ Connor on his new novel The Ghosts of Rome
Mar 5, 2025 • 58min
Playback Daily Wednesday
On this sunny midweek edition of PBD: The remarkable cross-Atlantic detective story that saved lives; Why an ageing immune system could lead to dementia; And the woman with profound hearing loss who plays the harp...
Mar 4, 2025 • 58min
Playback Daily Tuesday
On this Pancake Tuesday edition of PBD: How a real-life sleepwalking incident inspired a new thriller; The looming obesity crisis heading our way; And one man’s doomed campaign to keep Paddy out of St Patrick’s Day...
Mar 3, 2025 • 58min
Playback Daily Monday
On this post-Oscars edition of PBD: Holidaying in the Áras – Kellie Harrington on the joys of retirement; Not that guy again – the Academy Awards play it safe; And Heather O’Sullivan Is Ainm Dom – the making of an award-winning bilingual short film...
Feb 26, 2025 • 58min
Playback Daily Wednesday
On this midweek edition of PBD: The man who wrote Pure Mule is back with a new play; Darts are having a moment – deal with it; And the importance of water in all our lives...
Feb 25, 2025 • 58min
Playback Daily Tuesday 25th February
On this edition of Playback Daily, cost-cutting in the Man Utd canteen, bee poo on your washing and A-list singers release a silent album.
