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Aug 22, 2025 • 20min
Is everything better with company? - Henry McKean Asks
A US study found that the smallest daily moments of company gain a lift from human connection. Is that true?Henry McKean has been speaking with the public, and joins Seán to share what he’s heard.

Aug 22, 2025 • 10min
Cheshire restaurant launches menu curated by ‘Water Sommelier’
A restaurant in Cheshire in England has just launched its first ever water menu, curated by a dedicated Water Sommelier. But, what exactly does that entail?That man, Doran Binder, joins guest host John Fardy to discuss his role.

Aug 22, 2025 • 5min
Could an ancient cow’s tooth unlock the origins of Stonehenge?
After careful analysis, the age-old mystery over exactly how the enormous monoliths at Stonehenge were lugged all the way from Wales to Wiltshire may at last be explainable.Professor Jane Evans, Honorary Research Associate with the British Geological Survey, has been studying this, and joins guest host John Fardy to discuss.

Aug 22, 2025 • 13min
Will AI change office culture?
Are you in the office every day, or do you have the luxury of working remotely?And just how close are you with your colleagues? You might have met your other half at work - or do your coworkers drive you bananas with their annoying habits?And how might AI change everything? Author Sylvia Leatham explores these questions in her debut novel ‘Chaos Theory’, and joins guest host John Fardy to discuss.

Aug 22, 2025 • 15min
Are school uniforms outdated?
It’s that time of year when an odd quirk of modern Irish society comes to light.As our kids go back to school, we enter a period when our children are generally more formally clothed than the vast majority of the adult population.So, are school uniforms, or at least the ones we currently use outdated?Dr. Clare Moriarty has been writing about this in today’s Irish Examiner and joins guest host John Fardy to discuss.

Aug 21, 2025 • 26min
So You Think You're an Adult
Barbara Scully and Declan Buckley joins Sean to find solutions to listeners' life problems...

Aug 21, 2025 • 18min
Joseph O'Connor - One City Many Stories
Joseph O'Connor is among six Irish writers to share their thoughts on Dublin’s literary history and their own writing journeys in a new video series – Dublin, One City, Many Stories – from the Irish Writers Centre. Mr O’Connor is the author of nine novels, including bestsellers Star of the Sea and Ghost Light.

Aug 20, 2025 • 11min
Do people talk about their kids too much?
Irish Times contributor Céire Sadlier joins Sean to explore why parents spend so much time talking about their children...

Aug 20, 2025 • 23min
Parenting: Separation anxiety
Joanna Fortune joins Sean to answer listeners' parenting questions...

Aug 19, 2025 • 9min
What is ‘experimental archaeology’?
Experimental archaeology is a field of study within archaeology that focuses on recreating past technologies, activities, and environments to better understand how people lived in the past.Sam Kean is the author of ‘Dinner with King Tut, How Rogue Archaeologists are Recreating the Sights, Smells and Tastes of Lost Civilizations’ and an Experimental Archaeologist who has spent the last 5 years going around the world and understanding how people lived in Africa to the Roman Empire and Mesoamerica.He joins Seán to discuss.