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Is Ireland on the right track when it comes to dealing with climate change?Guest host Fionnuala Jones is joined by Dr. Tadgh O’Mahony, Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy at UCD, who believes that Ireland is getting it all wrong in our response to climate change, a response which Tadgh has called “erratic"...

Have you noticed a swathe of musicals and musician biopics consistently releasing in the cinema? What’s behind the amount of them, and why are they seemingly so successful?From Barbie to Wicked to Taylor Swift's film ‘The Official Release Party of a Showgirl’ and lots more, joining guest host Fionnuala Jones to discuss is Journalist and author Aoife Barry…Image: Universal Pictures

How often do you check your phone every day? Dr Clare Moriarty, Visiting Fellow in Trinity College Dublin, has picked up on her habits, and is asking the question: are we 'phone zombies'?

Tom Dunne’s guest enjoyed success with his band Rubyhorse, touring the States in 2002 and even appearing on Conan O’Brien and David Letterman. His new memoir ‘All Roads Lead To Where You Are - From Bishopstown to The Beatles’ is out now. Joe Philpott joins to discuss!

The Government has made promises to solve the housing crisis, and have stood by a long term plan on the basis that it will likely take fifteen years before things get better for people...But, what if that is too late for you?Emma Murphy is like many adults who are saving to buy their first home, and living in her childhood bedroom. At 35, she is in a position where she is delaying things in life…She joins guest host Tom Dunne to discuss.

Have you ever wondered how portraits of missing people are done years later, as families desperately renew appeals for information about a loved one?Tim Widden is a Forensic Artist and age progression portraits are his speciality. He joins guest host Tom Dunne to discuss.

Where did the Irish pub come from? How is it changing? And why is the traditional Irish pub so common overseas?Joining guest host Tom Dunne to discuss is Perry Share, who co-wrote a new book on the subject, with Moonyoung Hong, called ‘The Irish Pub, Invention and Reinvention’.

Tom Dunne’s guest decided to follow the instructions of the Swedish government’s 72 hour survival guide by holing up in his garden shed in complete isolation for 3 days, with no electricity or other facilities. So, why did he do this and how did he get on? Joining to discuss is Geroge Chesterton, Senior Features Writer for the Daily Telegraph…

Many of us would have watched the Presidential Inauguration last week to get a sense of what Catherine Connolly would bring to the role.We expect that her words and her actions will be a fair representation of modern Ireland, but can you get a sense of what the country was like from other aspects of the President's behaviour, like what they choose to eat for example?Dr. Elaine Mahon is a Lecturer in Gastronomy and Food Studies at Technological University Dublin (TUD) and she’s been looking at what we can learn from Presidents’ inauguration menus through the years. She joins Tom Dunne to discuss.

A new book explores the extraordinary escapades undertaken by diplomats and revolutionaries to forge alliances abroad in support of Irish independence during the 1920s. Joining Tom Dunne in for Sean to talk about it all was the Editor of the book   ‘The Irish Revolution: -Diplomacy and Reactions 1919-1923'  Mervyn O’Driscoll,