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Sep 27, 2024 • 9min
Why squeezing your exercise into the weekend works
If exercise takes a back seat in the working week, don’t worry! Cramming the recommended amount of physical activity into the weekend still has significant health benefits, research suggests.John Belton, owner of No.17 PT, Human Performance and Wellness Coach, joins Seán to discuss.

Sep 27, 2024 • 9min
The most expensive duvets in the world!
If you want a good duvet - a very good duvet - the company Novegr is selling ones for up to 30 grand! How can they be so expensive?Their CEO, Nils Stemen, joins Seán to discuss.

Sep 27, 2024 • 9min
How to manage sex with an age gap
Yesterday, Catherine Zeta Jones posted a naked picture on Instagram. She claimed that it was difficult to know what to get Michael Douglas after 25 years of marriage.It got us thinking about sex when there’s an age gap in your relationship? How can you manage this through the years?Seán is joined by Emily Power Smith, Clinical Sexologist and Sex Therapist, to discuss.

Sep 27, 2024 • 10min
Domino’s dip going for thousands on eBay - why?
When Domino's Pizza recalled their famous garlic and herb dip in the UK recently, it sent consumers into a frenzy of panic. Now, secondhand dips are going for enormous sums on eBay so that people can get their hit. So, can we really not live without our condiments?Joining Seán to discuss is Russell Alford, one half of The GastroGays and Sunday Times Restaurant Critic…

Sep 26, 2024 • 8min
How to avoid poisonous mushrooms
The months of September and October are mushroom season. With thousands of wild species in Ireland, how can we tell which are poisonous, hallucinogenic or edible?Joining Seán to discuss is Anja Murray, Ecologist, author and Columnist for the Irish Examiner…

Sep 26, 2024 • 6min
Why is Trump’s face so orange?
While some commentators have suggested that Donald Trump’s face reached peak tan in 2020, his complexion remains bafflingly orange. We have asked an expert to analyse his face for us to try and explain what’s going on.Joining Seán to discuss is Professor Caitriona Ryan from the Institute of Dermatologists…

Sep 26, 2024 • 10min
Do pets make better companions than people?
Pets make better companions than people! That’s according to Pete Wedderburn, aka Pete the Vet, who also says that although our pets may not love us, in the way that we understand love, they do give us “unconditional positive regard”, and this feels like love.Pete joins Seán to discuss.

Sep 26, 2024 • 7min
‘Vampire’ children found buried in Poland
Workers renovating a fence wall near a historical cathedral in Poland have found the remains of two medieval children, one of whom had signs of a supposed “vampire burial”.To learn more, Seán is joined by Dr Philippa Byrne, Assistant Professor in Medieval History at Trinity College Dublin.

Sep 26, 2024 • 20min
How do you write a love song? - Henry McKean Asks
When you want to write a love song (or any song for that matter), how do you dig into that emotional side and put it on the page? And more importantly, make it sound good?Well, this Sunday in Drogheda, there is a songwriting festival which includes songwriting workshops, and Newstalk’s Henry McKean met the organisers to find out more. He joins Seán to discuss.

Sep 25, 2024 • 8min
Is this the world’s largest pumpkin?
As the competitive pumpkin growing community gears up for Halloween, one man in England believes that his might be the biggest ever. Joining Seán to discuss is pumpkin grower, Ian Patton.


