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Cuckoo birds are arriving back in Ireland after their 18,000km round trip migration. But where exactly do they go and what way do they come back? Seán is joined by Conservation Ranger and lead on the Cuckoo Tracking Project, Sam Bailey to learn more.

Daniel Rooney was singing in a hotel in Glasglow when he was told Take That’s Gary Barlow had a gig for him that would “change his life”. With 30 minutes to prepare, the singer opened for the British boy band performing for a crowd of 14,000 people. Daniel joins Seán to share the whirlwind story. Image credit: @danielrooney_music / Instagram

The CSO is considering broadening the range of questions for sexuality and gender in the 2027 census.  CEO of BeLonGTo Youth Services Moninne Griffith says the life experience of the LGBTQ+ community should be recorded and joins Seán to discuss.  

Jonathan DeBurca Butler takes listeners through the week's international stories...

While visiting Malmö to report on the Eurovision, Newstalk's Henry McKean stopped off at the Disgusting Food Museum to tuck into some stomach churning dishes.From eating dead ants to tasting the smelly durian fruit, Henry joins Seán to discuss the cuisine.

Padel has gained huge popularity recently, celebrities like Roger Federer, David Beckham and Robbie Keane have played Padel and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down as there are loads of indoor and outdoor centres popping up across the nation, but what exactly is Padel? Barry Coffey is the President of the Irish Padel Association and joins Seán to discuss.

The Pledge is a promise that kids make during the Holy Communion process in 5th or 6th class. Confirmation season is here and 90% of the primary schools in the country remain under Catholic patronage. This is in spite of the fact that a new study revealed that more than half of teachers in Catholic schools “do not believe in a personal God”.  Newstalk’s Simon Tierney joins Seán to give his report on its origins, how prevalent it is today and how it exactly works.

A recent study found that people under 27 think 57 is old. They also believe that retirement is just sitting and pottering around the place. However, the baby boomers believe that 60 is the new 40, and those between 60 and 78 are living their best lives! Terry Prone is the Chairman of the Communications Clinic and joins Seán to discuss.

John Fardy’s guests are two psychotherapists who specialise in adult children of narcissistic parents. Having met through Instagram a number of years ago, they’ve since created a podcast ‘In Sight: Exposing Narcissism’ and released their new book last month: ‘You’re Not the Problem: The Impact of Narcissism and Emotional Abuse and How to Heal.’ Katie McKenna and Helen Villiers join John to discuss narcissism.

Curiosity may get the better of us when we are scrolling on social media, maybe we interact with a peculiar-looking video, only for our timeline to be bombarded with the same types of videos! How do these algorithms even work and how do we fix it! Well, Elaine Burke is a journalist and Host of the 'For Tech Sake Podcast' and joins John to discuss.