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Grey’s Anatomy has returned for its 21st season. Has it run its course or can it be redeemed! What are some of the other longest running shows? Olivia Fahy, editor of Geek Ireland and joined Stefanie Preissner...

For the past 75 years the blessing of the planes has been an annual tradition at Dublin Airport. However, the DAA has now decided to review this ritual due to new security protocols.Stefanie Preissner was joined by Travel Journalist Eoghan Corry to discuss...

David Moore, Chairman of Astronomy Ireland and Editor of Astronomy Ireland Magazine joins Stefanie to discuss why NASA has been given the task to set up lunar coordinated time.

Stefanie is joined by David Doyle, team member of the Croagh Patrick Path Team, to discuss the new path being put up Croagh Patrick.

It is now 21 years since London brought in its Congestion Charge. While the notion has proved controversial as an option for Dublin, one commentator in the UK believes that it is time for Irish politicians to be brave and take the plunge. Stefanie Preissner was joined by Christian Wolmar, Broadcaster and Journalist specialising in transport, who has been writing about this in today’s Irish Independent... 

A village in Cork is set to commemorate the life of their most famous son, Hugh O’Flaherty, the priest who saved thousands of lives during World War Two and was the inspiration for the 1983 Gregory Peck movie "The Scarlet and The Black". Joining Stefanie is Niall Collins, a distant cousin of Hugh O’Flaherty, to discuss the legacy he’s left behind. 

Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly joined Stefanie Preissner to discuss how to deal with the copious amount of push notifications we get on our phones...

Would you create an AI chatbot to chat with your deceased loved one? Could this be good for the grieving process, or could it make things harder? Stefanie Preissner was joined by Liz Gleeson is a clinician researcher and educator in the field of loss and grief and a psychotherapist and grief specialist...

There was an article in the UK Independent where Jonthan Ross talks about how he hates showering. He could go at least a week without showering, as does his wife, and that they’re “like a couple of hamsters in straw in that bed”.  Stefanie speaks with consultant dermatologist Dr Isabelle Haugh about if we are showering too much, or if we should be showering more. What are the implications?

Many listeners will be scoffing down the last of the hot cross buns today but how exactly did this festive treat come about? Stefanie was joined by Dr. Eleanor Barnett, Food historian and author of ‘Leftovers: A History of Food Waste and Preservation’, who has been researching this for English Heritage...