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Imagine for a moment that it’s a million years in the future.You’re walking along a rocky shoreline, when suddenly you notice something jutting out of the cliff face.It’s a plastic rectangle with 104 buttons on its face. Each button has a symbol on it that is completely unfamiliar to you.Today, we recognise this object as a computer keyboard, but what will the archaeologists of the far future make of it and what could it tell them about us?Sarah Gabbott is Professor of Palaeontology at the University of Leicester and co-author of ‘Discarded: How Technofossils Will be Our Ultimate Legacy’. She joins Seán to discuss.

Are you always running late?Some people are notoriously bad time keepers and it can be annoying to wait around for somebody who is constantly running late.Thirty year old Isabelle Duff set herself a mission to be on time, was she able to become punctual?Isabelle joins Seán to discuss.

Do you bring your phone with you everywhere? And by everywhere, does that mean the toilet, and even the shower?Podcaster and Influencer Ellie Kelly has admitted to scrolling on her phone in the shower(!) in a true sign that we are having a hard time putting our phones down...Ellie joins Seán to discuss.

In the late 1940’s, Frank Lloyd Wright built a planned community an hour north of New York City.The community remains an iconic example of Lloyd Wright’s pioneering style to this day, and indeed still houses one of its founding members, 100 year-old Roland Reisley. Seán to discuss.Image: Architectural Digest

The search for Malaysian Airline MH370 has resumed over a decade since it disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 2014…Joining Seán to discuss is Kevin Byrne, Airport Safety & Security Auditor and former Lieutenant Colonel in the Irish Air Corps.

In the biggest shakeup in 3 years on Channel 4’s Countdown, Mathematician Tom Crawford is currently filling in for Rachel Riley as the show’s math wizard.Tom joins Seán to discuss what the role is like.Image: Channel 4 / Countdown / PA Wire

Have you bought yourself a walking pad?Rather than head out for a walk on a dark winter’s evening, it seems that people are snapping up stationary treadmills instead. These walking pads are quite the rage when it comes to fitness trends – especially for women as an alternative to pounding the pavements on a dark winter’s night...Comedian and Coach Enya Martin just got one, and joins Seán to discuss.Image: Fitness Equipment Ireland

The 97th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday night (early Monday morning Irish time).One person who will be in attendance is Ruth Treacy, a Producer on the Donald Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’.The film has two nominations, but at one point it looked like it might not even get released thanks to cease and desist letters from the President of the USA.Ruth joins Seán to discuss.Image: Studio Canal

Telekinesis has been a staple of mythology, fantasy and science fiction probably for as long as human beings have been telling such stories, but it’s always been something that was clearly confined to the world of fiction.That is until 2024, when Noland Arbaugh became the first person in human history who could move things in the external world merely by thinking about it…Noland is the world’s first recipient of Neuralink, and joins Seán to discuss.Image: Neuralink

Ever worry that you’re not charging your phone properly? Is it really not a good idea to charge to 100%?Joining Seán to debunk the myths and to offer his tips is Colin Baker, AKA Gadget Guy Colin, CEO of Back from the Future IT Support…