Brendan O'Connor

One of the big viral food trends this summer is sweet sandwiches. Caryna Camerino of Camerino Bakery joins Brendan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Summertime brings its own unique set of challenges from hot pillows, overheating rooms, to spoiling food and sunscreen stains, Life Hacks expert for the Irish Examiner, Denise O'Donoghue, gives Brendan her top tips on how to survive the little annoyances of the seasonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Slattery of The Travel Expert.ie offers alternative holiday locations for last minute bookers who want to escape the crowds of the popular destination spots and where to find the best deals to bag that special trip.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rugby fan, Michael Flatley, joined Brendan to give live analysis of the first Lions v. Australia rugby test match in Brisbane. Happily, the matched finished Lions 27 - Australia 19. But when conversation turned to the imminent Irish Presidential race, Michael confessed he has been approached by many serious people asking him to consider a run.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Writer Deepa Paul joins Brendan to discuss her memoir Ask Me How It Works which charts her experiences after she made the decision to have an open marriage. She talks about the effects it had on her relationship with her husband, navigating jealousy, the freedom she found in other partners and how it has altered her ideas around commitment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining Brendan to dissect the Sunday papers are Naoise Dolan; novelist and Sunday Independent columnist Gerard Howlin; former government advisor and Irish Times columnist; Tanya Ward, of the Children's Rights Alliance Peter Brown; from Baggot Investment Partners.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Inglis, sociologist and author, on his new book ‘Unbecoming Catholic’ which details his own personal experiences with religion, with Catholicism and what being ‘religious’ in contemporary Ireland means and how faith and our beliefs should develop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oscar Dunbar, grandson of singer and actress Marianne Faithfull, talks about their grandmother-grandson bond, her finding sanctuary by living in Ireland and the pair of them writing and recording a song together, ‘Love Is’, in the months before her death last January.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarina Bellissimo, Entertainment journalist and broadcaster and Dave O’Callaghan, host of the Here and Back Again Podcast have picked their recommendations for the best TV and films to watch for the week ahead.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Met Eireann's Liz Walsh joins Brendan to give a weather update as Ireland's highest recorded temperature could be broken today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.