The Anton Savage Show
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Anton Savage presents a bright, lively and engaging current affairs magazine show to kickstart your weekend.
The programme features all the latest news, features and opinion along with conversations about the conversations you are having on a Saturday morning from 9-11am.
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The programme features all the latest news, features and opinion along with conversations about the conversations you are having on a Saturday morning from 9-11am.
Listen and subscribe to The Anton Savage Show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.
You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'
Episodes
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Dec 10, 2023 • 18min
Colm Meaney on Politics, Acting and 'The Snapper'
This morning Anton was joined by Colm Meaney to talk Politics, Acting and 'The Snapper'.
Dec 10, 2023 • 17min
Minister Darragh O’Brien talks housing, refugees and capacity
Minister Darragh O’Brien joined Anton to talk about housing, refugees and capacity.
Dec 10, 2023 • 39min
Anton's Sunday Newspaper Panel December 10th
Joining Anton this morning to review the biggest stories in the papers was: Siona Cahill- Account director DHR Communications, Aoife Barry, Journalist and Author of ‘Social Capital: Life Online in the Shadow of Ireland's Tech Boom’, Craig Hughes, Political Correspondent, Irish Daily Mail.
Dec 9, 2023 • 7min
The Rules of Regifting with Jennifer Sheahan
Irish Examiner columnist and former ‘Home of the Year' winner Jennifer Sheahan joins Anton to discuss the do’s and don’ts of regifting, especially around this time of year.
Dec 9, 2023 • 19min
New ‘Online Safety Code’ And Tackling Incendiary Online Conversations
The regulation of content on social media was brought into sharp focus following the recent Dublin riots. Coimisiún na Meán have just published a draft of Ireland’s first Online Safety Code which aims to provide binding rules for video-sharing platforms to keep incendiary commentary regulated. The Executive Chairperson, Jeremy Godfrey, joins Anton to discuss.
Dec 9, 2023 • 9min
Ask the Expert: Skincare
Skincare specialist Jennifer Rock, owner of TheSkinNerd.com and Skingredients, is in the studio today to answer how we can look after our skin.
Dec 9, 2023 • 12min
What Should We See from an Irish Covid Enquiry?
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared before a public Covid inquiry this week where he denied backing a ‘let the virus rip’ policy, as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he hopes the terms of reference for an Covid inquiry on Irish shores ‘will happen soon’. So what would we need to see from it here? Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology in Trinity College Dublin, and Michael McNamara, Independent TD for Clare, who chaired the Oireachtas Covid Committee in 2020 join Anton.
Dec 9, 2023 • 23min
What’s Going On with Mark Hennessy and Barbara Scully
Joining Anton to go through Saturday’s biggest stories is Mark Hennessy, Ireland and Britain Editor for the Irish Times and Barbara Scully, author and broadcaster.
Dec 9, 2023 • 11min
Is Ireland Still A Fertile Ground For Creating Music Icons?
Shane MacGowan’s funeral yesterday gathered thousands paying their respects, and means the number of Irish music icons continues to shrink. Newstalk’s Tom Dunne joins Anton to discuss whether or not this country can platform future stars.
Dec 3, 2023 • 19min
In conversation with John Lloyd
John Lloyd is a veteran television/radio producer and writer, famous for bringing the likes of Not the Nine O'Clock News, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Spitting Image, Blackadder, QI to our screens and airwaves.He joins Anton to reflect on his career, the importance of satire in UK culture, and the attitudes that underpin the success of his various works.
