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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Jan 18, 2025 • 6min
Should we re-introduce textbooks into schools?
Having moved from books to screens in 2009, Sweden is now reversing this decsision and re-introducing textbooks at a cost of €104 million, with growing concerns around student fatigue and concentration at the centre but should we do the same here in Ireland? To discuss this Anton is joined by Simon Lewis, school principal and host of‘If I were the Minister of Education’ podcast.
Jan 18, 2025 • 21min
What's Going On with Ciara Doherty & Gerard Howlin
Joining Anton to go through the top stories from the Saturday papers is TV presenter, Ciara Doherty & public affairs consultant & Irish Times columnist, Gerard Howlin.
Jan 18, 2025 • 14min
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban : What happens next?
Come this time tomorrow, TikTok will be removed from US app stores, while US tech companies will be prohibited from hosting, distributing, or updating the app but how has it come to this, why is the ban happening, and where does Monday’s inauguration of Donald Trump fit in? Adrian Weckler, Tech Editor of the Irish Independent & presenter of The Big Tech Show Podcast joins Anton to discuss.
Jan 12, 2025 • 10min
In conversation with Emma Doran
After quitting her office job in 2021, Emma Doran, has risen through the comedy ranks to front podcasts, TV shows, and sell out venues across the country. She joins Anton 'In conversation' to talk becoming a mother at 18, battling nerves on stage, and more.
Jan 12, 2025 • 17min
Why is online fraud on the rise & what can we do about it?
Over the past 18 months, financial institutions including platforms like Revolut, have reported such an overwhelming surge in suspected fraud offences that tens of thousands of cases remain unprocessed. Paul Dywer, CEO of Cyber Risk International and President International Cyber Threat Task Force joins Anton to discuss.
Jan 12, 2025 • 17min
Green Party leader, Roderic O'Gorman
Three hundred members of the Green Party from across the country gathered yesterday for the party's Annual Convention. Party Leader Roderic O’Gorman joined Anton to discuss the future of the party following a bruising General Election, how to keep people engaged in the fight against climate change, and more.
Jan 12, 2025 • 44min
Anton’s Sunday Newspaper Panel January 12th
Joining Anton to go through the Sunday papers is Michelle Murphy, Research & Policy Analyst at Social Justice Ireland; Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at University of Galway and Columnist with The Journal; and Lynn Boylan, Sinn Fein MEP for Dublin.
Jan 11, 2025 • 20min
In conversation with Asbestos
Dublin based artist, Asbestos, may be best known for his street art on topics of homelessness, the lives lost during COVID, and information overload but his latest project takes marks a change of medium and an altogether more personal work. Over the next two days in the national gallery, Asbestos will erase his own chalkboard drawings in honour of his mother, symbolizing the fragility of memory in Alzheimer’s patients. He joins Anton to discuss.
Jan 11, 2025 • 10min
Ask the Expert: Motoring
Joining Anton for this week's Ask the Expert is Geraldine Herbert, Motoring Editor and Columnist with the Sunday Independent to answer all of your motoring questions.
Jan 11, 2025 • 12min
Los Angeles wildfires update
Wildfires raging across the Los Angeles area have claimed at least 11 lives and forced the evacuation of 179,000 residents from their homes. Professor David Alexander, who works at the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction at University College London joins Anton to get the latest.
