The Anton Savage Show
Newstalk
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 7, 2024 • 11min
Gary O'Hanlon
Gary O'Hanlon is the Executive Chef at The K Club and joins Anton to discuss, of all things, how to prep the perfect Christmas dinner.If you're looking for some inspiration in the coming weeks, look no further.Hit 'Listen' to get all your Christmas dinner worries put to rest.
Dec 7, 2024 • 8min
Pete The Vet
Pete The Vet is with Anton this morning to answer all your pet-related questions.Pete is the go-to voice when it comes to your pet worries, so this is a great listen.Hit 'Listen' to get all of Pete's expertise.
Dec 7, 2024 • 6min
How Does The Government Formation Process Work?
We follow the fallout from last week's election as government parties look to others to make a deal.Nick Miller, public affairs strategist, and former press secretary and spokesperson for Leo Varadkar joins Anton to discuss the talks.Hit 'Listen' to hear this conversation.
Dec 7, 2024 • 13min
Political Turmoil in France
Irish Times contributor, Lara Marlowe, joins Anton to discuss the political turmoil emerging in France this past week.Emmanuel Macron is currently facing down the worst political crisis in his two terms as French President as his Prime Minister received a vote of no-confidence.Hit 'Listen' to get all the latest.
Dec 7, 2024 • 7min
Storm Darragh
Storm Darragh tore through the country overnight. Anton is joined by Alan O'Reilly, from Carlow Weather and Keith Leonard, National Director at the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management as we pick up the pieces.Hit 'Listen' to get all the latest.
Dec 7, 2024 • 9min
2025 Cars preview
Geraldine Herbert, Sunday Independent Motoring Editor and columnist, joins Anton to look ahead to 2025 hottest cars.It's a big year for car releases and a big year for nostalgia.Hit 'Listen' to find out what you should be getting excited about.
Dec 7, 2024 • 25min
What's Going On?
Anton is joined by Brenda Power, columnist with The Sunday Times and Irish Daily Mail, and journalist Lise Hand to go through the big stories in Saturday's papers.Three babies caught speeding in recent years, The manhunt continues for The Manhattan assassin, and a 74-year-old bird lays first egg in four years.Hit 'Listen' to get all these stories and more.
Nov 25, 2024 • 21min
Everything to know from the Conor McGregor case
Anton is joined by Newstalk’s Courts Correspondent, Frank Greaney, to discuss the civil sexual assault case between Nikita Hand and Conor McGregor.Frank discusses what it was like to cover this case, the details of it, and what the future might look like.
Nov 24, 2024 • 23min
In Conversation With John Boyne
Anton is joined by one of Ireland's greatest writers, John Boyne.He is the author of 20 plus books, including the massive Boy In The Striped Pyjamas.His latest is titled ‘Fire’ which is as unflinching in the type of themes that it takes on, and the types of characters that he provides.Hit 'Listen' to get the conversation in full.
Nov 24, 2024 • 8min
The Life of a Coroner
Anton is joined by Patrick O'Connor, solicitor and a recently retired coroner for the Mayo district.Patrick is a multi-generational coroner and speaks with Anton to look back on an interesting career and some of the important lessons learned.What exactly does a coroner do? Hit 'Listen' to find out.
