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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Sep 8, 2024 • 13min
In Conversation with Simon Raymonde
Simon Raymonde is a musician, producer, and one-third of the seminal band Cocteau Twins. His recently released memoir is titled ‘In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor Raymonde and Me’ .Simon joins Anton for a chat.
Sep 8, 2024 • 14min
Sinn Féin's €39bn housing plan
Earlier this week, Sinn Féin launched its A Home of Your Own paper, a 109-page document that sets out how, if in government, Sinn Féin would deliver 300,000 public and private homes over five years. But with political opponents referring to it as ‘an almost Frankenstein arrangement’ and simply ‘not possible’, just how feasible is it in reality? Eoin Ó Broin TD, Sinn Féin spokesperson for housing joins Anton to discuss.
Sep 8, 2024 • 46min
Anton's Sunday Newspaper panel
Joining Anton to discuss the main stories in the Sunday papers is Former Director of One in Four, Colm O'Gorman, Former Minister for Justice, Equality & Defence, Alan Shatter and Woodview HRM HR and Dispute Resolution Expert, Louisa Meehan.
Sep 7, 2024 • 16min
In conversation with Marc Almond
Anton is joined by 80s royalty Marc Almond, formerly of synth-pop/new wave duo Soft Cell, to talk about dealing with fame in his younger years, his latest album, 'I'm Not Anyone', and his upcoming show in the 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin on Thursday, September 26th.
Sep 7, 2024 • 9min
Ask The Expert: Pete the Builder
Joining Anton to answer all of your DIY related questions for this week's installment of Ask the Expert is Peter Finn, better known as 'Pete the Builder'.
Sep 7, 2024 • 18min
How will Simon Harris and Keir Starmer reset Anglo-Irish relations?
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will pay a visit to Ireland today following an invitation by Taoiseach Simon Harris issued at their meeting in Chequers on 17 July. This is part of efforts on both sides of the Irish Sea to reset relations following Brexit. Joining Anton to discuss is Bobby McDonagh, former Irish ambassador to the EU and UK & Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire and Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence.
Sep 7, 2024 • 29min
What’s Going On with Killian Woods & Alison Comyn
Joining Anton to go through the main stories from the Saturday papers is Killian Woods, Senior Business Reporter with the Business Post & Alison Comyn, Fianna Fáil candidate for Louth.
Sep 7, 2024 • 7min
Dylan Moran on standup, heckling & the Galway Comedy Festival
The Galway Comedy Festival will be taking place between October 22nd and October 28th. Anton is joined by comedian Dylan Moran to talk all things standup, the festival itself, and how he wishes more people would heckle him on stage.
Sep 7, 2024 • 6min
Keir Starmer in Dublin: What to know
Keir Starmer is set to become the first British Prime Minister to visit the Ireland in five years marking a "new era of cooperation and friendship" between the two nations. Joining Anton to look ahead to today's events is Newstalk reporter, Alex Rowley.
Sep 1, 2024 • 16min
How MGM's musical history was almost lost.
This Wednesday the National Concert Hall is hosting a special performance, The Sound of Hollywood, which will see iconic MGM musicals performed in concert. Such as Singin’ in the Rain and the The Wizard of Oz, But many of the iconic sounds that came out of the golden era of musicals in the 40s and 50s were nearly lost. Joining Anton to tell the story was story Niall Kinsella Conductor of the concert
