The Watchlist
Joining Brendan to pick the best shows and films available this week are host of the Extra Vision Podcast, Andy McCarroll and entertainment...
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Brendan O'Connor
Brendan O'Connor has all you need for the weekend with time to pause and reflect on the week just gone. Featuring a selection of human interest, consumer and lifestyle stories, as well as ke...
Episodes
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“I’m not worried about Millennials; I’m worried a fear of cringe is ruling Gen Z lives!”
Podcaster and Presenter, Fionnuala Jones, joins Brendan to discuss the growing obsession with cringe. We are now at the point in our culture...
"My big ambition? That my wife is happy" - writer, Richard Ford
Novelist Richard Ford, joins Brendan to discuss the current state of Donald Trump’s America, rediscovering his Irish heritage and the dynami...
Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss the top stories in Sunday’s newspapers are: farmer & presenter of Ear to the Ground, Darragh McCullough; Columnis...
Homemade Ice Cream for Dummies with Kevin Dundon
Chef Kevin Dundon joins Brendan to discuss the delights of home-made ice cream. He talks through how to make simple ice-cream at home and tw...
A Phsyio’s Guide to Improving your Balance
Chartered Physiotherapist, founder of Posture Fitting and former Ireland Rugby International, Siobhan O’Donovan joins Brendan to offer tips...
“He told me ‘word is you’re a flash in the pan’ - that drove me to prove myself” - Phil Coulter
The multi-award winning songwriter behind classics like ‘Ireland’s Call’ and ‘The Town I Loved So Well’, Phil Coulter tells Brendan about hi...
"If some guy with one eye centre stage Says, I’m Polyphemus pleased to meet you-run like English and Adeleke."
Poet Rita Ann Higgins reads her new poem “Odyssey Round the A&E”.
From pink cocaine to ultra strong MDMA - a warning on this year’s casual drug trends
The HSE’s National Clinical Lead on Addiction Services, Prof. Eamon Keenan joins Brendan to discuss drug use at festivals emphasising that t...
"With potatoes cooking in the ground - has this summer been a wake-up call on climate change?"
After a summer of unprecedented heatwaves and terrifying wildfires close to home, have people's views on climate change altered? Will these...
Robbie Williams - “I’m taking the weight loss jabs. I didn’t qualify, but I’m a celebrity”
Legendary songwriter and performer, Robbie Williams joins Brendan to discuss imposter syndrome, his experience of weight-loss jabs, the diff...
The Watchlist
Arts and Music Journalist, Zara Hedderman and Business Post Film critic, John Maguire join Brendan with their film and television recommenda...
“Real life horrors are on your phone instantly”
After the hospitalisation of blogger Perez Hilton this week, Dave Hanratty of the No Encore podcast talks to Brendan about Hilton’s rise, th...
“Jeremy Irons can hold his own at a seisiún ” - Martin Hayes
One of Ireland’s finest musicians, fiddle player, Martin Hayes talks to Brendan about the music that shaped his life, the melancholy of the...
The Newspaper Panel
Joining Brendan to discuss the top stories in Sunday’s newspapers are: Former Government Press Secretary, Chris Donoghue, Lorna Fitzpatrick,...
The ultimate cheeseburger
Food Historian and columnist with the Financial Times, Tim Hayward chats to Brendan about the simple joy of the cheeseburger, the certain al...
“People used tea bags and gravy browning to tan their legs!”
From Coco Chanel introducing tanning as a style statement to the war effort of mimicking nylons with teabags, fake tan has always been in vo...
“Marriage needs conflict” - Prof. Katriona O’Sullivan
Prof. Katriona O’Sullivan joins Brendan to discuss the nuances of marriage, reflecting on the knotty dynamics of a committed relationship, t...
“I think I'll miss being given out to by Brenda Fricker the most!”
Friends of the late Brenda Fricker, Liz Duffy, costume designer Joan Bergin and filmmaker Tadgh O’Sullivan share their memories of the actre...
“I didn’t think Ferris Bueller would last 40 years” - Matthew Broderick
Star of the stage and screen Matthew Broderick talks to Brendan about finding fame in the cultural phenomenon Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, his...