TV Show The Last of US Fungus Explainer with Professor Rebecca Drummond
TV Show The Last of Us depicts the world 20 after a mass fungal infection sparks a global pandemic. The HBO drama depicts a horrifying post-...
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RTÉ - Dave Fanning Show Podcast
Music and chat, Monday to Thursday from 7-9pm and action packed magazine programme from 2-4 on Saturdays.
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20 of 99 episodesBurt Bacherach's Legacy with Simon Maher
Dave and Simon look at the extraordinary career and legacy of Burt Bacherach.
Ian Gittins on his The Definitive Desert Island Discs Book
I’ll be talking about the iconic BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs with author Ian Gittins. He’s written a book The Definitive Desert...
Tony King on his biography The Tastemaker
Dave talked to the fascinating Tony King... ...he’s worked with everyone from The Beatles to the Ronettes and Elton John to the Rolling Ston...
Therapy on TV with Allison Keating
From The Sopranos to Big Little Lies... how is therapy depicted in TV and films? Do scriptwriters hit the mark? Psychologist and counsellor...
My Favourite Album with Joseph O'Connor
Joseph choose Horses by Patti Smith
Ozzy Osbourne Retires from Touring
Ozzy announced this week that he is retiring from touring. Stuart Clarke from Hot Press joins Dave to talk through Ozzy’s 55 years of tourin...
The Untold Story of Balcony TV
A documentary from the Irish Music Industry podcast called The Untold Story of Balcony TV was released this week. Dave was joined by the doc...
Happy Valley Director Fergus O'Brien joins Dave
Happy Valley Director joins Dave to talk about playing a major role in the wrapping up of one of the most popular drama series
Wild Youth singer Conor O'Donohoe on Eurosong Success
Conor from Wild Youth tells Dave about being crowned champions on last nights Late Late Show Eurosong Special
Sultans of Ping Documentary
Ahead of Sultans of Ping's gigs in Cork next week Dave talks to Niall O'Flaherty and to Paul McDermott who has made a documentary on the ban...
Gaming and Climate Change with Sam Alfred
Sam, lead designer at Cape Town-based video game studio Free Lives, talks Dave through the new wave of green gaming as he prepares to launch...
Champing with Fiona Silk
“Champing” is a combination of “church” and “camping” and Fiona from the Churches Conservation Trust tells Dave all about the success of thi...
Netflix Password Crackdown with Leigh McGowran
Leigh talks Dave through the latest on the Netflix crackdown on password sharing
The Most Expensive Private Gigs Ever with Andrea Cleary
Andrea talks us through some of the most expensive gigs in the wake of Beyoncé’s recent appearance at the ‘Atlantis The Royal’ hotel in Duba...
Biopics that Never Got Made with Tara Brady
Tara Brady on the Biopics that never got made on the back of Madonna's being axed this week
The Album that Inspired Me with David Kitt
This week its the turn of David Kitt, he chose Fever Ray's album entitled Fever Ray
Constructed Languages for film David J Peterson
David J Peterson who has constructed numerous languages for both Film and TV joins Dave to tell him all about it
Original Oscar Songs with Cian Sullivan
Cian takes a look at this year’s nominees and talks about some of the trends that have emerged over the decades for this category
Simon Maher on Novel Promotional Styles
Simon Maher looks at the weird and novel ways that musicians have promoted new releases