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The daily dose of madness and intrigue from Sean Moncrieff and his rebel radio crew.CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainmentListen to Newstalk at http://newstalk.com/listenlive | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk

The story behind the thriving Japanese Irish music community

7 mins; July 16, 2025

How philosophy helps you make sense of the news

18 mins; July 16, 2025

165 year old post office closes in Kerry

8 mins; July 16, 2025

Is there forgotten treasure in your attic?

8 mins; July 16, 2025

What is ‘dynamic pricing’ in supermarkets?

10 mins; July 16, 2025

Did ‘No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish’ signs actually exist?

13 mins; July 16, 2025

How to prevent and deal with an ingrown toenail

11 mins; July 15, 2025

Long-awaited Defamation Bill passed - was it the right idea?

12 mins; July 15, 2025

€1 houses in Italy - what’s the catch?

7 mins; July 15, 2025

What is ‘music therapy’?

15 mins; July 15, 2025

Would you have a pet tarantula?

7 mins; July 15, 2025

Trump and the ‘Madman Theory’

12 mins; July 15, 2025

Why Ireland is failing with marine preservation

9 mins; July 14, 2025

Should cars ditch touchscreens and go back to buttons?

7 mins; July 14, 2025

How are phobias passed down to your kids?

4 mins; July 14, 2025

How Temple Bar went from urban miracle to disaster

23 mins; July 14, 2025

How happiness changes with age - Henry McKean Reports

17 mins; July 14, 2025

The untold story of the Yeats sisters

7 mins; July 11, 2025

Why has Ireland’s temperature record been held for 140 years?

8 mins; July 11, 2025

Neil Jordan on how the movie industry has changed

24 mins; July 11, 2025

Should we rely on AI to referee sports?

8 mins; July 10, 2025

Exhibition to look back on the life of Michael D Higgins

8 mins; July 10, 2025

The search for Ireland’s biggest 99 - Henry McKean Reports

12 mins; July 10, 2025

Being childless by choice

9 mins; July 10, 2025

What to do if you need to rehome your dog

8 mins; July 10, 2025

Why the housing crisis is a European-wide issue

12 mins; July 10, 2025

What can be learned from how we handled Covid?

11 mins; July 09, 2025

How your personality type influences your workout

5 mins; July 09, 2025

How does Dublin Airport manage peak travel in the summer?

7 mins; July 09, 2025

What is wild hurling?

10 mins; July 09, 2025

The detrimental impact of ‘choking porn’

13 mins; July 09, 2025

Campaign launched for Wexford village to have its own playground

13 mins; July 09, 2025

The lack of gender parity in music festival lineups

7 mins; July 08, 2025

Why it’s important to read to your children

7 mins; July 08, 2025

Being homeless on arrival in Ireland

11 mins; July 08, 2025

Should we put wind turbines in our back gardens?

14 mins; July 08, 2025

The cost of Irish Unification

10 mins; July 08, 2025

What is ‘time blindness’?

9 mins; July 08, 2025

How to deal with bored teenagers during the summer!

10 mins; July 08, 2025

Excavation of Tuam mother and baby home to begin

14 mins; July 08, 2025

Why does cheese give us nightmares?

8 mins; July 07, 2025

Are we looking at a future of nuclear armament?

11 mins; July 07, 2025

The folklore around animals and the weather

8 mins; July 07, 2025

Is cycling without hands illegal? - Henry McKean Reports

17 mins; July 07, 2025

Why Ireland needs mother and baby psychiatric units

8 mins; July 07, 2025

Should sunscreen be classified as an ‘essential product’?

11 mins; July 07, 2025

Movies and Booze

46 mins; July 04, 2025

Going Grey With Pride

7 mins; July 04, 2025

Sports Stars and Jewellery

4 mins; July 04, 2025

Poop Cruise

17 mins; July 04, 2025

Making The Switch to a Dumbphone

13 mins; July 04, 2025

Why Actors Are Being Brought Back to Life on Screen

6 mins; July 03, 2025

Why Climate Change is Making Wine More Alcoholic

7 mins; July 03, 2025

So, You Think You’re an Adult

32 mins; July 03, 2025

Beat the Lotto

8 mins; July 03, 2025

Irish Cancer Society Warn Cancer Rates Could Double by 2045

9 mins; July 03, 2025

Campervan Culture in Ireland’s Tourist Hotspots

22 mins; July 03, 2025

Crying at Work

8 mins; July 03, 2025

The Future of the Luas

9 mins; July 02, 2025

Parenting on Moncrieff

20 mins; July 02, 2025

Iran’s Grand Strategy

13 mins; July 02, 2025

What Belongs in the Fridge

7 mins; July 02, 2025

Nee-Naw

10 mins; July 02, 2025

The Downside of Being a Digital Nomad

12 mins; July 02, 2025

Historic Offences Bill

13 mins; July 02, 2025

The Evolution of The Simpsons’ Voices

6 mins; July 01, 2025

Getting Out of a Reading Rut

13 mins; July 01, 2025

Why People Are Being More Honest About Plastic Surgery

8 mins; July 01, 2025

Blood Donation Call-Out for the Summer

11 mins; July 01, 2025

Celebrity Perfume Endorsements

7 mins; July 01, 2025

World's Most Dangerous Shipwreck

10 mins; July 01, 2025

Can AI Really Remove Emojis from Kids’ Faces on Social Media?

16 mins; July 01, 2025

Why Dog Poo on Beaches Is the Worst

10 mins; July 01, 2025

A Year In the Woods: Montalto through the Seasons

7 mins; June 30, 2025

Why We Refuse to Eat Insects

7 mins; June 30, 2025

TV on the Radio

16 mins; June 30, 2025

Old Irish Censuses Recovered

12 mins; June 30, 2025

Phoenix Revival

8 mins; June 30, 2025

Puffin Snorkelling

6 mins; June 30, 2025

Baths Are Back

9 mins; June 30, 2025

Streaming Kneecap's Set

8 mins; June 30, 2025

Presidential Terms

14 mins; June 30, 2025

Movies and Booze

40 mins; June 27, 2025

The Longest Tennis Match Ever

9 mins; June 27, 2025

Robocats

7 mins; June 27, 2025

Installing an Outdoor Shower

6 mins; June 27, 2025

Five Times a Best Man

18 mins; June 27, 2025

How Our Fingers Wrinkle in the Bath?

8 mins; June 26, 2025

Younger People Shouldn't be in Nursing Homes

5 mins; June 26, 2025

So, You Think You’re an Adult?

29 mins; June 26, 2025

Are We Too Affectionate with Our Pets?

23 mins; June 26, 2025

What Actually Causes Potholes?

7 mins; June 26, 2025

American Mother

10 mins; June 26, 2025

How the brain invents your own reality

7 mins; June 25, 2025

Ireland’s trade relationship with Israel is bigger than you think

10 mins; June 25, 2025

The chance of an asteroid hitting the Moon rises - but why?

7 mins; June 25, 2025

What does the “real” Iran look like?

23 mins; June 25, 2025

The different meanings of saying “I love you”

9 mins; June 25, 2025

Would you take an AI tour of Dublin?

8 mins; June 24, 2025

How to deal with cow sunburn

6 mins; June 24, 2025

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