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 li...
On The Newspaper Panel this week, Brendan is joined by; Mick Clifford, Special Correspondent, the Irish Examiner, Cormac Lucey, Economics Columnist with the Sunday Times, Dr JoAnne Mancini, Associate Professor in the Department of History at Maynooth University and Louise Bayliss, Head of Social Justice and Policy at the Saint Vincent de Paul.
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“I was in love with ALL the Beatles” - Frank McGuinness
Playwright, poet and author, Frank McGuinness, brought Brendan through his Life in Five Songs – the music that has shaped him. Frank’s choices included Otis Reading, Joni Mitchell, Lisa O’Neill, and also The Beatles’ I Wanna Hold Your Hand.
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"It’s a way of saying something, without saying it”
The recent Netflix show, Adolescence, has brought attention to the hidden meaning behind some emojis used by teenagers, so Elaine Burke - host of the For Tech’s Sake podcast – takes Brendan on a whistle-stop tour of some of the emojis with hidden or obscure meanings.
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The Watchlist
Radio producer and broadcaster Eoin Sweeney, and writer and podcaster Esther O’Moore Donohoe, joined Brendan for our weekly look at the latest TV and film releases.
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“Are medical labels helpful? I’d argue they’re not”
Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan, Consultant in Neurology in The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London has written a new book, ‘The Age of Diagnosis’ in which she says, in her 30 years of being a doctor, she has observed a rise in overdiagnosis, overmedicalisation and ‘diagnosis creep’ in areas like autism, ADHD and depression.
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 keeping you up to date on the news stories that matter. Listen live Saturday and Sunday at 11am - 1pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
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