Podcaster Kelly Earley talks to Brendan about why Gen Z are choosing to shop on Tik Tok, being scam-aware and what the trend means for traditional online shopping.

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With inspiration for the even the most reluctant cook, award winning chef, Brian Ó Domhnaill from Danny Minnie’s in Anagaire in Co. Donegal gives Brendan recipes for salmon, cod, sea bass, prawns and black sole; each one with only four ingredients,

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Vivienne Bailey paints a picture of her relationship with the late poet Pat Ingoldsby, appreciating his observant nature, living with the irascible artistic temperament and her goal to have Pat’s final book published.

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Irish music icon Mary Coughlan draws on all her life experience and the wisdom that comes from getting through the hard times to give Brendan some lessons she lives by.

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Pop idol Jason Donovan takes Brendan through his life in five songs, the soundtrack to his days in the Stock Aitken and Waterman ‘Hit Factory’ and his second act as a musical theatre star. He talks about the impact early fame in Neighbours had on his life, his struggles with addiction and finding refuge and revelation on the stage.

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In light of the cancellation of Late Night with Stephen Colbert on CBS in the US, Dave Hanratty, Host of the No Encore podcast, brings us through some of the most memorable American late night television shows, and the reasons why audiences just aren’t watching anymore.

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Fionnuala Jones, Podcaster and Presenter Donald Clarke, Chief film Correspondent for The Irish Times join Brendan to give some of their recommendations for what to watch on the big and small screen this week.

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Dr Sabina Brennan talks to Brendan about caring for her mother when she was diagnosed with dementia, and how it might help others in understanding loved ones with a diagnosis of a similar condition. She charts her experience in her new book, ‘Still Me: A neuroscientist's guide to caring for someone with dementia'.

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Joining Brendan to digest the Sunday papers are; Political Correspondent, Sarah McGuinness, Chief Economist with Deloitte Ireland, Kate English, Former Irish Ambassador to the UK and the EU, Bobby McDonagh, and Sunday Independent Columnist and Former Head of the Housing Agency, Conor Skehan.

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Psychotherapist Richard Hogan on why there is a loneliness epidemic in a world that has never been more connected; why the World Health Organisation has said teenage girls are the loneliest group in the world; how loneliness can harm and what we can do to combat it.

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