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- “Freeze your pillowcase!” - how to survive the summer heat
Summertime brings its own unique set of challenges from hot pillows, overheating rooms, to spoiling food and sunscreen stains, Life Hacks expert for the Irish Examiner, Denise O'Donoghue, gives Brendan her top tips on how to survive the little annoyances of the season
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9 min - “You have to be patient to form a habit”Neuroscientist and Clinical Psychologist Professor Ian Robertson gives advice about habits, what it takes to make new ones, how to break bad ones and what you can do to keep good habits in your daily routine.
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22 min - The WatchlistSarina Bellissimo, Entertainment journalist and broadcaster and Dave O’Callaghan, host of the Here and Back Again Podcast have picked their recommendations for the best TV and films to watch for the week ahead.
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10 min - “Marianne was my grandmother and best friend”Oscar Dunbar, grandson of singer and actress Marianne Faithfull, talks about their grandmother-grandson bond, her finding sanctuary by living in Ireland and the pair of them writing and recording a song together, ‘Love Is’, in the months before her death last January.
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9 min - The Newspaper PanelJoining Brendan to dissect the Sunday papers are Naoise Dolan; novelist and Sunday Independent columnist Gerard Howlin; former government advisor and Irish Times columnist; Tanya Ward, of the Children's Rights Alliance Peter Brown; from Baggot Investment Partners.
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56 min - “The only way to know the cosmic is through nature”Tom Inglis, sociologist and author, on his new book ‘Unbecoming Catholic’ which details his own personal experiences with religion, with Catholicism and what being ‘religious’ in contemporary Ireland means and how faith and our beliefs should develop.
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30 min - Blockbuster Sports WeekendRTÉ’s Des Cahill reflects on Katie Taylor’s epic overnight boxing win, previews the weekend’s crunch GAA semi-finals and looks ahead to the Wimbledon finals between Jannik Sinner v Carlos Alcaraz and Amanda Anisimova v Iga Swiatek.
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8 min - DIY tapas: “People used to complain there was no mash!”As the summer heats up, is it possible to put on a spread of tapas dishes at home? Nicky Foley from Solas Tapas Bar in Dingle [and The Fish Factory] says yes, and he talked Brendan through recipes for Pan con Tomate, potato tortilla, chickpea stew and Prawn pil pil.
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10 min - "My name is Corina. I want to go home.”Artist and writer, Corina Duyn, wrote a very powerful letter to Brendan about her experience living in care since the age of 59. She has lived with M.E. for more than 25 years. Corina’s book of collages “In Bed I Cut Words” is published by Creative Ireland, and distributed by the Irish Hospice Foundation. CorinaDuyn.com and corinaduyn.blogspot.com
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9 min - Can Artificial Intelligence write better poetry than a poet?Rita Ann Higgins, and entrepreneur & journalist, Mark Little. We asked ChatGPT to “write a poem in the style of Rita Ann Higgins.” We then asked Rita Ann Higgins to read it on air, alongside one of her REAL poems. Finally, we asked Mark and the listeners to guess which was the ‘real’ poem.
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About Brendan O'Connor
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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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