Dave Fanning

Dave chats to Metallica bassist Rob Trujillio about band performing with San Francisco Symphony as part of their upcoming live album and documentary of the event called S&M2.

Paul Whittington chats to Dave on the passing of Black Panther Actor Cahdwick Boseman. He also discusses the latest releases to hit the big screen-Tenet, A White, White Day and Phineas and Ferb the Movie.

Dave chats to Irish author, Donal Ryan about his new book, 'Strange Flowers', which tells a story of loss, anguish and an assessment of unspoken prejudices in rural 1970s Ireland!

Zoom calls are a bit of a horror show for people at the best of times but what about a horror movie made entirely using Zoom? Well that's what director, Rob Savage has made and he chats to Dave about how a small time prank became a runaway film success!

Painting eyeballs on the arses of cows to deter predators, a doctor amputating his friend's gangrenous toe on his porch and a boy with a piece of LEGO up his nose sneezes it out after two years! It's Anton's stories of the week!

Earlier this week, late night beach-goers were treated to quite the spectacle when a bright blue light appeared in the sea off the coast of Cork. The light was caused by bioluminescent plankton and Susan Hegarty of the DCU School of Geography is on the line to tell Dave why they light up and why they are holidaying on a beach in Cork!

Paul Whitington chats to Dave about new films out in cinema and on home release, including a preview of what Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' is like, as well as 'Chemical Hearts', 'The One and Only Ivan' and 'Still The Water'!

Eoin Sweeney joins Dave to talk through some of the stories behind bands with numbers in their names, including the likes of The 1975, Two Door Cinema Club, Blink 182, S Club 7, 50 Cent and many more!

Dave chats to Limerick hip-hop artist, Denise Chaila about her forthcoming mixtape, 'Go Bravely' and her role in RTE's 'Shine', which is a programme that brings artists together to showcase the diverse talent that our country has to offer. It broadcasts on Sat Aug 29 on RTE One and Sun Aug 30 on RTE Player & RTE Radio 1!

Edd China is probably best known for his role as presenter and mechanic on Discovery Channel's 'Wheeler Dealers' but Dave is chatting with him today because Edd recently broke the record for the world's fastest electric ice-cream van and is now on a mission to role out electric ice-cream vans around the world!