Dave Fanning

Born and raised in Sligo, Carthage Carroll is an emergency medicine physician and an accomplished musician. He recently released an album called "The Ghost of Julius Mayer" as The Gridrunner and since then has managed to contract Covid-19 as well as having to treat patients in a Dublin hospital since his recovery!

Fandom has evolved into a culture of intense social media followers dubbed as 'stans'. The phrase can be attributed to Eminem's massive 2000 hit of the same name. Music journalist, Louise Bruton has had to deal with the affects of these 'stans' in her own job and is on the line to tell us about the culture of 'standom'.

A beehive which an Athlone primary school teacher and wildlife activist made out of LEGO has been creating quite the buzz over the past week. Ruairi O Leochain of Athlone Wildlife Apiaries made the beehive for a bit of laugh but has since received widespread coverage for his wildlife rescue and rehab campaign in the midlands!

We can't head to the cinema but we can see some new movies from the comfort of our own home. Paul Whitington is on the line to review some new small screen films released this week including 'The High Note', 'To The Stars' and 'Mike Wallace is Here'!

Online searches for silver chain necklaces increased by 68% after 'Normal People' hit our screens a couple of weeks ago! Paul Mescal's character, Connell has been sighted as the reason behind this surge so Mike Sheridan of The Delve podcast is on the line to chat about other products that have become popular from featuring in TV shows and Films!

Irish comic book artist, Declan Shalvey has illustrated for the likes of Marvel and DC Comics. His latest project is a Dublin-based graphic novel called 'Bog Bodies', which hits shelves on May 27th!

A woman sends her ex-boyfriend 1,000kg of onions to make him cry, an extinct bird evolves itself back into existence and a South Korean soccer team apologises for filling empty stadiums with sex dolls! It's Anton's stories of the week!

Over the past few weeks, personal details of Lady Gaga, Elton John and many other A-list celebrities were leaked. The security of video conferencing software like Zoom has also been placed in doubt. Jacky Fox, Security Practice Lead at Accenture and Vice-Chairperson at Cyber Security Ireland discusses hacking and what we can do to prevent it!

Keywords is a brand new series presented by Zoe Comyns, which brings together stories, sounds and words that you have recorded yourself, with each week being guided by a keyword. It airs every Sunday at 8PM on RTE Radio 1 Extra and is available for 'listen back' on the RTE Radio Player!

This week we celebrated World Bee Day to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators and the threats they face. Dara Stanley, Assistant Professor of Applied Entomology at UCD joins Dave to discuss why bees are essential for the survival of our ecosystems!