Dave Fanning

With gaming at an all time high, seeing people earn hundreds of thousands and filling massive stadiums. Pete Etchells is a lecturer in biological psychology at Bath Spa University joined Dave to chat about the psychology behind it all.

Paul Whitington was on the line to recommend some of the best new releases that we can watch at home during isolation. Apart from all the new titles he tells us some of the old classics he's revisiting during these days at home.

We have all experienced the vast number of messages being sent around through social media during this global crisis. Tech expert Adrian Weckler was on the phone with Dave to discuss the danger of this and what social media companies are doing to tackle the problem.

Historian, broadcaster and writer Greg Jenner says celebrity is not a modern phenomenon. We have been obsessing and gossiping for centuries about people we have never met.He joined Dave on the line to tell us all about the wild and wonderful history of celebrities.

This week saw Nine Inch Nails release two albums for free on their website. Nialler 9 joined Dave to discuss the history of unorthodox ways that artists have released music over the years including Prince, Radiohead and The Wu Tang Clan

Back in the early Noughties, the popular gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? was rocked by a thoroughly English heist — and it all started with a cough. ITV has dramatised the crime and Deirdre Molumby from Entertainment.ie joined Dave to tell us all about the ins and outs of the story.

"Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness" tells the story of how Joe Exotic, an eccentric private zoo owner ended up in federal prison in the US for his part in a murder-for-hire scheme. It has been massively popular among viewers but actor and playwright, Mark O Halloran hated it and he joins Dave to tell him why!

Ruairi McKiernan is a social entrepreneur and the founder of SpunOut.ie. A few years ago he decided to hitchhike around Ireland just to listen to people. His new book, "Hitching For Hope" documents that hitchhiking journey and he's on the line to tell Dave all about it!

Teaching a dog to drive, 5G causing coronavirus and a postman in fancy dress! It's Anton's stories of the week!

Coronavirus has had a stark impact all across the world and in the "the city that never sleeps", citizens are almost expecting tumbleweed to roll across the barren streets. Irish singer-songwriter, Pierce Turner is on the line from New York to let Dave know how it's like living in the city during the pandemic!