Dave Fanning

British journalist and broadcaster, Pete Paphides chats to Dave about his memoir, "Broken Greek" which tells the tale of a shy child of immigrants who learned to cope with the struggles of life through the music of Abba, Dexys Midnight Runners and more!

We can't head to the cinema but we can see some great movies from the comfort of our own home. Paul Whitington is on the line to recommend some new small screen films to watch this week, including Vivarium, The Truth and Disney's live action version of Lady and the Tramp!

Last night, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced more restrictions to slow the spread of Covid-19. One of the measures put in place was that daily exercise is to be taken within a 2 kilometre radius of your home. Efficient web developer, Dave Bolger is here to help us determine exactly how far that is from each of our homes!

From Spiderman to Star Wars, Corkman Will Sliney has illustrated many comic books for the Marvel franchise. Last week he started the #wewilldraw initiative as a response to the corona virus shutdown and it has become a viral social media hit!

Tom Mueller is the author of a new book called "Crisis of Conscience". It covers the topic of whistleblowing in an age of fraud and includes comprehensive studies of whistleblower cases. He is on the line to tell Dave about the book and the curious position of the whistleblower in the minds of the public.

NASA's InSight lander getting his probe stuck on Mars, Ronaldinho's huge BBQ prison and Intel are teaching computers to smell! It's Anton's stories of the week!

Many talented musicians have grown up to have children equally as gifted as them, though not all necessarily hitting the top of the charts or recording in the same style or genre as their parent. DJ and broadcaster, Graham Smyth is here to compare some of the output of these musical families.

With schools closed and social distancing in effect, kids are at a much looser end than they might usually be used to. Author, John Boyne has decided to set up a short story competition for kids who should be in school, but aren’t!

It seems to be every day that we hear of another festival or concert being cancelled due to the Covid 19 outbreak so musicians are coming up with alternative ways to create, perform and entertain through social media. Journalist, Louise Bruton is on the line to let us know what is “virtually” happening, musically around the country!

Everything is happening on the Bob Geldof front at the moment. There's a book, "Tales of Boomtown Glory", there's the Billy McGrath documentary and a new album! Dave is joined by Bob to chat about that new LP, "Citizens of Boomtown" and some other Rats anecdotes!