Dave Fanning

Still fighting on the front lines to defend his country, Taris Topolia chats with Dave about his experiences in the Ukrainian war, becoming a medic in the defence forces while still making music, his collaboration with Ed Sheeran on a remix of ‘2Step’ and performing it live together.

This week Eoin’s latest dive into the RTE Archives reveals the history of names in Ireland, from street names and surnames and how they’ve evolved through the decades.

Irish Writer Donal Ryan joins Dave to talk about his favourite album, ‘Rum Sodomy & The Lash’ by the Pogues. They discuss the influence the band had on Donal, as well as other artists like Pixies, and they delve into his new book ‘The Queen of Dirt Island’.

It’s the 25th anniversary of Oasis’ divisive third album, ‘Be Here Now’. Famously being a record that didn’t live up to the hype and is still fiercely divisive amongst fans, broadcaster Kate Brennan-Harding chats with Dave about it and more albums that just didn’t live up to expectation, including Scissor Sisters, Daft Punk, Arcade Fire and more.

Dave chats to Sports Writer Gavin Cooney from the42.ie to discuss the most emotional and passionate post-win interviews in sporting history, featuring Ireland's own Rhasidat Adeleke who just broke a record at the European Athletics Championships, and classic clips like Kevin Keegan's 'I would love it if we beat them!'

Career consultant Sinéad English chats with Dave about the latest TikTok trend, 'Quiet Qutting', which involves disengaged and unmotivated workers putting in the minimum effort. partially due to the pandemic.

An Indian gang running a fake police station out of a hotel, a Romanian bank hiring a fortune teller and overworked exorcists... it's Aifric's Stories of the Week!

From Bridget Jones’ blue soup to ET’s obsession with Reece’s Pieces, food writer Ali Dunworth chats with Dave about iconic foods in pop culture throughout the years. Not to mention some fictional snacks like Butterbeer from Harry Potter or Spongebob’s Krabby Patties.

Artist, singer-songwriter and actor Loah, joins Dave this week to talk about her favourite album, Radiohead’s, ‘In Rainbows’. Dave also revisited an interview with Radiohead, recorded a few months after the release of this album

From 11th of August to the 16th October, some of the most prolific costumes from TV shows and movies, shot in Ireland, will be displayed in Russborough House, Wicklow. The Art of Costume Exhibition is the brainchild of Costume Designer Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh and Costume Practitioner Veerle Dehaene. Dave spoke to Veerle to find out more about it