Dave Fanning

Acclaimed author Kevin Barry chats to Dave about the album that influenced him, 'Don't Stand Me Down' by Dexy's Midnight Runners.

Andy Warhol's screenprint 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' recently sold for $195 million making it the most expensive artwork of the 20th? century? ever sold. Dr Linda King tells Dave about the history of the piece and the artist who brought it into existence.

Ahead of his National Concert Hall show in Dublin this Wednesday, Rufus Wainwright talks about his latest album, 'Unfollow The Rules', as well as his thoughts about approaching 50, parenting and the impact his own parents' fame had on him.

A Google engineer being put on leave after claiming LaMDA, an AI model he worked with, had become sentient captured public attention. Dave explores tech ethics and the future of AI with UCC Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Barry O'Sullivan.

A century after the Four Courts Fire destroyed the Public Record Office, Technical Architect Gary Munnelly and Deputy Director of the Virtual Record Treasury Ciaran Wallace tell Dave how they've recreated these invaluable Irish historical records.

In the era of the Great Resignation, journalist Chris Jones explores how music is one of the great tools of social justice and shares songs that document workers' movements.

A Chilean worker got 330 times his salary payment and disappeared into the sunset, Bob the Geordie homing pigeon ended up in Alabama, NASA found a mystery crash site on the moon and more... It's Afric's stories of the week!

Music Publicist Barbara Charone has written a memoir, ‘Access All Areas; A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture’. A publicist at Warner Brothers Records for twenty years, Barbara Charone has experienced first-hand, the changes in the music landscape. She talks to Dave about her career and working with Madonna and Depeche Mode

With everyone bursting to soak up some live music again, there’s a lot of interest in both established Festivals and newcomers to the scene. One such newcomer is Livestock Festival in county Galway. It’s the brainchild of married couple Cormac Jennings and Sharon Sweeney. Cormac chats to Dave about the festival and its interesting origins

Girl from the North Country is a musical written and directed by Dublin playwright and screenwriter, Conor McPherson, using the songs of Bob Dylan. Dave chats to Conor about bringing his musical to The 3Olympia this week