Dave Fanning

This week The New York Times reportedly paid Wordle creator Josh Wardle a “low seven figure” sum for the rights to his word game. Wordle can be described as an accidental success story, starting life as a personal project for its creator. Sean Cannon-Earley joins Dave to have a look at some other massive success stories that came about by accident

Dave chats to Una Ni Dhonghaile, Dublin born Film Editor of Kenneth Brannagh’s Oscar tipped movie Belfast

David Robson is the author of The Expectation Effect - How Your Mindset Can Change Your World. Dave chats to him about the book which looks at how the way we think about the world can profoundly shape how we deal with it

Actor Peter Coonan stars in the new, pacy Irish thriller Doineann. He chats to Dave about the film, his role and his upcoming appearance in Peaky Blinders

Once again the hands of the famous Doomsday Clock are 100 seconds to midnight. The Clock has for decades been used as a metaphor for how close the human race is to destroying ourselves. Dave chats to Robert K Elder, the author of the book, The Doomsday Clock At 75, about how the clock came to exist

From next year there will be a new permanent public holiday established in celebration of Imbolc, traditionally known as St Brigid’s Day. The host of Fireside: The Irish Storytelling Podcast, Kevin C. Olohan, tells Dave about the origins of the festival

It’s been quite a week in the world of music - Damon Albarns comments on Taylor Swifts songwriting, Neil Young leaving Spotify and Adele cancelling her Vegas residency. A common thread to all these stories is the fans – the people who keep the show on the road for these stars. Dave chats to Alan Corr of RTÉ Entertainment about the power of fans

With a Tory MP claiming Boris Johnson was “ambushed by cake” this week, Aifric O’Connell tells Dave about some of the great excuses politicians and celebrities have come out with in the past

Vaccines have been used on this planet in various shapes and forms since the 16th century, but have you ever wondered how they developed through history to become the medical marvel they are today? Professor Luke O’Neill joins Dave to take a look at the origin of the vaccine

It emerged this week that the film Fight Club has a very different ending on Chinese streaming services. Dave chats to Deirdre Molumby from Entertainment.ie about this and other movies that have been altered for different countries