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Welcome to The Pod Squad!

We review podcasts every Tuesday so you always have something new to listen to.

This week, Sarah-Jayne Tobin, Editor of rollercoaster.ie and 98fm’s Russell Alford join Andrea to review ‘The Curious History Of Your Home’!

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Storm Éowyn caused significant damage to homes last week…

But, what repairs can you do at home?

Peter Finn, better known as Pete the Builder from the Home Rescue TV show, joins Andrea to discuss what you can do yourself!

New data reveals that over three quarters of women have been labelled as emotional in performance reviews, compared to just 11% of men…  

So, are women actually more emotional in the workplace, or is there a gender bias?

To discuss, Andrea is joined by Caroline Reidy, Director of the HR Suite, Hannah Quinn Mulligan is a Journalist and Farmer, Nadia Adan is the owner of Ashford Motors and Nora Casey, businesswoman and Broadcaster.

Are the Irish good at dealing with death - you may have heard people say that we “do death well”, but is that really true?

This week is National Grief Awareness Week, and Andrea is joined by Bereavement Coordinator with Our Ladies Hospice, Ann D’Arcy, to discuss.

It’s How I Live Well time! Where Andrea Gilligan is joined by someone to discuss what they do to improve their life.

This week, Andrea is joined by Clare McKenna, Presenter of Alive and Kicking on Newstalk, to discuss why we should prioritise rest more in our lives!

Up to 100,000 homes and businesses are likely to be without power for the rest of the week in the aftermath of last week’s storm, and some will be cut off from the grid until the end of next week.

Brian Tapley, ESB Networks Regional Manager, gave Newstalk an update earlier this morning...

Meanwhile, the Government has said that they have no plans to recall the Dail early to tackle the fallout from Storm Eowyn.

Has the Government’s response been good enough?

Andrea is joined by listeners to discuss.

Dr Nina Byrnes, GP at Generation Health Medical Clinic joined guest host Anna Daly to tackle your medical queries…

“I’m in my mid-30s and I haven’t had a boyfriend since I was 21. I’ve been going on dates the entire time, observing the many seismic shifts in dating culture. Here are 15 things I’ve learned from 15 years of singlehood…”

So writes Rachel Thompson in the Guardian. She joins Anna Daly to discuss.

The fallout from Storm Éowyn continues today as almost 250,000 homes and businesses are still without power.

Many workers have also been impacted by the closure of businesses, and have been left wondering what pay they are entitled to…

Guest host Anna Daly is joined by listeners affected to discuss.

Apparently, we only wear a third of the clothes in our wardrobe!

So, joining guest host Anna Daly to discuss how you can make the most out of yours is Stylist Mandy Maher and owner of Organised Chaos, Sarah Reynolds.