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It’s time to head back to 1936, to the Berlin Olympic Games.

Ireland was one of two countries to boycott the games, alongside the Spanish Republic.

Off the Ball’s Cameron Hill joins Fionnuala Jones to discuss.

Heineken Ireland have launched their new music platform, ‘Heineken Greenlight,’ bringing city gigs across Ireland for the bank holiday weekends.

Joining guest host Fionnuala Jones to discuss is Elijah Hewson, Robert Keating, Josh Jenkinson and Ryan McMahon of Irish rock band Inhaler, who will be bringing Heineken Greenlight to Cork City!

‘Why can’t all lads be sound like Hozier?’ That was the title of an article Fionnuala Jones’ guest wrote 10 years ago about her experience of being harassed, and her entertaining and authentically honest look into real life.

It continues with her current stand-up comedy show ‘BIG’, which is about her body, the physical change she has gone through in recent years and misogyny.

Comedian Alison Spittle joins to discuss!

Fionnuala’s guest has been collecting historic post boxes for over 30 years… Despite his collection now making part of the Postal Museum on the Isle of Wight, many of the most interesting specimens in his collection actually hail from Ireland.

Arthur Reeder joins to discuss!

A US Judge has halted a controversial White House construction project, after plans for a massive new ballroom led by Donald Trump resulted in the demolition of part of the historic East Wing. The ruling makes clear that the President cannot act alone and that Congress must approve such changes.

Joining guest host Fionnuala Jones to discuss is Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at NUIG.

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Every Wednesday, Podcaster Cassie Delaney will join to share some unusual stories on heinous crimes.

This week, Cassie joins guest host Fionnuala Jones to discuss cases of murders involving reality TV stars.

We all know exercise is great for our mind and bodies, but how can it affect your skin? Joining guest host Fionnuala Jones to discuss is Professor Caitriona Ryan, Consultant Dermatologist with the Institute of Dermatologists.

With roughly 6 million Catholics in the UK, competition for school places in Catholic schools is fierce. Fionnuala’s guest, Mark Paul, London Correspondent for the Irish Times, joined the fray. He has been writing about his experience with all this in today’s paper, and joins to discuss.

Finbarr Murray from County Meath made headlines after tasting a jar of homemade jam from 1976 he discovered while clearing a family home near Navan. Not only did he make the discovery, he tasted it too, and said it was still “perfect”!

He joins Fionnuala Jones, as well as Dr. Primrose Freestone, Associate Professor in Clinical Microbiology at the University of Leicester to discuss.

After the upheaval of the pandemic and the wave known as the ‘Great Resignation’, a new way of understanding why we quit is emerging. Today, we’re looking at the idea of ‘jolts’ - those sudden moments, big or small, that can push us to rethink our jobs, our priorities, and even our lives. From burnout and bad bosses to life milestones and unexpected change, research suggests many of us are just one ‘jolt’ away from a major career decision...

Joining guest host Fionnuala Jones to discuss this is Professor Anthony Koltz, Professor of Organisational Behaviour UCL School of Management and author of ‘Jolted: Why We Quit, When to Stay and Why It Matters’.