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A beautiful photograph featured on the front page of the Irish Times this week.

A murmuration of starlings who were doing their best to give the impression of being a giant, otherworldly bird.

The photographer James Crombie spent several months chasing the picture.

We’re joined by photographers Lorraine O’Sullivan and Gary Ashe.

You may have seen Tik Toks showing the Hollywood star, Tom Cruise, playing golf and doing magic tricks but the videos are actually something called a deepfake.

Where someone's face, is superimposed over another person's face, to make it look as if they’re saying or doing something else.

Liam Geraghty has taken a deep dive into deepfakes.

Our guest, Ian Leslie, is a big believer that arguments are a great thing, but as long as we do them properly.

He says we need to be taught how to argue. He is author of the book Conflicted : Why Arguments are Tearing us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together

We often hear the term ‘cancel culture’ used when media castigates someone for a perceived wrong.

It can be damaging, as companies respond by withdrawing sponsorship, publishing deals and the like.

To look at the wider issue of cancel culture, we’re joined by Stefanie Preissner, writer and podcaster, and Mark Paul, Irish Times columnist.

As the pandemic continues we’re hearing a lot about front line workers from shopkeepers to medics to bus drivers.

But we haven’t heard much from the laundry companies that are cleaning up our hospital sheets.

Joanne Somers heads up the largest Irish owned laundry operation in the country specialising in hospitals and hospitality.

Pressure is mounting on Davy, Ireland’s largest stockbroking firm, after the Central Bank found 16 staff had sought to make a profit by taking the other side of a bond deal involving a client without telling him or the firm’s compliance team.

We’re joined by Professor Niamh Brennan, Academic Director of UCD’s Centre for Corporate Governance.

This week, author, Megan Nolan released her debut novel 'Acts of Desperation' - a story of toxic relationships and why people stay in them. Megan joined Louise to speak about living in London, writing the book, and forced comparisons between Irish female authors.

Angus Barge is the co-Founder of Mojo.so, a site that aims to help men who are struggling with erectile dysfunction. After searching for information about the issue, Angus recognized how little help is available to men, which didn't point back to a pharmaceutical answer. With his cousin, Xavier, they started the site to change that.

This week, ‘How to be an Adult’ is all about talking! Our Show Pro today is the Founder of Réalta Public Speaking School, Michelle O'Grady. The pandemic brought a new fear of public speaking with it - forget stage fright, this is zoom fright. Michelle is giving us advice and tips on public speaking on Zoom.

Political Correspondent for The Irish Examiner, Aoife Moore, joined us on Saturday morning to talk about the stories that propped up the week! There has been lots of talk of vaccinations this week, so Aoife will look between the rumors for facts. We're also talking about Gordon Elliott, Sneem, and Texas reopening.