Graham Herterich has had an interesting path to his business today, including Michelin star restaurants and joining the Carmelite Order. He joined Ryan in the studio to tell him more.

The stories and headlines of the day that grabbed Ryan's attention.

Last year, Scarlett Curtis and 52 inspirational women wrote an extraordinary anthology on what feminism means to them. Scarlett joined Ryan on the phone to tell him about the book and what led her to curating it.

The stories and headlines of the day that grabbed Ryan's attention.

The stories and headlines of the day that grabbed Ryan's attention.

Jason Byrne was in to chat about his latest book 'The Accidental Adventures of Onion O Brien: The Head of Ned Belly'. Irish woman Alice Little discussed being one of the best paid prostitutes in Nevada. Author Carl Chinn told Ryan about what the Peaky Blinders were really like and Eithne Shorthall talked about her new book 'Three Little Lies'

Eithne Shorthall joined Ryan in the studio to discuss the complicated birth of her son Ruan and the inspiration behind her new book 'Three Little Truths'

As the gripping TV series has presented them, the Peaky Blinders were brutal yet glamorous, dangerous, yet somewhat noble. But who, indeed, were the REAL Peaky Blinders? The man with the all the answers is Professor Carl Chinn and he joined Ryan to tell us more.

The stories and headlines of the day that grabbed Ryan's attention.

Ryan talks to Alice Little, an Irish woman who has become one of the best paid prostitutes in Nevada