Let Me Explain with Seán Defoe
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If you don't have the time to keep up with every twist and turn of the news agenda then sit back and Let Me Explain. Each week host Seán Defoe goes behind the scenes on one of the biggest stories dominating the airwaves. Why is it a big deal? Who's trying to spin you a line? And, most importantly, why should you give a damn?
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205. Ireland's Only Toy Soldier Factory
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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204. The Secret Life of Stars
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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203. Should Dublin Airport Become Sean Lemass Airport?
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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202. Why is Simon Harris the new Finance Minister?
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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201. Inauguration Nation - Which President Gave The Best Opening Speech?
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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200. LME turns 200!
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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199. Casting the Irish Celebrity Traitors
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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198. What Makes A Great Political Slogan
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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197. Can Jim Gavin still become President? And how to NOT spoil your vote
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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196. Jim Gavin, Budgets and Micheál Martin's future
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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195. Who won the first Presidential debate?
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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194. Trump tries to sink the UN
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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193. Asian Hornets in Ireland
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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192. Jim Gavin's First Newstalk Interview
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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191. What will Jim Gavin be like as a politician?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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190. The Biggest Controversies in Presidential Election History
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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189. What is the President not allowed to say?
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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188: BONUS: Mairead McGuinness pulls out of the race for the Presidency
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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187. Could the Presidential election be a head-to-head battle?
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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186: LIVE at All Together Now: The Top 10 of Waterford
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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185. What prisons can teach us about living on Mars
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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184. Who is the new Garda Commissioner?
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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183. Why Budget 2026 might disappoint you
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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182. The ABCs of running for President
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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181. How do direct to streaming TV shows make money?
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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180. Naming and Shaming Councils on Social Housing Delivery
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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179. Behind the scenes on the DART
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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178. What would you do with €250 million in a Lotto win?
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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177. Penile Cancer
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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176. The Grimm Origins of Snow White
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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175. The Grimm Origins of Cinderella
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May 29, 2025 |
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174. The Business Case for Disney's Live Action Remakes
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May 22, 2025 |
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173. The Worst Popes In History
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May 15, 2025 |
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172. 100 days of the Government. Newstalk's first Insider Poll
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May 02, 2025 |
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171. Who are the favourites to be the next Pope?
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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170. How to spot the signs of bowel cancer
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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169. The intricacies of court reporting
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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168. What are tariffs and how do they work?
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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167. British Ambassador Paul Johnston on the future for Ireland and the UK
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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166. Why Conor McGregor has no chance of being President of Ireland
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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165. The post match on Micheál Martin's visit to the White House
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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164. How Micheál Martin should deal with Donald Trump
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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163. How does Oscar voting work?
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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162. Inside the plan to build a nuclear power plant in Wexford
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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161. Should Ministers travel to the US this St Patrick's Day?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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160. A history of Superbowl advertising
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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159. Is organic food actually better for you?
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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158. What makes a Trump supporter tick?
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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157. What's in the Programme for Government?
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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156. How the hell do Seanad elections work?
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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155. The Origins of Santa Clause
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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154. Why did new TD Eoin Hayes get suspended from the Social Democrats?
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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153. Election Reflection
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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151. What's in the Fine Gael manifesto?
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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152. What's In the Sinn Féin Manifesto?
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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150. How To Vote
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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149. The Leader Interviews: Peadar Toibin
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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148. The Leaders' Interview: Micheál Martin
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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147. The Leader Interviews: Ivana Bacik
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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146. More women are running for election than ever - but will it result in more Dáil seats?
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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145. What's in the Green Party manifesto?
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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144. What's In Fianna Fáil's Manifesto?
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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143. How to register to vote
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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142. The Death of All Things
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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141. Conker Cheats Cheat Us All
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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140. Three of the hardest Dáil constituencies to predict
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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139. The Lion, the Wallaby and Dublin's Elephant Graveyard
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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138. Budget gesticulation and election speculation
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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137. Do we need to take food supplements?
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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136. Lies, damn lies and election dates
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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135. "We live by two words - what if?" The hidden risks of sepsis
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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134. Naloxone - the medicine that can pause an overdose
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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133. 30 years since the IRA ceasefire of 1994
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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132. The city that banned salt
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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131. Six way-too-early election trends to watch
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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130. Why are vegetables getting less nutritious?
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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129. Poison, painting and pigeon shooting - a weird history of The Olympics
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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128. Who is Kamala Harris?
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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127. The life and times of Leo Varadkar
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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126. Looking for a man in Finance? Jack Chambers and the Giant Budget
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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125. Should Ireland ban tanning beds?
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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124. How do judges decide jail terms?
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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123: Why Do Men Die Younger Than Women? A Men's Health Week Special
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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122: Who has won the Euro elections?
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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121: Life in Numbers
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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120: My Cancer Journey
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May 30, 2024 |
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119: The Criminal Justice System
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May 23, 2024 |
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118: Responsible Dog Ownership
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May 09, 2024 |
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117: Rise in Botox
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May 02, 2024 |
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116: Cash or Card?
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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115: 999
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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114: Measles
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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113: Malawi
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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112: Replacing a Taoiseach
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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111: Nominative Determinism
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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110: The Soft Power of St Patrick's Day
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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109: The Everyday Affects of Climate Change
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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108: A Reunited Ireland
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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107: Diamonds
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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106: Concerts, the Economy and You
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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105: Wedding Prep
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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104: Deposit Return Scheme
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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103: Burns Night
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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102: Reality TV
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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101: Traffic
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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100: Main Character Syndrome
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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99: The Commercialisation of Christmas
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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98: Christmas Ads
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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97: Dodgy Boxes
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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96: The Origins of Sayings - 'Bite the bullet'
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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95: The Origins of Sayings - 'Best thing since sliced bread'
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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94: The Origins of Sayings - 'Elephant in the room'
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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93: The Origins of Sayings - 'Salt of the earth'
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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92: What is the Multiverse? - Bitesized
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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91: The Haunting of Loftus Hall - Bitesized
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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90: The Rise of Plant Based Milks - Bitesized
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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89. How to invest
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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88. Why Was Kevin McCarthy Sacked?
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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87. Inside Ireland's Biggest Drugs Bust
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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86. Does the UN actually matter anymore?
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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85. Eamon Ryan on battling the climate crisis
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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84. The new Commission reshaping Irish elections
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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83. Tommy Bowe on life at a Rugby World Cup
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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82. The biggest search for the Loch Ness monster in 50 years
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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81. The Dáil Boundary Review Bonus Pod
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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80. We Could Have 21 New TDs Announced This Week - The Boundary Changes Preview Pod
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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79. Could Sailing Ships Save The Planet?
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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78. A Tour Through History
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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77. Dying With Dignity
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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76. The Curse of Silly Season
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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75. Why Don't Electric Cars Have Solar Panels?
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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74. An Interview With....Chat GPT
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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73. What is the Nature Restoration Law?
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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72. Tubscast
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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71. Instant Reaction RTÉ Committee Pod
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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70. Who Are The Wagner Group?
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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69. The Titanic Sub Mystery
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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68. Why Young People Are Avoiding the News
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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67. Leaving Cert War Stories
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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66. Making Census Things
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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65. Why Don't We Want The Apple Tax Money?
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May 30, 2023 |
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64. When Renewable Energy Almost Bankrupted The State
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May 25, 2023 |
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63. Does Alcohol Cause Cancer?
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May 18, 2023 |
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62. How Netflix Plans to Stop You Password Sharing
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May 11, 2023 |
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61. Why Are US Banks Collapsing And Should We Panic?
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May 04, 2023 |
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60. What's Happening in Sudan?
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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59. Inside the Hutch Trial
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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58. Dummies Guide to The Good Friday Agreement
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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57. Keeping the US President Alive
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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56. Leaving Politics is like Quitting Smoking
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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55. Who is Humza? The new Scottish FM
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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54. Ireland's First Satellite
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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53. What's it like meeting the US President?
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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52. The Death of Ireland's Golden Visa
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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51. What the Hell is the Windsor Framework?
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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50. Roald Dahl, Puffin's Marvelous Censorship
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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49. BONUS: Conservatives vs Sexy Chocolate 2.0
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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48. Aliens or Chinese Spies?
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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47. The History of Bank Holidays
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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46. Just Who Was St. Brigid Anyway?
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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45. Conservatives vs Sexy Chocolate
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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44. Animals You Should Be Glad Are Extinct
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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43. White, Pink and Brown Noise For Sleep
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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42. What TDs Did Before Getting Elected
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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41. British Prime Ministers Could Fire Nukes From Beyond The Grave
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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40. The 2022 Review! Part Two
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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39. The 2022 Review! Part One
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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38. Big Historical Events Which Happened on Christmas Day
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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37. Making Space Accessible for People With Disabilities
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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36. Christmas Traditions Across Europe
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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35. How Does a Cabinet Reshuffle Work?
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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34. Sportswashing
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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33. What Happened At Cervical Check?
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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32. Is Style Better Than Substance?
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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31. What is the Multiverse?
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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30. The Haunting of Loftus Hall
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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29. The World's Shortest Serving Leaders
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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28. Iran's Hijab Protests
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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27. How Would a United Ireland be Governed?
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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26. WTF is happening with the UK economy?
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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25. What's a UN Summit like?
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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24. What's the Paschal Donohoe Eurogroup row about?
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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23. How Would A Windfall Tax Work?
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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22. Why Is The ECB Hiking Mortgage Interest Rates?
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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21. Cryptocurrency
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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20. The Rise Of Plant Milks
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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19. How NOT to pronounce Taoiseach
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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18. Who Is Rishi Sunak?
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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17. Who Is Liz Truss?
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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16. Why Haven't We Met Aliens Yet?
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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15. Senators vs Seagulls
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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14. What's With All The Flying Ants?
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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13. Why Do Orangemen March on July 12th?
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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12. The Problem With Space Junk
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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11. EMERGENCY POD: Is The Government Goosed?
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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10. Why Don't Politicians Get Maternity Leave?
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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9. Covid's Back - What The Hell?
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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8. Could Free Public Transport Work in Ireland?
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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7. If You Heave Me Now
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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6. Hubble, Bubble, Oil and Trouble
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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5. Monkeypox
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May 25, 2022 |
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4. Don't Protocol Me Baby
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May 19, 2022 |
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3. Ireland's Eurovision Obsession
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May 12, 2022 |
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2. Ireland's Nuclear Fallout Plan
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May 05, 2022 |
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1. Leo and the Leak
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Coming soon: Let Me Explain with Seán Defoe
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Apr 14, 2022 |