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Brendan O"Connor

Brendan O"Connor has all you need for the weekend with time to pause and reflect on the week just gone. Featuring a selection of human interest, consumer and lifestyle stories, as well as keeping you up to date on the news stories that matter. Listen live Saturday and Sunday at 11am - 1pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

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0:12:20

The Watchlist

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/12

Director of the Dublin International Film Festival, Grainne Humphries, and host of the "Xtravision" podcast Andy McCarroll, discuss the best TV and film of the week, including Celebrity Traitors, House of Dynamite and Mr. Scorsese.

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0:06:09

“Like the Kardashians on an album” - the...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/12

Cork singer-songwriter Lyra explains why – over 50 years after they formed - Fleetwood Mac are enjoying a resurgence with younger listeners.

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0:51:55

The Newspaper Panel

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/12

Joining Brendan to talk through highlights from the Sunday newspapers is political editor with The Irish Independent, Mary Regan; Irish Times columnist and public affairs consultant, Gerard Howlin; Nutriband founder and former presidential hopeful, Gareth Sheridan and Emeritus Professor at the European University Institute, Brigid Laffan.

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0:32:31

“If you’re meditating well, you’re not meditating” -...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/12

Writer Michael Harding joins Brendan to discuss death, mental health and the natural world – all themes in his latest novel ‘Midwinter’.

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0:08:34

What is Melatonin?

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/11

Consultant Endocrinologist Professor Mary Ryan tells Brendan about melatonin: what helps the body to produce it naturally, what impact it has, and the side effects of taking it inappropriately.

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0:07:37

Hearty Autumn Pasta Recipes with Catherine Fulvio

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/11

Catherine Fulvio talks Brendan through some of her favourite, hearty pasta dishes for Autumn – and answers the age-old question: does the shape of your pasta impact the flavour?

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0:38:09

“I remember jumping up and down like a spoilt child”...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/11

Ireland and Lions Men’s Rugby Coach Andy Farrell tells Brendan about becoming a teenage father, his own playing career and his evolution to coaching for Ireland and The Lions, marking the publication of his autobiography ‘The Only Way I Know’.

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0:07:48

“We don’t have to like each other...” Colum McCann

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/11

Author Colum McCann, who has worked closely with two grieving fathers, on either side of the Israeli/Palestinian divide, speaks to Brendan about this week’s peace deal in the long-running conflict.

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0:30:09

“Men, we will not eat you!” Róisín and Ann Ingle

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/11

In a wide-ranging conversation filled with laughter, agony (or ecstasy) aunts, mother and daughter, Ann and Róisín Ingle, join Brendan to discuss ageing, birthdays and men.

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0:05:14

‘America's Favourite Poet’

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/11

Former US Poet Laureate, Billy Collins – dubbed ‘America’s favourite poet’ – joins Brendan to reflect on his approach to writing and reads two poems, including one from his latest collection, ‘Dog Show’. Billy will be in Dublin for ‘An evening with Billy Collins’ on 21st October. More details: PoetryIreland.ie

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0:28:08

“I slept on a Cambodian pool table for a month” - Baz...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/05

Actor and broadcaster Baz Ashmawy joined Brendan to talk about first discovering funk and disco in Cairo, backpacking, the return of his TV shows ‘The Money List’, ‘DIY SOS: The Big Build’ and ‘Faithless’. He also chose five songs to reflect his life ranging from Duran Duran to Weezer to Foster The People.

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0:53:42

The Newspaper Panel

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/05

Joining Brendan to discuss the Sunday papers are Dr. Laura Bambrick, Social Policy Officer, ICTU; Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer at the University of Galway; Ellen Coyne, Political Correspondent with the Irish Times and David W. Higgins, Economist.

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0:09:52

The Watchlist

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/05

Michael Doherty, RTE Guide Movies Editor and Arts journalist Zara Hedderman join Brendan to preview the film and TV highlights of the week.

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0:08:43

As Taylor Swift’s frenemies decode her latest album...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/05

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll know that Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl was released on Friday. As Swift is famous for using her lyrics to settle old scores, journalist and broadcaster, Jenn Gannon, dropped in to decode the latest songs and explain whose noses should be out of joint this time around.

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0:31:18

Manchán Magan's final interview

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/04

Author and Broadcaster Manchán Magan joined Brendan to open-up about his widespread cancer, his disdain for pity, drinking his own urine in the Himalayas, the curse of being a writer and his latest book, "Ninety-Nine Words for Rain (and One for Sun)".

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0:27:18

"I filmed my mother, drunk and asleep on a public...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/04

Donegal-born visual artist Myrid Carten has made her first feature-length film, ‘A Want In Her’, chronicling her mother Nuala’s mental illness and alcoholism journey. She offers a behind the scenes look at how her mother, who was once a social worker, then became a street drinker and how their mother-daughter relationship was affected.

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0:08:56

“Swedes are like Dubs: they have notions!”

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/04

Scandanavia is an increasingly popular holiday destination, but its different countries sometimes merge into one in our imagination. So Stockholm-based Irish journalist, Philip O’Connor, gave Brendan a guide to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and – controversially - Finland.

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0:25:37

“Break ups? They’re bloody hard!” - Richard Hogan

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/04

Is there such a thing as a ‘good‘ separation? What are the right words to use when breaking-up? How can we move on afterwards? What should – and shouldn’t - you tell the children? Psychotherapist, Richard Hogan, joined Brendan to talk through break-ups, separation, and divorce.

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0:15:03

Remembering Manchán Magan: “He didn’t fear death,...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/04

Just three weeks after Manchán Magan’s remarkable final interview with Brendan, two of Manchán Magan’s friends, Blindboy and Liam Ó Maonlaí, pay tribute to the writer, documentary-maker, and thinker.

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0:09:05

Caring for your eyes as you age with Opthalmic...

Brendan O"Connor ·

2025/10/04

Do discount shop reading glasses harm your eyes? Does staring at screens really harm our eyesight? If you need glasses to eat a meal, is something wrong? Kirk Stephenson, consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Mater Private Network, gives Brendan tips on minding your eyes as you age.

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