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The Pat Kenny Show
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Pat brings you the sharpest analysis of news and current affairs on the radio and fresh perspectives on the issues that will define a generation. Breaking news is interwoven with reflective news features and reports from a variety of reporters based across the country. Experts are on hand to guide listeners on everything from consumer and employment rights and health issues to savvy holiday options. And Pat is joined by all the best personalities from the entertainment world.
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Forest Fires and El Niño
Yesterday00:22:00Tap to summarizeWith forest fires raging across Europe, Pat speaks to Paris-based journalist Elaine Cobb to get the latest news on the ground in France.Also joining Pat is Cathal Nolan, climate scientist and founder of 'Ireland's Weather Channel' to explain the role climate change is playing in these wildfires, and the potential for a super El Niño in the near future.
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Pat's Sunday Paper Review July 26th
Yesterday00:19:50Tap to summarizeJoining Pat to run through the main stories in the Sunday papers is Sinéad O'Carroll, Editor of the Journal.ie.
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Dr. Richard Coker, Author of Timor Mortis
Yesterday00:16:44Tap to summarizeHave you heard the phrase ‘timor mortis’? ‘ ‘fear of death disturbs me’ was a common phrase in Medieval England. It is also the title of a new book by Pat's guest Dr. Richard Coker, a long-serving NHS doctor who admits to having shortened the lives of 'quite a few' of his terminally ill patients.
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The sporting weekend with Off The Ball’s John Duggan & Tommy Rooney
Yesterday00:10:53Tap to summarizeWill today’s all Ireland football final provide magic for Mayo? Or will the wily foxes of Kerry ease to another win? Tommy Rooney, Off The Ball's GAA correspondent, and John Duggan, Off The Ball's weekend presenter are back to guide us through the day’s sport.
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How The Heavy Gang Put Innocents Behind Bars
2d ago00:17:40Tap to summarizeEarlier this week Osgur Breatnach recieved a miscarriage of justice certificate in relation to his wrongful conviction for the Sallins train robbery. So, how did an innocent man end up behind bars? Patsy McGarry, Irish times contributor and author of ‘While Justice Slept’, joins Pat to tell us all about ‘The Heavy Gang’.
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The Death of American Democracy?
2d ago00:15:33Tap to summarizeWith this past week having seen an unprecedent volume of authoritarian language emerging from the Trump administration, can American democracy survive much longer? Joining Pat for his analysis on the struggling state of American democracy is Scott Lucas, professor of American studies at UCD.
Transcribe →Boxed with John Fardy: Ride or Die
2d ago00:07:20Tap to summarizeScreentime’s John Fardy joins Pat to talk about the new comedy action series, Ride or Die.
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Technology Reversing Paralysis
2d ago00:10:29Tap to summarizeTime for Pat's weekly chat with Luke o’neill, professor of biochemistry in the school of biochemistry and immunology at trinity college Dublin and this week, coming to us from the MacGill summer school in Donegal. This week Pat and Luke are talking all about the technology that is restoring abilities in people with paralysis.
Transcribe →Ask The Expert: Donal O'Donoghue
2d ago00:12:34Tap to summarizeIn an everchanging employment market, how can you protect your job from AI? Donal O'Donoghue, managing director at Sanderson Recruitment, and host of the Talent Matters podcast is our expert this week, to tell us all about the current job market.
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Ireland's Last Film Censor
2d ago00:14:26Tap to summarizeIt wasn’t that long ago that Irish moviegoers were subjected to a butchered version of the 1967 film 'The Graduate', intended to leave audiences completely unaware of the relationship between Benjamin and mrs. Robinson. Why was this the case?Joining Pat to explain this case of chopping scenes, and the history of banning films in Ireland, is John Kelleher, Ireland’s last film censor, to tell us all about his new documentary on the subject.
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