Dave and Simon look at the extraordinary career and legacy of Burt Bacherach.

Dave talked to the fascinating Tony King... ...he’s worked with everyone from The Beatles to the Ronettes and Elton John to the Rolling Stones. One of the most influential figures in the music business, he was nicknamed The Tastemaker

From The Sopranos to Big Little Lies... how is therapy depicted in TV and films? Do scriptwriters hit the mark? Psychologist and counsellor and author of The Secret Lives of Adults Allison Keating gives us her view

TV Show The Last of Us depicts the world 20 after a mass fungal infection sparks a global pandemic. The HBO drama depicts a horrifying post-apocalyptic world, but how likely is it to one day become a reality? Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham, Rebecca Drummond discusses if what we’re seeing on screens could be in be our future

I’ll be talking about the iconic BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs with author Ian Gittins. He’s written a book The Definitive Desert Island Discs about the tracks that the guests picked...everyone from Judi Dench, David Beckham, Sharon Horgan, Cliff Richard and Adele

A documentary from the Irish Music Industry podcast called The Untold Story of Balcony TV was released this week. Dave was joined by the doc's maker Mark Graham and Stephen O’Regan, one of the original founders of Balcony TV.

Joseph choose Horses by Patti Smith

Happy Valley Director joins Dave to talk about playing a major role in the wrapping up of one of the most popular drama series

Ozzy announced this week that he is retiring from touring. Stuart Clarke from Hot Press joins Dave to talk through Ozzy’s 55 years of touring, which were colourful to say the least

Leigh talks Dave through the latest on the Netflix crackdown on password sharing

Sam, lead designer at Cape Town-based video game studio Free Lives, talks Dave through the new wave of green gaming as he prepares to launch his game Terra Nil that paints a picture of environmental restoration

Ahead of Sultans of Ping's gigs in Cork next week Dave talks to Niall O'Flaherty and to Paul McDermott who has made a documentary on the band

Conor from Wild Youth tells Dave about being crowned champions on last nights Late Late Show Eurosong Special

Andrea talks us through some of the most expensive gigs in the wake of Beyoncé’s recent appearance at the ‘Atlantis The Royal’ hotel in Dubai where she performed for a reported eye watering 24 million dollars

“Champing” is a combination of “church” and “camping” and Fiona from the Churches Conservation Trust tells Dave all about the success of this concept in the UK

Tara Brady on the Biopics that never got made on the back of Madonna's being axed this week

David J Peterson who has constructed numerous languages for both Film and TV joins Dave to tell him all about it

Cian takes a look at this year’s nominees and talks about some of the trends that have emerged over the decades for this category

This week its the turn of David Kitt, he chose Fever Ray's album entitled Fever Ray

Marion McKeone shines a light on the Republican of the moment George Santos

Jonathan Redmond joins Dave after being nominated for an Oscar for his work on Baz Luhrman's Elvis movie.

Simon Maher looks at the weird and novel ways that musicians have promoted new releases

Simon Maher looks at the weird and novel ways that musicians have promoted new releases

Gerry on his 'Hi, How are You Day' event in Whelan's Dubin, which is a celebration of the life, music and legacy of Daniel Johnston

Who better to ask if Cate Blanchett's performance as a conductor is an accurate representation of the role than Conductor David Brophy!

Sarina Bellissimo, the host of the Bellissimo Files podcast is here to tell us where the term 'Nepo Baby' comes from, and why has it all blown up now!

Pat Carty of Hotpress joined Dave to talk about the life, the music and the legacy of David Crosby.

Fionnuala talks to Dave about the many famous locations or quirky destinations that are available to to us mere mortals to rent!

Geoff talks to Dave about his book entitled The Last Days of Roger Federer which is about careers ending and going on with life when the curtains close for those in the spotlight.

Alan Corr looks at some of the B-movie debuts of A-list stars

In part one we hear from Ailbhe Reddy, Jack L and Loah on the albums that inspired them

In part two Roisin O, James Vincent McMorrow and Steve Wyckham tell Dave about the albums that influenced them

In part 2 we hear from Craig Walker, Niamh Farrell and Daithí on the albums that influenced them.

In part 1 we hear from Faye O'Rourke, Bressie and Niamh Regan on the albums that inspired them.

Kynsy joined Dave to discuss her favorite album.

Tom Breaneach chatted to Dave about holiday destinations for 2023.

Keith Barry joined Dave to discuss his tour 'Mind Games'.

Chris Wasser came in to discuss movies coming out in 2023.

Freelance Reporter Io Dodds spent a week seeing what life in the Metaverse might be like and she told Dave all about it!

Sinéad English, author and founder of career consultancy Hilt, talks to us about 'Green Jobs' available for those who want to upskill in the new year.

Ahead of the arrival of Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical movie 'The Fablemans' on the 27th of January, Brian Redin tells us about the career of the veteran Hollywood director.

Pat Carty tells us what the best gigs and albums of 2023 will be.

Kate Brennan-Harding looks back at the year in entertainment, and devises her list of the celebrities who have had a good year, and those who didn’t.

Ahead of the World Cup final between Argentina and France, Eoin Sweeney joins us to give us a run through of the drama, the controversy and the goals from previous world cup finals.

Gavin Cooney from the42.ie has been in Qatar for the last four weeks and told Dave what he thinks of this controversial Winter World Cup, how things have been for the fans and, of course, who will win the coveted trophy.

Alan Corr did a deep dive on all of the albums that were released, both in Ireland and internationally, in 2022 and joins Dave to reveal his top ten.

RTÉ Pulse presenter & Sissy That Pod host Cian Sullivan chats to Dave about those songs that have nothing to do with Christmas but have become festive classics.

Deirdre Molumby of entertainment.ie gives Dave her top picks of the best Christmas Specials of your favourite shows, which you can stream over the holiday.

Jenn Gannon takes a look at the TV shows that made a successful return to our screens

Sam Bankman-Fried, the man behind FTX, has been making headlines over the past couple of weeks. Adrian joins Dave to tell him all about the story.

The Album that Inspired Me with Jess Murphy. Jess choose Fat Freddy's Drop album Based on a True Story

Author Kate Summerscale joins Dave and talks all about her book The Book of Phobias and Mania

Its that time of the year when Brian Lloyd of Entertainment.ie, joins us to count down his top 10 movies favourite movies of the year

Morgana MacIntyre of Saint Sister is coming in to tell us about the second 'Merchy Christmas' a music christmas market of sorts, taking place next weekend in the Grand Social in Dublin

And in the week that Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his part in the Theranos scandal, we look back at our chat with one of the original whistleblowers, Erica Chung

We have an exclusive interview with Lenny Henry and Declan Barra about their brand new Netflix series, its a prequel to The Witcher, called Blood Origin

Sarah Maria Griffin tells Dave why music is so important in the video game industry, especiially with them getting a category at the Grammy’s for the first time.

Linda King senior lecturer in Design and Visual Culture at IADT joined Dave to talk about classic Album Covers

Republic of Ireland ex football manager Martin O’Neill joins Dave to talk about his new autobiography ‘On Days Like These’

Comedian Killian Sunderman tells Dave about the album that inspired him; Thin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous

'At Christmas' is out this weekend. It was originally written to make his daughter feel better when he was away from home last December. He tells Dave why he decided to release it.

Pat Carty from Hot Press joined Dave to talk about some of the terrible decisions that have been made in the music industry, and had terrible consequences on musician's careers.

Martin Scorsese turns 80 this year, and his friend and movie collaborator Mary Pat Kelly, has written a biography on the director

Malachy Clerkin joined Dave to give him the low down on the best sport books to gift people this Christmas.

With the mercury set to drop this weekend, entertainment expert Deirdre Molumby is checking out some of the chillier movies out there, that will make us feel positively warm!

Sarina chats to Dave about celebrities most embarrassing Stage Mishaps!

Luke joined Dave to chat about his debut feature the documentary North Circular

Dee Molumby is live in studio to discuss the actors we all know and love but are never quite sure how or where we know them from

Author Marc Myers joined Dave from the US to chat about his new book, where he delves into the lesser known facts about some of the world's biggest hits.

Aifric talks to Dave about the election that was decided with names from a hat, the controversy around Bob Dylan’s limited edition book and the goalkeeper who was sent off for confronting a fan who urinated in his drink.

Def Leopard's Joe Elliot talks to Dave ahead of their 2023 tour with Motley Crue and what we can expect from their new album

Musician Brooke chose the live Nirvana MTV Unplugged album as the album that inspired her

Eoin Sweeney will be talking about those famous football commentaries that invariably take place during World cups

Travel editor, Thom Breathnach, tells Dave about 'Voluntourism', and how to travel the world sustainably, and on a budget, through volunteering.

Ruth Codd, whose life was transformed during Lockdown joined Dave. She was discovered on her Tik Tok platform by a Netflix casting agent for 'The Midnight Club'

From Beer being banned in the stadium, to LGBT+ fans being tolerated at best - the most controversial World Cup in generations kicks off in Qatar tomorrow, and Damien O’Meara told us what we can expect from it.

Michael Murphy, co-author of a book of essays called 'Punks Listen', takes us to the 80's and the height of the Punk era.

Simon Maher takes a look at the Bands that continued despite losing lead singers with the news of a new Prodigy tour taking place, despite losing their lead singer Keith Flint.

Footage of hundreds of sheep walking in a circle for 12 days straight, Three mermaids in California save scuba diver from drowning, Chinese man, 50, runs marathon in under 3.5 hours while smoking cigarettes!

Irish animation company, Cartoon Saloon, has a new movie on Netflix called 'My Father's Dragon'. We'll be talking to its young stars - Jacob Tremblay & Gaten Matarazzo - and director Norah Twomey

Fionnuala has been taking a look at the enduring appeal of Quiz Shows, especially the ones with the quirky formats!

Psychologist Lisa Barrett will be talking about our emotions around pets, and whether our dogs actually love us humans unconditionally

Ahead of her European tour Sorcha tells Dave about the album that inspired her... Youth Novels the debut album by Swedish singer Lykke Li

The growing role that artificial intelligence is playing in our day to day lives can even shape what movies get made. A new book by Dr Martin Clancy, Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem, explores everything from ethics, to robotics to intellectual property, all in the context of music.

Parisian undertaker aims to introduce bicycle hearse in France , Perth museum naming poll chooses 'Perth Museum', Lottery winner dons mascot costume to hide jackpot from family...it must be Aifric's Stories of the Week!

A look back on an interview with Garry Roberts who died this week

Leigh from Silicon Republic joins Dave to talk through the eventful two weeks for Elon Musk and staff at Twitter

Vocal coach Judith Mok joins us to talk about her memoire The State of Dark with Lilliput Press

Dave chats to Florence Pugh, Sebastián Lelio, Elaine Cassidy, Kila Lord Cassidy, Niamh Algar and author Emma Donoghue all about the movie

Wallis Bird is taking time out of her current Irish Tour us to tell Dave about the album that inspired her, the Double live album Living In Clip by Ani DiFranco

Bill Whelan talks to Dave all about his autobiography 'The Road to Riverdance'

Elon Musk clashes with Stephen King over Twitter’s $20 verification charge, Chinese Tesla competitor unveils plans for flying car, 'Harry Potter' fans warned to stop leaving socks at Dobby's grave on a beach in Wales... it must be Aifric's stories of the week

Playwright, comedian and writer Kevin Gildea joins Dave to take a look at the controversial Netflix series Blonde

Ali Dunworth reviews Disney’s The Bear and some of the best chef movies

Pat Carty talks Dave through Bob Dylan’s new book The Philosophy of Modern Song

Singer and song writer Julia Jacklin joined Dave.

John Meagher joined Dave to discuss Kanye West.

Edel Coffey joined Dave to discuss books beyond the page.

Alison Spittle joined Dave to discuss her fave album.