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Moncrieff Highlights Newstalk
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The daily dose of madness and intrigue from Sean Moncrieff and his rebel radio crew
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How do you spot a narcissist?
John Fardy’s guests are two psychotherapists who specialise in adult children of narcissistic parents. Having met through Instagram a number of years ago, they’ve since created a podcast ‘In Sight: Exposing Narcissism’ and released their new book last month: ‘You’re Not the Problem: The Impact of Narcissism and Emotional Abuse and How to Heal.’ Katie McKenna and Helen Villiers join John to discuss narcissism.
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How do algorithms actually work?
Curiosity may get the better of us when we are scrolling on social media, maybe we interact with a peculiar-looking video, only for our timeline to be bombarded with the same types of videos! How do these algorithms even work and how do we fix it!
Well, Elaine Burke is a journalist and Host of the 'For Tech Sake Podcast' and joins John to discuss. -
The 50th anniversary of Abba’s Eurovision win!
As we gear up for Eurovision next week, this year marks the 50th anniversary of Abba’s famous 1974 win with ‘Waterloo’.
Joining John is Giles Smith, Author of new book ‘My My! Abba Through the Ages’ to discuss. -
‘I am the mother of an only child - by choice.’
Being a parent has become increasingly difficult in today’s society, with many external factors now influencing prospective parents’ decisions on whether or not to have a child.
Rachel O’Dwyer recently wrote a piece for the Irish Times in which she detailed her experience as a mother of an only child by choice, she joins John to discuss. -
‘If I see a number I don’t know, I don’t answer!’ - Henry McKean asks if people answer their phone
One in four young adults have never answered their mobile phone. Henry McKean, who does answer his phone most of the time, joins guest host John Fardy to figure out why young people don’t like answering…
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Miriam Rivera and the dark side of reality TV
You may remember the extremely problematic reality show ‘There’s something about Miriam’, where contestants did not know that the woman they were hoping to end up with was transgender. A new Channel 4 documentary has been released about this woman called ‘Miriam: Death of A Reality Star’.
Luned Tonderai is the Series Director, and joins Seán to discuss.
Image: Channel 4