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Catch Up with Louise McSharry keeps you up to date on the week’s news and culture, from the lowest of brows to the relatively high. Armed with recommendations for music, books, telly and the rest, Louise takes you through the week’s events with the help of experts and relevant guests. 
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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.8 • 534 Ratings

Catch Up with Louise McSharry keeps you up to date on the week’s news and culture, from the lowest of brows to the relatively high. Armed with recommendations for music, books, telly and the rest, Louise takes you through the week’s events with the help of experts and relevant guests. 
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    Entertainment Catch-Up: The Met Gala, Kendrick vs. Drake and the Powerful Charisma of Derek Blasberg

    Entertainment Catch-Up: The Met Gala, Kendrick vs. Drake and the Powerful Charisma of Derek Blasberg

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    It feels a little weird to talk about the fluff and frippery of the world of entertainment in the context of what's happening in Rafah but this is the entertainment episode so that's what Cian Sullivan and I did. We discussed the Met Gala, the Kendrick vs. Drake hip hop beef, Jeff Goldblum's children's inheritance, and the mysterious allure of non-famous celebrity magnets like Derek Blasberg.
    Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May 29th are available here!
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    • 52 min
    News Catch-Up: University Protests, Dobbo's Retirement and the Most Irish Story Imaginable

    News Catch-Up: University Protests, Dobbo's Retirement and the Most Irish Story Imaginable

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    This week's news update with Carl Kinsella features a gaza update from Rafah to Universities and Eurovision. We also discuss protests outside politicians' homes, Leinster rugby coming to the north side and an RIP.ie update.
    Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May 29th are available here!
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    • 56 min
    Catch Up with Consultant Dermatologist Professor Caitriona Ryan

    Catch Up with Consultant Dermatologist Professor Caitriona Ryan

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    This week I asked you for your skin-related questions and they flooded in. I put as many of them as I could to Professor Caitriona Ryan, consultant dermatologist and expert in both cosmetic and medical dermatology at the Institute of Dermatologists. I learned loads and I hope you do too!
    Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May 29th are available here!
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    • 1 hr 6 min
    Entertainment Catch-Up: Electric Picnic, Baby Reindeer and the Irish at the Ivor Novellos

    Entertainment Catch-Up: Electric Picnic, Baby Reindeer and the Irish at the Ivor Novellos

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    This week James O'Hagan and I chat about the Electric Picnic lineup, the Baby Reindeer backlash, the Irish nominees at the Ivor Novellos and lots more besides. James also shares an exciting piece of personal news!
    Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May 29th are available here!
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    • 43 min
    News Catch-Up: Palestine Protests, Immigration 'Protests' and What's Going on with Weinstein

    News Catch-Up: Palestine Protests, Immigration 'Protests' and What's Going on with Weinstein

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    This week Carl Kinsella of TheJournal.ie and I discuss the latest in Gaza and the protests taking place around the world, the current conversation happening between the UK and Ireland on immigration, what happened with Harvey Weinstein and lots more.
    Tickets for the live show in the Laughter Lounge on May 29th are available here!
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    • 54 min
    Catch Up with Dr. Catherine Baker on Online Misogyny

    Catch Up with Dr. Catherine Baker on Online Misogyny

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    Many of you sent me the recent research by DCU's Anti-Bullying Centre which shone a light on the way anti-feminist, misogynistic content ends up on young men's social media fees. I really wanted to hear more about the research and to learn more about the origins of this kind of content as well as what we can do to help the boys in our life falling prey to it, so I was delighted to chat to lead researcher Dr. Catherine Baker of DCU's Anti-Bullying Centre.
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    Come and join me and some of the gang at my live show in The Laughter Lounge on May 23rd!

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    • 38 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
534 Ratings

534 Ratings

Opal D ,

Best Irish Podcast

I listened to Louise religiously when she was on RTÈ 2FM because she always had the best music taste and introduced fantastic new Irish artists on her show. Naturally, I tuned in when she started her new podcast.

With Catch Up, Louise has really carved out her own unique space in the oversaturated podcast world, making an avid podcast listener like me tune in every week and now every day (with the new format) that she uploads. Catch Up is the only podcast I never miss or skip. Informative, funny and entertaining with fabulous guests and experts, Catch Up is probably (at least in my opinion) the best podcast out right now.

Ais_M* ,

5 stars

Really love it!

RmG7249 ,

So Good!

Love the new format!!

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