Brendan O'Connor RTÉ

2fm’s Aifric O’Connell chats to Brendan about the good, the bad and the ugly of celebrity feuds from the historic Hollywood lore of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford to Taylor Swift and her love of Bad Blood...

Journalist Peter Murtagh talks to Brendan about his surprising retirement project - an epic journey by motorcycle from Chile to Alaska that he documents in his new book From Tip to Top.

Joining Brendan to discuss the day’s newspapers are Dr Robbie Smyth, Head of Journalism, Media and Communications at Griffith College, Dublin, and former Sinn Fein General Secretary, Mick Clifford, Special Correspondent with The Irish Examiner, Lorraine Sweeney, businesswoman and Dr Emmanuelle Schon-Quinlivan, Lecturer in European Politics at UCC.

Entertainment Journalist and Broadcaster Sarina Bellissimo and Radio Producer and Broadcaster Eoin Sweeney discuss the best of what to watch in film and TV for the week ahead

Spice Expert Arun Kapil tells Brendan how to liven up your salads with a bang of spice and the best of seasonal vegetables.

Author John Boyne on his new novella, Earth, the second installment in his four-part Elements series that looks at sexual traumas from different perspectives. He also spoke about toxic masculinity, pile-ons and how he's now writing a new TV series.