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 f...
Entertainment Catch-Up: The BAFTAs, The IFTAs and the Storm Around Stormzy
Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!James O'Hagan is shepherding us through this week's celebrity stories which include the BAFTAs, the IFTAs, the storm around Stormzy's collaboration with McDonalds and lots more. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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News Catch-Up: Rent Pressure Zones, Elon Musk's Bizarre Press Conference and the Man Who was in a Whale's Mouth and Lived to Tell the Tale
Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!This week Carl Kinsella and I discuss the death of a man in a stabbing incident in Dublin City Centre over the weekend, the worrying discussion of removing rent pressure zones, and some (not all, because we literally wouldn't have the time) of the latest mad and terrible things happening in the United States of America.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Catch Up with Zahra Legris of Medecins San Frontieres
Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Zahra Legris is a psychiatrist who recently arrived back to Dublin after spending two months in the south of Gaza working as a mental health activity manager for MSF, a charity which brings medical support to people in conflict zones, natural disasters and epidemics. I was so grateful to her for speaking to me this week about her work and some of the people she met in Gaza, as well as the long term impact of living in the midst of true horror. If you'd like to donate to MSF, you can do so here. Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Entertainment Catch-Up: Samanta Mumba vs. Donal Skehan, Kendrick at the Superbowl and a Buffy Reboot
Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!The world of showbiz went absolutely bananas this week - who could have predicted a Samantha Mumba Donal Skehan feud? Emer McLysaght and I discuss the Eurosong madness, the Superbowl halftime show, Kanye West and Biana Censori on the Grammy red carpet and the fallout and lots more. Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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News Catch-Up: Trump and Netanyahu, School Phone Bans Don't Work and Sentencing for Violence Against Women
Send your thoughts, feelings, opinions and suggestions to 0892096423!Carl Kinsella and I hit possibly our highest level of incredulity yet as we discuss Donald Trump and Netanyahu, Elon Musk's continued assault on the U.S. government, why a recently re-elected senator has resigned from Fine Gael and why it's so difficult to make sense of sentencing.Apologies for going relatively hard on the bad language this week guys, it felt unavoidable.Theme Song: HowDoILook, Pillow Queens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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