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    Episode 250! How Did UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld Die?

    21/09/2026 | 16 mins.
    For our milestone 250th EPISODE, we look back 65 years to the death of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld.
    He died in a plane crash in the Congo while on a mission to negotiate a ceasefire.
    Was it an accident, or was his plane deliberately brought down?
    We examine his final mission and the unanswered questions surrounding his death.
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    How Star Trek Invented the Sound of Space

    14/09/2026 | 13 mins.
    Star Trek helped shape the way we imagine the future should sound.
    From the Enterprise and its strange electronic noises to the sounds that became staples of science fiction, its influence is still everywhere.
    We look at how Star Trek built a soundscape for space, and why filmmakers are still borrowing from it today.
    Listen here.
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    Lindsay Clancy: Mental Illness and Murder

    09/09/2026 | 17 mins.
    This week we take a deep dive into the Lindsay Clancy murder case.
    A woman found guilty of murdering her three children, but could responsibility lie elsewhere, or how can we really understand cruel acts like this.
    Listen here.
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    247. The Woman Who Scammed 9/11

    07/09/2026 | 16 mins.
    This week we go inside the story of a woman who posed for years as a 9/11 survivor, gained the trust of hundreds who thought she'd been in the Twin Towers that day - but who wasn't everything she seemed
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    246. The bank robbery that created Stockholm Syndrome

    31/08/2026 | 14 mins.
    In August 1973 a man walks into a Swedish bank, demands three million kroner and takes four hostages. The six day standoff that followed would become the origin story for Stockholm Syndrome. Let Me Explain.
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About Let Me Explain with Seán Defoe
If you don't have the time to keep up with every twist and turn of the news agenda then sit back and Let Me Explain. Each week host Seán Defoe goes behind the scenes on one of the biggest stories dominating the airwaves. Why is it a big deal? Who's trying to spin you a line? And, most importantly, why should you give a damn? CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainmentListen to Newstalk at http://newstalk.com/listenlive | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk
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