Tell Me Why

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom to answer, why boomerangs always fly back to you? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom to answer, why do we change the way we speak when talking to different people?  Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.    

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Stefanie to answer, humans have known for over a century about the greenhouse effect of CO2 emissions. Why did we leave it till now to do something about it?... Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom, to answer this weeks question, how did we denote the year before bc/ad?  Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.  

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom, to answer this weeks question, Why Do fermented foods taste so good? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom, to answer this weeks question, Why are babies not born with teeth? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom, to answer this weeks question, How do we know we see the same colours? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom, to answer this weeks question, why do I sweat when I'm embarrassed? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dr. Graham Finlay, of the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD, joins the programme for his weekly series...  

Jonathan de Burca Butler joined Tom to go through stories from around the world that do not make the front pages.

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, why we don’t have  smell-o-vision? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD joined Sean for his weekly slot, Tell Me Why. This week Graham answered the question, why are the 26 letters of the alphabet in the order they’re in? 

Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD joined Tom for his weekly slot, Tell Me Why. This week Graham answered the question, why do I bite my nails?

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, why we get allergies? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, Why cant I whistle? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joined Sean for his weekly Slot, Tell me Why. This week Graham answered the question: Why am I terrible at remembering jokes?

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, Why we sometimes stumble when walking onto a travelator or escalator that is not moving. Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom Dunne, to answer this weeks question, why do people say green with envy? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, Why is it easy to fall asleep in front of the TV but the minute I go to bed I’m lying awake for hours? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, Why do dogs love to stick their heads out car windows?