Rté - Dave Fanning Show Podcast

TV Show The Last of Us depicts the world 20 after a mass fungal infection sparks a global pandemic. The HBO drama depicts a horrifying post-apocalyptic world, but how likely is it to one day become a reality? Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham, Rebecca Drummond discusses if what we’re seeing on screens could be in be our future

Dave and Simon look at the extraordinary career and legacy of Burt Bacherach.

I’ll be talking about the iconic BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs with author Ian Gittins. He’s written a book The Definitive Desert Island Discs about the tracks that the guests picked...everyone from Judi Dench, David Beckham, Sharon Horgan, Cliff Richard and Adele

Dave talked to the fascinating Tony King... ...he’s worked with everyone from The Beatles to the Ronettes and Elton John to the Rolling Stones. One of the most influential figures in the music business, he was nicknamed The Tastemaker

From The Sopranos to Big Little Lies... how is therapy depicted in TV and films? Do scriptwriters hit the mark? Psychologist and counsellor and author of The Secret Lives of Adults Allison Keating gives us her view

Joseph choose Horses by Patti Smith

Ozzy announced this week that he is retiring from touring. Stuart Clarke from Hot Press joins Dave to talk through Ozzy’s 55 years of touring, which were colourful to say the least

A documentary from the Irish Music Industry podcast called The Untold Story of Balcony TV was released this week. Dave was joined by the doc's maker Mark Graham and Stephen O’Regan, one of the original founders of Balcony TV.

Happy Valley Director joins Dave to talk about playing a major role in the wrapping up of one of the most popular drama series

Conor from Wild Youth tells Dave about being crowned champions on last nights Late Late Show Eurosong Special

Ahead of Sultans of Ping's gigs in Cork next week Dave talks to Niall O'Flaherty and to Paul McDermott who has made a documentary on the band

Sam, lead designer at Cape Town-based video game studio Free Lives, talks Dave through the new wave of green gaming as he prepares to launch his game Terra Nil that paints a picture of environmental restoration

“Champing” is a combination of “church” and “camping” and Fiona from the Churches Conservation Trust tells Dave all about the success of this concept in the UK

Leigh talks Dave through the latest on the Netflix crackdown on password sharing

Andrea talks us through some of the most expensive gigs in the wake of Beyoncé’s recent appearance at the ‘Atlantis The Royal’ hotel in Dubai where she performed for a reported eye watering 24 million dollars

Tara Brady on the Biopics that never got made on the back of Madonna's being axed this week

This week its the turn of David Kitt, he chose Fever Ray's album entitled Fever Ray

David J Peterson who has constructed numerous languages for both Film and TV joins Dave to tell him all about it

Cian takes a look at this year’s nominees and talks about some of the trends that have emerged over the decades for this category

Simon Maher looks at the weird and novel ways that musicians have promoted new releases