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Moncrieff Highlights

The daily dose of madness and intrigue from Sean Moncrieff and his rebel radio crew Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff Highlights on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

Latest episodes

The untold story of the Yeats sisters

2 days ago - 8 mins

Moncrieff Highlights

Why has Ireland’s temperature record been held for 140 years?

2 days ago - 8 mins

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Neil Jordan on how the movie industry has changed

2 days ago - 24 mins

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Should we rely on AI to referee sports?

3 days ago - 9 mins

Moncrieff Highlights

Exhibition to look back on the life of Michael D Higgins

3 days ago - 8 mins

Moncrieff Highlights

The search for Ireland’s biggest 99 - Henry McKean Reports

3 days ago - 12 mins

Moncrieff Highlights

Summer Reads: Science and Nature

Each week we’re going to bring you some suggestions for your summer reading, taking a different category each time. This week Bob Johnstone of The Gutter Bookshop, joined Sean with his recommendations for science and nature reads. He recommend The Dawn of Everything : A New History of Humanity by David Graeber & David Wengrow, Wilding by Isabella Tree, The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli, Unwell Women : A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn,The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells,Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake, Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari,Silent Spring by Rachel Carson,Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty and A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.