RTÉ Podcasts: Past Podcasts

A Night On The Tiles - Listen/Subscribe
Fiona Kelly joins a group of people on a night out. The series will feature a range of very different social circles and stories.

THE ARCHITECT'S EYE - Listen/Subscribe
Buildings are something which surround us everywhere, everyday. But how often do we look at them in detail and understand them, their history and their place? The answers to these questions can be found in this series.

THE ARTS SHOW - Listen/Subscribe
The daily programme on RTÉ Radio 1 covering all things cultural.

ARTSZONE - Listen/Subscribe
Artszone is a weekly digest of all that's current in the arts world, reporting on the key cultural happenings at home and abroad.

AUDIOSCOPE - Listen/Subscribe
Audioscope brings you news about events and inventions, discussions on everything and anything, including architecture, literature, music and gadgets, interviews, information, and will head out exploring life as experienced by blind and visually impaired people. The so-called "dynamic duo" of Bethan Collins and Dave McHugh have a feast in store.

BACKCHAT - Listen/Subscribe
An irreverent panel programme which takes no prisoners. Hosted by Fiona Looney with studio guests.

THE BIG ADVENTURE - Listen/Subscribe
A series for nomads, roamers and wide-eyed dreamers who think it's fun to abseil down cliffs in a snowstorm or hunt whales in skin kayaks. A series for people willing to truly immerse themselves in the world around them - to sip tea with Bedouins or even, Tory Islanders. To experience life to the max, diving into it, skiing down it, clambering up it with picks and shackles in the face of a force ten gale.

CGI - Listen/Subscribe
Get a quick injection of tech with reviews of new games out over summer, the best new sites on the web and neat tricks for your computer. Hear about other kids who run their own websites, where to get free programmes for your PC, visit people who use computers in ways you'd never have thought and ask our experts to solve your computer or games problems.

China and the Irish: Different Stories, Similar Dreams - Listen/Subscribe
As part of the Thomas Davis series of lectures, different experts give their personal take on various aspects of Ireland - China relations over the centuries, opening windows of wonder into unexplored worlds.

CONSPIRACY - Listen/Subscribe
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Irish Political Trials under the Union is a four part series dealing with some of the most significant cases in Irish legal history between the Act of Union in 1801 and Irish Independence in 1922.

THE CONSTITUENCY - Listen/Subscribe
A series in which Rachael English tours the constituencies ahead of the General Election, exploring the issues, meeting the personalities and getting the 'insiders' view.

COUNTDOWN TO 606 - Listen/Subscribe
RTÉ 2fm's Exam Programme. Guiding you up to and through the Leaving and Junior Cert.

CONVERSATIONS WITH EAMON DUNPHY - Listen/Subscribe
Prominent Irish people in conversation with Eamon Dunphy about their lives, passions and the music which inspires them.

CRONIN - Listen/Subscribe
Tom McGurk interviews Anthony Cronin in a series of four hour long interviews spanning Cronin's life and writing. Cronin recalls the colourful characters he knew and discusses the ideas and beliefs that drove him to become one of the main architects of some of the most innovative and influential artistic and cultural policies and institutions in the modern Irish state.

THE CURIOUS EAR - Listen/Subscribe
Ronan Kelly tells stories using sounds and words gathered with his inquisitive microphone.

DAVE FANNING - Listen/Subscribe
Dave Fanning brings a buzz to radio with Dave's selection of music anthems as well as all the latest entertainment news and reviews of TV in a reflection of popular culture around Ireland.

DEBATING DARWIN - Listen/Subscribe
In this series Damien Walsh explores how Darwin's ideas have survived and developed into the 21st century.

THE DIRTY DOZEN - Listen/Subscribe
Twelve of Ireland's legendary motorsport racers speak candidly with John Kenny about their life and careers, their highs, lows and memories of racing on the national and international scene.

DOC ON ONE ARCHIVE - Listen/Subscribe
A documentary archive.

DRIVETIME SPORT - Listen/Subscribe
Drivetime Sport with Des Cahill is a fast paced daily magazine Sports show. But fret not listeners, this is not the haven for the anoraks. We have had the surfers, the womens rugby players, the Irish sumo wrestler and the greats too.

THE ELEVENTH HOUR - Listen/Subscribe
The Eleventh Hour is RTÉ Radio 1's late night arts and culture show, presented by Paraic Breathnach. As well as covering and visiting arts and cultural events and festivals, The Eleventh Hour will initiate debate, argument and creative participation among its late night audience.

Exams on Radio 1 - Listen/Subscribe

Experts and teachers preview and review this year's Leaving Certificate.

FARM WEEK - Listen/Subscribe
Farm Week takes a look back at the big issues relating to farming and food matters.

FLUX - Listen/Subscribe
Stories, sounds and music that catch the ear of Ronan Kelly and Paddy O'Gorman.

THE FRUGAL HOUSEHOLD - Listen
The Frugal Household series features tips from ordinary people and experts alike, with regular advice slots on areas such as travel, growing your own food, shopping, cooking budget meals, DIY and entertainment.

A GIANT AT MY SHOULDER - Listen/Subscribe
Prominent Irish people talked about the public figure who has had a major influence on their lives.

GETTING IT RIGHT - Listen/Subscribe
A podcast only series for Leaving Certificate students to help them with revision. Each week the programme will focus on a different subject and offer advice and tips on what you need to know along with help on exam techniques, how to beat stress and other essential information.

GOOSEBUMPS AND TINGLES - Listen/Subscribe
As a tribute to writer, journalist and broadcaster, Nuala O'Faoláin, we are re-broadcasting a programme titled "Goosebumps and Tingles" in which Sheila O'Callaghan invited Nuala O'Faoláin to identify those particular experiences and occasions which trigger a frisson of memory or delight.

THE GREEN LIGHT - Listen/Subscribe
The Green Light is a new series which takes an in-depth look at what we can all do to help reduce our impact on the environment. How do we make sense of the differing opinions which make up the environmental debate?

HIGHWAY 101 - Listen/Subscribe
The Highway 101 snakes along the length of California - and it is on this road that Myles Dungan has been travelling for the last few months, meeting some of the most interesting minds in the Golden State.

HOLY PICTURES - Listen/Subscribe
A light-hearted look at the Bible according to Hollywood. Presenter and producer Gerry McArdle reminisces on his life-long love affair with biblical epics in the company of Irish Times film critic Donald Clarke, Assistant Director of the Irish Film Institute Grainne Humphreys and theological lecturer, ethicist and film correspondent for "The Furrow" Barry McMillan. Gerry McArdle invites listeners to enjoy extracts from and analysis of the scriptures on celluloid.

ICONS OF IRISH SCIENCE - Listen/Subscribe
This series looks at the life and career of some Irish scientists who have made an internationally recognised contribution to scientific knowledge.

INTO THE DEEP - Listen/Subscribe
4-part science series, presented by Ella McSweeney, which gives listeners a window on marine biology and oceanography in Irish seas.

JUDGING DEV - Listen/Subscribe
Re-evaluating Eamon De Valera and his legacy from a 21st century perspective.

John Kelly In Public - Listen/Subscribe
A series of occasional interviews hosted by broadcaster and writer John Kelly.

LEST WE FORGET - Listen/Subscribe
Myles Dungan and a panel of guests celebrate, through archive material and personal tributes, some of the national and international figures who have passed away in 2008.

THE LIE OF THE LAND - Listen/Subscribe
Séan Rocks examines how maps of the island of Ireland tell a history of their own. This six part series seeks to unearth the truth behind the different mapping projects of Ireland, from the observations of Ptolemy and early maps of Ireland such as that of Gerald Cambrensis in the 13th century to the advanced technology of modern mapping which gives a level of accuracy never before attainable.

LYRIC NOTES - Listen/Subscribe
Lyric Notes, presented by Maire Nic Gearailt, aims to provide a varied musical listening experience, ranging from early music through the baroque, classical and romantic eras through to music of our own time. Here you will find weekly podcasts of the Quiet Quarter and Gardening with Helen Dillon.

MacBETH IN MONAGHAN - Listen/Subscribe
A four part radio series performed by Leaving Certificate groups from secondary schools in Co. Monaghan under the guidance of renowned TV and Theatre actor and director Alan Stanford. The series will offer exam guidance and revision tips from some of the country's top teachers.

McGurk and Company - Listen/Subscribe


Tom McGurk in conversation with distinguished Irish people who look back reflectively on their lives.

MIND MATTERS - Listen/Subscribe
PPI AWARD WINNER 2007
Mind Matters is a science series that looks at the workings of the human brain and its ability to function and recover after trauma. From Alzheimer's disease to manic depression, strokes to autism - what does science know about how these conditions affect the brain and what are the treatments are currently available?

MYTUNES - Listen/Subscribe
In recent years Ireland has cultivated a new crop of singer songwriters. However, we rarely get an insight into how they go about their trade. How do they construct their songs? Where do they get their stories/songs? What is their musical thought? And, what makes them musical beings? Mytunes will attempt to answer these questions as we wander through the musical thought of four of Ireland's music makers.

OFF THE SHELF - Listen/Subscribe
Off The Shelf, presented by Andy O'Mahony is RTÉ Radio 1's book programme in which a carefully selected panel of contributors are set loose on one topic or individual.

THE OLYMPIC YEARS - Listen/Subscribe
A series of programmes featuring the music, major world events and the Olympics, covering 5 decades of the games. The programme starts with 1956 in Melbourne and goes right through to the 2000 games in Sydney.

Our War - Thomas Davis Lectures podcast - Listen/Subscribe
A ten-part Thomas Davis lecture series marking the 90th anniversary of the end of the Great War, reflecting the experience of ordinary Irish people during the war and the effect this war had then and has now on Irish society.

Our War - The Great Debate podcast - Listen/Subscribe
On the 90th anniversary of the end of the Great war and as part of RTÉ Radio 1's Our War project reflecting the experience of ordinary Irish people during the war and the effect the war had and continues to have on Irish society there will be three public debates in front of an invited audience examining the Morality, Memory and Legacy of the Great War.

OTHELLO IN OFFALY - Listen/Subscribe
Alan Stanford explores Shakespeare's text with students from The Sacred Heart School, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. The series will feature the performances of the Offaly pupils as well as exam guidance and revision tips from some of the country's top teachers. As well as the radio broadcasts, the series will be available as a podcast and so will be a very useful revision tool for pupils and teachers alike.

PASSING THE PICKET - Listen/Subscribe
A series which revisits some of the most memorable and ground-breaking industrial disputes in recent years. As well as archival footage from the strikes, the programme will feature interviews with employees who were on either side of the picket line and analysis on how these disputes shaped the modern trade union movement.

PASSION PLAYERS presented by Gay Byrne - Listen/Subscribe
The passion and death of Jesus Christ, one of the most dramatic and intriguing stories in the history of humanity.

PICKING NO.11 - Listen/Subscribe
Ronan Kelly spends an unusual Tuesday evening in Athlone.

PLAYWRIGHTS IN PROFILE - Listen/Subscribe
In the second series of Playwrights in Profile, Seán Rocks looks at the work of a new generation of Irish playwrights. Sebastian Barry, Conor Mc Pherson, Mark O Rowe and Marina Carr are among the featured writers. Theatre practitioners closely associated with their plays reveal the challenges and joys of the first productions of plays that have quickly become established as part of the canon.

THE POPES INTENTIONS - Listen/Subscribe
This four part series, presented and produced by Gerry McArdle, aims to examine topics identified by the former Cardinal Ratzinger as areas of concern, not only to himself, but to the vast organisation for which he is now responsible.

PRIVATE PASSIONS - Listen
Private Passions is a new six-part series, funded by the BCI Sound & Vision scheme. Each half hour documentary in the series has been produced by a different independent producer.

RADIO SPORT PODCAST - Listen/Subscribe
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Interviews, Commentary, In-depth analysis, Previews, Reviews and all that matters in Irish and International Sport, from the leaders in Sports Coverage in Ireland.

QUANTUM LEAP - Listen/Subscribe
The series that looks at the latest work done by Irish scientists and reports on science stories from around the world. Listeners will get an understanding of the science that underpins our lives, as well as an insight into what Irish scientists (at home and abroad) are working on.

SHANKS MARE - Listen/Subscribe
In Shank's Mare Ella McSweeney goes walking around Ireland and introduces us to the people, flora and fauna she meets along the way. From stunning Donegal to the rough edges of Mayo's coastline, ancient woodlands in Derry to rugged Kerry, she hears about the wildlife and people that make Ireland's hills, mountains and coastline such a magical environment for walking.

SOUND STORIES - Listen/Subscribe
Luke Clancy explores our experience of sound, from the noise of urban streets to experiments in modern music.

SPEAKING ILL OF THE DEAD - Listen/Subscribe
Speaking Ill of the Dead is a series of lectures recorded in March at the National Museum in Dublin. The conference was co-sponsored by RTÉ and the National Museum. Historians were asked to choose a figure from Irish history (though not necessarily Irish born) for whom they had an aversion and speak about them before an audience.

SPECTRUM - Listen/Subscribe
Spectrum investigates Ireland's response to its changing ethnic and cultural makeup. The programme is presented by Zbyzsek Zalinski.

THE TERRACE - Listen/Subscribe
Ronan Kelly records sounds and stories from an Irish Street.

TONIGHT WITH VINCENT BROWNE - Listen/Subscribe
Join Vincent Browne for his unique mix of tribunals, politics and entertainment. Vincent Browne is one of Ireland's best known print and broadcast journalists. His controversial interviewing style is a sign of his determination to get at the facts and that makes the programme compelling listening.

View From A Park Bench - Listen/Subscribe
John Reilly's three-minute View From A Park Bench shorts were recorded in a Dublin city park where strangers are asked to consider a single curious question. Queries like 'Have you ever been in love?', 'Have you ever stolen anything?' or 'How would you rate yourself in terms of popularity?' yield candid and unexpected replies. These responses combine to create a thought-provoking tapestry enhanced by a minimalist piano backdrop and park ambience.

WALKING ON THE PASTURES OF WONDER - Listen/Subscribe
Walking On The Pastures Of Wonder is based on conversations which former radio producer John Quinn had with poet and philosopher, John O'Donohue, over a period of four years.

WHAT IF... - Listen/Subscribe
The series that asks the question, 'if at a particular moment in history events had gone another way, would subsequent history have been different?'

WHISTLEBLOWERS - Listen/Subscribe
A series following the stories of whistleblowers - those who take exceptional risks to highlight wrong-doing.

WOMAN WITH THE WILD THING'S HEART - Listen/Subscribe
Gerry McArdle explores Mary Magdalene in reality and myth, and enlists the aid of some very eminent scholars of theology and history to achieve its goals.

WORLDS APART - Listen/Subscribe
Rodney Rice travels every year to Africa, Asia and Latin America to listen to local people tell their stories, explain their needs. He looks for hope amid the pain, for shoots of growth in economies suffering from underdevelopment.