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Oliver is joined by comedian, Katherine Ryan, to discuss everything from being the first born in her family to finding the perfect nanny! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our visiting critic is Risteárd Cooper tells Oliver about keeping a diary for a full week.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maurice Brosnan, Senior Sports Writer for The Irish Examiner, gives Oliver a rundown of this weekend's GAA club action with a number of intriguing finals set to take place.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oliver meets an extraordinary couple Paul Monaghan and Sharon Van Leis Hout, who are professional scare actors and they are frightening people, mainly teenagers, at Farmaphobia in Causey Farm Co Meath.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Laura Kelly tells Oliver about her business 'Nannies for Weddings'  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And our screen team, Dave Fanning and Olivia Fahy return with their clashing views on film and telefis recommendations for your weekend  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Journalist and broadcaster Vincent Browne joins Oliver to look back on the extraordinary life of former Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey. We also delve into Vincent's extraordinary career, as a journalist and writer for almost 60 years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Orla Muldoon, Professor of Psychology in UL and runner Mary Nolan Hickey, will tell Oliver about the importance of cheering runners on during a marathon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oliver meets Shaun Harte, the Waterford man trying to bring the craic into the revival of an ghaeilge with the 'Book of Irish Puns' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Writer, broadcaster & comedy storyteller Barbara Scully is reacts to the 'We Consent' hugging campaign as a grandmother See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From banned schoolteacher to literary icon. Professor Frank Shovlin tells Oliver all about his new biography 'John McGahern: A Writing Life' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Keelin Ward tells Oliver all about her unique wedding day, which included a dark-themed reception at Trim Castle Hotel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twenty years on, we look back at Amy Winehouse’s landmark album 'Back to Black' with Molly King from Other Voices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Award winning crime writers, Sam Blake and Edel Coffey join Oliver in studio to talk about 'Fear: Twisted Tales from Ireland's Leading Women Crime Writers' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our resident gardener Ealma Purcell from The Poppy Garden in County Meath, drops in to tell Oliver what we need to do in the garden this winter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.