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# Podcast

Last year
2023
The Explainer: How has David Cameron made a surprise return to British politics?
A big step for Sam Prendergast, and what makes an Ireland wing
The Explainer: What caused dozens of overdoses in Dublin recently?
The Explainer: Israel and Gaza - what are the big questions that need to be answered?
Munster travel to Kingspan without Carbery and Snyman; Jackman's thoughts on Ulster at 10
The Explainer: How has Taylor Swift become (arguably) the world’s biggest music star?
Rugby Weekly: Crothers and Flannery get the nod for tasty first interpro, and Munster back their former hurlers
The Explainer: What can be done to stop damaging flooding in Ireland?
The All Blacks' deserved smugness, Cheika times his run and SA-England preview
The Explainer: What would an Israeli ground offensive look like?
The 42 Rugby Weekly: Hansen passed fit for All Blacks clash and Dupont returns for France
The Explainer: Ireland's Love/Hate relationship with the USC
The Explainer: What's really on the new SPHE curriculum?
Rugby Weekly: Why Ireland should take Scotland extremely seriously
The Explainer: Lough Neagh has been hit by an algal bloom disaster - what’s happening?
The Explainer: What is the American bully XL and do bans on certain dog breeds work?
The Explainer x Noteworthy: Will home births ever be the norm in Ireland?
The Explainer: How will Ireland's new publicly funded IVF scheme work?
The Explainer: Luis Rubiales and the Spanish football scandal - what happens next?
Rugby Weekly: The best World Cup game, greatest upset, top try, and favourite player
The Explainer: Why is Ireland getting more TDs?
Rugby Weekly: A pre-World Cup message from Murray and Gavan
The Explainer: How has the Rose of Tralee festival survived for so long?
Listen to The 42 Rugby Weekly: The Ireland v Samoa preview pod
'Maybe people love redemption?' Henry Mance is this week's guest on Behind The Lines
The Explainer: Why is there so much talk about a farmers' party in Ireland?
'This decision casts a huge shadow over the game... I think World Rugby will appeal'
The Explainer: A forgotten crisis - what is happening to the Rohingya minority fleeing Myanmar?
The Explainer: Who is Robert F Kennedy Jr and could he be the next US president?
The Explainer: What next for Ireland's women's football team?
The Explainer: Do Barbie and Oppenheimer mark the return of the summer blockbuster?
The Explainer: What is the Nature Restoration Law and how will it work in Ireland?
The Explainer: How do Oireachtas committees work, and how did Tubridy end up in front of one?
On the Right Wing: English football firms, the English Defence League, and the Euros
The Explainer: What does Ireland’s ‘unprecedented’ marine heatwave tell us about our climate?
The Explainer: What does the Ryan Tubridy payment scandal mean for the future of RTÉ?
The Explainer: What is hydrogen power, and could it replace coal, oil, and gas?
Meghan and Harry's Spotify deal ends as podcast not renewed for second season
The Explainer: Hard cash and soft power - what is going on in the world of golf?
The Explainer: What is it like to sit the Leaving Cert in 2023?