The Saturday Cafe: Recent Episodes
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After a long week, an easy-going Saturday morning is how you should start your weekend, and you couldn’t spend it with a better woman than Maria McCann! The Saturday Café every Saturday morning from 10am to midday, Maria is joined by great guests, panelists and experts who chat about everything from health and lifestyle to movies, pet care and parenting. So grab a cup of coffee and join in on the conversation. You can text or WhatsApp Maria on 083-3333975.
Award winning blogger Niamh Shields is originally from Waterford, but now lives in London. She joined Maria in the Saturday Café to talk all things bacon - because that's what her latest book is all about! It's called Bacon The Cookbook, and Niamh's passion and love for food just shines through in the interview. Who knew there was so much you could do with bacon!
Last January Mags Murphy of Connect Fitness came on the Saturday Café with Maria, to motivate people who were struggling with their fitness in yet another lockdown. She recently said coming on the show at the time was one of the biggest mistakes she ever made! She made a return visit to the show to explain all to Maria.
The controversial decision by top tennis player Naomi Osaka not to attend mandatory match Press Conferences at the French Open for the sake of her mental health led to a lot of debate over the rights and wrongs of her decision. Lewis King of WIT who recently submitted a PHD on the mental health of Jockeys, has a particular interest in this topic and he spoke to Maria on the Saturday Café.
Waterford Councillor Jason Murphy joined Maria McCann to chat about life in general and his new role as a Lifestyle Guru!
Maria recently spoke to Dr. Fergus Shanahan about his fascinating book The Language Of Illness in which he argues that Doctors need to change the way they communicate with patients.
When Moire O’Sullivan’s husband, Pete, took his own life, she was left with a stark choice: to weep forever over the glass of milk that had just spilt or get on with the quarter that was still remaining. She joined Maria McCann on The Saturday Cafe for a chat.
Pat Fitzgerald tells Maria about his new book '101 reasons why Ireland is better than England'.
Trisha Lewis tells Maria all about her weight loss journey and her new book 'Trisha's Transformation'.
Maria spoke to Sandra Power- ie 'Prosecco Powered Mum', she has set up a fundraiser for Oasis House.
Maria spoke to Andrew Quinn from Waterford Animal Welfare about their fundraiser Paw4WAW.
On today's Saturday Cafe, Maria spoke about sport with Kieran Doyle, Liz Reddy and Matt Keane.
This week's panel debated if the response to the Corona Virus was just a bit OTT, they also spoke about the gentle art of doing nothing and asking if it was a good way to spend the Leap Day, and those driving habits that drive us all mad!
Joining Maria were Brendan Twohig, Tax Partner at MK Brazil, Journalist & Columnist Justine Dwyer & Driving Instructor Kieran Kennedy
This week Maria was joined by Dr. Jill O Mahoney , Sociologist at WIT, Kieran Foley , News Editor with the Munster Express, and Adam Wright who is a Personal Trainer & Fitness Instructor at the Kingfisher Gym in Waterford. We discussed is the real problem with Social Media just ....us! We also talked Potatoes and Psychopaths!
Why are we so fascinated with Characters in books & and on screen that we really should dislike. They use people, they hurt people and they just don't care about the consequences of their actions, yet we still root for them! Hannibal Lecter, Frank Underwood and James Bond come under this heading . They also feature in a new book called Psychopath? Why Are We Charmed By The Anti Hero?.
It's author is Consultant Psychiatrist Stephen McWilliams. Have a listen to his chat with Maria in The Saturday Cafe.
A heartbreaking Korean Documentary which allows the mother of a dead 6 year old girl to spend time with her daughter again- in the Virtual Reality World, was one of the topics on this week's panel. We also spoke about the General Election and our favourite decade in Music!
Panel of Michael Garland of the Waterford Business Group, Brianna Connaughton of Healthy Waterford and Freelance Medical Journalist Danielle Barron.
'There are plenty of things to do around the house that could save you a small fortune. And Laura De Barra's best selling book The Gaff Goddess is full of advice for you.
Have a listen to her chat with Maria in the Saturday Cafe...
Maria's Panel this week- Kieran Doyle, Tracey McEneany of Waterford Libraries and Melissa Walsh of CrossFit.
The death of a pet can be absolutely devastating. It's a loss made worse in some cases by a feeling that grief over an animal is nothing like grief for a person, and it shouldn't be. But for some, the death of a pet, IS the death of family member. Counsellor and Psychotherapist Mary Maher wrote a thesis about this very subject, and found that in some cases the grief can be more complicated then it originally seemed. She was talking to Maria in The Saturday Cafe
If you were ever thinking of growing your own food, and wondered where to start, a recent guest on The Saturday Cafe was able to help. So have a listen to Maria talking to Sally Sweeney of Tramore GIY'
Maria was joined by Massed Band producer, Ger O'Brien about the band and the recent PPN award.
Maria spoke to Lucie from the HomeShare, who help older people remain in their own home. They also find affordable accommodation to struggling renters. Accommodation seekers are offered a bedroom in the home in exchange for offering 10 hours per week of companionship and practical support to the older Householder eg: meal preparations, shopping, household tasks, as well as an overnight presence for peace of mind and in case of emergencies.