Tell Me Why: Recent Episodes
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Why do we have accents? Why do we pee so much? Why are we superstitious? The Moncrieff team answers some of life's trickier questions.
Dr Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what is Pepe the Frog?
Dr Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what is The Overton Window?
Dr Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what is offence?
Dr Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what is democratic socialism?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what is crony capitalism?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what is nationalism?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what is the responsibility to protect?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what does it mean to be 'based'?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what is Gerrymandering? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
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Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what is the Dark Enlightenment?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what is Post or Transhumanism?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer why are people called snowflakes? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what is late stage capitalism Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer, are we in a plandemic? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what does false flag operation mean? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer what is cultural appropriation and is it a real thing? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom to answer, why are voices change with age? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom to answer, why are voices change with age? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer, why is white a colour? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean to answer, why my beard grows in patches and not fuller like other men? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom to answer, why boomerangs always fly back to you? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom to answer, why do we change the way we speak when talking to different people? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Stefanie to answer, humans have known for over a century about the greenhouse effect of CO2 emissions. Why did we leave it till now to do something about it?... Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom, to answer this weeks question, how did we denote the year before bc/ad? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom, to answer this weeks question, Why Do fermented foods taste so good? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom, to answer this weeks question, Why are babies not born with teeth? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom, to answer this weeks question, How do we know we see the same colours? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom, to answer this weeks question, why do I sweat when I'm embarrassed? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, of the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD, joins the programme for his weekly series...
Jonathan de Burca Butler joined Tom to go through stories from around the world that do not make the front pages.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, why we don’t have smell-o-vision? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD joined Sean for his weekly slot, Tell Me Why. This week Graham answered the question, why are the 26 letters of the alphabet in the order they’re in?
Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD joined Tom for his weekly slot, Tell Me Why. This week Graham answered the question, why do I bite my nails?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, why we get allergies? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, Why cant I whistle? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joined Sean for his weekly Slot, Tell me Why. This week Graham answered the question: Why am I terrible at remembering jokes?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, Why we sometimes stumble when walking onto a travelator or escalator that is not moving. Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom Dunne, to answer this weeks question, why do people say green with envy? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, Why is it easy to fall asleep in front of the TV but the minute I go to bed I’m lying awake for hours? Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, Why do dogs love to stick their heads out car windows?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff, to answer this weeks question, why am I not immune to nettle stings despite having been stung so many times?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Tom Dunne....
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, joins Sean Moncrieff...
Dr. Graham Finlay joins Sean on the show to tell us why, when people say they smell fresh air, is air ever fresh?
Dr. Graham Finlay joins Sean on the show to tell us why the other queue always seems to move faster than the one you’re standing in
Dr. Graham Finlay joins Tom on the show to answer why are lighthouses still needed as the world has gone digital and has satellite navigation?
Dr. Graham Finlay joins Sean Moncrieff on the show to answer why the vast majority of musicians are male?
Dr. Graham Finlay joins Sean Moncrieff on the show to answer why the vast majority of musicians are male?
Dr. Graham Finlay joins Sean Moncrieff on the programme to answer why magicians use magic wands?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin joined Sean for his weekly "Tell Me Why..." slot. This week he answered, Why do people have tongue tie? How have we not evolved to not have it?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin joined Sean for his weekly "Tell Me Why..." slot. This week he answered, why do people think UFOs look like 'Flying Saucers'.
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin joined Sean for his weekly "Tell Me Why..." slot. This week he answered, is acid rain a real thing?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin joined Sean for his weekly "Tell Me Why..." slot. This week he answered, I hit snooze all the time and procrastinate?
Dr. Graham Finlay, from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin joined Sean for his weekly "Tell Me Why..." slot. This week he answered "why we don’t like the sound of our own voice?".
Dr. Graham Finlay from the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin joined Sean for his weekly Tell me why slot. Today's question was, Tell Me Why: Are all distinct cultures equally virtuous?