Late Night Talk: Recent Episodes
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Muireann and Michelle were having a chat on Late Night Talk. Then Michelle broke it... broke everything.
PART 2: Dr James Cantor continues his discussion with Muireann & Michelle on what being a paedophile means & what society should do.
PART 1:Dr James Cantor has worked with paedophiles for over a decade. He joined Muireann & Michelle on Late Night Talk to discuss what paedophilia is & means.
Positivity; it's not an easy thing unless you are Miss Piggy. Eoin Keenan from CPL recruitment spoke to Muireann & Michelle about how to do it when looking for a job.
Writing a CV can be an utter pain so Aaron Butler did something a wee bit different and spoke to Muireann & Michelle about it.
Sharif Maktabi want you to get the most out of your sex and your Google glasses. He spoke to Muireann and Keith about his 'Sex With Glass' app.
The 1990's gave us grunge, Joe Bloggs, The Spice Girls and Callcards. Muireann & Keith reminissed with Nick Rankin of www.irihscallcards.net
We spoke to Martin Critten from the new Irish Independence Party the night before and asked you if we need to close Ireland's borders
What do you get when you mix a thoughtful boyfriend, a love of Downton Abbey and LEGO. Muireann & Michelle spoke to Eric Stevens who puts other boyfriends to shame.
There was a game on ITunes aimed at 9 year olds that got children to give characters liposuction. Muireann and Michelle spoke to Deirdre Cowman from Endangered Bodies.
Did you know that autistic children can locked inside isolation rooms when they are misbehaving at school? We spoke to Niamh Deane from Parents Against Isolation Rooms.
A school in Dublin has banned fizzy drinks and is to offer nutrition classes. We spoke to President of the Irish Nutrition and Dietitic Institute Richelle Flanagan.
The Immigrant Council of Ireland says that racism is being under reported in Ireland. Muireann and Michelle discusses reporting and if we are racist.
Muireann & Michelle spoke to Consulting Psychologist & Cognitive Scientist John Francis Leader on why bad habits can actually be good for you.
There is a high rate of c-sections in Ireland. Muireann & Michelle spoke to Krysia Lynch of the Home Births Associationa and Dr. Sinead Beirne about birthing options.
Globally, the demand for exorcists is increasing. Muireann & Michelle spoke to Exorcist Rev. Dr. Steven Maness of the International Catholic Associaion of Exorcists.
Muireann & Michelle spoke to Niamh O'Connor from The Sunday World and Organiser of The Wezz disco Doni Bulger about the Drunk Tank controversy at the underage disco.
Michelle and Muireann spoke to Conor O'Neill of the 'We're Coming Home' campaign who are looking for voting rights for Irish people living abroad.
Muireann and Michelle spoke with Ronan McGreevy and Peter Smyth of The Irish Times who live on opposites sides of the food divide.
Dr Jim Tucker has spent 10 years dcumenting the cases of children who have memories of past lives. Muireann and Michelle spoke with him about reincarnation.
We spoke to former porn star Aurora Snow, about life after porn and how she is going to explain her one time profession to her children.
A judge has said Gardai should be given taser/stun guns in public disorder incidents, do you agree?
We got your reaction to recordings from 2008 in the Anglo offices,should someone be jailed over this?
Graham Parkinson is 20 years old and he has been fighting cancer for 6 and a half years - this is the 3rd relapse that he has had - he has a rare tumour in his lower back and needs help in raising funds to get the treatment he needs in Germany.
Pictures have emrged of Nigella Lawson having a public row with her husband in a restaurant. Her husband is seen with his hand around her neck,is this domestic abuse do you think?
Pro choice and Pro life went head to head and we got your thoughts on the ever debatable topic of abortion...
Joan spoke to Declan Lynch on the show last night. Declan has found a wedding album from 1969 and wantss to reunite it with the rightful owners. Could you know them? Have a listen.
We had an email in from a listener who was quite angry at witnessing a pregnant woman drinking at a bbq over the weekend. We asked what you made of it....
Do you believe there are as many Garad checkpoints on our roads as there used to be? Does this change your driving habits?
Charity organisation Concern have released figures of €147m donated last year. Should this continue or should we focus on our country...
Today was world MS day and this year the slogan was 'I Have MS, It Doesn't Have Me.' We spoke with Taragh Donohoe of MS Ireland and Orla Coffey who was diagnosed with MS just before she did her leaving cert 10 years ago.
Ross Maguire S.C talked to us about New Beginning which is an organisation set up to support people in financial crisis. They have been inundated with requests for support from across Ireland and the organisation will host a "Bouncing Back' seminar in the Radisson this Thursday 30th May.
We got your reaction before the Primetime expose aired and asked for your experiences of creches in Dublin...
We got an email from a listener who is a landlord of house that has been wrecked by his tenants. He says he will never again let to rent allowance recipients...
We got your reaction to the horific murder of British solidier Lee Rigby on a London street...
We got a text from a listener who was groped in a Dublin nightclub,she ask is this sexual assault?
We talked to parents of children who have disabilities, and heard about the daily struggles they face...
The government want local communities to not only pay for repairs on local roads but also volunteer their labour,what do you think?
We spoke to Treasa Murphy from Radio Kerry on the tragic passing of heroic teenager Donal Walsh...
Angela Epstein is a happily married mother of 4 but she feels it is her wifely duty to go out looking good to catch the attention of other men. Joan spoke to her about this.
We asked should somewhere be provided for smokers to puff outside our hospitals or not...
Terminally ill teenager Donal Walsh has said he thinks suicide is selfish, do you agree ?
Luis Suarez hit the headlines again over the weekend for his bite on Branislav Ivanovic. We asked should the police be involved also...
We got your reaction to the new insolvency guidelines that banks expect homeowners in debt to adhere to..
Muireann O'Connell spoke to the co-Director of the newly formed Women's Museum of Ireland about the venture.
Joan saw a nice bit of road rage today on Macken Street. We wanted to know what have you seen on our roads and have you experienced road rage yourself?
Under new rules broadcaters could be silenced from sharing their own opinion on air, we asked is this fair?
The Joan Lea Show spoke with the pensioner whose irate letter to the Revenue Commissioners, in which he talks about the unjustness of the property tax, has gone viral.
A man was stabbed after trying to re-enter a house party in Kilkenny. The accused has claimed self defence under the new intruder law. Is there a loophole in this law and does it work?
'Walk in My Shoes' is a national Mental Health fundraising campaign for St. Pat's Hospital with the aim of providing free mental health services to young people. Joan spoke with James Kirwan, a UCD student who started experiencing mental health problems when he was in 5th and Alan Ryan a Clinical Nurse Manager with the Young Adult Service Team at St. Patrick's University Hospital. Walk in my shoes takes place on Friday 12th of April.
Teacher are today up in arms at proposed to cut backs, do you think they have a hard job or a cushy number...
We were talking threesomes on the show after an article on that very topic appeared on spunout.ie website. Should teens be informed about this...
Joan talked to Sameem Ali, who from a young age was forced into a marriage and taken to Pakistan...
As Christians all over the world waited for white smoke to emerge from the Conclave in the Vatican, one group decided the time was ripe to bring up the issue of women within the church by releasing pink smoke. That group was The Women's Ordination Conference and we spoke to the co-president, Johanna Hatch.
A listener got in touch to ask advice on a dilemma. She is due to give birth in 5 weeks and herself and her husband already have a very much loved dog. She wants to know is it safe to keep the dog if a newborn is around...
Actor Bill Roache has coming under fire for comment he made in an interview about "star" not knowing what they were doing was wrong when they slept with underage teens 30 and 40 years ago,we got your reaction
We all have something to learn from this woman: Dr. Amanda Ellison of Durham university spoke to Joan about Man Flu, beer goggles, our brain and her book 'Getting your Head Around The Brain.' She is GREAT!
Gardai have said they will not allow military style displays at the funeral of RIRA memeber Peter Butterly, the opposite approach of Alan Ryan's funeral, do you agree ?
Senator Fergal Quinn has said that minimum wage should be scrapped to kickstart employment, do you agree?
Students from Trinity College have managed to blag their way to Australia of all places to raise fund for SVP...
A judge in galway has asked a teen to decide which parent should be jailed after he missed a massive amount of days from school...
Joan talks to a fitness expert, who tells us the importance of keeping active in later life
A mother from Ennis has avoided a jail sentence over severe neglect of her seven children. The judge took into account her alocholism when sentencing...
A Dublin mother was up in court because her teenage daughter has missed over 80% of the school term,should the teen take some resonsibilty...
The 13th of February has been dubbed mistresses day. The day most likely for men to shower the mistresses with valentines day gifts...
We had an email from "Sandra", who wanted advice about whether to propose to her boyfriend,we got your advice...
Last year Gardai conducted 14,000 random on street searches of people under the Misuse of Drugs Act,would you be happy to be searched ?
Reaction to the Magdelene Laundries report. And Joan talks to a relation of a woman who was sent there at age 9yrs...
The original super nanny Rachel Waddilove is on hand to give advice on raising your little ones...
Dr Eva Orsmund from RTE's Operation Transformation came in for a load of flack for public berating a contestant who failed to lose half a pund. Is this cheap reality tv or tough love...
We got listeners reaction to the tragic news of the murder of Garda Adrian Donohoe last Friday evening...
A father who abused his daughter for over ten years has walked free from court on bail due to his age and ill health. Should this have been taken into account ?
HMV which is going into adminstration has refused to honour vouchers purchased, even though they were on sale up until Monday evening..
It has been revealed that the couple found dead in a house in Dublin died of hypothermia. In this day and age is this acceptable..
We had a text from listener who is sick of seeing African men with Irish women,he thinks they are using them for paasports, is he just racist ? Or is there some truth in this ?
The IFTA nominations are out, and Love/Hate leads the contenders. We spoke to one of the stars of the hit show Charlie Murphy who is nominated in the best actress catergory..
A leading Oncologist has said he went to court nemerous of times to get cancer treatment for his patients when parents refused to allow the treatment..
Jonathan Cloonan is Head of Acquisitions with Group M/ which has been named in Forbes 30 under 30. He tells us what its like being so successful so young...
Luke Ming Flanagan has had an explosive argument in the Dail. He claims his kids are now being teased over the media's obsession over how he dresses...