Highlights From Moncrieff

When my next guest was given a book about historic sandwiches, it began a whole new online career for him. Barry Enderwick runs the ‘Sandwiches of History’ handle across various social media platforms, where he recreates some of the most bizarre, sometimes delicious, and often disgusting sandwiches from the past.

Many people will either host or attend barbeques and gatherings to enjoy a bit of the warm weather this weekend. So what if you’re dessie driver? Or just fancy something light? With more and more non-alcoholic “spirits” available now, there are plenty of options. Paul Lambert of Shaker and Vine in Swords joined Sean Moncrieff on the show with some suggestions: Raspberry Cooler: Mr L's Cosmo, fresh mint, raspberries, topped with sprite. Mr L’s cosmo is 15% abv so that makes this a light refreshing cocktail Limoncello Spritz: Limoncello, prosecco, soda, fresh lemon juice, sugar syrup same, it's a lower abv than spirits so makes this light and easy drinking Pink Gin Spritz: Kells Pink Gin, lemon juice, strawberry syrup, prosecco, and sprite are higher in alcohol but who doesn't like prosecco and strawberries.....and add pink gin......

Dr. Kevin Flannery, Marine Biologist from Dingle Ocean World Aquarium joined Sean Moncrieff on the show ahead of the heatwave this weekend to find out what is lurking underneath you as you swim.

Excitement is building for next month’s World Toe Wrestling Championships, which will be taking place in Derbyshire in northern England, with the best competitors fighting it out to see who has the strongest and most aggressive feet. Alan ‘Nasty’ Nash has been world champion on 17 occasions and will this year be fighting for one last time before he retires from the sport.

A new company has created Myrkl to help rid you of your hangover and allow for a guilt free night. Tim Dowling, writer for the Guardian and host of the podcast Insult My Intelligence, gave his body to science and tested this drug to see does it actually work, he joined Sean to describe his experience.

Mary Lou will be the next Taoiseach. That’s if the latest poll results were replicated in the voting booths at the next general election. Danny McConnell is Political Editor with the Irish Examiner and he joined Sean to discuss what would change if Sinn Féin were elected into government.

The Debs is a Irish right of passage but with the gatherings getting bigger each year, Justine O’Mahony, Columnist with the Wexford People, joined Sean to discuss if Debs culture has got out of control.

The just released report of the Future of Media Commission shows that Irish people’s level of trust is higher in their local newspaper than the national titles. Bob Hughes, Executive Director of Local Ireland, a representative body for local newspapers in Ireland, joined Sean to discuss if our national affection for regional news is enough to ensure the survival of the local newspaper industry in Ireland.

Dublin City Council is applying to build a lido pool in the docklands, it would be an outdoor swimming and training facility. But there are a handful of other outdoor pools in Ireland, Kieran Keenaghan is an engineer in Banagher, Co Offaly, and he joined Sean to discuss the pool in on the banks of the Shannon.

This weekend temperatures of are set to ride to 30 degrees here in Ireland. Mainland Europe is also experiencing some of the hottest temperatures on record. Sean was joined by Paul Downs, Meteorologist at Met Eireann, and Professor Anthony Staines, Professor of Health Systems at the Nursing and Human Sciences in DCU, to discuss the hot weather and what damage heat can do to the body.

Each week will take a topic and do all the research so you don’t have to. This week, by Joe Corr, MD for planning from CWPA in Swords and former Irish Planning Institute President, joined Sean with all you need to know on how to get planning permission.

Marcus Carambola, an activist with Extinction Rebellion in Haringey in North London, joined Sean to explain how he has been living and sleeping in a tree for the past 60 days, in an act of civil resistance against his local council’s attempts to fell the tree.

Cork University Hospital has become home to tens of thousands of honeybees as part of a project to help ease the anxiety of children who have suffered life-threatening reactions to bee and wasp stings. Dr Anda Dumitrescu, Paediatric Clinical lecturer in University College Cork and head beekeeper at Cork University Hospital, joined Sean to discuss the project.

The new Russel Crowe film, The Pope’s Exorcist, is filming in Ireland and hundreds of extras are required. Derek Quinn is Managing Director of MovieExtras.ie and he joined Sean to discuss the life of a movie extra and what make its such an exciting job for those who do it.

James Vincent, author of the new book ‘Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement’, joined Sean to discuss how measurement came to allow the chaos of the world to become organised.

According to a laryngologist in Turkey, more and more members of the trans community are choosing to undergo surgery in order to match their voices to their gender. Dr. Kursat Yelken, a professor of ENT based in Istanbul and a founding member of the International Association of TransVoice Surgeons, joined Sean to discuss the procedure and how to make sure it is performed safely.

New York has issued a public service announcement advising how people can protect themselves in the event of a nuclear attack. Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons joined Sean to discuss the potential for nuclear war and what when we talk about nuclear war what we actually mean.

Simon Tierney joined Sean to chart the history of the lawnmower.

Kevin Doyle, Group Head of News at Mediahuis Ireland, joined Tom to take a look at some of the big news stories of the week.

Bernard Leddy joined Tom to discuss bataireacht ,Irelands own traditional form of martial and why is he on a mission to revive it.