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Podcast of the Week: NPR Shortwave on Measuring Everest

NPR Shortwave have a very informative episode about the difficulties in accurately measuing the height of Mount Everest. It turns out there are quiet a few caveats that need to be accounted for.

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Podcast of the Week: Blindboy on Procrastination

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In his podcast this week, Blindboy gives some great tips about how to manage procrastination and your mental health, as well as how to deal with unhelpful anger. Listen from 14 mins in to hear about dealing with procrastination.

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Podcast of the Week: The Almanac of Ireland

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I recently interviewed Manchán Magan over on Smart Thinking Books and as a result this week I sought out his podcast The Almanac of Ireland and I was not disappointed! In the episode Hellmouth, Manchán goes in search of the ancient mystical cave enterance to the Cetlic underworld, in a field in Roscommon. He ventures 7 meters underground into the cave with no light and just a microphone and a book for company.

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Listen Notes

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Listen Notes is a search engine for podcasts.

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Feisty Face Mites

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The one year anniversary episode of the NPR Short Wave podcast adds even more hilarity than usual when telling us about the microscopic mites that live on everyone's face, where they stay during the day and what they get up to at night!

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Podcast of the Week: Motherfoclóir on Peig

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In this episode of Motherfoclóir about Peig, the team finally let loose with both barrels on the Peig myth. Peig Sayers lived on the Blasket Islands off the coast of Kerry at the turn of the 20th century. Her auto-biography in Irish about her hard life on the islands was on the Leaving Certificate Irish exam curriculum until 1995.

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Podcast of the Week: That Great Business Show

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Irish readers may remember the great radio show on TodayFM called The Sunday Business Show that was hosted by Conal Ó Móráin that sadly went off air in 2018. Well, Conal is back with a new podcast and a new co-host, former Irish rugby player and investor Jamie Heaslip. Check out That Great Business Show on www.thatgreatbusinessshow.com.

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Podcast of the Week: NPR Shortwave on Pods

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The daily NPR Shortwave podcast is great for short episodes about science each day. A recent episode describes the practice of creating isolation pods among people outside of your immediate household or family as a way to socialise during the coronavirus pandemic, assuming you've all had the talk!

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Podcast of the Week: Irish Times Inside Politics - Interview with Elif Shafak

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The Irish Times Inside Politics podcast featured an interesting and powerful interview with Elif Shafak, author of How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division.

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Podcast of the Week: Artificial Intelligence with Lex Fridman - Stephen Wolfram

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I recently discovered the Artificial Intelligence with Lex Fridman podcast via Find That Pod. It's like the Tim Ferris podcast but very heavy on the science detail. Lex interviews a range of the world's leading scientists, theorists and technologists and digs deep into their topics. I enjoyed his interview with Stephen Wolfram. Most of the podcast episodes leave me with questions and the want to learn more, which is great!

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