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Kelly Earley is a writer who I was previously familiar with via her very unserious contributions to the Daily Edge (we worked there at different times) and generally gas posts on social media. Last week, though, she wrote something serious in response to what was happening in Coolock. Kelly is from Coolock, and felt like there was significant context being left out of the conversation. I caught up with her this week to discuss some of the challenges many people from areas like Coolock face when it comes to personal development, how the far right take advantage of that, and what could be done to improve things.

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Lots to discuss in the world of entertainment this week and fortunately Emer McLysaght was on hand to discuss it with me. We chat through the celebrity reaction to Kamala Harris becoming the presumptive democratic nominee for president, Adidas' Bella Hadid mess, Armie Hammer's attempt at a redemption tour and Stormzy and Maya Jama's fair but sad breakup, plus more.

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It's supposed to be silly season but instead we have another bumper edition of the news catch-up. We discuss Biden's exit from the presidential race and the potential of Kamala Harris taking his place as nominee, Donald Trump's new running mate, this week's events in Coolock, the global tech outage, and the sentencing of Just Stop Oil protesters.

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This week's guest spent ten years interviewing women who are not mothers, via a range of circumstances including personal choice, fertility issues and more. Nicole Louie's search for other women's experience in order to help her process her own choice to live child-free resulted in Others Like Me: The Lives of Women Without Children, which you can buy here. This week, Nicole and I discussed the book as well as the way society treats women who choose not to become parents.

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The world of entertainment has been hopping this week, so thankfully Cassie Delaney was on-hand to discuss the week's stories. We discuss the mystery surrounding Travis Kelce's Garda public order cap, the death of Shannen Doherty and whether she was misunderstood, Elton John weeing in a bottle in a shop in France, the Gladiator trailer and lots more.

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This was the newsiest week that ever newsed, but Carl Kinsella and I did our best to bring you up to date on all the most interesting and revelant stories (I'll admit there was stuff I wanted to discuss that we didn't have time for unfortunately - we will discuss tampons next week). We discuss the Trump shooting and its potential impact on the political landscape in America, Tori Towey's horrific experience in Dubai and her return to Ireland, Nathan Carter's prison gig and the strange decision not to allow prisoners to attend, and lots more.

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Erica Tierney was one of the first guests I had on in the early days of this podcast. Life was getting back to normal for her after having a baby and being treated for breast cancer all at the same time, but she was determined to make a change for women like her whose maternity leave was taken up by cancer treatment. The political will was there, and it felt like change was coming, but two years later nothing has changed. This week, I spoke to Erica again. She is back in the world of cancer, having been diagnosed with breast cancer again, and more determined than ever to improve things for other women.

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