This week's Podcast is a really special one for me. I'm joined by my niece and godchild Emma Grant. We chat about life, the Academy in Limerick, writing songs and everything in between. Also in a first for the podcast she performs three originals. Have a listen, and if you can, show the love by streaming or downloading her song "Wilted" on Spotify. And give her a follow . It would mean a lot. Give it a spin. Let us know what you think.

Mahon McCann is an Irish philosophy PhD, writer, playwright and Catholic convert from Dublin. In this episode, we go down just about every rabbit hole imaginable — life, faith, religion, philosophy, meaning, belief, doubt, consciousness and everything else under the sun. No preaching. No agenda. But A proper deep one.

In this episode I sit down with Cork singer/song writer Meadhbh Walsh, who started busking as a kid and built that spark into gigs, tours and stages around the world. We talk roots in folk, finding her voice and the road to her new album. It's a chat about hustle, heart, and the long road from busking to studio lights.

This week we have the one and only Owen Colgan-Mayo man, comedian, hard man, soft lover. One of the stars of the new BBC series Funboys. He dropped in for another chat, full of laughs, sideways stories and that pure Mayo charm. Easy, fun and all the usual craic.

I sat down with Ray Ó Foghlú and got into the other side of forestry. We got stuck into regeneration, biodiversity, organic farming and plenty more.

Ray also shared the brilliant work being done through Hometree and why restoring Ireland's native landscapes matters for future generations.

Follow Ray on instagram @rayofoghlu

Daragh McLoughlin had never rowed across an ocean-until he did. Hear how he went zero extreme rowing experiance to wininng a solo 4,000km Atlantic crossing.