MTV burst onto our screens in the 1980s as a vivid blast of loud, animated excess – all music, all the time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Fast forward to 2025 and it is a shadow of its former self, with more channels under the MTV umbrella set to shut down at the end of the year. Is MTV dead? And just how much of a mark on pop culture did it make in its heyday?
Host: Tessa Fleming, Guest: Dave Hanratty 

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Streaming killed the video star: The rise and fall of MTV 

The baffling disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has captivated America.

The 84-year-old mother of television journalist Savannah Guthrie disappeared from her Arizona home earlier this month in what police believe was a targeted kidnapping. Nearly three weeks on, despite emotional public appeals from her family, puzzling ransom notes, and an army of online sleuths, authorities appear to be at a loss. What makes this case so different from the countless missing-persons investigations that come and go? And who is behind Mrs Guthrie’s disappearance – and what do they want?

Host: Tessa Fleming Guests: Terry Sheridan, John Pistole

The baffling disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has captivated America.
The 84-year-old mother of television journalist Savannah Guthrie disappeared from her Arizona home earlier this month in what police believe was a targeted kidnapping. Nearly three weeks on, despite emotional public appeals from her family, puzzling ransom notes, and an army of online sleuths, authorities appear to be at a loss. What makes this case so different from the countless missing-persons investigations that come and go? And who is behind Mrs Guthrie’s disappearance – and what do they want?
Host: Tessa Fleming Guests: Terry Sheridan, John Pistole

Nancy Guthrie abduction: Ransom notes, key evidence and armchair detectives

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested by UK police and taken into custody following dramatic events on Wednesday morning. The arrest came on the same day that Mountbatten-Windsor turned 66. Enda Brady brings us the latest developments. 
Host: Ciarán Dunbar  
Guest: Enda Brady

Extra: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested by UK police

American woman Mackenzie Michalski was just 31 at the time of her death, in November 2024.  What began as a night out in Budapest, in a well known tourist bar, would end hours later in tragedy.  A South County Dublin man who stands accused of her murder continues to plead not guilty.  He claims her death was accidental as a result of “sadomasochistic activities”, which he says the deceased woman had encouraged. 
 
Host; Fionnán Sheahan, Guest; Ali Bracken 
 
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