Corona Virus

On this week's episode of Basically... Stefanie talks to a close friend of hers who is a nurse, and will remain anonymous because she works in a private hospital but is generous with her time and insight. They talk about how things started…

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally shifted the way that Americans work, socialize, and generally go about their lives. Access to healthcare has been impacted by the pandemic as hospitals are dealing with huge numbers of cases across…

Have we gone back to living the lives of our grandparents during lockdown? The big weekly shop is back in vogue, we know our locality better than ever, and we forego weekend breaks for walks in the park. Padriag and Kate discuss this…

In this week's episode of Basically... Stefanie talks to Lorcan Nyhan about the roadmap the Irish Government released last week for reopening the country. We want to find out when we can do things again. When can we visit our relatives in…

The boxer Ricky Hatton famously had two sets of clothes, normal clothes for when he was training and a set of more forgiving clothes when he packed on the pounds and let loose between fights. The Post-Reinforcement Pause is something…

On this episode of The Behavioural Vaccine, Kate and Padraig talk about uncertainty and hope, and how it can fit into our wellbeing efforts at this time. Padraig also reveals a unique game called Transport Bingo, that he has been using…

Trump has announced that the US will suspend funding to The World Health Organisation. Luckily, he's doing this at an opportune time when there's not much happening in the world, so there will be no negative repercussions. Oh wait... Hang…

On this episode of 'The Behavioural Vaccine', Padraig and Kate talk about procrastination... "If I only had the time I'd do it......." Many of us now have the all the time we dreamed about on our morning commute but maybe you're part…

Today on The Behavioural Vaccine, Kate and Padraig examine kindness in a time of social distancing. Random acts of kindness are boosting people’s mood currently and we explore a growing body of research that suggests that giving and…

Today on The Behavioural Vaccine, Padraig and Kate are going to look into the future and examine how behaviour changes that have happened in a very short space of time might have lasting impact on different areas of our lives. They…