Covid

For us lucky singletons, the pandemic presents yet another obstacle to finding one’s one true love (or a hook up, whichever way you are inclined). As someone who has found themselves the perfect Victorian style romantic pen pal, I feel I…

Another year, another Christmas recap episode! Steve and Richie go through some notable people (and dogs) from the past year and decide who should be celebrated and who should get in the bin with the rest of 2020.…

This week on Basically... Stefanie sits down with her fabulously high-achieving contemporary, Minister for Higher Education, Simon Harris. They talk about politics, politics in a pandemic (as well as being Minister for Health in a…

In this episode, we talk to Dr Netha Hussain, a medical doctor with a PhD in neurobiology and an active member of WikiProject Medicine and WikiProject COVID-19. ? We discuss who should be editing Wikipedia and the Manual of Style. Our…

This week on Basically... Stefanie sits down with her absolute favourite, Professor Luke O'Neill. They talk about pandemic as it is now. The promise of vaccines, with some predictions about how things will go from here. How many vaccines…

On this episode of Pints of Malt, we’re joined by @unclebouncee. We do a recap of monumental things that have happened during quarantine. We also discuss Trumps short stay at the hospital and what we envisage as the future after Covid. We…

Luke O'Neill joins Stefanie in the studio once again to talk about the latest with Covid-19 on Basically. They talk about where we are with understanding the disease now. What's the story with 'long Covid'? Which medicines or treatments are…

Dear Athlone Swingers Association Member, A lot’s changed since our last bi-annual newsletter. Kevin and Maureen have finally packed their bags and headed off to start a new chapter in Belfast, and we wish them all the best with their…

What are the politics of working from home? Steve and Richie have been working from home a lot lately and the lack of a daily commute has given the time to think about the nature of work. How did we end up with the office dynamic? Should…

On this week's episode of Pints of Malt, we discuss the Skerries covid party in detail and touch on the relationship between Skerries and Balbriggan. We also discuss what accent is hardest to understand and we also play a new game. That and…