Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Louise McSharry keeps you up to date on the week’s news and culture, from the lowest of brows to the relatively high. Armed with recommendations for music, books, telly and the rest, Louise takes you throug...
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- Carl Kinsella11 eps
- Emer McLysaght4 eps
- James O'Hagan3 eps
Also: Cian Sullivan, Esther O'Moore-Donohoe, William Murray, Esther O'Moore Donohoe, Audrey O'Connor, Sarah Breen, Brian Moylan, Fionnuala Jones, Alok Vaid-Menon, Roisin Kiberd, Professor Kimberly D. Acquaviva, Anna Haugh
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- 🇮🇪Ireland · Society & CultureHOME#183.0K to 16K
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10K to 53K🇮🇪100% - Active Followers
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/19/26 | News Catch-Up: Waterford Arson Attack, Strike Update and Joanne McNally on Jimmy Fallon | CW: During the discussion of Jeffrey Donaldson's sentencing there is mention of sexual assault.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 45m 42s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 | Catch Up with Djamel White, Author of All Them Dogs | Today's guest is author Djamel White, author of All Them Dogs, which was longlisted for this year's Booker Prize. The novel follows Tony Ward as he returns to Dublin and the gangland world of west Dublin, and ultimately begins a physical relationship with his colleague.Djamel and I discussed his journey to writing, the success of the book and lots more besides. I hope you enjoy.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 39m 53s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | Entertainment Catch-Up: Kelly Clarkson's Animatronic Bird, Shane Gillis on SNL and Liberty Kiss is Back | Esther O'Moore Donohoe is back to take us through the week's entertainment stories, featuring Kelly Clarkson, Shane Gillis, Liberty X and lots more.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 42m 34s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | News Catch-Up: The Budget, the Strikes and a Public Execution(?!) | To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 48m 45s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | Catch Up with Doireann Ní Ghlacáin | Today's episode is a catch up with fiddler, sean-nós singer, tv presenter, podcaster and expert in irish folklore, Doireann Ní Ghlacáin. Doireann and I discussed her forthcoming musical project An Tairseach, as well as her upcoming tour, among many other things. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 38m 35s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | Entertainment Catch-Up: CMAT on the Daily Show, Angela Scanlan on BBC Radio 2 and AJ Pritchard on GB News | James O'Hagan takes us through the week's entertainment stories, from CMAT on Ed Sheeran, AJ Pritchard on GB News and Naomi Campbell's exoneration.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 51m 53s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | News Catch-Up: Drumcree, Cornell University and Public Sector strikes | In this week's new catch up Carl Kinsella and I discuss the latest from Drumcree, the Public Sector strikes, the conversation arising from Cornell University and lots more.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 58m 05s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 | Catch Up with Grace Campbell | This week I was thrilled to catch up with comedian, writer and presenter Grace Campbell who is super smart, super funny, and super fun to talk to. We discuss the cost of sharing personal experience, ADHD, relationships and lots more.Get tickets for Grace's gig in Dublin next month here.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 49m 13s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | Entertainment Catch-Up: Bitch, I'm Madonna (Big VMAs Chat, plus Adam Brody is on the Right Side of History)) | Emer McLysaght takes us through the week's stories from Madonna's victorious VMAs to Adam Brody on Palestine and the Celebrity Traitors.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 49m 25s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | News Catch-Up: Israel and the FAI, the Garvaghy Road and Maternal Mental Health | To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 46m 02s | ||||||
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| 9/25/26 | PATREON OPEN DAY! Chronically Online: Lindsay Clancy, Iced Coffee at Interviews and Reality TV | Today I'm bringing you a chance to hear this week's Chronically Online, one of the patreon episodes Emer McLysaght and I do every second week. Chronically Online focuses on the interesting things our algorithms have been bringing up which means we can really talk about anything - and we do! I hope you enjoy.If you sign up for the Patreon, not only are you supporting the podcast, you're also getting access to all the previous Chronically Online episodes as well as all the Screens (where Emer and I talk about film and tv). Sign up here today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 47m 21s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 | Entertainment Catch-Up: Presley Gerber, Phones in Theatres and Channing Tatum's Troll Account(?) | Cian Sullivan takes us through the week's stories including Cate Blanchett taking on phones in theatres, the latest on the response to Ed Sheeran and London Fashion Week lactation.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 39m 32s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 | News Catch-Up: Ed Sheeran, Maternity Leave for TDs and the Far Right in Germany | To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 51m 33s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 | Catch Up with Lindsay and Bobby from Who Weekly? (!!) | Guys, this week I got to interview the hosts of my favourite podcast Who Weekly? Lindsay Weber and Bobby Finger are my go-to voices on pop culture, celebrity and its interaction with the media and society. They make me laugh with every episode, and I feel incredibly lucky to be a Wholigan (thanks for bringing me in Emer McLysaght.) Lindsay and Bobby's book, I Want to Be Famous: When Everybody and Nobody is a Celebrity, explores fame and its interaction with society beautifully. I devoured it, and I know you will too when it comes out on September 29.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 58m 04s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 | Entertainment Catch-Up: Ed Sheeran, The Emmys and Sydney Sweeney | To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 49m 10s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 | News Catch-Up: Trump in Ireland, Mary McAleese and the Sandwich Census | To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 49m 24s | ||||||
| 9/11/26 | Catch Up on Integration with Dublin Camogie Captain Aisling Maher | A lot of people are learning this week for the first time that women's gaelic games are not a part of the GAA, so I thought it might be good for us to chat to someone in on the action who can explain why that is, why it's a problem, and where we go from here.To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 41m 50s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | entertainmentmusic+3 | — | PatreonAcast | — | entertainmentmusic+5 | — | 46m 36s | ||
| 9/7/26 | newssports+3 | Carl Kinsella | PatreonAcast | — | Katie TaylorLindsay Clancy+3 | — | 54m 33s | ||
| 9/4/26 | beautyessays+3 | Roisin Kiberd | The Most Normal Woman | — | beauty idealscreative writing+3 | — | 53m 42s | ||
| 9/2/26 | entertainmentmusic festivals+3 | Emer McLysaght | PatreonAcast | — | Electric PicnicTupac Shakur+3 | — | 54m 30s | ||
| 8/28/26 | end of life careLGBTQIA inclusivity+4 | Professor Kimberly D. Acquaviva | New YorkerPalliative Care+1 | — | LGBTQIAend of life+5 | — | 47m 39s | ||
| 8/26/26 | entertainmentcelebrity news+3 | Cian Sullivan | — | — | Dolly ForeverMeghan Markle+3 | — | 55m 48s | ||
| 8/24/26 | newssociety+3 | Carl Kinsella | Friedrich's Ataxia | M9 | M9 crashFriedrich's Ataxia+3 | — | 50m 56s | ||
| 8/21/26 | cookinginterview+3 | Anna Haugh | — | — | chefrestaurant+3 | — | 51m 23s | ||
| 8/19/26 | entertainmentcelebrity news+3 | Esther O'Moore-Donohoe | — | — | Hayden PanettiereTupac+4 | — | 38m 10s | ||
| 8/17/26 | road safetycurrent events+4 | — | — | — | road safetyJason Arday+4 | — | 48m 05s | ||
| 7/21/26 | entertainmentcelebrity news+3 | Esther O'Moore-Donohoe | — | — | Brenda FrickerMatty Healy+7 | — | 43m 04s | ||
| 7/20/26 | newscurrent events+3 | Carl Kinsella | Patreon | BessboroughMiddle East | newsBessborough+3 | — | 41m 09s | ||
| 7/17/26 | reality TVentertainment+3 | — | Love IslandIn the City+3 | — | Love IslandIn the City+3 | — | 33m 54s | ||
| 7/16/26 | genderidentity+3 | Alok Vaid-Menon | PatreonAcast | — | Alok Vaid-Menongender+5 | — | 48m 55s | ||
| 7/15/26 | entertainmentcelebrity news+3 | James O'Hagan | Boythrob | — | entertainmentPitbull+4 | — | 51m 26s | ||
| 7/13/26 | newssociety+3 | Carl Kinsella | Trans Pride | Ireland | Jamey CarneyTrans Pride+3 | — | 51m 00s | ||
| 7/10/26 | reality TVentertainment+2 | — | — | — | reality catch-upCharleen+3 | — | 44m 22s | ||
| 7/8/26 | entertainmentcelebrity news+4 | — | Australian PM | — | Taylor SwiftHarry+6 | — | 48m 48s | ||
| 7/6/26 | newsEuropean Presidency+3 | Carl Kinsella | Aughinish Alumina | HoxtonYamamori Izakaya+1 | European PresidencyYamamori Izakaya+3 | — | 59m 07s | ||
| 7/3/26 | reality TVfamily dynamics+3 | — | Love IslandBelow Deck+1 | — | Love IslandBelow Deck+3 | — | 42m 50s | ||
| 6/12/26 | reality TVLove Island+4 | Fionnuala Jones | Love IslandSummer House | — | Love IslandSummer House+4 | — | 54m 14s | ||
| 6/10/26 | entertainmentcelebrity news+3 | Emer McLysaght | — | — | Spencer PrattRosie O'Donnell+3 | — | 52m 47s | ||
| 6/8/26 | personal updatelistener questions+1 | — | — | — | podcastupdate+3 | — | 43m 18s | ||
| 6/5/26 | realityentertainment+3 | — | PatreonAcast | — | realityentertainment+3 | — | 45m 30s | ||
| 6/3/26 | entertainmentcelebrity news+3 | — | Euphoria | — | Dua LipaKatie Price+5 | — | 59m 01s | ||
| 6/1/26 | newsprotests+3 | Carl Kinsella | Captain America's | — | Yves Sakilahousing protests+3 | — | 57m 48s | ||
| 5/29/26 | Patreonpodcast+3 | — | — | — | Patreonpodcast episode+3 | — | 1h 04m 17s | ||
| 5/27/26 | writingnovels+3 | Emer McLysaghtSarah Breen | Oh My God What a Complete AislingOur Deadly Summer | — | Emer McLysaghtSarah Breen+3 | — | 42m 35s | ||
| 5/25/26 | political hopenews+3 | Carl Kinsella | — | — | political hopenews round-up+3 | — | 50m 46s | ||
| 5/22/26 | reality TVHousewives+3 | Brian Moylan | VultureThe Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives+1 | — | Brian MoylanHousewives+3 | — | 58m 24s | ||
| 5/20/26 | pop musicmusic industry+3 | Cian Sullivan | Patreon | — | pop musicMadonna+4 | — | 48m 11s | ||
| 5/18/26 | politicsmedia+3 | — | RTE | — | Bertie AhernRTE+3 | — | 52m 07s | ||
| 5/15/26 | reality TVentertainment+3 | — | — | — | MAFSSummer House+4 | — | 38m 51s | ||
| 5/13/26 | entertainmentBAFTAs+3 | Emer McLysaght | Wordle Television Show | — | BAFTAsbreakup+3 | — | 44m 06s | ||
| 5/11/26 | electionsHantavirus+3 | Carl Kinsella | MSF | UKGaza | UK electionHantavirus+3 | — | 56m 55s | ||
| 5/8/26 | reality TVMAFS+4 | — | MAFS: AustraliaThe Valley+4 | — | reality TVMAFS+6 | — | 51m 06s | ||
| 5/6/26 | entertainmentculture+3 | James O'Hagan | Patreon | Ireland | Met GalaOprah+3 | — | 1h 01m 35s | ||
| 5/4/26 | newsentertainment+3 | Carl Kinsella | The GiantDon't Feed the Finches | Dublin | King CharlesDublin+4 | — | 1h 02m 17s | ||
| 5/1/26 | reality televisionhousewives+3 | William Murray | CurrabinnyThe Simpler Life | Shankill Castle and Gardens | reality TVhousewives+5 | — | 1h 15m 56s | ||
| 4/29/26 | entertainmentcelebrity news+3 | Esther O'Moore Donohoe | Michael Jackson film | — | Harry StylesRussell Brand+5 | — | 52m 03s | ||
| 4/27/26 | assassination attemptschicken fillet rolls+3 | Carl Kinsella | — | — | assassination attemptchicken fillet rolls+3 | — | 59m 11s | ||
| 4/24/26 | reality TVentertainment news+3 | — | PatreonSecret Lives of Mormon Wives+5 | — | reality TVRHOBH+5 | — | 54m 15s | ||
| 4/22/26 | entertainmentcelebrity news+3 | James O'Hagan | Celebrity Apprentice | — | CoachellaMadonna+3 | — | 52m 28s | ||
| 4/20/26 | government newsMiddle East updates+4 | Carl Kinsella | Ed Caesar's New Yorker piece | Middle East | government vote of confidenceMichael Healy Rae+5 | — | 58m 49s | ||
| 4/17/26 | reality TVastrology+3 | Audrey O'Connor | — | Beverly HillsSalt Lake City | reality TVastrology+3 | — | 1h 07m 39s | ||
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Chart history for Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Peaked at #18 in Ireland, currently #18 in Ireland.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | — | #18 | #18 | — |
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.