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Irish composer, Emma O'Halloran on some of her favourite things in watching, reading, listening, tasting and smelling

Vocalist and songwriter, Aoife O'Donovan on the tools for telling stories in song; teenage voices of Balbriggan filtered through the writing of Kevin Curran in a new novel about life in Ireland's most diverse town, and Orit Gat on the baked art of Uri Aran in his exhibition, Take This Dog for Example.

Art writer, Orit Gat sends some voice notes from amongst the chocolate chip cookies and letter shaped bread of artist, Uri Aran's Dublin exhibition, Take This Dog For Example.

Writer Kevin Curran and actor, Gabriel Adewusi, on bringing stories of teenage life in Ireland's youngest and most diverse town to life for the audiobook version of Curran's latest novel, Youth.

American folk vocalist, songwriter, and sometime Yo-Yo Ma collaborator, Aoife O'Donovan brings it all back home to Clonakilty

Writer and historian and author of a new study of the long history of Palo Alto, Malcolm Harris shares some of his favorites in watching, listening, reading, tasting and smelling

Jennifer Walshe on possibly the best way to pronounce AI; composer Dave Flynn on the sounds that fill the air of Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Prof Jennifer Edmond on the benefits of having machines read novels for us - at least some of the time.

Prof Jennifer Edmond, of Trinity Center for Digital Humanities, on what we gain when we engage machines to read novels. (2/2)

TCD's Prof Jennifer Edmond's approach into literature involves, among other things, using data analytics to explore vast collections of novels.

Irish composer Dave Flynn falls under the spell the Tuis and the Kakapo and other birds that fill the air of Aotearoa/New Zealand with unique sound.

AI is "A.I." Jennifer Walshe on the stories we can't stop telling ourselves about AI.

The musician and composer behind Ordnance Survey, Neil O'Connor on some of his favourites in watching, reading, listening, tasting and smelling

Palo Alto became a centre of technology while horses were still providing much of the world's horsepower. But the story of this San Francisco suburb and its approach to the people and resources offers a useful way of understanding the contemporary world, according to historian Malcolm Harris' new book.

Malcolm Harris' epic new history of Palo Alto unpicks some of the stories Silicon Valley likes to tell about itself. Plus this time, the rise of former Stanford Philosophy grad and current ultra-right billionaire, Peter Thiel. (3/3)

Malcolm Harris continues the story of Palo Alto, home to eugenics-inspired Stanford university, which grew into the engine of Silicon Valley. (2/3)

Historian Malcolm Harris on his new book on the San Francisco suburb that gave the world the "Palo Alto System". (1/3)

Paddy Woodworth's imaginary shelf of the world's best nature writing adds a slim volume (or three) of poetry by Seamus Heaney.

A spectral reimagining of the music of Seán Ó Riada, Marco D'Agostin's tribute to the late English dance artist, Nigel Charnok, a visit to "the longest stage in the world" and Jennifer Walshe on all the many ways that AI is like an energy drink.

Choreographer, dancer and former cross country skier, Marco D'Agostin on some of his favourites in watching, listening, reading, tasting and smelling.

The GrünflächenUnterhaltung is a yearly event held in the German city of Münster creating "the longest stage in the world" with four kilometers of musicians performing on a Saturday afternoon in May.