RTÉ Brainstorm

by RTÉ

New ideas and insights about the world around us. From RTÉ in co-operation with Irish universities and Research Ireland.

Recent Episodes
  • Why micro-retirement has become a new workplace trend for Gen Z & millennials
    Jun 2, 2025 – 0:06:09
  • How bonus points have changed Leaving Cert Maths
    May 27, 2025 – 0:08:35
  • Here are 10 landmark GAA sites to visit in 2025
    May 20, 2025 – 0:10:10
  • Why exemptions from studying Irish are an increasing phenomenon
    May 13, 2025 – 0:05:39
  • How do EVs perform in the real world? Here’s what one Cork driver discovered
    May 8, 2025 – 0:08:09
  • Why are my bills going up (and up) mid-contract?
    Apr 10, 2025 – 0:08:13
  • Do you have a middle-ageing brain?
    Apr 8, 2025 – 0:05:58
  • Why money doesn't always motivate employees
    Apr 1, 2025 – 0:07:24
  • Why you should be collecting and using rainwater
    Mar 25, 2025 – 0:05:29
  • Why do we work?
    Mar 7, 2025 – 0:24:52
  • How social media has impacted on young people's mental health
    Feb 28, 2025 – 0:57:42
  • All you ever wanted to know about Jupiter
    Feb 21, 2025 – 0:33:02
  • Where have all the Patricks gone?
    Feb 14, 2025 – 0:48:48
  • How do you create a bike-friendly neighbourhood?
    Feb 7, 2025 – 0:38:47
  • What can be done with 11,000 tons of used wind turbine blades?
    Jan 31, 2025 – 0:30:25
  • Rain, floods & storms: why weather conditions are getting wetter
    Jan 23, 2025 – 0:49:35
  • The story of 3 wild Irish lives
    Jan 14, 2025 – 01:05:08
  • How we’re tricked into buying new appliances
    Dec 31, 2024 – 0:07:19
  • How the way you walk tells the story of your health
    Dec 3, 2024 – 0:06:30
  • The golden age of video games is over
    Nov 26, 2024 – 0:11:51
  • 5 things our deposit return scheme can learn from other countries
    Nov 19, 2024 – 0:09:47
  • Where did all the historical Irish weather data go?
    Nov 12, 2024 – 0:08:35
  • How competitive is the Irish broadband market?
    Nov 5, 2024 – 0:06:51
  • Do you work with a psychopath? Here's how to know
    Oct 29, 2024 – 0:06:20
  • 'Ireland's gate to hell': a Co Roscommon cave and the Otherworld
    Oct 22, 2024 – 0:06:07
  • Tornadoes in Ireland: yes, we get them and here's how many
    Oct 15, 2024 – 0:08:25
  • From Germany to the US, the countries who plotted to invade Ireland
    Oct 8, 2024 – 0:08:37
  • Meet Anne O'Brien, the legendary soccer star from Inchicore
    Oct 1, 2024 – 0:06:32
  • Why we need a new bidding process for buying homes in Ireland
    Sep 24, 2024 – 0:06:44
  • Here's the real cost of your morning rush hour commute in Dublin
    Sep 17, 2024 – 0:10:22
  • Why do some people have no sense of direction?
    Sep 10, 2024 – 0:06:36
  • A step by step guide to how one Cork homeowner cut his energy costs
    Sep 2, 2024 – 0:06:47
  • Why doctors and nurses should use more plain language and less jargon
    Aug 26, 2024 – 0:06:10
  • How Irishman William Howard Russell invented modern war reporting
    Aug 19, 2024 – 0:08:07
  • 5 reasons why it’s so difficult to get a divorce in Ireland
    Aug 12, 2024 – 0:07:21
  • Wreckers and levellers: evicting Ireland's poor during the Great Famine
    Aug 5, 2024 – 0:09:06
  • The successful 'back to basics' approach of farming in The Burren
    Jul 29, 2024 – 0:05:48
  • Why Irish field names and local placenames need to be recorded
    Jul 22, 2024 – 0:06:40
  • All you ever wanted to know about shipping containers
    Jul 15, 2024 – 0:09:32
  • How the Marino estate transformed Dublin housing 100 years ago
    Jul 8, 2024 – 0:10:10
  • How coffee badging became a new workplace trend
    Jul 1, 2024 – 0:06:10
  • Meet Lena Rice, the only Irish woman to ever triumph at Wimbledon
    Jun 24, 2024 – 0:10:41
  • How vaping has an unhealthy impact on indoor air quality
    Jun 17, 2024 – 0:06:57
  • The story behind Croke Park's rodeo extravaganza in 1924
    Jun 4, 2024 – 0:08:43
  • The story of the secret theatre buried under Dublin’s Busáras
    May 21, 2024 – 0:08:21
  • 'Face the flag': the complicated history of the national anthem and Gaelic games
    May 14, 2024 – 0:07:41
  • How much does it really cost to build a new house in Ireland?
    May 7, 2024 – 0:10:09
  • Why do people talk so much at gigs and concerts?
    Apr 30, 2024 – 0:08:46
  • When Ireland said no to nuclear power in Co Wexford  
    Apr 23, 2024 – 0:08:18
  • Wizard wanted: why job ads use such bizarre terms and descriptions
    Apr 16, 2024 – 0:06:38
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