This month’s LA wildfires may yet prove to be the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history... It is already the country’s most costly wildfire on record.

You’ve seen the pictures of devastated neighbourhoods reduced to ashes, with the Pacific Palisades no different to many other neighbourhoods in the LA area. Except for the fact that one house seemed to have survived the onrushing flames more or less unscathed…

Michael Kovac is the Founder and Design Partner at Kovac Architecture Studio and the owner of that house. He joins Seán to discuss.

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A council in Greater Sydney has banned thong and g-string bikinis at its public swimming pools, causing outrage among pool users.

Despite the outrage, sales of thongs are up at Marks & Spencer…

So, why is there policing on what women can wear?

Seán is joined by Édaein O'Connell, Freelance Journalist, to discuss.

In the past, Ireland as a country has assumed a certain level of immunity from espionage.

It perhaps comes from our neutrality, our geographical location or our alliances, but in recent times, not only is Ireland not without espionage, it is in fact a major target in the 21st century…

So, how prepared are we to deal with this threat?

Dr Edward Burke is Assistant Professor in the History of War since 1945 at University College Dublin. He joins Seán to discuss.