Rob Clarke speaks to Ugandan Compassion Graduate, Ronnie Mulema. Ronnie shared his story about how being sponsored as a child through Compassion was utterly life changing for him and his family. This is his inspirational testimony.

The city of Sderot in Israel lies close to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. People in Sderot live under the constant threat of rocket attacks. Photo journalist Noam Bedein lives in Sderot and talks with Wendy about how people cope with the situation.

Wendy chats with Irish Independent columnist David Quinn about the Synod of the Family currently taking place in Rome, and why the issues being discussed are important to society at large.

The story of Sr. Paschal O’Sullivan, an Irish nun who spent 75 years in Japan up until her return home at the age of 98 in 2010, is the subject of a new film project called “Thanks to your Noble Shadow”. Aisling chats with the film’s producer James Creedon about this truly extraordinary story.

The European Court of Justice has found that US intelligence agencies are accessing personal information of Irish and European citizens that is posted on Facebook. This issue has landed on the desk of Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon. Wendy talks to Adrian Weckler, technology editor at the Irish Independent, about the implications of the decisions she makes.

Stephen Kinsella, Head Coach at Crossfit FSM, talks to Wendy about Liam, the gym’s ‘Member of the Month’ for September, who has made dramatic progress in fitness, strength and weight loss since joining the gym in July.

In the early hours of Saturday, 3 October 2015, Médecins Sans Frontières’ trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, was hit by a series of aerial bombing raids by the US Air Force. 22 people, including 12 MSF staff, lost their lives. Wendy talks to Jane-Ann McKenna, Director of MSF in Ireland, about the attack and calls for an independent inquiry.

Wendy chats with Wade Murphy, co-owner and head chef of restaurant 1826 Adare, about being awarded a ‘Bib Gourmand’ by the Michelin Guide and other insights into life in a busy kitchen.

In the aftermath of the second last-minute postponement of the execution Oklahoma death-row prisoner Richard Glossip, Spirit Radio’s Head of News Áine Carvill caught up with Sister Helen Préjean, who was due to attend the execution on Wednesday 30th September. Áine plays back the interview and discusses with Wendy ‘where to now for Richard Glossip and his defence team?’

Charlo joins Jackie on The Saturday Magazine to discuss wraps versus sandwiches, celebrity catering, a charity cookery demo in the Mermaid theatre and his next appearance on TV3