Join Irish stand up comedians Jason Brennan and Kevin Larney as they take turns giving their best accounts of some of Ireland's silly, strange, and downright stupid tales from the past. For ad-free listening and access to our bonus content go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com and sign up for €5/mo + VAT.
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MMA podcast looking back at forgotten gems from the UFC and beyond. Irish MMA writer @TheJivemaster in Dublin, Ireland and comedian @Jasonbcomedy in Austin, Texas.
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In the 1980's John DeLorean opened a factory outside Belfast to make his now iconic vehicle, but in less than two years it gets shut down and John finds himself under investigation by governments on both sides of the Atlantic. If you want to hear the ad-free version of this episode, plus our bonus episodes and Film Clubs, you can sign up to Headst…
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Here's a quick snippet of our Film Club episode with everyone's favourite critic, Brian Lloyd! Click on his name there and give him a follow! And if you want to hear the rest of the episode(more than an extra hours worth), as well as all of our regular episodes ad-free, plus our bonus episodes and Film Clubs, sign up to Headstuff+. There's no bette…
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Michael Flately - Lord of the Dance
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In this week's episode Jason tells Kevin the story of Michael Flatley, having just read his autobiography. Flatley is probably best known for his stage show Lord of the Dance, and his time with Riverdance, but here we talk more about his childhood and his time before world wide fame. A construction worker, a musician, a lover and a fighter, someone…
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Michael Collins - The Death of the Big Fella (Part 3)
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Here's the third and final part of Collins. We cover the last year of his life from the Truce in 1921, through the Anglo-Irish Treaty, to his death in August 1922. If you want to hear this episode without ads, or to listen to our bonus content, you can do so by following this link to Headstuff+ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/…
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Michael Collins - The Rise of the Medium Fella (Part 2)
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Hello! Here is part two of our Collins triple, we talk about Mick's return after 1916, his rise during the War of Independence, and life up until the 1921 July truce. If you want to hear this episode without ads, or to listen to our bonus content, you can do so by following this link to Headstuff+ And you can see clips from the episode on IG here …
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Michael Collins - The Young Fella (Part 1)
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Hello! We're back with season 13 and we're starting off with a few episodes on the Big fella himself, Michael Collins. For part one we talked about his family life, Mick's time in London, and his part in the 1916 Rising. We're also delighted to say we've joined the Headstuff network so if you want to hear this episode without ads, or to listen to o…
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Shite Talk is back for a new season and we are joining HeadStuff Podcasts! New episodes start Monday 30th of June and you can sign up for weekly bonus episodes at https://headstuffpodcasts.com/shite-talk/ This show is part of HeadStuff Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Film Club - Michael Collins w/Tony Cantwell
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Here's a Film Club episode to kick off a mini season of Collins, Dev, The Treaty, and the Civil War. Joining us for this week to talk shite about the Michael Collins movie is Tony Cantwell, from the Young Hot Guys podcast and the TV show Good Boy(go watch it on the RTE Player!). Then joining us live on March 6th for the live episode in The Laughter…
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We've got our biggest show to date coming up on the 06th of March and since it's the fifty year anniversary of Ireland's six-time-Taoiseach we're going to be doing a Dev special. . You can get tickets for the show here: 06 March 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin Or sign up for the Patreon to get a discount code for the show*: Patreon . *Basically if y…
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Here's a new recording of one of the episodes we did live last year; the story of Jimmy Hasty, the one armed football player. . If you want to see clips from this episode you can follow Shite Talk on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube and you can find tickets for our upcoming LIVE SHOW here: 06 March 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin . . . . Learn more abo…
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Happy 2025! We did a "Reeling in the Years" style review of 2024, this is the first part covering events from January to June, and part two will be up on the Patreon later this week. Part two is much more fun to be honest, the first half of the year had very little craic in it. . If you want to see clips from this episode you can follow Shite Talk …
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Talking Shite w/ Weird Ireland (Brinsley McNamara)
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This week we had Brinsley McNamara of Weird Ireland on to chat about all things Irish History. Brinsley's book Weird Ireland: An Unofficial Guide to the Island is on sale in all good bookshops! And a few of the bad ones too. You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube and you can find tickets for our upcoming LIVE SHOW here: 06 March…
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Here's an episode about James McClean and the Poppy fiasco thats been melting the heads of English football fans for about 12 years now. You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube and you can find tickets for our upcoming LIVE SHOW here: 06 March 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin . If you want an add free version of the episode, as wel…
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With the results in we're doing one last review of the General Election and then we're done with politics (at least until next years Presidential election). . But if you want to hear more political bits (like Mattie McGrath) you can head over to Patreon. . And / or you can follow Shite Talk on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube and you can find tickets …
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Hello! For this episode Kevin & Jason talked about the Leaders' debate, the campaign issues so far, and a final guess at who'll be in charge of the country next year. . If you want to hear more political bits (like Mattie McGrath) you can head over to Patreon. . You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube and you can find tickets for…
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General Election Special w/ James Moran (Celtic Ligers)
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Hello! This week we'll be doing some special political episodes ahead of the General Election on Friday, first up is an episode Kevin recorded with James Moran of the Celtic Ligers podcast. . James is a great man but once we started talking we accidentally recorded for four hours, a lot of which is going up on Patreon. . You can follow Shite Talk o…
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William Desmond Taylor - Hollywood's First Murder Mystery
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Hello! We're back after an accidental hiatus and we've got a refreshed version of one of the first stories we ever covered, the murder mystery of the Carlow-Hollywood director; William Desmond Taylor. We retold this story live in Carlow over the summer and got some updated information from local writer, and all round lovely man, Marc-Ivan O'Gorman.…
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Phil Lynott - The Ace With The Bass
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Hello! This weeks episode is all about one of Ireland's all time rock stars, Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott! We had the pleasure of recording this episode in the Rock and Roll Museum in Dublin, which we couldn't recommend more. The tour is great, and they have jam rooms for musicans to rent for 20 quid an hour, with amps and instruments already in there,…
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Rory Gallagher - The Greatest Guitarist You've Never Heard Of
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Hello! This weeks episode is all about one of Ireland's all time great musicians, the guitarist's guitarist, Rory Gallagher. We had the pleasure of recording this episode in the Rock and Roll Museum in Dublin. The guides there gave us a load of extra info about Rory (and every other musician with even a sliver of Irish ancestry!), as well as showin…
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David Simon talks about The Big Fella (Patreon Preview)
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Hello! A few weeks ago David Simon (of the Wire fame) went on a big twitter rant about Michael Collins and how he would have figured in to the Israel / Palestine conflict. We recorded a short episode of us reading / reacting to Simon's tweets and if you'd like to hear the rest of it, it's over on Patreon . You can read the original twitter thread h…
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Hello! Here's the second and final part of the Tom Crean story, covering his time onboard The Endurance with Ernest Shackleton and his Trans-Antarctic Expedition. . You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram (and now TikTok) to see clips from each episode, and you can find tickets for our upcoming LIVE SHOW here: 30th January 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Du…
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Part 1 of a tale about one of the hardiest men Kerry has ever produced, the Antartic explorer Tom Crean. Tickets to our live show in January 2025 can be found over at LaughterLounge.com. If you want bonus content, or want to support us outside of coming to a live gig, or get 20% of tickets for the live gig, sure go over and sign up to the Patreon! …
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Hello! We are back, and for the first episode of season 12 we talked about everybody's favourite poet, wizard, and sex pest; William Butler Yeats. Joining us for the occasion is the wonderful Shannon Basso Gaule, Carlow's other favourite comedian. . You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram to see clips from each episode and you can find tickets for o…
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Hello! Well, after five months, we're finally done with Bertie. This is a preview of the final Bertie episode where we talked about some of his biggest slip ups from the last decade. If you want to listen to the rest of the episode (along with all the other bonus stuff) you can find it on Patreon. . We'll be back with our regular programming for th…
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Bertie - The Celtic Pelican (Part 4)
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Here's the penultimate episode of the Bertie series, The Celtic Pelican. The wheels are coming off the county as the Celtic Tiger gets put down and replaced with a Celtic Pelican, right when the country needs him most, Bert is distracted by his own personal affairs and ends up stepping down as Taoiseach just before the economy implodes. . If you wa…
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