Rory Gallagher - The Greatest Guitarist You've Never Heard Of
27 September 2024 - 1 hour 19 minsHello! 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 showing us all the amazing memorabilia they have for Rory, Phil Lynott, Micheal Jackson, and a whole host of other musicians. Go check them out!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, Dublin
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The DeLorean
explicitIn 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 Headstuff+. And as always, you can follow us on socials at: Instagram and Tik Tok! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hour 15 mins
28 July Finished
Blackbird - Film Club
explicitHere'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 better time to do it as well, seeing as for the next week it's only €1 to sign up, so you might as well try it out when it's cheap. After the first month it will go back to the same price as here, €5 + VAT. And as always, you can follow us on socials at: Instagram and Tik Tok! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17 mins
26 July Finished
Michael Flately - Lord of the Dance
explicitIn 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 should make a film out of his life. Speaking of films, in 2022 he finally released his long awaited screen debut in the self-funded, self-starring, self-written, self-directed action/thriller/drama/love story, Blackbird. We'll be covering Blackbird in this week's Shite Talk Film Club over on Headstuff+, so sign up there if you haven't already to hear us and Ireland's go-to movie critic Brian Lloyd go through an instant classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hour 42 mins
21 July Finished
Michael Collins - The Death of the Big Fella (Part 3)
explicitHere'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/adchoices
1 hour 16 mins
14 July Finished
Michael Collins - The Rise of the Medium Fella (Part 2)
explicitHello! 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hour 7 mins
7 July Finished
Michael Collins - The Young Fella (Part 1)
explicitHello! 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 our bonus content, you can do so by following this link to Headstuff+ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hour 2 mins
30 June Finished