Episode 101 - The Murder of Charles Self
1 December 2022 - 1 hour 2 mins explicitCharles Self, an RTE set designer, was brutally murdered in his own home on an icy night in January 1982. 40 years later the case remains clouded in mystery.
The investigation that followed saw 1500 gay men interviewed around Dublin, with many feeling the gardai used the investigation as cover to carry out a witch hunt against the gay community, at a time when homosexual acts were outlawed in Ireland.
The murder happened in a very different Ireland to today's society - gay people were hunted by vicious gangs and got little protection from the police or courts, who more than once allowed killers to walk free because their victims were gay.
We're joined by Frank Greaney, who has investigat...
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Episode 140 - The National Stadium
explicitOur biggest ever live show! We packed out the National Stadium for our show on the 28th of June and were joined by our most requested guest ever Willa White who had us all in stitches with his stories, illusionist Keith Barry also appeared and did a few tricks with us and we even got Maverick Sabre to sing us all a few songs!
1 hour 20 mins
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Episode 139 - Electric Picnic w/ Willa White
explicitA Talking Bollox first this week, as we have an episode with just one of the lads. Illness meant Terence wasn't able to make it to Electric Picnic this year, so Calvin called on Willa White to share the stage with him. It wasn't quite the show we had all hoped for, but Willa brought some stories and jokes that lifted the roof off the place.
56 mins
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Bonus: Take the L
explicitCalvin has a new theory about the flocks of Spanish students he's been seeing on the bus this past summer, while Terence is too busy getting recognised by bus and Luas drivers to notice - Although it unclear whether this fame is due to the podcast or his shameless disregard for buying tickets. There's also talk of spur of the moment tattoos, surprising ecosystems and survival on coffee alone.
23 mins
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Episode 138 w/ Alexandra Ryan
explicitAli Ryan joined us to talk to us about her huge success as a showbiz journalist, founding Goss.ie at just 23 and her struggles and determination to keep it afloat in the early years. She also opened up about the sex tape filmed without her consent, the blackmail and rumours around it, and the impact it had on her life.
1 hour 29 mins
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Bonus: Amy with a fada
explicitTerence suffers from a bout of sleep paralysis that sends him down a YouTube rabbit hole and has him worried he might be the latest member of the 27 club. Meanwhile, Calvin is reassessing his music playlists in favour of podcasts and choosing who he would bring back from the dead for a headline act at Electric Picnic. There's also an assertion that Howth Head is a harder cycle than the Tour De France and a promise of a big budget guests in the next year...
27 mins
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Episode 137 w/ Eddie Mullins Part 2
explicitFormer Governor of Mountjoy Prison, Eddie Mullins joined us as he moves into a new role where he'll be tackling the issues around the inner city. We chat about the solutions to those issues, including preventative measures and more balanced reporting in the media and online. We also hear about how Dublin, and Mountjoy, has changed over the past 30 years as well as what has stayed the same.
1 hour 9 mins
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