Des Bishop Podcast

Great chat with Comedian Stephen Mullan about his unique childhood growing up in a baptist family. His Father was a minister of a baptist church but he grew up in a council estate in Co.Cork. We also chat about his difficult adolescence which lead to hospitalization and recovery. Now on the other end of that time he chats about the journey to stand up and his even more important role as husband and father. Super interesting story.

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To get the podcast back up and running I decided I would chat to Karl Spain about dealing with the loss of a mother. He had lost his Mom back in the early days of our comedy careers and I wanted to ask him about dealing with grief. We also chatted a lot about finding humour in loss. Sice the last episode was just after my mom died I thought this would be a good link to getting back in the game.

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I just decided to record where I was at 5 days after my mother died. I had recorded an episode on the shift podcast the night my mom died and I was happy to have a record of how I felt that night. I was feeling a bit more exhausted but I couldn't sleep when I recorded this after the funeral was done and the quietness had begun.

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I was sitting down having my morning coffee and I decided to share my thoughts on my confusion about conversations around being a man today.

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Des and Katie Boyle are trying to figure out if its a good idea to do an Irish Sex and dating podcast. This is sort of a trial run that is going up on the Des Bishop podcast but perhaps will become its own thing.

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Today is part 1 of a 2 part episode where I am asking some questions around sex. Some are related to trying to understand how to be better lovers and some are related to what is right or wrong in certain situations. I have left a lot of questions open and I am hoping for feedback on Social Media which I will discuss on part 2 of the episode tomorrow.

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Trying to help people who are stuck at home because of the bad weather today. Its a bit of a "You know you are old when" vibe going on. VHS and DVD nostaligia, a love of Irish milk and some eggs benedict debate. All the tough subjects. Enjoy

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I chat about arming teachers and why I think that is a terrible idea. I then have a good ramble about why people's beliefs and there association with their identity makes it difficult to change. I also have some thoughts about being in a boarding school that became part of one of biggest sexual abuse scandals in Ireland.

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I grabbed Rory Albanese after his set at the Comedy Cellar to chat about the shooting in Florida, Trump and the Tribal nature of political discourse. Rory is the former Executive Producer of the Daily Show and is eating a salad during some of this chat.

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It was the 7th anniversary of my Father's death this week. This is a chat with myself having a think about the grieving process. In Ireland my Father's death was very public and I was very open about it afterwards. 7 years later, what do I think of it all now. Is there a right way to grieve? Did I do it wrong. The recent honesty series of the podcast continues.

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