Hoge, Cla and Dave sit down in the kitchen to discuss returning romantic interests, toilet reading, airborne boners and other hot topics. Emails as always to [email protected]. tweets to @hogensmith and check us out on Facebook at facebook.com/hogensmith.

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Smith makes his long-awaited return to the online airwaves along with his fellow adventurer David Burns, as the pair chat with Hoge via Skype from Xining in China. This was recorded after the boys had completed the second stage of Silk Roads to Shanghai, which involved a 1000 kilometre run across China.

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Cla loses a duel with a Polish dancer , demands that Hoge declares allegiance to either Ashley or Cheryl Cole and the boys revisit the debate regarding David Coultard's sister in The Dark Knight Rises.

Joe returns from a long absence to join Hoge, Cla and Dave for a discussion on Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. Cla ruffles a few feathers with his feelings on the movie which results in some heated debate on the mating habits of Bruce Wayne and the deduction skills of Joseph Gordon-Levitt. This episode is spoiler-full from start to finish so don't say you weren't warned!

Cla regales Hoge and Dave with stories of arriving in Chicago, being fraped, getting directions to bath houses and gay gangsters. The boys dissect Spiderman and get in a game of One True Three.

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* Unfortunately the audio can get a little distorted when we all laugh out loud together (which is fairly regular) but it's tolerable. Hoge apologises nonetheless.

Hoge, Cla and returning guest Dave sit down to discuss reverting to one's teenage music tastes, religious paraphernalia, anti-semitic Jews, eunuchs, and provide a Maghnus update. email [email protected]

Hoge's housemate Dave returns to the show along with new star Paul for the geekiest episode of the podcast yet, dedicated entirely to one of the greatest sci-fi shows ever, Battlestar Galactica. Fair warning; Those who aren't devotees of BSG won't have much interest in this and there's spoilers aplenty from the start. 

Mighty Miriam rejoins the show to set Hoge and Cla straight on the ethics of legal prostitution but ends up lamenting over one-hit-wonders of yesteryear and the trials of being Adele while Cla takes Madonna down a peg or two. Emails to [email protected] and visit www.hogensmith.bandcamp.com and www.sand2snowadventures.com

Hoge's housemate Dave joins the fray as Cla tells of being homeless in Boston and spotting a Gorilla with a nice pair of boobs. The special guest reveals the seedy past of Penn and Teller and Hoge's opinion on 3D is changed completely.

Spanking brand new guest and Limerick Leader scribe Ger Fitzgibbon joins Hoge and Cla on the show to discuss starting revolutions, tackling the self-entitled, rival podcasts and Skooks! Email [email protected] with your thoughts, @hogensmith on Twitter, www.sand2snowadventures.com and www.hogensmith.bandcamp.com