Hoge and Cla sit down after yet another extended hiatus to discuss having children in your 70s, Cla's new/old job, the Rubberbandits' new TV show, Dave Grohl's undeniable charisma and 'manbands'.

For updates on Maghnus' current adventure - swimming the entire Irish coastline - head over to www.sand2snowadventures.com where you can also make a donation to Gorta Self Help Africa / The RNLI

Opening song this week is 'The Great Beyond' by REM.

Hoge and Cla sit down to discuss why it is they hadn't done a podcast in six months. Also on the agenda were missing dogs, Cla's day in court with his mother, the perils of Tinder, a unique idea for an art exhibit and a pitch to Mr. Tayto that we'd like your help in promoting. 

Please head over to www.sand2snowadventures.com for a look at the latest adventure being taken on by our friends Maghnus and Burnsy, a swim around the entire Irish coast. They are doing it to support the work of Gorta-Self Help Africa and the RNLI so if you can make a donation please do.

Hoge and Cla sit down for the second part of their Oscar special to discuss the latter half of nominees for this year's Best Picture; American Sniper, Boyhood, Selma and The Theory of Everything.

Opening tune this week is 'We're Doing a Sequel' by The Muppets. We'd like to hear your thoughts on other movie specials we could do in the future so please send your suggestions to [email protected], on Twitter,@hogensmith, or on Facebook.com/hogensmith. Our final request is that you review us (positively!) on iTunes.

Hoge and Cla sit down for the first of two episodes to talk about this year's Academy Award nominees for Best Picture. In this episode, they give their thoughts on Birdman, Grand Budapest Hotel, Imitation Game and Whiplash. The second half of this year's nominees will be discussed in next week's episode.

Opening tune this week is a medley of original scores written for motion pictures by John Williams. Send your emails to [email protected], follow us on Twitter,@hogensmith, like us on Facebook.com/hogensmith and then review us (positively!) on iTunes.

Maghnus and Hoge sit down for the first podcast featuring just the two of them in a few years. This isn't the most timely of podcasts, it was recorded a few week's back but you're not tuning in for breaking news anyway so bear with us! 

Opening song this week is ‘Just the two of us' by Will Smith. Send your emails to [email protected], follow us on Twitter, @hogensmith, like us on Facebook.com/hogensmith and then review us (positively!) on iTunes.

Cla reveals some of the dirty secrets of the fashion industry to Hoge and Dave, a new logo is launched and some new potential business ideas are in the pipeline. The lads also discuss Edge of Tomorrow, They Came Together, A Touch of Cloth and more.

Opening song this week is 'Taking Care of Business' by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Send your emails to [email protected], follow us on Twitter, @hogensmith, like us on Facebook.com/hogensmith and then review us (positively!) on iTunes.

As the lads discuss the Ice Bucket Challenge, Cla once again tries to float his idea of starting a fake charity for his personal gain. A listener also responds to Dave's request to let us know about your weird habits and the guys disclose some weird habits of their own.

Opening song this week is Never by Moving Pictures, as heard in Footloose and in the talented Tiernan Kennedy's shot-for-shot remake which can be viewed at the link below. Send your emails to [email protected], follow us on Twitter, @hogensmith, like us on Facebook.com/hogensmith and then review us (positively!) on iTunes.

NekLoose - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9Ofp96ecU&sns=em

Hoge, Cla and Dave discuss some annoying aspects of sports fandom, talk radio and tabloid TV shows as well as giving their views on the Netflix documentary 'The Battered Bastards of Baseball'. In other news, Smith this week launched 'The Race 2015', head over to www.therace.ie for more details. Also for the next show, we want to hear from you about weird things that only you do!

Opening song this week is 'Man with a broom' by Brocker Way from the soundtrack to 'The Battered Bastards of Baseball'. Send your emails to [email protected], follow us on Twitter, @hogensmith, like us on Facebook.com/hogensmith and then review us (positively!) on iTunes.

In the immediate aftermath of the Uruguay versus Italy World Cup game, the lads discuss Luis Suarez's predilection for chowing down on opponents.

Also covered is the Fat Pride phenomenon, the trailers for the new Dumb and Dumber and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the blur documentary 'No Distance Left to Run', Edge of Tomorrow and Cla's prospects as a stand-up comedian. 

Opening song this week is 'Could be You' by blur and the closing song is 'Under the Westway', also by blur. Send your emails to [email protected], follow us on Twitter, @hogensmith, like us on Facebook.com/hogensmith and then review us (positively!) on iTunes.

The podcast finally stumbles up to episode number 50. Meanwhile Maghnus and Dave reach somewhat different  milestones in their lives, Hoge tries to convince Cla to consider a new career path, the lads have SPOILER-FULL conversations about Game of Thrones, True Detective and Funny People to name a few and the dust is blown off the mail bag.

Opening song this week is Silver Lady by David Soul. Send your emails to [email protected], follow us on Twitter, @hogensmith, like us on Facebook.com/hogensmith and then review us (positively!) on iTunes.