Talking Bollox Podcast

This week we were joined by award-winning actor and playwright Thommas Kane Byrne & best friend and fellow actress Ericka Roe.

They discussed their journey from living in Dublin Inner City & Ballyfermot to making it on stage and screen in shows such as Kin and Dublin Murders.

Together they have launched their own production company Breadline aiming to make theatre more accessible to the working class.

Breadline is bringing its next show It’s Always Your Bleedin’ Own to Project Arts Centre this December. Looking past the riots and narratives that are sold to you about D1 - resilience meets humour and grit meets glamour. Tickets can be purchased here.

Chaos reigns as a new voice appears on the bonus episodes and a party game takes over proceedings. Terence has a very unfortunate moment of confusion around a horse show, and finds his lack of film knowledge catching up with him. He does learn something useful about one of history's most significant figures.

There's some questions, but not enough, and some attempts to remember any kind of useful life advice outside of Terry's views on the Leaving Cert.

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Craig was one of our first guests when we started the podcast and we recorded with him in a salon - We've come a long way and Craig has been on his own journey leading up to his recent fight in the 3Arena.

Addiction and a life of crime seemed to be on the cards for Craig but boxing and the commitment the sport demands took him down a different path and changed his life for the better. He now uses his experience for the good in his role as a youth worker.

He told us about meeting Dana White, the fights he's hoping for in the new year and everything else he's looking forward to in the future.

This episode is proudly sponsored by FBT Gyms.

We’re back. After a long hiatus, the bonus episodes return. To ease ourselves back into the swing of things, Terry opens up with a list of grievances he’s built up during his time away from the studio.

Calvin has his own list, of the growing number of examples of “The Talking Bollox Effect” being seen around the world.

We have some interesting facts about world altering coincidences, and potentially lethal sounds, and Terry accidentally wanders into heartbreak as he casts Kusi in the wrong Hollywood blockbuster.

Calvin has a dark vision for a potential gameshow format, and despite his best efforts Terence dreams up Saturday night TV entertainment that’s unavoidably crimey.

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After Shelbourne F.C.'s surprising League of Ireland win, John O'Sullivan took a break from celebrations to come and talk to us about the mindset that led them to the top of the league and life under Damien Duff, including his surprising WhatsApp profile picture.

John told us about about his career in England, why he came home and his bad spell at Bohs where he was subjected to abuse from fans.

John's mother Katriona O'Sullivan is a friend of the podcast and John explained why he couldn't finish her bestselling book about her struggles with poverty and addiction.

This episode is proudly sponsored by FBT Gyms.

In a special episode of Talking Bollox the lads have teamed up with Science week 2024 for a chat about gene editing.

What exactly is it? What can it be used for? What are the future plans for it's use and are reports of a future of 'designer babies' true or false?

To answer these and many other questions the boys are joined by Annie Curtis, a Professor of Circadian Immunology at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences to brilliantly break it all down.

Science Week is a national celebration of science with hundreds of events for people of all ages taking place across Ireland. Science Week 2024 will be taking place from the 10th – 17th November.

This year's message is about iharnessing the power of regeneration. The decisions we make today will greatly impact future generations and so it is important to take learnings from the past to inform our decisions for the future.

This Science Week, there is something for every generation with events happening all over the country.

Let’s celebrate our innate ability to reinvent, rejuvenate and regenerate.

It's a GoLoud crossover with Nessa Morrissey from Unveiled joining Calvin this week!

They discuss everything from the morality of hitting someone who is eating prawns on the bus to the legal definition of defamation.

Calvin wonders if horror movies would be half as scary if the victims were more capable and Nessa asks if anyone remembers the hot felon whose viral mugshot transformed his life.

Get in touch with your co-host suggestions and questions on [email protected] and check out Unveiled with new episodes out each Monday.

Comedian and author of 'One For The Girlos' Enya Martin is in the hot seat this week with Terence out of action. And she comes with some great laughs on everything from scams from Simon Cowell to late night trips to the petrol station.

There's listener questions on things like how many pets are too many pets - And Enya comes with her own crackers too.

With Halloween drawing closer, there are memories shared including dressing up as prostitute as a child and getting saved by Batman on a night out.

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While Terence recovers from being unwell, Calvin will be joined weekly by a rotating panel of guest hosts for a chat, a laugh and of course to answer some listener questions. First up - Darren Conway and Joe McGucken.

Joe explains how he thinks he can run a marathon with no training and Darren thinks back to a great conversation he can't remember with a taxi driver. Calvin's desire to be able to moonwalk is revealed and in Terence's absence, they all cringe at one listeners tale of being chased down the street by a fellow customer after his card declined.

There's also chat about the lads' upcoming live show in Vicar Street on Oct 20th and Calvin gives his honest review.

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