Talking Bollox Podcast

Spoiler alert: If you have not seen The Deepest Breath, Terence will spoil it for you here.

We bring you liquid meals, plot twists, hot air balloons, adventures in dangerous places, class warfare over desserts, and Terry claiming he could break a couple of world records. Again.

The Unofficial Terence Power Film Club continues to roll along, and Rush Hour 2 continues its slide further from its peak as the greatest film in history.

And there’s a lot of frustration over never having the option to play rugby, or go free diving.

Former captain and current technical director of Shelbourne FC Luke Byrne joins us this week.

Luke played at the top level in Ireland and fought through serious injury and pain to extend his career beyond what certain managers thought possible. He told us about his grueling routine of physio, steroid injections and pain killers to keep his injuries at bay while he played, and we spoke about the controversy he faced early in his career over a transfer and a leaked message between friends went public.

He also talked to us about working with Damien Duff at Shels, and Duff’s unique managerial style that has had a transformative impact on the club. We talked about how the League of Ireland has changed and grown in popularity in recent year,s and how it can continue to grow.

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Terence almost admits defeat in the long-running saga around his ability to hold his breath underwater, but pulls back at the very last moment and instead doubles down.

There's a debate over the merits of Texas over Lucan, and we (once again) crown a new "best film of all time", which sadly sees Rush Hour 2 lose its spot at the pinnacle of cinema after just one brief week.

Calvin wants to finally get to the bottom of the only Talking Bollox conspiracy there is, and there is a ban enacted on all questions around runners and footwear in general.

Eric Lalor joined us this week for a few laughs - He told us about his life growing up with a deaf parent, starting a comedy career later in life, and why culchies find Dubs funny no matter what we say.

Eric was well known for his role in Fair City and he told us how the character still haunts him, as well as why he was once known as "Bono's pet". He now has a podcast with the one and only Willa White and he shared some of the sage advice he's taken from Willa.

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We bring you a bonus episode recorded (in part) on the stage at the National Stadium, in the hours before our live show.

Terence explains why he likes to do show preparation his own way, and Calvin is feeling like he got his prep routine just right. But even the impending live show can’t distract from the serious business of a bonus episode, like more big claims about local crows, accusations Terence is in fact a character being played by a middle class actor, dream celebrity best friends, and the case for Rush Hour 2 being the greatest film of all time.

Georgie Crawford joined us this week, Georgie was diagnosed with breast cancer after having her daughter and during her recovery she realised how little she had been taking care of herself. She told us how she challenged who she thought she was and became one of the country's leading wellness voices in the process. Georgie now has two hugely successful podcasts, The Good Glow and Better Days with another previous guest of ours Gerry Hussey.

She also told us about the surrogacy process that brought her second daughter into the world, and the complexities of that.

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What is the best day of the week? Terence and Calvin debate the pros and cons of all seven, and try to reach some kind of agreement on a seemingly impossible question, before stumbling into an unfortunate mix up between Good Friday and Friday the 13th.

There’s listener emails about more awkward handshake disasters, the fading tradition of allowing kids fend for themselves with a packet of crisps in the pub, the much rarer tradition of "stone wars", and there's a chance to change the world forever (a chance that, some might argue, is squandered).

The lads weigh up if they could spend eternity wearing a bike helmet, and we have a special message from the one and only Roddy Collins.

It’s just the two of us this week ahead of some big plans this weekend.

Terence addresses the controversy his new runners have caused, while both of our opinions about carveries cause murder in the studio.

With the live show coming up, we talk about what people can expect, plans for taking the show further afield, and we reminisce on times gone by where we barely made it onto the stage at all.

And we attempt to ban the worst slang terms, so we’re coming for all the culchies still saying shift and all the boys from town saying wagwan should watch themselves too.

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Terence whips himself into a frenzy of confusion between an obituary ad becoming priest, as a listener sends him proof he is not the world’s only Terence Power.

Calvin wants figure out a way to keep score of every aspect of our lives, from cups of coffee and up.

There’s a disturbing tale of a dead dog and a guilty conscience, an apology to Phil Collins, and tales of Dennis Rodman hanging around with dictators.

Ireland's favourite New Yorker, Des Bishop came back in for his second visit while on a trip back to Dublin, and told us all about his new special, Des Bishop Of All People and the difference between doing comedy in America & Ireland.

Des drops a few names like Chris Rock, Robbie Keane, Tommy Tiernan and explains how he slid into his wife's DM's - All before Calvin derails the podcast when he thinks he hears a cricket in the studio.