Talking Bollox Podcast

In this week's bonus, Eric Lalor shared his proposal story with a listener who's worried about her friend getting engaged at a black-tie work do. Calvin re-enforces the ban on proposals at Talking Bollox live shows and suggested Eddie Rockets as an alternative.

There's a discussion about the worst food combinations (milk and Coke?) and Calvin has some debatable opinions on cinema treats. And they talk about the controversy over 'penis injections' at the Winter Olympics.

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Eric Lalor joined as co-host with Calvin this week, when he eventually showed up 30 minutes late...

Calvin wondered how the postman knows who lives where if the houses don't have numbers and tried to brainstorm ideas for naming his house.

Eric explained how he invited a pop star to his debs and how even though he doesn't believe in psychic's he still won't mess with the occult.

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There was some 'working class nepotism' at play this week with Calvin's youngest brother Jesse on his work experience at GoLoud. The two brothers sat down for a bonus episode and Jesse quickly took control with zingers that had them researching the average speed of a pogo stick and wondering who'd be the best ghost.

There were family secrets let loose, and outlandish views on rolls that even put Terence to shame.

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TKB stuck around for the bonus episode this week and revealed that he loves nothing more at the end of a hard day than a relaxing sit down wee.

McGinty wants to know which previous guest deserves a star on the walk of fame, a questionable deep fried delicacy is invented and TKB offers some insightful advice to anyone dealing with stage fright.

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Thommas Kane Byrne joined Calvin this week in between his rehearsals for The Plough and the Stars for a chat about method acting and the power of the arts to get people rioting on the streets.

He shares his memories of Barry Keoghan in school and reacts to the pictures of Barry's new haircut. There's chats about method acting and reality TV and why he's never sure how to take the comparisons to Colm Meaney.

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Tickets for The Plough and the Stars are now on sale on abbeytheatre.ie.  

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Can someone please explain why there's a couple wearing sunglasses at Calvin's gym? Anyone? No? Us neither.

There's a short-lived attempt to lift the ban on rat talk and Calvin wonders if he would be able to be friends with someone who'd wink at a guard.

Tell us where Dublin's best carvery is by emailing [email protected] or you can send your listener questions there too!

Comedian, author and lover of words Colm O'Regan joined Calvin as a stand in host this week. He shared his story of going from a human scarecrow to selling smut and everything in between. In Colm's latest book 'Gallivanting with Words' he traces the origin of words like 'shifting' and 'moth' and he explained why he loves slang so much and why he want's to find the first person to ever say 'Yup'.

Colm has his own podcast too A Few Scoops with another former guest of the podcast, Aoife Moore, which you can check out now.

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The foxes in town are a mystery that needs to be solved. Where do they live? Why are people feeding them eggs? How did they get so brazen? Calvin and his co-host this week Dec Pierce take on this mystery and all the other random listener question in this bonus episode.

They talk about holding in a laugh at a funeral, and Calvin wonders what coffins he'll make the cut to carry. They brainstorm ideas for new vending machines and they learn what a gable wall is.

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This week Calvin is joined by one of the most beloved and hardest working men in music, the legend that is Dec Pierce.

Dec describes the huge success and impact of his Block Rockin' Beats live shows, a recent magical trip to his beloved Aston Villa as well as the harrowing story of his recent treatment for breast cancer.

He speaks so honestly, emotionally and powerfully of his journey, from the initial diagnosis to the eventual surgery and it's a story that needs to be heard.

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Calvin's joined by Darren and Amy Conway for this week's bonus episode and somehow they managed to answer a few listener questions despite the many, many tangents.

Darren talks about his 'mate' Paul Mescal, and Calvin tries to ban tuna from deli counters and in between it all they ask whether reading a book and listening to the audio version is the same thing? They wonder who can be trusted to control a speaker at a party and explore the impact of playing soccer on the life span of your runners.

Darren's podcast Stall It is coming to the stage on 12th Feb in Vicar Street, you can buy your tickets now on Ticketmaster.

You can also check out Darren and Amy's podcast, The Conways, all about life as a married couple.

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