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Two guys who are old enough to know better swap books/albums/films with each other at the start of the week, then reconvene a few days later to judge the work of people far more talented than they.... more
FAQs about The Swap Meet Podcast:How many episodes does The Swap Meet Podcast have?The podcast currently has 46 episodes available.
April 17, 2018Scent of a Woman/ Hombre LoboLittle late this week, folks. So late in fact that it's next week!Anyway, this week the lads are talking 1992 Al Pacino Oscar vehicle Scent of a Woman and 2009 Eels album Hombre Lobo.In the midst of all that, Danny manages a reverie on the essential inauthenticity of the popular perception of male desire and Niall relates a mind-blowing but immediately obviously true observation which was imparted to him about seminal 80s man film Top Gun.Have a listen, if you don't mind your mind being blown....more2h 18minPlay
April 08, 2018Fifth Head of Cerberus/Grace of My HeartHey folks! This week the lads are chatting about New Wave SF masterpiece The Fifth Head of Cerberus and 90s music biopic Grace of My Heart.And... we have to apologise, because we do somehow end up discussing various issues of manscaping. Nobody wanted it, least of all us. But there we are. Anyhoo! Enjoy!...more2h 5minPlay
March 30, 2018Making Guitars with Fergal QuigleyFanfare!!! This week the lads have put swapping on hold to chat with Guitar-making supremo Fergal Quigley. When he's not playing weddings and pubs around the North-East, Fergal makes his own guitars and creates art for other well-known pop-culture podcasts (proper ones, not like this).We also talk butchers' bandsaws and the dangers (and arguable utility) of talk boxes. Have a listen!...more2h 4minPlay
March 23, 2018Seinfeld/Only Fools and HorsesAlright folks! This week, the lads are talking about a pair of sitcom classics - Seinfeld episode The Contest and Only Fools and Horses episode May The Force Be With You!Meanwhile, Niall ruminates on how maleness affects your ablutions and Danny blows minds with a totally new take on Schrodinger's Cat....more2h 8minPlay
March 16, 2018The Death Of Superman Lives/Dana GouldOkay folks, we're genuinely sorry about this, but the curse of Swap Meet has apparently struck again... We really have to stop mentioning people by name. We're like celebrity cyanide or something.Anyway, this week we're talking Hollywood documentary The Death of Superman Lives and comedian Dana Gould's special Let Me Put My Thoughts In You.Also, Niall gets straight to the heart of things and solves abortion, while Danny introduces a new aphorism to the United States. Both of these things with somewhat mixed results....more2h 4minPlay
March 10, 2018The Jerk/Joe RoganAhoy-hoy! This week the lads chat about absurdist Steve Martin vehicle The Jerk and Macho modern stand-up Joe Rogan's Netflix special Triggered.Also, they manage to have a fundamental and impassioned disagreement on overblown romantic early 80's ballads. One of them likes them but can't respect them, the other vice versa. I'd try to raise some tension here, but who takes which position is basically exactly how you'd imagine....more2h 8minPlay
March 01, 2018Innerspace/I Often Dream of TrainsOkay, this week's a messy, messy, messy one Swap Meeters... We pass the time talking about 80s high-concept family comedy Innerspace and the post-punk folky meanderings of Robyn Hitchcock's I Often Dream of Trains.Also, Niall reveals the secret of just how Jon Pertwee managed to be such a hit with the ladies and Danny finally answers the long-hanging question "If Glenn Hansard was a superhero, which superhero would he be?"What more could you want?...more2h 12minPlay
February 23, 2018Get Out/There Will Be BloodThis week the lads chat about creepy political horror Get Out and creepy possibly-political drama There Will Be Blood.Also, Danny and Niall discover they have very, very different attitudes to night-out loyalties and the concept of "man down"....more2h 7minPlay
February 16, 2018Derry Girls/50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be WrongHey hey! This week the lads chat about up-to-the-minute Channel 4 nostalgia-fest Derry Girls and short-change post-punk mumbler Mark E Smith's band The Fall.In the middle of all that Danny manages to share the secret of the perfect poached egg, and Niall takes you through the looking glass to uncover the truth behind the mutton conspiracy....more2h 4minPlay
February 09, 2018Laurie Kilmartin/Jordan PetersonThis week the lads discuss Laurie Kilmartin's deceptive special 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad, and promote themselves into the realm of intellectual heavyweights by discussing one of Jordan Peterson's Maps Of Meaning Lectures.Meanwhile, Niall allows his gender relations to be defined by The Apprentice, while Danny displays an uncanny knack for picking out identical voice twins. Have a listen!...more1h 60minPlay
FAQs about The Swap Meet Podcast:How many episodes does The Swap Meet Podcast have?The podcast currently has 46 episodes available.