Venting with Julie Jay

'The Spanish are Confident - Just Ask The Aztecs.'

This week I'm chatting as to why Miriam O'Callaghan is influencing all the way to mass conjunctivitis, why Vinted should be banned past 10pm and how Zohran Mamdani's win has me up in the English classroom bopping around like Gwen Stefani.

i also talk about my insane experience on Dublin Bus where I was the Keanu Reeves to the driver's Sandra Bullock, and briefly touch upon my five star morning in downtown Tralee (don't be deceived, I'm still a regular person!)

Thanks a million for listening and for putting up with my nonsense. Love yas! J x

'Forget cleaning out the cat litter tray, I want you to sleep in it.'

I am chatting Selena Gomez' honeymooning with Benny Blanco, DJ Carey's fraud trial (it's the natural segway) and also clarify that IT IS PERFECTLY OKAY TO BREAK UP WITH FRIENDS AND I AM TOTALLY FINE. Whoops - forget to take the caps lock off there bu the sentiment stands, I am nothing if not a dog with a bone and clearly suffering from a case of the first world problems. In other words, I am a born podcaster.

I also share a hilarious, intimate, sensual story involving my doctor and a flu vaccine nasal spray. Thanks so much for being here, and for listening. Love yas! J x

"Any adult male with a harem of teddies should be in jail, no questions asked'

I am back! Bear with me as I attempt to explain away my absence with my usual muddied reasoning and absolutely no clarity whatsoever. Once again, I obsess over my friendship breakups and ponder my future in comedy, musing over my love/hate relationship with stand-up and repeatedly reminding you, the long suffering listener, how tired I am.

I also talk about camping out for the homeless and how midnight discos sent me over the edge, rounding it all off with an on-point Lily Allen impression and in good news stories discuss the certified perv that is Andy Windsor's latest tumble down the totem pole. 

Thank you for still being here, despite me being an absolute nightmare. I promise now we are back up and running, I will be here every week until 2056 at least. 

Love yas, J x

'There is nothing more humbling than trudging away from a computer room you know you've booked.'

I'm chatting about throwing my first ever birthday party for my eldest and petting-farm mice working overtime to keep attendees entertained. I alos touch upon my tricky encounter with an Irish influencer circa 8 years ago, losing control of my life and helium balloons and the fun that is drawing a Google search engine on a piece of paper and telling teenagers it's as good as the actual internet.

If you have enjoyed the pod, I would be so grateful if you could rate or review us or recommend us to a friend. Love yas! J x

'Just to really rub salt into my already gaping wound, I decided to ring AIB and ask them for money.'

I discuss sliding into Roz Purcell's DMs in what I promise was not a lick-arse move but rather an exercise in abundance, I come to you somewhat traumatised after nearly crashing into my childminder's house and discuss my own grapplings with being a bit of a green-eyed monster over the years and how it is most definitely not a good look.

I also touch upon how it is very much a new year, old me situation as I am currently spending everyday wandering around school, clutching a roll-book and popping into classes saying: 'Do I have you now?' 99% of the time the answer is a concerned but firm 'no'. In a self-harm move I also ring AIB for a mortgage, just for fun.

If you have enjoyed the pod I would be so grateful if you could rate or review us or even just recommend us to a friend. Also subscribing means you never miss an episode. Thanks a mill for listening, love yas, J x

"You're not obese"

Compliments are flying from my husabnd Fred in today's episode as he tells me I'm not obese and I consider throwing my hat in the ring for Irish president. In other news, I'm back in school and delighted to be out of the house. We also touch upon Mounjaro, Coppers, and Jim Gavin's cat. I am also back to school and secretly thrilled with having a reason to get dressed of a Tuesday.

Thanks so much for listening, and if you have enjoyed I'd be ever so grateful if you could rate or review us on Apple or Spotify! Love yas, J x

'The reason I didn't do geography for my Leaving Cert was because if you can't find the caravan park on the map, something is seriously wrong'

In this week's riveting episode I discuss a depressing visit to the dentist with my eldest where I find out we need a tooth removed whilst at the same time being reminded that my ex married a supermodel. Also our recent gig with the Hardy Bucks Owen Colgan and Stephen 'Cowboy' Kelly. As I go through the inventory of sweet treats I am consuming on the daily I mentally weigh up whether or not I should start mounjaro, whilst simultaneously ruminating on spoofing as a history teacher, teaching German whilst never having spoken a word in my life, and fret about my upcoming teaching timetable (fingers crossed my principal hasn't discovered my tiktok).

If you have enjoyed the pod, please feel free to rate or review wherever you get your pods! Love yas, J x

'Pádraig Pearse would be turning in his grave.'

In what could be my most boring episode to date, I talk about the upcoming Oasis gig I won't be attending, convince myself I had listeria and talk about mops for approximately 50% of this podcast.

If this episode has bored you to tears I don't blame you, but please come back next week! Love yas, J x

'Doing Edinburgh Fringe is like doing an ayahuasca or doing an Ironman, it's essentially a cry for help.'

In this week's episode, I chat Claire Danes and Jared Leto, Alistair Campbell and my recent crash out over my mother's hoover which will no doubt have her considering pursuing full custody of my children. 

I also discuss calendar clashes, blessings of graves and how we all fantasised about being orphans back in the day in the hopes we could have sleepovers with our cousins on the daily.

Finally, I go for food with extended family and ask myself the question, am I crazy or is everyone around me crazy? Hint, if you are asking that question, the answer is you are crazy.

'You'd know Jason Manford was a girl dad because he definitely threw a filter to dilute my sunburn.'

I discuss Jason Manford being quite possibly the nicest human whoever walked the earth and how I left his manager on read for weeks in a peak self-sabotage move. I stay overnight in Rathkeale, endure 5 hours of a vomit soaked car and host for Neil Delamere, Shane Todd and Eric Lalor at the Paddypower Comedy Festival where my idea of doing a good intro is telling everyone in the tent my dad is dead! Keep that energy going for the next act!

In other news, Fred has embraced his schitz-su mom era and I am once again debating getting the coil. Kerry also are officially All Ireland champions and it's making me all sentimental.

If you have enjoyed the pod, I would be so grateful if you could rate or review wherever you get your episodes, or even better again tell a friend. Love yas! J x