With reports from Mike Rice, Shane Daniel Byrne, Síomha McQuinn, and Roger O’Sullivan from the Fringe frontlines.

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This week the boys are joined by Cork TikTok STAR Jack Daly (@seanodx) to chat all things Edinburgh - from heartwrenching plays and chaotic midnight gigs, to end-of-fest exhaustion and comedy quitters.

This week the boys park up at another of Cork's prime dogging spots and examine the personal and spiritual significance of the eclipse. PLUS: Recent controvonews, religious sleepovers, and more on Epstein's island.

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This week the boys are behind bars. Not because of crime but because they are visiting one of Cork's best historical attractions.

PLUS: More on Glen Hansard, the life and times of Constance Markievicz, and Kerry Katona.

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An open-top bus takes the boys on an ODYSSEY across Cork city.

ALSO: Processing the death of Glen Howards; Mark spits bars; and a casting agency tries to cast two of the trio as 40-year-old dads.

Did you know that Cork has a dereliction problem??

This week the Wet Cold team join housing activists Frank O'Connor and Jude Sherry on a fascinating tour of the city, to showcase the very best of Cork's emptiest, most run-down buildings - and to offer some (non-violent) solutions.

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RECOMMENDEDs:

• ffud.art (Frank and Jude's website)
• a house

There's been enough Stewart Lee talk around here. This time the boys check out the footie and try to rile up Thomas' patroitism.

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RECOMMENDEDs

• the footie
• adverts with Roy Keane in them
• The Great Escape (1963)

The boys go to see alternative comedy legend Stewart Lee as he performs his show ‘STEWART LEE VS THE MAN-WULF’ at Cork Opera House.

Does this count as local tourism, and thus fulfil the remit of the podcast? Sure. Why the hell not

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RECOMMENDEDs:

STAND-UP/TV:

• Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf (2026)
• Basic Lee (2024)
• Content Provider (2019)
• Ricky Gervais’ Derek (2012-14)
• Carpet Remnant World (2012)
• If You Prefer a Milder Comedian, Please Ask For One (2010)
• 41st Best Stand Up Ever (2008)
• 90s Comedian (2006)
• TMWRNJ (1998-9)
• Fist of Fun (mainly series 1) (1993-5)
• The character Alan Partridge, invented by Stewart Lee and Richard Herring

BOOKS:

• How I Escaped my Certain Fate (Stewart Lee, 2010)
• Flanimals (Ricky Gervais, 2004)

A Wet Cold Quickie about one of Cork's tastiest little food spots, BOOM.

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Plus: settling the debate over Cork's controversial Firemen's Rest hut, the disappearance of Lord Lucan, and more dispatches from Virgin Island.

Celebrate 250 years of the USA with unproblematic king Chris Colombus - as the boys explore a replica of his ship in Cork city.

The Red Abbey is a 14th century ruin on the southside of Cork city. Head down Douglas Street and turn right when you find the bloody tissues. BYOB!