Whiskey & White

Michael talks about his unlikely journey to becoming a scientist. He talks about going to St Mary’s Grammar School but failing chemistry. He repeats his A levels and goes on to university, but in a random twist of events, he decides to become a priest.

After the first two years of his priesthood study, his superiors questioned whether he was certain about being a priest and advised him to take a year to think it through. The priests said they sensed that he wanted to get married, so they advised him to go on dates.

During this year, he met the woman he would eventually marry. After deciding that he wasn’t going to be a priest, he began to apply for jobs but had no luck. Then one day out of the blue he got an offer to do a PHD in science. He accepted and is now a top scientist working at Queens University. 

 On top of being a scientist, he is also a purple belt in BBJ. He talks about how he got into the sport and getting battered on the first day. After years of going consistently, he is now operating at a high level and competing regularly. 

This is a fascinating story of twists and turns about a young scientist from West Belfast.

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This week the lads reminisce about being teenagers and summers gone by from Tyrone being a firebug to Tommy smoking paper.

They both talk about their first time getting drunk and coincidentally it was on separate boxing trips. However, they never drank as teenagers when they were at home and were never peer pressured into doing it along with their friends. 

They talk about how the hoods used to joyride in stolen cars every night and the daddy’s in the street used to go out and throw bricks at them.

They also talk about how the police jeeps used to get attacked every time they came into the district and how it seemed to just stop all of a sudden. 

  This is a great trip down memory lane that you’re sure to enjoy.

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John Hutchinson joins us to talks about his humble beginnings in Donegal. Leaving school at 13 to work on building sites with his family. Then he starting boxing late but going all in with it.

He tells about travelling everyday on the bus from Donegal to Belfast to train. Eventually he made the move to the pro ranks and headed down under to Australia to purse his career.

His boxing career took him around the world and while training in Thailand he unwittingly began to train MMA fighters whilst still being an active fighter himself. His first fighter won a world title which has had a snowball effect, making him one of the most sought after trainers in MMA. 

 Currently, John is taking a break from coaching fighters and is thinking of opening his own gym to train professional boxers. His long term goal is to train a local boxer and get them to the world championship. 

This conversation is a brilliant insight into the transition from fighter to coach.

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This week, we are joined by Paddy Maguire, aka Rare Witch. He talks to us about how he started making his popular satirical animations and what he is trying to achieve through them.

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After Jonesy’s last appearance on the show, the viewers were crying out for more! So he’s back with more crazy stories about his holidays to Ibiza and beyond!

The madness that he’s got up on numerous stag dos and his trip to Boston, USA, which has been pending for at least 7 years! He talks about all the flights he’s missed due to being too drunk.

Jonesy also surprises the lads by revealing he has a scuba license and details how he got it. And the surprises don’t stop there when Jonesy tells us about not only sky diving but bungee jumping too!

Another episode with Tyrone’s favourite cousin not to be missed, full of shocks and laughs.

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This week, we sit down with former professional MMA fighter turned social media star, Ali Maclean. He details his career highs and lows from living in the back of the gym and using super glue to close the cuts on his eyes to fighting on The Ultimate Fighter.

Injuries eventually took their toll on his body, forcing Ali to retire from the cage. Now he’s one of the most popular internet personalities on social media. He talks about the hard work and consistency required to be a successful content creator.

This is an excellent discussion between Belfast fighters from different disciplines, but they all had the same goal.

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This week, the duo is back together. They talk about how the sun coming out in Belfast means one thing: drinking.

Tyrone reminisces about living in Philadelphia. When his brother came out to the States to stay with him, Tyrone returned to Belfast, leaving his brother stranded with his pet dog.

Tyrone ridicules Tommy for his refusal to walk anywhere. Last week, there was an emergency within walking distance of Tommy's house, but he waited until he could get a lift before going to the scene.

Tyrone was invited to speak at a north Belfast youth club, but he told Tommy they were both invited so he didn’t have to go alone.

The good weather inspires Tyrone to go on a mountain hike, but he gets lost and goes off track. He believes that his weak bladder is due to school teachers not allowing him out of class to use the toilet when he was a child.

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Welcome back to another episode of the Whiskey n White podcast.

This week, Tyrone sits with Paddy Barnes, talking about his new hobby of being an Uber driver, his love of training, and how he hated dieting during his pro boxing career.

Paddy then shares with us about the gambling addiction that he had, and how hard it was to overcome it, and thankfully does not struggle with that issue anymore.

Tyrone shares how Paddy was a bad influence in training camp and how they always had snackidents when it came to making weight leading up to fights.

They laugh and reminisce about stories of being in training camp and their extraordinary lives as boxers. 

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