Venting with Julie Jay

'It is great that bees are back but I would just prefer if it wasn't in my chimney.' I'm chatting Love Island shifting, pest control problems and scrubbing houses like our security deposits depend on it (it did). I'm also talking about how this generation didn't invent shifting brothers, debate whether or not August is autumn, and dwell for far too long on the cost of...

'I think you not being good on Love Island is less to do with you inability to be strategic and more to do with the fact you are a 45 year old who is married.' I'm talking about tormenting my poor, long-suffering DPD man, why you should never use a Flash wipe as an eye cleanser and how my friend's German husband solved the 13-12 mystery that has haunted me for nearly three year...

'Níl a dheireann tú rudaí os ard, níl aon dul siar air.' As seo amach, beidh pod as Ghaeilge agam gach Déardaoin daoibh. Tuigim nach dtaitneoidh sé seo le gach duine is muna dtaitneoidh beidh an eagrán as Béarla fos agam gach Máirt mar is gnáth leis.  In sa chéad eagrán táim ag caint fé éad is cé chomh díobháileach is atá sé agus ag caint fé bogadh tí is ag cuimhneamh os ard mar a dúirt...

'I'm like the GAA Catifsh, it's impossible to get rid of me' I'm talking about doing the Leaving Cert all over again, getting fired as an Oral Irish examiner, reinforcing stereotypes in Bondi eateries circa the mid noughties and Holy Communions in England. If you also had your first kiss with Jesus, please get in touch. If you enjoy this episode please rate or review us wh...

'After that afternoon in Siamsa Tíre I was one step away from joining the Black and Tans just as a coping mechanism.' I discuss the confronting nature of Easter Camps - essentially the new nightclub of 2026, where all your ghosts of Christmas past will encounter you at your most vulnerable and misremember the name of your current husband. In a major moment for geopolitics I compare Trump...

'Those days of speed-dating in the staffroom are over' I'm discussing Liz Nugent's new book Ruby Cooper, accidentally starting book clubs and why you should be dialling 8 for the Teaching Council if you are a secondary student whose teacher has forced you to listen to this podcast. I talk about recently going kind of viral (ish) and the phenomenon of internet copycats: at what...

'Fred was away filming the Tommy Tiernan show in the submarine 100s of feet below water' I am back and full of apologies - between vomiting bugs, school plays and my husband working away in a submarine the podcast didn't get recorded and for that I will be saying 12 decades of the rosary and self flagellating all afternoon. We're comparing the recent review of SNAs in schools t...

'They say dress for the job you want but I'm a secondary teacher and dream of being a showgirl, so that doesn't fly.' I'm chatting about the guards accidentally ordering the double strength pepper spray and how they can't be using this when checking for tax and insurance, i discuss recently supporting my brilliant, genius friend Alison Spittle on her latest tour &apos...

Guys, this is just a quick one apologising to you the listeners for another audio mishap today. It has all been rectified now, I am so sorry to have once again messed up on the audio front, which ps is kind of the whole point of a podcast. If it's any consolation, I look forward to another long night self-flagellating and listing off all the ways I have sabotaged any semblance of success I mi...

'When I told him I was getting a lotus flower because it blooms in muddy waters, I could feel the audible eye-roll.' I discuss the controversy surrounding Jacob Elordi being cast as our numero uno forbidden fruit Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell's adaption of 'Wuthering Heights', Pamela Anderson dishing the dirt on her dalliance with Liam Neeson and Katie Price's new hus...

'It's hard to come back from saying your mother was trying to shift you.' I'm chatting Brooklyn Beckham's explosive statements on Instagram telling the world that his mother was gyrating against him at his wedding like a drunk auntie and dissect what he meant by 'inappropriate dancing.' Was she doing the Siege of Ennis? If so, I'm Team Brooklyn all the way....

'You will always find me under an electric blanket at parties.' I'm talking about being back in counselling, which I'm sure will be welcomed news for anyone who has ever listened to this podcast. I dissect Jessie Buckley's Golden Globe win and what it means for me,  reveal my latest comedy disaster and why my dabbling in hypnotism all those months ago didn't work.  I...

'Timothéé Chalamet is never going to be playing a technology teacher.' I'm chatting about Timothée Chalamet doing the unthinkable and thanking his girlfriend for her support, discuss America's takeover of Venezuela and marvel at an RTE vox pop on the streets of Copenhagen where Danish people use words like 'archetype' with alarming confidence. I also touch upon the ow...

'Everyday that goes by I understand more and more why Britney shaved her head.' I'm discussing Nick Cannon's many, many family photoshoots for Christmas whilst also secretly envious of their part-time relationship status (honestly, if a sister-wife situation allows me a few nights a week to watch Real Housewives and Below Deck in peace, sign me up!) I also discuss my perennial...

'The Christmas Tree experience has bonded myself and my students in a way only people who went through trench warfare together will understand.' I discuss attending Kneecap in the INEC, being the most hated teacher in town and how I am absolutely not in any way miffed at not getting a rake of gifts from the students in my charge. I also discuss my birthday, our closing tally on the Chris...

"Has your parking ever been so bad that multiple members of your family are contacted?" This week I'm chatting getting embroiled in Christmas tree pyramid schemes and why extra curricular activities are always a terrible idea, as any doctor will tell you. I also talk about the new most embarrassing moment of my life which involves guards, multiple family members, and managing to mak...

'I haven't felt this alive since 1990' I talk about Troy Parrott being the nation's hero and how this is all smacking of Italia 90, when our dads were forced to step outside their comfort zone and eat lasagne for the first time. I touch upon rumours swirling around the Epstein Files and even more evidence, as if we needed it, that the world is run by perverts and how when born...

'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...

'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...

"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 suffe...

'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 th...

'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 o...

"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...

'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...

'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