Crafty Rogues

This week, the boys tackle big issues like the monarchy, Jurgen Klopp's hamstring, and can you teach someone to be funny? There's a joke in there somewhere. Or is there?

John's back from England. Quinno's not getting tortured. Man City are Thriller. Arsenal are Pyromania. If you need to know more, listen to this week's show.

Chicago, Sioux Center, Leeds, Sydney. These Crafty Rogues get around a bit, and there's craic at every stop on the journey!

Passports, musicals, sporting upsets, boot polish, art, and Irish global soft power. Standard Crafty Rogues fare, really.

John drove a Tesla in Canada. Quinno had a good old sulk. And Frank Lampard is headed back to Chelsea. Wait! What??

Cosgrove's off to Canada for a few days. Before he left, here's what we learned. Toronto is south of the Twin Cities. Tottenham don't like trophies. And Aston Villa love black haired managers. That's the kind of insight that sets this podcast apart

Food, music, politics, lists, happiness, mayhem, sport, craic, a bit more sport, and a lot more craic. Surely, that's enough for one show. Have at it.

Cosgrove came back from Hawaii a couple of hours before this show, and he was in sparkling form. It's the week of St. Patrick's Day, after all. Do NOT call it St. Patty's Day. Just don't.

It's not often you hear Fermanagh and surfing in the same sentence, but it was pretty much par for the course on this week's show. There was sport, culture, and craic in abundance. Tasty stuff.

Stolen cars...corporate awards...rec hockey...mask mandates...Ed Sheeran...Dave Grohl...Leo Barry (look him up)...and plenty of football/futbol/soccer/sahhkerrrr. This is a tasty show!

The boys both dipped their toes into the performing arts world this week, John with poetry and Quinno with a play reading. But don't worry, there's plenty of craic for craic's sake on the show as well!

A Crafty Rogues podcast can be many things, but it rarely lacks diversity. This week's show includes Nikki Haley, Nicola Sturgeon, Liam Brady, U2, the USWNT, youth hockey, and a 50 year old a cappella group. We rest our case.

When Carl Craig drops by to add his wit, wisdom and accent to the mix, things tend to get tasty. Trust us, on this week's show, things got very tasty. This is top shelf.

It was another one of those 'melting pot' shows this week. And by that we mean it contained Saint Brigid, the groundhog, Tom Brady, Liam Brady, the Brady Bunch, Brian Clough, and a six year old ordering food. Melting pot.

Despite a slight audio issue, the boys battled on like true professionals, which they're not. But they did come to the conclusion that the "Classified" stamp on government documents needs to be bigger. You're welcome, America.

Despite the fact that it's 'Blue Week' in their part of the world, Cosgrove and Quinno were anything BUT blue. It seems they had a good time at the pub. Gee, there's a shock.

John's health (it's good), Quinno's looks (not so good), Gareth Bale's career (trophy laden), and sausage rolls (glorious). Admit it; you're intrigued.

The boys kicked off 2023 in mid-year form, with tales of snow, stolen cars, and a family saga involving US soccer royalty. If Week One is anything to go by, this could be quite a year!

\The boys finished the year off in style with a tasty 2022 finale. There was lots of love for Rebecca Lowe, and not much for Emi Martinez. Sounds about right.

This week's show finds the boys in a fairly talkative mood. That's quite handy when you think about, because A: there's a lot to talk about, and B: because talking is what people do on podcasts. There is that.

Frozen trees, Swedish crash test moose (meese?), impound lots, Tony "Plugger" Lockett, karaoke, Motherwell's shirt sponsor and, yes, the World Cup. Could be tasty.

There's a lot of interesting, nuanced, well considered content in this week's episode. But, mostly, John finds the England football/soccer team hard to cheer for. Okay, impossible to cheer for.

This week's Crafty Rogues journey took in Doha, Sydney, Enniskillen, Faribault, Grimsby, Swindon and Glasgow, to name a few. It wasn't really planned. It just happened that way. It often does.

Cosgrove had tales to tell. France are World Champs for a reason. And Gary Lineker made the point that Fox Sports didn't. This is good stuff.

Cosgrove is headed to the homeland for a few days, so the boys wanted to make sure he left on a high note with a cracking show. Mission accomplished. No, seriously! It's really good. Here...listen.