Fox Force Five Podcast

This week we start with the challenges of friendship and how to know when one is toxic or not. TV this week is all sorts, previewing Inventing Anna, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City & Tick,Tick...Boom. Our Fox this week is Volodymyr Zelensky for obvious reasons but he's got a very interesting background, worth a listen. Our follow this week is for another podcast 'The Coming Storm&a...

We've returned from our brief hiatus - and we are delighted to be back.  First up this week we talk about the upcoming National Women's Council protest march and why you should get involved. TV this week is pretty varied - we have Love is Blind, We're all Dead and The Power of the Dog - reality TV, zombies and educated cowboys. Eclectic. Our Fox this week is inimitable Brenda Fricke...

A mixed bag today for y'all. First up we take a look at recent comments surrounding body image and how we compliment people or otherwise. We chat through this mine field! Nicola gives us the lowdown on current Netflix sensation The Tinder Swindler - sounds like a good 'un. Our Fox this week is historical trailblazer and revolutionary Constance Markievicz. We give a podcast recommend this...

A whimsical start to the podcast this week - a mouse gets a make over!  Nicola tells us about the latest period drama 'The Gilded Age' - it's gonna be big. Our Fox this Week is none other than Brigid - the pagan symbol/saint and many other things too. Our follow is a good one for killing time @boredpanda or boredpanda.com And finally we preview the Brit Awards, it's changing th...

Howdy! This week's podcast we've got news of a new festival celebrating women in Dublin - Brigit 2022 - there's loads on if you're in the city and also, some stuff online. Check it out at https://dublin.ie/whats-on/brigit/ Our TV chat this week revolves around Sky's Yellow Jackets with the stellar line-up of Christina Ricci AND Juliette Lewis. We also chat about Kenneth Br...

This week we start with Wordle - all you need to know about it without having to look it up or ask someone - or even play it. It's actually a love story! Then Nic tells us a little about Emily in Paris and lots about Netflix's Cheer which has been getting a lot of attention from the media and not all good. We have no fox this week to mark the continued threat of gender-violence women exp...

Taim ar ais! Yay! It's been waaaay too long. This week we tell you all about the covid we got. Lol. Nah just kidding we just talk a little about it and then it's way more interesting after that. First up - No Spend January - as fun as it sounds. Then - soooo much TV - with particular focus on Dope Sick. Then we celebrate the absolute legend Betty White, who would've been 100 this we...

This week we give you tips on things to do at Christmas that don't involve Christmas - honestly, it's a revelation and we're sure you'll find one of these things a greater alternative over the next few weeks. TV chat is extensive this week - we talk about the TV event of the year, supposedly, And Just Like That as well as others including fantasy drama Wheel of Time on Amazon P...

Surprise! An early episode to keep you entertained by Storm Barra and in the aftermath of wringing out your house. We're well on the Christmas bandwagon now and start off with decorating tips to spice things up this year - Christmas spice things up if you will! Then Nic tells us about a Christmas classic to get stuck into, The Family Stone. Next up our Fox of the Week is the deadly music lege...

It's a bit of stress time so we start this week's show with some tips on how to destress and beat the anxiety bubble. Nic talks us through her telly picks for the week including that classic Selling Sunset and Kelly talks about the amazing survivor, fighter, campaigner and educationalist Malala Yousafzai - our Fox of the Week. The follow this week will have you laughing all the way to th...

After an unexpected week away we are back and firing on all cylinders (well as much as you can be the last week of November :)). Up first on this week's show is the gender pay gap - yes folks, it's not going away fast enough. Then we hear about Band of Brothers, if you don't know what this is you HAVE GOT to listen. Honestly, you'll thank us later. Our Fox of the Week this week...

Another week another Fox Force Five podcast! Hooray. We're a bit cheerier than last week you'll be glad to know. We start with news of pandemic purchases gone bad - what we spent our money on that was, well, a waste. Nicola's TV recommend this week is Netflix's Catching Killers.  We also wonder why it's so difficult to finish box sets of the BEST TV series. Our Fox of the...

Hideliho neighbours! We are talking saving the planet first thing today - COP26 is taking place and world leaders and environmental activists have all descended to work towards reducing global warming. Here about what's happening at the conference. Nicola talks us through Dune and how spectacular it is and Kelly goes lowest common denominator with Brassic. For the first time Fox of the Week i...

This week's podcast brings you five things you need to know as ever! Kicking us off this week is a cute story of two Tom's and a love of typewrites :) you maybe don't NEED to know this, it's just a lovely story. Then Nic gives us some great recommendations for scaring ourselves this weekend - some cracking films in there - in more ways than one!  Our Fox of the Week is perhaps...

This week's podcast is an eclectic mix of topics. We kick off with tips on how to have a sustainable halloween. Nic takes us through the latest Bond flick and we talk Succession.  Our Fox of the Week is the unstoppable Angela Lansbury and our follow comes in the form of a great Irish comedian by the name of Sean Burke @seanburkeshow - he's taking on the banks! We finish up with news on Y...

We're back! And full of the joys of Autumn.  First up this week we talk about getting energised and some simple steps you can take to achieve this.  Then Nicola talks to us about Netflix's Squid Game, which sounds a bit harrowing but also very entertaining. Then we talk the woman of the moment, or more likely for many, many more moments, Adele aka our Fox of the Week.  Nic's follow...

A mix bag of stories this week. Guaranteed you'll find out something you didn't know - honest.  We talk about the shocking domestic abuse rates in Ireland to start. Then move on to some telly chat, primarily on Sex Education but Vigil, Help and Bake off get a look in too. Then we hear about about an amazing Irish woman, fondly known as 'Mother Jones' she stirred things right up...

We are happy-go-lucky this week (well not to start but the content is!). We kick off with recommendations for musicals you can go see in the next few months - hooray.  Then Nicola talks to us about gangland Dublin drama Kin. Our Fox of the Week, is the super-human Emma Raducanu, who just won the US Open tennis at the tender age of 18. Nicola talks us through some of the more, ahem, notable styles...

This week's podcast has highs and lows, a bit like life really. We start with good news around momentum gathering around the introduction of gender quotes. The National Women's Council is backing a draft bill going before government to introduce the quotas. Then, in our telly talk, we discuss Turning Point, a new 9/11 documentary and then go off on a massive tangent about 9/11 in general...

It's all go here on the Fox Force Five Podcast. We've got five things you need to know - like every week. First up this week is 'things not to do at work' - behaviour wise that is. Then Nic takes us through the very reliable, very funny Grace and Frankie, we also chat Glow Up Ireland and BBC's Vigil. Our Fox of the Week hails from the Victorian era, Dr James Barry, whose s...

The break is over - we are back on it! Well, we're trying anyway. This week we bond across the Irish Sea as Kelly takes up residency in Edinburgh. The first thing you need to know this week is about cleaning - or decluttering technically - and how 15mins a day will make all the difference. Nicola tells us about the finale to Love Island and we wonder if it's had its day. She tells us abo...

We're back! After an unexpected hiatus we return full of the joys! This week's podcast kicks off with how you can finance an alternative way of living i.e. not working and retiring early. Be prepared, it's not for the faint-hearted. Nicola talks us through some must-see TV that's not new but essential viewing including The Handmaid's Tale and Ted Lasso. Our Fox of the Week...

What an opener - 5 ways bad behaviour is good for you - and others! Nicola takes us through the latest *trash telly Sex/Life.  Our Fox of the Week is the powerful, majestic, superb Serena Williams.  We recommend another podcast ('cause we're big like that) too, The Opportunist - all about those availing of their position in life and committing crime. And we finish off this week's sh...

On this week's podcast we bring you news from Norway to start - they're introducing new legislation which will make it illegal to post content on social media that has been edited or photoshopped unless it is marked as so. Hear all about it and where we stand in Ireland on this. Nicola talks us through the other Sophie Tuscan Du Plantier documentary called Sophie on Netflix and tells us...

What a week - the summer has well and truly landed. This week's show brings you tips on how to deal with the reopening and getting back to 'normal' life. We have a review of In the Heights which you better get you jazz hands ready for. Out Fox of the Week this week is Hazel Chu, the outgoing Lord Mayor of Dublin, hear about all the great things she's been doing this past year....