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This week the boys brave technical difficulties, minor pandemics (localized to Ireland at least), and blatant steroid abuse, to bring their buff bodies and valid opinions on a wide variety of matters straight into your ears. It’s been a new year for a while now and, while Andy feels he has already achieved peak perfection and will brook no talk of January resolutions, Ed has set his sights on both...

Ed reigns it in!! The ship, clearly a two man operation, gets caught in the crossfire of modern socio-political standpoints but Ed manages to talk Andy down from the precipice of ignorance. Ryan’s of Carney help keep the engine running, Ed fine tunes the facts and Andy’s in the pantry, protein packing. Faites-vous folklore! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other sub...

Ed and Andy, together again. It’s hunting season and although the battle grounds have evolved, the prey and our need to find her lives on…for now. An episode firmly focused on the day that’s in it. Well half of it at least. Get Folked everyone. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit getfolked.substack.com

The Christmas season has begun and Andy’s journey back to the nest fills him with all of the season’s cheer as he is reminded of how awesome the power of the word “hello” is when uttered by every single stranger he encounters on the Emerald Isle. For Ed, that festive spirit has been best summoned this year by watching the exploits of one John McClane and his dirty vest in the very first Die Hard m...

Both Ed and Andy were out and about this week as Ed travelled to the Big Top to watch Damian Dempsey connect with a crowd and make a city weep while Andrew was at the Berlin Arena discovering the new, hip music young and impressionable young minds are being exposed to. There was also weeping paired with a slight hint of insincerity, or ignorance. Either way, the future’s f**ked. Get Folked! This i...

Your chariot (by which I mean your not-so-new diesel hatchback) awaits dear listener. Join Andy and Ed, our two intrepid adventurers, as this week they navigate the boreens and the pot-holes of the North Tipperary Countryside and embark on the Unravelling Shane MacGowan Trail. There will be facts, there will be anecdotes, there will be questionable claims made, there will be many a sight seen and...

Ed and Andy mark this moment in history, as two middle aged Dads in the prime of their careers choose to do, by complaining. The world is moving too fast, discos are too loud and I’m pretty sure the neighbour nicked me garden hose. Apologies for delayed release - that’s so Get Folked! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...

From deep inside the velvet curtain, comes a tale exterior. Deceptive confusion? One seeks to hide...Nay!! Highlight!.. man’s deepest understanding of which all have but, few set free. Secrets kept, while the innocent crawled and begged for mercy. Their flower being plucked from the very garden charged with sheltering them. We also talk Shobsy, My Baby and our upcoming gig. Get Folked! This is a p...

This week sees both Andy and Ed out and about like the social butterflies that they are. They found music, they found cocktails, they found interesting social questions: When should one offer one’s advice? Why has Brexit had such an effect on the supply of Guinness 0.0% to Berlin? What is a “Bay Window”? Are the answers to these questions contained within this episode? Not really, but don’t let th...

This week Andy (it is Andy, right?) guides us through his musical wanderings of the past few days in Berlin. He saw and heard a talented person perform dressed as an Orca. He saw regular folk music singers play regular folk music songs. He saw drummers who had never drummed before and who somehow managed to be awesome at it. He saw dogs wanting to be in bands and people barking like dogs. He even...

There’s no getting around it. The second take of this week’s episode evokes imagery of a straight-up lustful nature. I don’t think Andy and Ed have quite achieved “smut” status, but between the silk tights and water-filled sex dolls (that’s warm water, just in case you’re wondering), the guys have definitely wandered into “taboo” territory. But, as usual, these delicate subject matters are handled...

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t seen Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985), two things: Firstly, Ed speaks extensively, lovingly, obsessively, about this movie during this week’s episode, so get ready for that. Secondly, if you haven’t yet seen this movie, please get your life together. It’s 40 years old for goodness’ sake. What have you been doing all these years? And keeping with the movie theme of t...

As Ed fights his way through the fog, Andrew shares memories of another great night in Posh Teckel. Joined by Aleksai, the crowd are treated to the usual Hawkin Twang favourites and enchanted by Piano Ribero’s Latin American medley. Lots of music to enjoy and the usual laughs…Get Folked. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episo...

In this weeks episode, thanks to our freelance research team, Ed uncovers one of Quantum Leap’s lazier moments in terms of video editing and Andrew, given his understanding of the show’s premise, is both concerned and a little confused by storyline. Tales of lone busking, movie screenings and forest stadiums are shared. Hawkin Twang look forward to the opening night of the Get Folked Sessions, Sea...

A short hop, skip and jump to this weeks episode as the lads rearrange their schedule and record early for the sake of friendships, marriages and their jobs. They dive deep into the world of A.I, dissecting the mainframe, searching for rogue code to ensure you, and more importantly they, get a better sense of what this podcast is all about! Get Folked Ya’ll! This is a public episode. If you would...

We’ve got some lovely music from a Berlin based Open Mic this week. With acts as varied as they are wonderful. And as if musical culture wasn’t enough, the guys role the dice in real time on how best to use the language of today’s youth. Spoiler alert! It’s totally slay. Like, really really slay. And at the very end of the episode, Ed finally gets confronted about his poor communication skills. Bu...

Andy puts the "war" into wardrobe discussions this week as he savagely attacks Ed's choice of jumper for the Podcast. Spoiler alert: Andy forgot that he gave Ed said jumper. Fashion faux pas aside, the guys also keep you up to date on their embarrassing stories as a way of making you all feel better about yourselves. It really should be considered a public service broadcast for this section. And t...

Music gets pride of place on this week's episode of The Get Folked Podcast (well, to begin with anyway) as Andy and Ed talk about the album "Not For The Gallery" from Rufus Coates and Jess Smith. Andy met them in Berlin. How cool is that? That's right, it's very cool. You can catch the album via the URL below. It's very very very good. And while the guys do a better job with the music this week, t...

Folk music takes another hit this week as it moves to the backseat in place of some very important topics including, but not limited to, some pretty liberal suggestion changes to official Catholic Liturgy, driving test reminiscences, and the details of picking the right military portrait of yourself if you are an Irish nationalist hero. The guys also catch up on house keeping and give Dominic Beeh...

Ed puts in some serious hours rounding off a few of the rough edges from last weeks episode. Andrew continues to struggle with basic pronunciation while over egging the alliteration pudding. The lads discuss the relentless struggle of sculpting young minds and Andy signs off with a rather in-depth review of the importance of thighs that will surely be revisited when the lads bang out next week’s b...

And the stew of ignorance simmers on this week as Andy and Ed somehow manage to put themselves through their own paces as they share a "wealth" of Irish History and Geography "knowledge" while also increasing the word-count of next week's housekeeping section. Andy's travels around Ireland continue, and bring him into contact with that awesome spectacle of Irish pride; The GIANT Avondale Slide. Wh...

The final instalment of Ed and Andy's travelling podcast trilogy (next week, no traveling) sees the hosts share the dinner table in rural confines of the Borrisokane burbs. Snake straw hats, the psychology of the the urban wasp, Berlin boat life and an introduction to Gabber techno has left the lads feeling the love for Berlin and enough oxalates in their system that their kids now have gout! Get...

This weeks episode is firmly rooted in the title as the lads discuss one of Andy’s fathers late night favourite tunes written in 1946 but stands the test of time in terms of the products ability to go everywhere. The lads are still together and while last weeks episode was hijacked by the audio Gods, this week’s hex focuses on the video so close your eyes and create the setting through the magic o...

Together again! Ed and Andy’s excitement clouds their judgement as the hosts share floor space for the first time in 2025. Both hosts struggle with nature’s unwanted offspring as the the mosquitos lay claim to the most beautiful of backdrops. Old and new wounds are opened from the hurling world. Storks, voodoo and vocab are some of the highlights of an episode that will leave you just the right am...

Andy and Ed take a good long stew in the juice of their own ignorance this week and what a heady broth this stew doth provide. From tales of a wasp's fight to the death in its pursuit of the holy grail inside Andy's pants, to the fantastical (and ultimately non-sensical) tales of cooking frogs and exploding cactus brought to us by Ed's now truly questionable state-provided education. Whether you,...