The Artificial Hipsters Cross the Bridge

After cutting our teeth on the role of Jim’s braces we go for the heavy stuff, Burnham, Brexit, British identity, the war in Palestine and especially trying towork out who are the anti-semites. We’re going for a lie down now.

Well we missed a week. Why ? Because Ciaran was buying. Or rather he was launching his new book which has made the non-fiction best seller list top 10! Woo woo woo! Jim took the opportunity to plug his own unpublished volumes and after 50 minutes of that we got down to politics and how MilBurn or was it Burnham will get on in Makerfield. Ciaran thinks he’win and Jim doesn’t but then he dowsn’t wan...

How do we make democracy work. Jim says populism but Ciaran disagrees. They fight out a score draw. There will have to be a replay. There is also a brief foray into why Jim hates the Arse and whether he will win his bet for Spurs to stay up and the Hammerts go down. We’ll know by our next episode....

We return to an old favourite. How regulators are respossible for poor service and processitis. Ciaran does not agree while Jim scrapes the barrel. We also spend a short while on the resurgence of the Suuuuuper Spurs, but have they left it too late.

Not much else to talk about except the Blockades in Cork, Limerick, Galway and the Gulf of Hormuz. But we manage to revile Starmer and discuss Tourettes syndrome, so you cant say its not varied. Hopefully we’ll be a bit lighterthearted next time, but there’s some good stuff here.

Well we cover a lot of ground today, from Morgan’s famous disappearing phone by way of Nye Bevan, Peel and Gladstone to arrive at a new way of setting up a major political reset. Oh what fun!

This week we get into the Iran war. Where can we start and more importantly portantly where will it finish ? Jim waxes lyrical about the appalling vaccillation of Keir Starmer and the weakness of the British Armed Forces. Ciaran, as always keeps a cooler head

This weeks we really go up the pole big time with a review of useless, decrepit and littering street 'furniture'. We also touch on Epstein and why Ireland doesn't have a mainstream right wing party.

We spend a lot of time on the Mandelson affair. Dont think it cant happen in Ireland. Then we switch to street littering where local councils leave junk in the form of useless posts or signage all over out cities. More on this to come but we have uncovered a typical example in Oliver Plunket St in Cork. Then we come to jaywalking which is endemic across Ireland and trace that back to the tradition...

Sorry this is a bit late but we had a fistfight with our service provider. Its all alright now. Phew. Let us know what you think about the new format

Well we won’t be doing any more speech only podcasts, we have decided to take the momentous step into video production which will take to the air, same bat time, same bat channel. in two weeks time. For the first time, to use Ciaran’s phrase, you will be able to see him picking his hair and me combing my nose. Plus we will be doing more video inserts and perhaps interviews. In this last speech onl...

Sorry about last week we were hoping to do a test of our new video format but there were some technical problems which stopped us at the last minute. We’re still on line for a new launch in the early part of the New Year. This is our lighter hearted review of Christmas Traditions. Enjoy ! A Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to all our listeners.

We make no apologies for returning to the topic of broadcasting bias and especially in the BBC. Too much has happened for it to be ignored. Apart from Troy Parrot and Harry Kane carrying their Nation Teams into the World Cup Finals (well nearly anyway)

APART FROM OUR NORMAL SNIPPETS, WHICH COVER A RANGE FROM ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN ETC ETC, TO HANK MARVIN’S BIRTHDAY, WE FOCUS ON WHY CENSORSHIP HAPPENS AND WHY OUR POLITICS IS SO VACUOUS THESE DAYS.

WELL WE COVER LOCAL STUFF LIKE LENNY HENRY’S NEW BOOK, UK ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, THE INCOMPETENCE OF KEIR STARMER AND THE STUPIDITY OF OXFORD GRADUATES. PLUS THE VASTNESS OF SPACE AND INTER-STELLAR VISITORS. THATS A GOOD RANGE OF INTEREST....

We cover a lot of ground this week. Anti-semitism, driving from Cork to London, Potholes, Irish Presidency, awful Labour Conference.....And then the meat. How do people get their information these days with the unreliability of almost all data sources. No sport though...

That was what Dr Johnson called Patriotism. It’s our main topic for this podcast. What does it mean? Why should we expect citizens to be patriotic ? We also touch on Jim’s birthday and his unexpected telephone call from a Spurs Legend...yes really! Plus Trump's visit, the ULEZ website in the UK and many other snippets, but not football...well apart from the phone call.

Welcome back after our Summer Break. We’ve made a few format changes. Firstly we’ll be producing pods on a fortnightly basis rather than weekly and each podcast will be in two sections. The first is the 'Snippets ‘ Section which is about half an hour of things which have caught our eye, bad jokes and slightly off piste comments on current news issues. The second section will cover a single topic i...

LAST POD BEFORE WE BREAK FOR OUR HOLS...BACK IN SEPT. RENEWED, REFRESHED AND WITH SOME NEW IDEAS. THIS WEEK WE TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE B&I LIONS BEATING THE AUSSIES AND THEN THE LIONESSES WINNING THE WOMEN’S EUROS AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE FOOTBALL. THEN WE GET INTO THE MEAT OF HOUSING. THE LACK OF HOUSING SEEMS TO BE AFFECTING MOST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE AMERICAS. WHAT TO...

WELL WE GOT THERE EVENTUALLY, DESPITE A SOVIET STYLE PROGRAMME OF ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES. SOMEONE UP THERE DOESNT LIKE US...WE MUST BE GETTING SOMETHING RIGHT. THIS WEEK IS ABOUT HALF OUR NORMAL LENGTH BUT WE PACK A LOT IN, BOTH WRONG ABOUT THE HURLING FINAL, BOTH OPPOSED TO VOTES AT 16, QUITE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO GET THE PEOPLE TO LOVE THEIR COUNTRIES AGAIN SO WORTH A FEW CLICKS AND BUZZ...

This week we moved away from our usual doom and gloom and angry old men issues and turn instead to great Rock Music. Jim gives an impassioned account of Rod Stewart in his Glasto triumph. Whilst Ciaran sticks to Dylan as he always does although the Stone Roses and Moving Hearts get a mention. Lulu, Clapton, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac and Christie Moore are all in the mix. Enjoy.

OUR 100TH EPISODE ! WE REVIEW OUR FAVOURITE EPISODES AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO NEXT. WE’D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK. PLEASE FOLLOW US AND SEND A COMMENT OR TWO.

WELL WHAT A WEEK FOR BALLS UPS. STARMER IMPLODES THE LABOUT PARTY, BOB VYLENS IMPLODES GLASTO, AND THE BBC IMPLODES ITSELF. OH YES PLUS DUBLIN FOOTBALLERS LOSING, CIARAN’S YOUGEST GRADUATING AND LOTS OF OTHER GOOD STUFF. MAKE SURE YOU LISTEN NEXT WEEK ITS OUR HUNDREDTH PODCAST !!!!!

THIS WEEK WE HAVE A FEW INSIGNIFICANT MOANS AND MOMENTS BUT THE BIG STORY IS OBVIOUSLY THE AMERICAN ATTACK ON IRAN’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS GRADE PRODUCTION FACILITIES. AS WE WERE RECORDING THE IRANIANS RETALIATED AGAINST THE US ATTACKS. NOT SURE WHERE THAT’S GOING. TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT. JIM THINKS HE MIGHT BE IN A SHIPPING CONTAINER IN THE MIDLANDS DIRECTING DRONE ATTACKS. YEAH ! LIKE ANYONE WA...

We agree with a recent speech by Dominic Cummings in which he alleges the Civil Service blob has taken over the process of Government in Britain and Europe. We agree and go into it more fully. We report on successful Fathers Day outings and also Jim’s near fatal experience with an exploding fountain pen. Fatal fr or his trousers anyway...