Cypress Thrill
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.
Mar 08, 2023•54 min
Crafty Rogues
The Crafty Rogues is a podcast featuring John Cosgrove from Aghadrumsee in the North of Ireland.
Joined most weeks by a special guest happy talking about music, movies, food, drink, politics, drink, books, culture and the ex-pat experience in the Twin Cities and beyond.
The Crafty Rogues, available each week wherever you access your podcasts.
Craic all the way up to 99.
Joined most weeks by a special guest happy talking about music, movies, food, drink, politics, drink, books, culture and the ex-pat experience in the Twin Cities and beyond.
The Crafty Rogues, available each week wherever you access your podcasts.
Craic all the way up to 99.
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Episodes
Motty the Hoople
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!
Mar 02, 2023•46 min
Napoli Imbruglia
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!
Feb 22, 2023•46 min
I would like a tribute show, some day.
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.
Feb 16, 2023•40 min
Are you sure you know what you're talking about?
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.
Feb 09, 2023•1 hr
I went in like a tornado and announced myself!
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.
Feb 02, 2023•44 min
You play where you're from!
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.
Jan 26, 2023•49 min
We are experienced, enthusiastic amateurs.
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.
Jan 18, 2023•37 min
Most Fermanagh men are completely zen.
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.
Jan 11, 2023•39 min
Ooh Ah is Sounding Blah!
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!
Jan 05, 2023•40 min
Mention The Crafty Rogues and the first pint is free!
\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.
Dec 29, 2022•46 min
This is not reporting, this is observation.
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.
Dec 21, 2022•54 min
He could've been out there with a deck chair and a cigarette for all I care.
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.
Dec 14, 2022•42 min
It's an unmissable abomination. FYI, not this podcast.
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.
Dec 08, 2022•42 min
World Cup fever is a very hard fever to shake.
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.
Dec 01, 2022•44 min
The elephant was clearly there, and Fox didn't want to mention it.
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.
Nov 23, 2022•41 min
He was prancing around the box like a Riverdancer!
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.
Nov 16, 2022•41 min
The World Cup will be my break from football.
JOMO is the joy of missing out. Tourists come to America for the elections. And Mo Salah ruined breakfast. It'll all make sense when you listen. Maybe.
Nov 10, 2022•43 min
If it sounds weird, it's because we're in a restaurant.
In between Quinno getting back from Texas and John leaving for the Pacific Northwest, the boys managed to set up in an Italian restaurant and record a show. Hey, why not?
Nov 02, 2022•41 min
Are we at the Crossroads?
With Quinno living the cowboy life in Dallas, his chair was filled with the former MN United commentator and Brummie savant, Callum Williams. Irish first name, Welsh last name and yet he can tell us with much authority if England are going to win the World Cup. Craic abound.
Oct 26, 2022•41 min
Once again, good seats still available at the door!
Irish and Australian people show affection through abuse. The US doesn't get irony. And Graham Potter has a new haircut. Trust the Rogues to tackle the important issues.
Oct 19, 2022•42 min
It's poetry. It's what you expect on this show.
It's hard to imagine why Rudyard Kipling, Alex Jones, Steve Bruce, Brendan Gleeson, and Anders Limpar would be topics of discussion on the same show. But they are.
Oct 13, 2022•51 min
Were you not entertained?
John had tales from the South. Quinno had tales of former Producer Jonathan. And the My Pillow guy got a mention. Hopefully it's a one-off.
Oct 05, 2022•48 min
I'm after burning the pizza.
Quinno's back from Ireland with stories to tell. Cosgrove has comments and opinions. Lots of opinions. Lots.
Sep 28, 2022•44 min
I am Spurs fan for those 90 minutes
With Quinno still supping pints in the Emerald Isle with his mate, Feeney, Cosgrove invited a man who could see the Queen from his bedroom window as a kid, Daniel Thomas Michael James Stockton. The chat was fast paced and to the point. Unusual for this podcast!
Sep 23, 2022•35 min
The Catholics vs the Convicts!
MRIs, claustrophobia, the Queen, Graham Potter, Aghadrumsee ladies, rail strikes, Baron von Raschke and Andre the Giant. Yep, sounds like a show.
Sep 13, 2022•43 min
If you want one of those jobs, this is one of those jobs!
Chelsea want Graham Potter. The UK still runs on a class system. And VAR is fine, the people making the decisions are the problem. Again.
Sep 08, 2022•40 min
He's expensive, and we don't know who he is.
We learned quite a few things on this rare Monday night outing: Quinno went to Woonona High School...John saw St. Paul and the Broken Bones...and you've got to have some love for Brent Kallman. Really, you just do.
Aug 30, 2022•48 min
We didn't disgrace ourselves and our family names.
Some deep and meaningful thoughts emerged from this week's show. Then there was this stuff: Style points count. John has Tommy Tiernan tickets. It's good to see Wilfried Zaha smile.
Aug 26, 2022•47 min
Darwin needs to evolve.
After a week of looking after visitors from the homeland and making his presence felt at Irish Fair, Cosgrove was back riding the Crafty Rogues bus. Quinno was driving.
Aug 19, 2022•39 min
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