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Crafty Rogues

The Crafty Rogueswww.spreaker.com
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.
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Episodes

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, 202354 min

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, 202346 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, 202346 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, 202340 min

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, 202344 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, 202349 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, 202337 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, 202339 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, 202340 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, 202254 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, 202244 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, 202241 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, 202241 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, 202248 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, 202244 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, 202235 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, 202243 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, 202248 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, 202247 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, 202239 min
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