Comedian Fred Cooke joined us on the podcast and had us in stiches from the start between his Louth accent impression and his uncanny musical knowledge. He told us about the steep learning curve between watching and performing standup. And Calvin shared his own story of nearly getting kicked out of one of his gigs. Fred might be best known for his work with Tommy Tiernan, from supporting his tour to mc'ing his TV show. He told us how Tommy taught him to breathe, and we're glad he did because we ...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 14 min
We begin this week with Terence flirting with the chance to become a Baron (or Lord), if the price is right. The big debate about white versus black pudding takes a twist as we (somehow) end up debating pigs’ ankles and horses’ knees. Terence is, literally, cartwheeling around the studio, and Calvin is making the case for an internet free way of life. We also have an update on the big listener dilemma of the past few weeks. Send your questions and comments to talkingbollox@goloudnow.com...
Jan 28, 2025•31 min
Carla Piera FitzGerald lost half her body weight in 14 months – An incredible loss of 13 stone or 83 kilos. She told us about her unhealthy relationship with food which began with hiding sweets aged 5 and continued through to her 30s. She tried every diet going but it was only when Carla sorted her head out, that she began to see substantial changes in her body. Carla’s story is so inspiring, especially for anyone looking for a fresh start this January, and it just goes to show what we can do wh...
Jan 23, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Calvin brings us some terrifying attic tales sent to him from listeners, ahead of any potential ban on attic stories. There’s a moment taken to defend the most maligned, but delicious, cake in podcast history. The challenge of six months locked in the house with some select items causes a problem and some trauma. There’s a heated debate over fat shaming dogs and long held grudges, and it seems Terry might have been eating hair gel. Send any questions and comments to talkingbollox@goloudnow.com...
Jan 21, 2025•33 min
200 EPISODES OF TALKING BOLLOX! And what better way to celebrate than a party? We invited back some friends of the podcast, like Willa White, Eric Lalor, Katriona O'Sullivan, Kiefer Crosbie, Darren Conway and Joe McGucken. Not to mention Neil Delamere, Enya Martin, Glenn 'Sauso' Murray, and Thommas Kane Byrne. There's questions about revenge, dancing, and baked beans, revelations about Terence's shopping habits and the legend that is - MCGINTY! Proudly sponsored by FBT Gyms ....
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 36 min
A listener challenges us to create a plan for evading capture as Ireland’s most wanted men. It leads to a stunningly shambolic scheme that includes life on the run in Donegal, hiding out in Newgrange and laying low in Terry’s sitting room, all while wasting your few quid on flights you didn’t need, and a needless shopping trip in Derry. There’s a debate over the complex boundary map of Dublin city centre, and frustration with a question about living life as a miniature version of yourself. Teren...
Jan 14, 2025•35 min
It's a main bonus - Or a bonus main. Whatever it is, it's definitely NOT Episode 200, that's for sure. Terry has gone from zero tellys to two tellys, Calvin witnesses chaos on a plane between a dog and a cartoon character, and we at last get a dilemma, and get more than we bargained for. Send in your questions (and dilemmas!) to TalkingBollox@GoLoudNow.com Proudly sponsored by FBT Gyms .
Jan 09, 2025•46 min
We return for 2025 with Terence dropping some hugely impressive trivia, before he loses all that new found credibility with a wild claim about the world’s oldest man living out his days in Kildare. We hear about a life changing confrontation with a new coffee machine, and Calvin looks for the humour in a toothbrush mix up. Terence is starting to come around to the idea he has a strange walk, and Calvin is questioning the sense of trans-Atlantic trips to take pictures of fried chicken. Send all o...
Jan 07, 2025•22 min
Is duck sea food? Are rocks sea food? As the lads wrestle with these big questions, Terence learns ducks can fly, and that somehow leads to him defending the Phoenix Park against even the most misunderstood criticism. Have you ever been so scared it’s embarrassing? Ever so embarrassed it’s scary? We consider sending two former Talking Bollox guests into the celebrity jungle, and find ourselves torn in two while trying to decide between stones in the shoes or crumbs in the bed. Send your question...
Jan 02, 2025•19 min
2025 could be a year of great achievement for Terence and Calvin, or it’s at least starting with the intentions to be one; from swimming the Liffey to climbing Liberty Hall. And if that doesn’t pan out we can always fall back on Terry’s chipper that doesn’t sell chips or anything like them - charged up by his misplaced belief for a brief moment that Calvin is fully on board with it. On the subject of chippers, we mourn the loss of the great over stuffed chipper bag of chips – now seemingly a dis...
Dec 31, 2024•21 min
As Terence promises he will become a new man in the new year, Calvin quickly reminds him of some very recently failed New Year’s resolutions. And there’s the tale of a controversial bottle of whiskey and (unfounded) allegations of theft around it. We hear a powerful endorsement of the art of the Stephen’s Day leftovers meal, and a powerful dressing down of the scourge of the NYE party. Send your questions to talkingbollox@goloudnow.com
Dec 26, 2024•23 min
The rats have a free gaff and are having a party, the lads are cursing on the moon, we have a Talking Bollox version of Santy’s sleigh, and we get bogged down in the great debate of Santa/Santy. We consider some strategically, deviously bad Christmas presents, and Terry learns about escape rooms, to his absolute delight. Send your questions to talkingbollox@goloudnow.com
Dec 24, 2024•20 min
Kevin McGahern joined us this week for a chat about everything from flying cars and curses to the Titanic and brussels sprouts. He took us back through his career to date explaining how he first got started in comedy and his roles in both Hardy Bucks and Republic of Telly. Amid rumours that Terence will be on the next series of Dancing with the Stars, Kevin used his own experience on the show to teach us what you can learn from the costumes. And he even sings us his own festive song to round out...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 16 min
We begin with an unexpected encounter between Terence, Calvin and the Taoiseach, before we resume normal business. There are more topics added to the banned list, much to Calvin’s disgust, and Terry breaches a previous banning order by hitting us with a fact about crows. The prospect of being caught short by sudden and inexplicable nudity in Arnotts leads to two very different responses, and gives us another strange insight into the unique mind of Terence Power. One listener offers us an unsettl...
Dec 17, 2024•28 min
Nicola Hanney had beaten the odds and survived a terminal cancer diagnosis when she met Garda Paul Moody. At first, she thought it was her happy ever after, but soon his behaviour became extremely controlling and abusive. When she became pregnant, he only gained more power over her. Then, the cancer came back. Nicola fought the cancer while dealing with threats, blackmail and abuse from Paul who felt his position as a Garda made him untouchable. She tells us where she found the strength and how ...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 42 min
A discussion about Christmas dinner substitutions and traditions turns hearted as Terry makes possibly his most contentious claim yet on this podcast. And that’s long before he tells us he thinks The Spire is “in the way of O’Connell Street”. There’s a lot of thought put into deciding what role would best suit cereal if it was served in restaurants. We unlock a new fear – finding yourself in the dock in court and facing questions from the most renowned interrogator in the TB universe. Calvin won...
Dec 10, 2024•25 min
Since watching The Deepest Breath, Terence, like many others, became obsessed with freediving. And while his attempts at holding his breath left him gasping for air after just a few short seconds, the fascination has never gone away. For Claire Walsh, the fascination started before the documentary back in 2015 while on a trip across the world. She has since become the first person to represent Ireland at the Freediving World Championships in 2019. After struggling with mental illness, freediving...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 26 min
There’s a lot of thoughts on time this week – from the time spent listening to every moment of Talking Bollox ever put out (and what else you might have done with that time), to the choice between doing time or wearing the wrong shoes. Terence admits he would probably have a hard time deciding to save the world if his personal reputation was going to take a big hit; and Calvin wants to put the mysterious powers of TB to good use. Send your questions, dilemmas and anything else to talkingbollox@g...
Dec 03, 2024•28 min
This week we were joined by award-winning actor and playwright Thommas Kane Byrne & best friend and fellow actress Ericka Roe . They discussed their journey from living in Dublin Inner City & Ballyfermot to making it on stage and screen in shows such as Kin and Dublin Murders. Together they have launched their own production company Breadline aiming to make theatre more accessible to the working class. Breadline is bringing its next show It’s Always Your Bleedin’ Own to Project Arts Cent...
Nov 28, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Chaos reigns as a new voice appears on the bonus episodes and a party game takes over proceedings. Terence has a very unfortunate moment of confusion around a horse show, and finds his lack of film knowledge catching up with him. He does learn something useful about one of history's most significant figures. There's some questions, but not enough, and some attempts to remember any kind of useful life advice outside of Terry's views on the Leaving Cert. Send all of your questions, comments and ev...
Nov 26, 2024•22 min
Craig was one of our first guests when we started the podcast and we recorded with him in a salon - We've come a long way and Craig has been on his own journey leading up to his recent fight in the 3Arena. Addiction and a life of crime seemed to be on the cards for Craig but boxing and the commitment the sport demands took him down a different path and changed his life for the better. He now uses his experience for the good in his role as a youth worker. He told us about meeting Dana White, the ...
Nov 21, 2024•47 min
We’re back. After a long hiatus, the bonus episodes return. To ease ourselves back into the swing of things, Terry opens up with a list of grievances he’s built up during his time away from the studio. Calvin has his own list, of the growing number of examples of “The Talking Bollox Effect” being seen around the world. We have some interesting facts about world altering coincidences, and potentially lethal sounds, and Terry accidentally wanders into heartbreak as he casts Kusi in the wrong Holly...
Nov 19, 2024•27 min
After Shelbourne F.C.'s surprising League of Ireland win, John O'Sullivan took a break from celebrations to come and talk to us about the mindset that led them to the top of the league and life under Damien Duff, including his surprising WhatsApp profile picture. John told us about about his career in England, why he came home and his bad spell at Bohs where he was subjected to abuse from fans. John's mother Katriona O'Sullivan is a friend of the podcast and John explained why he couldn't finish...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 40 min
In a special episode of Talking Bollox the lads have teamed up with Science week 2024 for a chat about gene editing. What exactly is it? What can it be used for? What are the future plans for it's use and are reports of a future of 'designer babies' true or false? To answer these and many other questions the boys are joined by Annie Curtis, a Professor of Circadian Immunology at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences to brilliantly break it all down. Science Week is a national celebrati...
Nov 12, 2024•43 min
Finn is a stalwart in the professional wrestling scene and holds the record for the shortest time between his WWE debut and becoming world champion. He shares his story with us including the winding road to London, Boston and Japan before settling in Florida. JD is Finn's protege who grew up watching him wrestle in locals gyms in Bray. Together, they are now the WWE tag team world champions! They tell us how they got there - And how different their characters are from their own personalities. Th...
Oct 31, 2024•52 min
It's a GoLoud crossover with Nessa Morrissey from Unveiled joining Calvin this week! They discuss everything from the morality of hitting someone who is eating prawns on the bus to the legal definition of defamation. Calvin wonders if horror movies would be half as scary if the victims were more capable and Nessa asks if anyone remembers the hot felon whose viral mugshot transformed his life. Get in touch with your co-host suggestions and questions on TalkingBollox@GoLoudNow.com and check out Un...
Oct 23, 2024•36 min
Comedian and author of 'One For The Girlos' Enya Martin is in the hot seat this week with Terence out of action. And she comes with some great laughs on everything from scams from Simon Cowell to late night trips to the petrol station. There's listener questions on things like how many pets are too many pets - And Enya comes with her own crackers too. With Halloween drawing closer, there are memories shared including dressing up as prostitute as a child and getting saved by Batman on a night out...
Oct 16, 2024•31 min
While Terence recovers from being unwell, Calvin will be joined weekly by a rotating panel of guest hosts for a chat, a laugh and of course to answer some listener questions. First up - Darren Conway and Joe McGucken. Joe explains how he thinks he can run a marathon with no training and Darren thinks back to a great conversation he can't remember with a taxi driver. Calvin's desire to be able to moonwalk is revealed and in Terence's absence, they all cringe at one listeners tale of being chased ...
Oct 09, 2024•37 min
The Original Rudeboys joined us this week and from playing ping pong with Snoop Dogg to getting a pair of sliders from Pharell - The lads reminisced on stories from their breakthrough and explained why they turned down the opportunity to open for Chris Brown. They told us how they got started in music and the real reason why they took their break. Since they stopped making music together, there's been struggles with addiction and grief but the lads have found their way back together and even pla...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Even in Mario Kart, Terence prefers the passenger seat, but would that hold Talking Bollox back from winning a game against Stall It? Is there anyone that the lads could bare to be handcuffed to for a full 48 hours? And how far would they go for their dogs? Calvin reveals the true extent of his hatred of GAA jerseys. And you'll never guess who is going on yet another holiday.. And if anyone has any contacts for President Michael D. Higgins, Terence is hoping to get him on the podcast.. Send your...
Sep 17, 2024•30 min
