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159 - Le Trou Normand

Ever heard of the Norman Hole? It might sound spicy, but don’t worry—it’s just another fascinating French cultural practice we love the idea of. Meanwhile, Matt completely failed to defend modern Dublin against his Corkonian friend, relying on a lovely (but completely irrelevant) storytelling night. Come hear all about it!

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158 - I Hope it was Chocolate

It’s Wednesday, companions! Today on the podcast, we took a chance to talk about our evolving drinking habits over time, the Irish and British approach to having a sup on holiday, and how whiskey tends to bleed onto social media.

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157 - Drinking While Sober

Have you ever gone somewhere intending to do something other than have a drink, but ended up having a drink anyway?

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156 - HWG

After last week's chat with Jack McGarry, we wanted to slow things down a bit and share some recent thoughts, including an evolution of our view on Changing Times Brewery, Dublin's high-end dining scene (€€€€), and the top-tier city that is Belfast.

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155 - Jack McGarry

Today, we're joined by Jack McGarry, Managing Director of The Dead Rabbit Bar group in New York & Austin.

Jack has been a long-time inspiration to us, and we're buzzing to kick off 2025 with him as our first guest.

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154 - The Special K Chat

IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT – The Podcast Audio Gods were cruel to us today, messing with our audio fidelity. Expect some minor annoyances in sound quality, but this conversation was too sincere not to share. Thanks in advance for your patience!

Have you ever looked at something and suddenly questioned what it means to be a man or a woman? And was that thing... a box of Special K?

Today, we take this silly thought and peel back the layers to see where it leads.

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152 - Drink by Numbers

Hello sweet friend, today we're chatting through some 'interesting' numbers relating to the drinks scene and what they mean to us.

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151 - New Years Day

New year, same Mike & Matt doing a Podcast, today it’s all about how we’re feeling coming into 2025.

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150 - Yeehaw

A rambling chat for our 150th episode on being bombarded with ‘shortage of guinness in the UK’ social media, the fact Fontaines D.C. are the best Irish Band ever & some thoughts on ‘Changing Times Brewery’ from our Babóg Shane Long, Benny McCabe & the families behind some of Dublin’s best known pubs.

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149 - BRCCCP

Hey there, friend! Maybe you thought of the Soviet Union, last week's Christmas party, or maybe you're completely puzzled—and that's totally fine. Tune in and find out what all these letters are about, yeah?

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142 - Greenlights

A Dubliner's and a Cork man's take on Matthew McConaughey's philosophy of 'green lights' and positive forward movement, as captured in his excellent book Greenlights.

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141 - Rome

Log cabin in the middle of nowhere or the city of Rome?

Redbreast 18 or Redbreast PX?

Tours with Karl or Irish Whiskey Experiences?

Today, you decide.

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