Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

Éamon de Valera - George (Part 1)

In honour of his 50th anniversary, and to balance out the Mick episodes, here's the first in our three part series on Éamon de Valera. In this episode we cover Dev's suspicious birth, his erstwhile Rugby career, and his role in the early struggle for independence. If you want to hear this episode without ads, or to listen to our related bonus content, you can do so by following this link to ⁠Headstuff+ Also, we've got a live gig in Kilkenny on Friday 15th of August as part of the AKA festival and you can get ⁠tickets here.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Muhammad Ali in Croke Park

In this week's episode Jason tells Kevin the story of the time Muhammad Ali spent a few weeks in Ireland before having a fight with Al 'Blue' Lewis in Croke Park! To get all of our episodes without any ads, plus all of our bonus content, head over to Headstuff+ Find us on social media over here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The DeLorean

In the 1980's John DeLorean opened a factory outside Belfast to make his now iconic vehicle, but in less than two years it gets shut down and John finds himself under investigation by governments on both sides of the Atlantic. If you want to hear the ad-free version of this episode, plus our bonus episodes and Film Clubs, you can sign up to ⁠Headstuff+⁠. And as always, you can follow us on socials at: ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Tik Tok⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blackbird - Film Club

Here's a quick snippet of our Film Club episode with everyone's favourite critic, Brian Lloyd! Click on his name there and give him a follow! And if you want to hear the rest of the episode(more than an extra hours worth), as well as all of our regular episodes ad-free, plus our bonus episodes and Film Clubs, sign up to Headstuff+. There's no better time to do it as well, seeing as for the next week it's only €1 to sign up, so you might as well try it out when it's cheap. After the first month it will go back to the same price as here, €5 + VAT. And as always, you can follow us on socials at: Instagram and Tik Tok! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Flately - Lord of the Dance

In this week's episode Jason tells Kevin the story of Michael Flatley, having just read his autobiography. Flatley is probably best known for his stage show Lord of the Dance, and his time with Riverdance, but here we talk more about his childhood and his time before world wide fame. A construction worker, a musician, a lover and a fighter, someone should make a film out of his life. Speaking of films, in 2022 he finally released his long awaited screen debut in the self-funded, self-starring, self-written, self-directed action/thriller/drama/love story, Blackbird. We'll be covering Blackbird in this week's Shite Talk Film Club over on Headstuff+, so sign up there if you haven't already to hear us and Ireland's go-to movie critic Brian Lloyd go through an instant classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices