PODCAST · comedy
How To Steal A Penguin
by Seán Burke and Joe O'Neill
‘How To Steal A Penguin’ is the weekly chat of Seán and Joe, two Irish lads in London with a pocket full of dreams, a fist full of stars and bucketload of sex appeal. No penguins were harmed in the making of this podcast.
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55. Zing Charles
This week the lads talk about voice note prompts on Hinge, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and a terrible journey from East Midlands Airport.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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54. Thierry Ennui
This week the lads talk about reading, posh people on stag dos and the best time to try to date a celebrity.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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53. Bonorail
This week the lads chat Spiderman, Funk arriving in England and riff about 'Get Out' if it was Irish.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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52. Dank Sinatra
This week the lads chat about the history of roasts, unfortunate family names and finish by discussing Joe's smash hit charity gig from the night before.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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51. Curse Ratched
This week the lads chat about the Mayo Curse, Johnny Depp’s new Scrooge movie and what their character catchphrases would be. Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshow
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50. Mick McCarthyism
This week the lads chat meeting Mick McCarthy, switching off the internet and Duolingo.Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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49. Tom Cruise Control
This week the lads chat Funboys, skipping the therapy queue and a massage with a not so happy ending.Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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48. Meme Neeson
This week the lads chat Brian Butterfield, Michael Collins and revisit a bet Seán made with an old colleague.
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47. Emily Blunt Rotation
This week the lads learn what AI thinks of the podcast, Seán talks about getting kicked in the back in Malta and everyone shares their appreciation for cold opens.
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46. Hardly Norman
This week the lads talk about Seán's trip back home, a spin off idea for Mock the Week and discuss why Taika Waititi's films aren't as good anymore.Follow Us: instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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YouTube Best Bits Part 2
Some more exclusive YouTube section sound bites this week, featuring Michael Fry and Simon Hennessy! Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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45. Learner Herzog
This week it's a name drop bonanza as Seán recounts the story of bumping into a notable Irish actor on the train and Joe talks about making a 50 Shades of Grey joke to Jamie Dornan. He wasn't a fan.Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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44. Brendan Fraser Crane
This week the lads chat about Andrew Scott's weather war movie, Benedict Cumberbatch arguing with cyclists and their ideal Muppet's movie adaptations.Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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YouTube Best Bits
A special bonus episode this week (bonus meaning we couldn’t record together) of some of our best bits from the YouTube sections of the show normally exclusive to YouTube!
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43. Bawl McGrath
This week the lads chat prison gigs, comedy courses and the epidemic of dull football pundits.Seán Live Shows: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshow
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42. Leonard Traffic Cohen
This week the lads chat about some of Irelands most niche museums, rate Seán’s tour shows from best to worst and discuss what it means to be a cheeky ally.Seán Dublin Show: https://www.ticketmaster.ie/sean-burke-your-man-dublin-09-10-2026/event/1800649CA0C5DC20
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41. Party Whelan
This week the lads chat about Coolio's dance routine with RTE staff, discuss a recent acoustic gig they went to and Joe tells us why we should never go for a pee next to a swamp.Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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40. LOL J.K Simmons
This week the lads chat about Joe's hair colour, the Michael Jackson biopic and finish with some Google reviews from an interesting source.Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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39. Neil Patrick Simon Harris
This week the lads ask the question 'What happens when a Cow walks into a bar?', Seán shares the less than ideal tech set up from a recent tour show and then they share some disastrous wedding stories.Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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38. Hustle Crowe
This week the lads chat about Russell Crowe's favourite guy on set, Joe shares a controversial ranking of the greatest ever Irish songs and then they talk about being Irish in moderation.Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshow
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37. Sean Beans On Toast
This week the lads chat about Birding with Sean Bean, Joe's Irish odyssey to Prague for the football and the benefits of sharing a hostel dorm with deaf people.Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshow
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36. Gillen 'Em Softly (with Michael Fry)
This week the lads welcome another special guest: Michael Fry. The topics of discussion this time include Aiden Gillen, the cruelty of reality TV in the early 2000s, Michael's song writing process and the glory days of sketch comedy on Twitter.Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/Follow Michael: https://www.instagram.com/bigdirtyfry/Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshow
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35. Desk Fabregas
This week the lads chat political statements during family shows, AFCON drama and hanging out with Dylan Moran.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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34. Simon Hennessy
The lads welcome their very first guest: Comedian Simon Hennessy! But that didn't stop them from talking about the usual stuff, like disaster gigs, The Simpsons on the Southside of Dublin and finish on some sickeningly sincere advice.Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/Follow Simon: https://www.instagram.com/simon_hennessy/Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshow
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33. Spill Lynott
This week the lads discuss being on tour, Joe shares an anecdote about pouring drinks for footballing royalty and the Gleesons catch some strays as they describe some of their worst hangovers.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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32. Jim Kerrygold
This week the lads talk about Jim Carrey conspiracy theories, people who talk during gigs and ask the question 'Who is the most famous person to come from Swords?'. Spoiler alert: It's not Seán.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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31. David Byrne After Reading
This week the lads share some classic Irish nicknames and rant about the epidemic of terrible, vibey barbers.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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30. Bob Chillin
This week the lads talk about witnessing a Goth open relationship, the logisitics of robbing an Estate Agent and Seán does an Al Pacino impression. Again.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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29. Dáil McCartney
This week the lads talk about the time Joe met a man named Adolf, the time Seán accidentally booked into a gay hotel and ask what would be the saddest show to go see on your own this Valentines?Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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28. Alex Gurner
This week the lads talk about when Joe was a big deal on an Irish meme page, Seán talks about accidentally wandering onto a military training ground and then as usual the chat breaks down into amateur film criticism.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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27. Malcolm In The Midler
This week the lads talk about the upcoming return of 'Malcolm in the Middle', Joe's Birthday betting antics and discuss some of the hate comments on our most recent podcast clip.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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26. Moroccan Roll
This week the lads talk about Seán's pacemaker surgery, the AFCON final and revisit one of our beloved Jeremy Iron's lesser know works.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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25. Sticky Gervais
This week the lads talk about the rare benefits of having a heart condition, the connection between David O'Doherty and Eddie Jones and for a feel good finish, they discuss their worst fears.Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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24. Lee Pace Yourself
This week the lads talk about their paltry knowledge of Leitrim, gigging to small crowds and discuss the connection between Vanessa Carlton and Glenn Howerton. Seán Tour Tickets: https://linktr.ee/seanburkeshowFollow Us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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23. Jeremy Irons His Boxers
This week the lads talk about the nether zone of time between Christmas and New Years, throwback to some Celtic Tiger TV Ads and annoy themselves talking about rage bait articles about how to save for a house.Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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22. Chappell Rowan Atkinson
This week the lads talk aboit Joe's surprise visits home that are no longer a surprise, a friends Christmas tree that got his building evacuated and then we talk badly about Love Actually. Tis the season. Enjoy our festive ramblings!Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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21. Tim Curry Sauce
This week the lads talk about a remorseful phone thief, witnessing a bar fight in Swords and the downsides of being Irish in England.Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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20. Hans Zimmer Frame
This week the lads talk about Predator: The Musical, the time Seán went to a model airplane festival in Shrewsbury and Joe recounts his story of meeting the one and only Michael Caine.Follow our IG: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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19. Duffy The Vampire Slayer
This week the lads chat about social media plagiarism, Seán's deleted appearance on RTE's The Fear and hear about teenage Joe's stand up comedy debut. If you're enjoying the show please do follow us on whatever platform you use, it really does help us out.Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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18. Hugh Granted
This week the lads exchange stories from school, talk about Daytime TV Detective shows and Seán mentions a Welly throwing contest that went horribly wrong.Hosted by Seán Burke & Joe O'Neillhttps://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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17. Troy To The World
This week the lads discussed The Running Man, relentless Plumbers and naturally got stuck into Ireland's euphoria inducing win over Hungary. Forgive us, it doesn't happen that often...IG: https://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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16. Pierced Brosnan
This week the lads talk about Pierce Brosnan's rudeness, Stag Parties and throwing Pizzas on the roof of the Breaking Bad house. If you're enjoying the show, please give us a 5 star rating and recommend us to a friend. We don't have any so we're relying on you.Hosted By Seán Burke & Joe O'Neillhttps://www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/
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15. Shall Pacino
This week the lads talk about O'Neill family Oktobersesh, Louis Theroux and have a surprisingly sincere chat about drinking habits. If you're enjoying the show, please give us a 5 star rating and recommend us to a friend. We don't have any, so we're relying on you.Pod IG: https//www.instagram.com/stealapenguinpod/Seán Burke https://www.instagram.com/seanburkeshow/ Joe O'Neill https://www.instagram.com/joeyourownway_/
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14. Joaquin On Sunshine
This week we talked about getting schooled by Gen Z on passive aggression, the Live Laugh Loveification of society and we talk about going to a Hot Wheels show that was absolutely not meant for us.
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13. Ray Your Mano
This week Joe tells us about the time he hosted an audience full of gangsters, Sean squeezes in a bit of ASMR and the worst comedy gig of his entire life - he most definitely is still not over it. Producer: Gareth Freiheit https://www.instagram.com/garethfreiheit/Assistant Producer: Michael Bissett https://www.instagram.com/uvgurls/Hosts:Sean Burke https://www.instagram.com/seanburkeshow/Joe O'Neill https://www.instagram.com/joeyourownway_/
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12. Jambon Jovi
This week we talk about alternative names for the podcast, Joe shares a nightmare story from his weekend shift, and we imagine what Succession would look like with the 'other' Brian Cox.
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11. Taking The Mick Lynch
This week we talk about Joe pouring the most expensive Guinness you’ve ever heard of, as well as the time Sean gave trade union leader Mick Lynch’s email address and the fallout from that. Last but not least Joe talks about running into a somewhat divisive Irish internet comedian who loves telling stories.
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10. Joedemort
This week we talk about the fact that Joe sounds like a rusty door hinge when he’s got a cold, the ins and outs of hidden camera pranks on famous people, and the time Seán worked with Viper Higgins. Class lad.
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9. Ian Wrighty Tighty
This week we talk about Seán's time working with Arsenal legends Ian Wright and David Seaman, Joe shares a movie trivia game we all struggled to follow, and mortification ensues when a fan of the show brings up a steamy novel Seán once narrated.
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8. Willem DeShow
This week we talk about the joys of having a pacemaker and having to get my batteries changed like a Duracell Bunny. Joe talked about the time he was hit by a car- just straight up hit by a car. I hope you like impressions because we stuffed quite a few in this week’s episode.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
‘How To Steal A Penguin’ is the weekly chat of Seán and Joe, two Irish lads in London with a pocket full of dreams, a fist full of stars and bucketload of sex appeal. No penguins were harmed in the making of this podcast.
HOSTED BY
Seán Burke and Joe O'Neill
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