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Wet Cold Irish Summer
by Mark Moloney, Ross O'Donoghue, Thomas Lawrance
Mark, Ross, and Thomas are on an endless road trip, exploring the highs and lows of local tourism in Ireland.
Episodes
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39. Art Exhibition: 'This is Not a Podcast'
ART. The boys chat to Cork artist Sarah Long about her work - and then tackle the big questions: what is art for? Is the death penalty bad? And what does Blindboy look like?? - Sarah Long's exhibition 'I Want to Talk About Ireland' is on display at the Triskel in Cork until October 25. -...
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38. Is Ireland Emergency Ready?: ‘Apocalypse Anois’
BE EMERGENCY READY. The government's little booklet has frightened the boys into staying indoors this week. Stock up on cans, set your portable radio to Wet Cold Irish Summer, and wedge your head between your knees to preserve your dental records. - RECOMMENDEDs: MUSIC 'Threnody to the Victims of...
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37. Phoenix Park, Dublin: 'PR Crisis'
The boys explore Europe's largest walled park - but Ross' mind is elsewhere. - Music credit: Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeod • Edvard Grieg | http://incompetech.com Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)...
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36. University College Cork: 'Actual Echo Chamber'
Alma matters. Ross takes the boys on a tour of his old stomping grounds at UCC. It's a trip back in time both physically and psychologically, threatening to unravel Ross' psyche in a kind of sick butterfly effect paradox. We should never have come here. It's not natural.
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35. Cork’s 9/11 Connection: ‘There’s a Plane Upstairs’
Recorded at the Elysian in Cork. Why are there so many 9/11 jokes when 9/11 was sad? We have figured it out. Let's (hot chicken fillet) roll. PLUS: Discussion of Charlie Kirk, who is reportedly critically injured.
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34. The Circus: 'Does the Caged Motorbike Rev?'
A man juggles, a motorbike crashes, and a lady goes on fire - and four more clowns enter the ring as the boys (and Nicola) go to Circus Extreme in Cork. - PLUS: A fear of clowns, Stamptown chat, and one of the boys is bisexual this week.
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33. Edinburgh Fringe Festival: 'I've Eaten Greggs Every Day' (feat. @seanodx)
With reports from Mike Rice, Shane Daniel Byrne, Síomha McQuinn, and Roger O’Sullivan from the Fringe frontlines. - This week the boys are joined by Cork TikTok STAR Jack Daly (@seanodx) to chat all things Edinburgh - from heartwrenching plays and chaotic midnight gigs, to end-of-fest exhaustion...
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32. The Eclipse: 'Luna & Bear Were F*cking'
This week the boys park up at another of Cork's prime dogging spots and examine the personal and spiritual significance of the eclipse. PLUS: Recent controvonews, religious sleepovers, and more on Epstein's island. Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod or [email protected]
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31. Cork City Gaol: 'We've Accidentally Gone to Something Good'
This week the boys are behind bars. Not because of crime but because they are visiting one of Cork's best historical attractions. PLUS: More on Glen Hansard, the life and times of Constance Markievicz, and Kerry Katona. Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod or [email protected]
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30. Bus Tour of Cork: 'D'Odyssey'
An open-top bus takes the boys on an ODYSSEY across Cork city. ALSO: Processing the death of Glen Howards; Mark spits bars; and a casting agency tries to cast two of the trio as 40-year-old dads.
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29. Dereliction Tour of Cork: 'Familiar Faces, Worn Out Places'
Did you know that Cork has a dereliction problem?? This week the Wet Cold team join housing activists Frank O'Connor and Jude Sherry on a fascinating tour of the city, to showcase the very best of Cork's emptiest, most run-down buildings - and to offer some (non-violent) solutions.…
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28. World Cup in a Cork pub: 'Where's Your Jingoism?'
There's been enough Stewart Lee talk around here. This time the boys check out the footie and try to rile up Thomas' patroitism. - RECOMMENDEDs the footie adverts with Roy Keane in them The Great Escape (1963)
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27. Comedian Stewart Lee, Cork Opera House: 'Wrestling my Werewolf'
The boys go to see alternative comedy legend Stewart Lee as he performs his show ‘STEWART LEE VS THE MAN-WULF’ at Cork Opera House. Does this count as local tourism, and thus fulfil the remit of the podcast? Sure. Why the hell not - RECOMMENDEDs: STAND-UP/TV: Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf (2026)...
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26. Black Market, Cork: 'I'm the Joker Baby'
A Wet Cold Quickie about one of Cork's tastiest little food spots, BOOM. - Plus: settling the debate over Cork's controversial Firemen's Rest hut, the disappearance of Lord Lucan, and more dispatches from Virgin Island.
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25. Christopher Colombus' Ship: 'The Ocean's Most F*cked Man'
Celebrate 250 years of the USA with unproblematic king Chris Colombus - as the boys explore a replica of his ship in Cork city.
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24. Red Abbey, Cork: 'Nave-Gazing'
The Red Abbey is a 14th century ruin on the southside of Cork city. Head down Douglas Street and turn right when you find the bloody tissues. BYOB!
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23. Our Summer Holidays: ‘Italy, Saltee Islands, Budapest, & Virgin Island’
The latest from the Saltee Islands, Italy, Budapest, and Virgin Island. The three Anthony Bourdains discuss puffins, colonial horrors, reality TV therapist sex, and American tourists in Rome. - RECOMMENDEDs: Rome (HBO, 2005-7) Virgin Island (Channel 4, 2025) 'The Romans' (Doctor Who, 1965)
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22. The Lough, Cork: 'My Psychotic Friend'
The boys visit the Lough, which is made of water. Plus: Is generative AI ever justified, for example if Sam Campbell uses it? Is Ross' favourite short story 'The Egg' good? - Come and see 'Dreaming in the Years' at the Cork Fringe on Saturday, May 9. - RECOMMENDEDs: 'The Egg' (Andy Weir egg…
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21. Celtic Ligers crossover: 'My Primary School Wife'
What a treat! At the end of 2025, the Wet Cold boys chatted to James Moran of the Celtic Ligers politics podcast. Here is that chat. It was fun! You'll like it!
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20. Blackrock Castle, Cork: 'Wagwan Small Step for Man'
A trip to Blackrock Castle Observatory devolves into a mental health episode. WARNING: something horrible happens in the middle of this one, but it is signposted. - RECOMMENDEDs: Space films: Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902 silent moon film) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969 ape-and-space epic) Solaris...
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19. Test Tube Babies, Dublin: 'Everlasting Child Stopper'
Road trip! The boys head up to Dublin for Mark's alternative comedy show, Test Tube Babies - and on the way they explore motorway art, euthanasia, Pádraig Pearse's poetry, Bonnie Blue, patron saints, Israel, and much much more. - RECOMMENDEDs: Test Tube Babies Tracy Emin: A Second Life (Tate Modern)
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18. Béal na Bláth (Feat. Roger O'Sullivan): 'Comedians in Cars Getting Ambushed'
The final episode in the Roger trilogy. The gang visits the site of Michael Collins' death (unaliving) - and Roger explains the Irish Civil War in terms you'll understand (Avatar). Plus: whether SNL UK is any good, revolutionary Tom Barry shoots a load of Brits, and Roger performs an original…
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17. Kilcrea Castle (Feat. Roger O'Sullivan): 'You Were Getting Horny in There?'
The Roger trilogy continues! This time the gang traipse through the dark to Kilcrea Castle, which has less ghosts than the friary but more bats. Plus: Ross almost tumbles to his death and Mark's windscreen takes a country road beating. - RECOMMENDEDs: Grizzly Man (2005) Form for reporting bat...
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16. Kilcrea Friary (Feat. Roger O'Sullivan): 'I Smell the Bones of a Catholic'
The Blair Witch Podcast. This one's got a Ouija board, ghostly voices, and the Edinburgh Fringe's Best Newcomer 2025. On a flying visit from London, award-winning Macroom comedian Roger O'Sullivan joins the boys on a midnight ghost hunt and gets really, really scared. Ross also gets really…
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15. Cork Fringe Launch: 'SNL Ireland'
Cork has its own Fringe festival! And we're in it! Also up for discussion: meningitis and Rolf Harris' house. - RECOMMENDEDs: Dreaming in the Years - at the Cork Fringe, Saturday, May 9th (corkfringe.com)
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14. St Patrick's Day, Cork: 'Shamrock Humiliation Ritual'
Mark drinks in the street, Thomas talks boyhood scouting trauma, and Ross flip-flops on Wales. The Taoiseach visits Washington.
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13. Wrestling, Cork: 'We've Made a Terrible Mistake'
Is wrestling for kids? It turns out wrestling might be for kids. Plus: Ross renews his assault on James Cameron, and does anyone want to go and see the Smiths drummer flog his book? - RECOMMENDEDs: Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) El Doctor Misterio (1963-) opera ballet
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12. Glen River Park, Cork: '2am Dogging Spike'
Mark dares venture onto the northside as the boys explore one of the city's few green spaces. Plus the Burning of Cork, 9/11, and Ian Bailey. - RECOMMENDEDs: Eden Lake (middle class propaganda film preparing the masses for austerity, 2008) - Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod and...
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11. Blarney, Cork: 'The Blarney Witch Project'
Hop on a big Paddy Wagon tour bus and head to Blarney with a hundred ancestrymaxxing Americans. - RECOMMENDEDs: ‘The Adventure of the Blarney Stone’ (The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1946) YouTube: Explore With Us (police bodycam videos) - Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod or...
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10. Comedy Competition, Cork: 'Learn to Love the Bomb'
Taking you INSIDE the painful, unjust world of comedy competitions. Also there is Epstein discussion. Hello Morgan McSweeney if you are reading this. - Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod or [email protected]
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9. Fota Wildlife Park, Cork: 'My Ducky Wuck'
WARNING: discussion of extreme monkey anatomy and horrifying duck behaviour. - Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod or [email protected]
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8. Jedward: 'Let's Get Jedwarded'
Mark, Ross, and Thomas go to see recession-era twin sensation JEDWARD in concert. Ross gets critical. - RECOMMENDEDs: Ghosts of My Life (Mark Fisher, 2014) - Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod or [email protected]
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7. Dinosaur Exhibition: 'The Bone Temple'
Hello you. Mark, Ross, and Thomas return from the Christmas break and have a great time looking at some old bones. Thomas gets to talk about his favourite dinosaurs. 'Do you know how many extinctions there have been?' 'Counting or not counting meteorite strikes?' RECOMMENDEDs: Walking with...
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6. Ice Skating: 'It Hurts to Laugh'
Includes intense, immersive audio of someone seriously winding himself on the ice. - Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod or [email protected]
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5. Butter Museum, Cork city: 'I Love the Northside'
One of Cork city's most iconic tourist spots sparks a heated argument about the ethics of eating dogs. Also, Ross is injured. - Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod or [email protected]
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4. Storytelling Night, Cork: 'Slo-Mo Heart Attack'
Mark and Ross support Thomas as an earnest performance threatens to send him spiralling. Also, Ross was driving. - RECOMMENDEDs: The Science of Storytelling (Will Storr, 2019) - Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod or [email protected]
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3. Psychic Medium, Cobh: 'No Protestant Ghosts'
Mark, Ross and Thomas contact the dead - and one of them goes on an unexpected spiritual journey. - Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod or [email protected]
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2. Ghost Tour, Cork city: 'Scary Interesting'
A haunted history walk - with tales of shadowy figures, national trauma, and a telepathic cat. - RECOMMENDEDs: Will Storr vs the Supernatural (Will Storr, 2006) Ghostwatch (BBC, 1992) - Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod or [email protected]
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1. Titanic Experience, Cobh: 'Seamen's Mess'
Mark, Ross, and Thomas head to Cobh to indulge Thomas' maritime muse. - RECOMMENDEDs: A Night to Remember (Walter Lord, 1955) Titanic Survivor: The Memoirs of Violet Jessop, Stewardess (Violet Jessop, 2007) Titanic Sinks Tonight (BBC, 2025) - Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod or...
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Mark, Ross, and Thomas are on an endless road trip, exploring the highs and lows of local tourism in Ireland.
HOSTED BY
Mark Moloney, Ross O'Donoghue, Thomas Lawrance
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