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!

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.

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RECOMMENDEDs:

Space films:

• Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902 silent moon film)

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969 ape-and-space epic)

• Solaris (1972 space psychocrisis film)

• Alien (1979 alien film)

• The Right Stuff (1983 Ed Harris NASA film)

• Apollo 13 (1995 Ed Harris NASA film)

• Contact (1997 sad family alien film)

• Event Horizon (1997 space hell film)

• Sunshine (2007 great sun film)

• Moon (2009 great moon film)

• Interstellar (2014 sad family black hole film)

• The Martin (awesome 2015 ‘did that just happen’ Mars film)

• Arrival (2016 sad family alien film)

• First Man (depressing 2018 Neil Armstrong film)

• Apollo 11 (amazing 2019 NASA documentary)

• Project Hail Mary (awesomesauce 2026 ‘did that just happen’ space film)

Space stories:

• ‘The Last Question’ (Isaac Asimov, 1956)

• ‘The Egg’ (Andy freakin’ Weir, 2009)

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.

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RECOMMENDEDs:

• Test Tube Babies
• Tracy Emin: A Second Life (Tate Modern)

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 trad piece.

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RECOMMENDEDs:

• Fekken (Roger O'Sullivan)
• Michael Collins (Liam Neeson)
• Avatar (2009)

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.

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RECOMMENDEDs:

• Grizzly Man (2005)
• Form for reporting bat sightings to Bat Conservation Ireland: https://www.batconservationireland.org/in-your-area/sightings

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, really scared, Mark gets quite scared, and Thomas doesn't get scared at all.

Reach us at instagram.com/wetcoldpod and wetcoldirishsummer@gmail.com

Cork has its own Fringe festival! And we're in it! Also up for discussion: meningitis and Rolf Harris' house.

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RECOMMENDEDs:

Dreaming in the Years - at the Cork Fringe, Saturday, May 9th (corkfringe.com)

Mark drinks in the street, Thomas talks boyhood scouting trauma, and Ross flip-flops on Wales. The Taoiseach visits Washington.