Wet Cold Irish Summer
Mark, Ross, and Thomas are on an endless road trip, exploring the highs and lows of local tourism in Ireland.
Episodes
Mmmm... memento mori. This week the boys go underground for Halloween season, peering into the 18th century crypt hidden beneath the Triskel Arts Centre in the middle of Cork city. PLUS: how we'd like to be buried/ground into dust, and a violent spat with a local pizza place.
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"Shadowlands 4 - Breath" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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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??
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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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RECOMMENDEDs:
- Doctor Who, 'Vincent and the Doctor' (2010)
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.
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RECOMMENDEDs:
MUSIC
'Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima' (Krzysztof Penderecki, 1961)
'Five Years' (David Bowie, 1972)
'Breathing' (Kate Bush, 1980)
'99 Luftballons' (Nena, 1983)
'Two Tribes'...
The boys explore Europe's largest walled park - but Ross' mind is elsewhere.
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Music credit: Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeod • Edvard Grieg | http://incompetech.com
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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.
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.
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.
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PLUS: A fear of clowns, Stamptown chat, and one of the boys is bisexual this week.
With reports from Mike Rice, Shane Daniel Byrne, Síomha McQuinn, and Roger O’Sullivan from the Fringe frontlines.
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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 and comedy quitters.
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 wetcoldirishsummer@gmail.com
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 wetcoldirishsummer@gmail.com
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.
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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RECOMMENDEDs:
- ffud.art (Frank and Jude's website)
- a house
There's been enough Stewart Lee talk around here. This time the boys check out the footie and try to rile up Thomas' patroitism.
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RECOMMENDEDs
- the footie
- adverts with Roy Keane in them
- The Great Escape (1963)
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
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RECOMMENDEDs:
STAND-UP/TV:
- Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf (2026)
- Basic Lee (2024)
- Content Provider (2019)
- Ricky Gervais’ Derek (2012-14)
- Carpet Remnant World (2012)
- If You Prefer a Milder Come...
A Wet Cold Quickie about one of Cork's tastiest little food spots, BOOM.
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Plus: settling the debate over Cork's controversial Firemen's Rest hut, the disappearance of Lord Lucan, and more dispatches from Virgin Island.
Celebrate 250 years of the USA with unproblematic king Chris Colombus - as the boys explore a replica of his ship in Cork city.
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!
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.
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RECOMMENDEDs:
- Rome (HBO, 2005-7)
- Virgin Island (Channel 4, 2025)
- 'The Romans' (Doctor Who, 1965)
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?
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Come and see 'Dreaming in the Years' at the Cork Fringe on Saturday, May 9.
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RECOMMENDEDs:
- 'The Egg' (Andy Weir egg story, 2009)
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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