Andy Richter has a new podcast
...Conan O'Brien's righthand man is going on a solo venture
Having once said that he doesn't 'get' the whole podcast thing, Conan O'Brien's trusty lieutenant has finally got into the game. Andy Richter's podcast, called 'The Three Questions', asks its guest the same three questions, all in the hope of creating a well-rounded view of the guest. You can listen to the first episode of the podcast here:
Derry Girls Season 1 is now on Netflix
... reintroduce yourself to the girls all over again
Following on from a triumphant second season, where it became Channel 4's most successful comedy since Father Ted, Derry Girls has finally come to Netflix. The entire first season is available to binge on immediately, so get ready to immerse yourself in Derry in the early 1990s. Watch the trailer below:
The support act’s T-shirt shrank so Fatboy Slim made me a mixtape
... Martin Doyle's Irish Times piece on Anglo-Irish cultural exchanges, with a dose of Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott
The show has already been picked up for a third series, which is set to be released in 2020. Until then, you can now binge on the first season to your heart's content.Its probably quite easy to find a commonality between a Housemartins gig in 1986 and Jacqui Abbott and Paul Heaton's gig in Trinity College this summer. After all, Paul Heaton was singing at both of them. However, Martin Doyle's tale of that Housemartins gig, and subsequent events, show how they represent the cultural exchanges which brings Britain and Ireland together. You can read the full piece here. If you're looking for something to listen to, get on this:
