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An Irishman living in Taiwan. Fitness, culture, guests, comedy and more. Features original music each week from different bands and musicians around the world. Podcast released every Tuesday.
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Last week's weirdest news stories, dissected and discussed by the people of Chaps Eye. Every episode we are lucky to be joined by a few distinguished guests involved in these stories who are definitely not made up and actually us putting on accents. Chaps Eye are Oisin, Niall and Eoin
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In this episode, I chat with actor/comedian Owen Colgan, best known for his role as Buzz McDonald in the hit TV show/movie The Hardy Bucks. We discuss everything from Berlin Techno parties to hair transplants to making a living doing what you love. Have a listen, it's good craic Featuring original music from Colorado band: Dead Pioneers.…
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In this episode, Paddy chats with Daniel George from Honour and Arms Full Contact Medieval Combat sports facility in Rochdale, UK. Daniel discusses everything from the sport's origins to the production of heavy-duty weapons and armour used in bouts that can involve 30 v 30 combatants. Featuring original music from Kentucky musician: Spooky Fox…
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Sweat-drenched tales from Taiwan and math mishaps set the stage as Joey Callahan, the Philly comic with a penchant for storytelling, joins me for a whirlwind of laughs and poignant musings. Our banter dances between Joey's family legacy, steeped in the history of Nazi Germany, and the warmth of a Philadelphia pub. We confront the stark reality of m…
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In this episode, Paddy discusses The Texas 7. A group of highly dangerous prisoners that escaped from a maximum security Texas prison in the year 2000. Upon their escape, they committed multiple armed robberies, stole vehicles, and killed a Texas police officer which led to a huge manhunt and a half-million-dollar reward for their capture. Featurin…
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In this episode, Paddy talks about college houses in Galway city in the early 2000s, from roommates leaving the immersion on all week ending in an enormous electricity bill to Paddy mistakenly putting what he thought was Brill cream into his hair for an entire week only to embarrassingly find out it was something else. Featuring original music from…
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In this episode, Paddy is joined by Meego Yassin. Meego, born and raised in Iraq talks about life in a war-torn country before having to leave at age 15. A lifelong martial artist, he has competed in muay thai, boxing, and tai kwon do. He holds multiple black belts in various disciplines including BJJ and once went viral with his infamous story abo…
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In this episode, Paddy is joined by Tom Shaw and Estelle Piper better known as internet sensation Toasters 'N' Moose. They discuss how their now-famous song "Taste The Biscuit," which they performed in a movie over a decade ago has gone viral multiple times and made them a recognizable musical duo worldwide. Featuring Original music from Toasters '…
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In this episode, Paddy talks about his experiences with earthquakes in Taiwan and how a mistranslated message last week from the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense had him believing there was a missile heading his way from mainland China. Also discussed, is the Persian carpet flatworm that penis fences with its two-pronged penis. All true stories. Featu…
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In this episode, Paddy talks about why the 26th of December is called Boxing Day in the UK and St Stephen's Day in Ireland. He delves into St Stephen and his brutal execution, a gruesome fate that most of the 12 Apostles would meet. On a happier note, he also looks into the top 5 Christmas songs and movies of all time. Featuring original music from…
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In this episode, Paddy discusses Blue movies and Yellow books, one used to describe pornography in the West and the other to describe it in Asia. He tells tales of how in order to acquire a blue movie or fireworks in rural Ireland back in the day he'd have to venture to a car auction in a horse riding centre and do deals with Irish Gypsies. Featuri…
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In this episode, Paddy tells the tale of Irishman Alexander Pierce, a petty thief who in 1820 was sent to the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land to serve 7 years of hard labor. After a few months, he escaped into the wilderness with 7 others and this is when his infamous story of starvation, murder, and cannibalism begins. Featuring original…
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In this episode, the lads are joined by Aron Hegarty a member of Candlelit Tales an Irish Mythology storytelling group. Aron shares some classic Irish mythology stories, from The Hungry Dead that possibly influenced Bram Strokers Dracula to Cu Chulainn the legendary Irish warrior hero and demigod. Also how Irish mythology possibly influenced JRR To…
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In this episode, the lads delve into one of the most famous shipwrecks of all time the 17th-century Spanish treasure galleon The Atocha. Sinking in a hurricane in 1622 with over $400 million in treasure aboard, no one found a trace of the wreck or its treasure until Mel Fisher an American treasure hunter took his family in 1970 and began what would…
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In this episode, the lads are joined by Javier Colon "AKA" Hungry Guy On A Bicycle. Javier is back to discuss his upcoming project, where he will cycle his bike from Key West Florida all the way to Santa Monica Pier California, No hotels! No Motels! everything he needs to survive he must carry on his bicycle. The whole journey will be documented by…
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In this episode, the lads discuss how getting your sex education from watching the movie American Pie can lead to masturbating into a sock and then developing a condition called prostatitis. Also, Taiwan Hulk goes on a rampage in a 7/11 store, while a group of 12-year-olds poison a classmate with Devil's Ivy juice. Yes, this all really happened. Fe…
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In this episode, the lads continue their discussion about humans potentially inhabiting Mars in the future. They discuss SpaceX and the Artemis I mission. With 8.8 million pounds of thrust, it holds the record for the most powerful rocket ever successfully launched. Artemis I is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions that will enabl…
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