Phil Lynott - The Ace With The Bass

Hello! We're back after an accidental hiatus and we've got a refreshed version of one of the first stories we ever covered, the murder mystery of the Carlow-Hollywood director; William Desmond Taylor.  We retold this story live in Carlow over the summer and got some updated information from local writer, and all round lovely man, Marc-Ivan O'Gorman.   All the facts of the story covering William's life and death are all in this free episode but if you want to hear the completely unproven theories about who killed him you can get that episode (and all the other stuff) for a fiver on Patreon. . You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube and you can find tickets for our upcoming LIVE SHOW here: 30th January 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin. .

Hello! We've got our biggest live show coming up soon in the Laughter Lounge, Dublin, on the 30th of January 2025. You can find tickets for the show here: 30th January 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin. . OR you can subscribe to our Patreon and get a DISCOUNT CODE for the live show which means you basically you get a free subscription. . . .

Hello! This weeks episode is all about one of Ireland's all time great musicians, the guitarist's guitarist, Rory Gallagher. We had the pleasure of recording this episode in the Rock and Roll Museum in Dublin. The guides there gave us a load of extra info about Rory (and every other musician with even a sliver of Irish ancestry!), as well as showing us all the amazing memorabilia they have for Rory, Phil Lynott, Micheal Jackson, and a whole host of other musicians. Go check them out! You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram (and now TikTok) to see clips from each episode, and you can find tickets for our upcoming LIVE SHOW here: 30th January 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin. If you want an add free version of the episode, as well as all the bonus stuff AND a discount on the LIVE SHOW tickets, you can get it all for a fiver on Patreon . . .

Hello! A few weeks ago David Simon (of the Wire fame) went on a big twitter rant about Michael Collins and how he would have figured in to the Israel / Palestine conflict. We recorded a short episode of us reading / reacting to Simon's tweets and if you'd like to hear the rest of it, it's over on Patreon . You can read the original twitter thread here . You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram (and now TikTok) to see clips from each episode, and you can find tickets for our upcoming LIVE SHOW here: 30th January 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin. . .

Hello! Here's the second and final part of the Tom Crean story, covering his time onboard The Endurance with Ernest Shackleton and his Trans-Antarctic Expedition. . You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram (and now TikTok) to see clips from each episode, and you can find tickets for our upcoming LIVE SHOW here: 30th January 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin. If you want an add free version of the episode, as well as all the bonus stuff AND a discount on the LIVE SHOW tickets, you can get it all for a fiver on Patreon . . .