What Are We At
50 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -Two boys solve long distance relationships by taking the next step in their friendship... podcasting. Just trying to work out what we're at by talking about books, movies, music, philosophy, science fact and fiction and all of the others. Warning: contains very mild entertainment
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Ep. 32 - Recaps. Rants and Rambles
April 23, 2024 12:38 - 2 hours - 141 MBCatching up with Thomas, the podcast, and the state of the world Wikipedia article worth a read if you are at all interested in the Beastie Boys album Paul's Boutique. Very interesting read. Free State podcast MIGA: Simon Harris, Making Ireland Great Again The lyrics are slightly different to what i remember but I think this is the Nine Inch Nails song I was thinking of Faking it 'til you make it episode of Beyond the Self podcast, and Outside In, the episode of Invisibilia on the subjec...
Ep. 31 - I Told You That in Confidence
April 09, 2024 06:00 - 2 hours - 132 MBWe finally release the episode on confidence we've been talking about for too long! Here is a very interesting video I mentioned that talks about touch starvation and the loneliness epidemic among other things Wisecrack video In Defense of Laziness Invisibilia podcast episode The Secret History of Thouhts Dominance hierarchy in wolves and Is the Alpha Wolf Idea a Myth? from Scientific American Art of Manliness podcast episode How to Stop Being a Nice Guy Andrew Santino and Jimmy Carr o...
Eat Yer Dinner with Arn.
March 26, 2024 17:34 - 2 hours - 145 MBJoining me this week is local musician Arn for a fun and rambling talk. Go give him a follow and a listen and all that good stuff here. If you want to learn more about Kellogg's you can check out the podcast I mentioned, John Kellogg’s Odd Prescription by Sawbones, and I also remembered a good YouTube video by Adam Ragusea that you can check out too. I Found The Frosties Kid by Max Fosh if you want to give that video a watch. There's also a Wikipedia entry all about the litter box hoax th...
Ep. 30 - Work Sucks, I know
March 12, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 81.8 MBCatching up and taking aim at capitalism one shitty job at a time We are no longer on Anchor so to send us a voice message try this link https://send-voice.com/ Send messages to [email protected] or find us on facebook https://linktr.ee/whatareweatpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BONUS: Mooneypiece (Part 2)
February 28, 2024 07:00 - 2 hours - 149 MBPart 2 of a bonus episode recorded at the Mouth Piece open mic night in honour of Paul Mooney Many thanks to all the performers and everyone involved in the night who made it so special A list of (most of) the performers: (Part 1) Jack and Adam Frankie McGreevy Kat Hegarty John Nelson Anna Grindle Taylor Southern Maria McCormack (Part 2) Nigel Hegarty Eoin Gillespie feat. Karen Kelly and Aaron Morrow Arn Pat and Caroline Kyle and Morgan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
BONUS: Mooneypiece (Part 1)
February 27, 2024 15:05 - 1 hour - 122 MBA bonus episode recorded at the Mouth Piece open mic night in honour of Paul Mooney Many thanks to all the performers and everyone involved in the night who made it so special A list of (most of) the performers: (Part 1) Jack and Adam Frankie McGreevy Kat Hegarty John Nelson Anna Grindle Taylor Southern Maria McCormack (Part 2) Nigel Hegarty Eoin Gillespie feat. Karen Kelly and Aaron Morrow Arn Pat and Caroline Kyle and Morgan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Sidetracked: "Moonpiece" with Aul Eire's Steven Crane plus special guests
February 20, 2024 07:00 - 2 hours - 149 MBThis episode was recorded before a special Mouth Piece open mic night dedicated to our friend, and talented musician, Paul Mooney. Many thanks to my guests for this episode, Steven Crane of Aul Eire and organiser of Mouth Piece open mic nights, as well as Kyle O'Neil who's band Boy M5 Paul was also a member of, and another local musician John Nelson, who both joined us later in the podcast. There was a lot of talk about life and music on the west coast of Ireland so I wanted to give a shou...
Ep. 29 - Man in the Mooney
February 06, 2024 16:29 - 1 hour - 120 MBA long overdue catch-up and tribute to our friend Paul Mooney. Song at the end is Judgement day written and performed by Paul, audio from this video. Send us a message, voice or otherwise, to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 28 - Not Watching the Movie Gaslight
May 09, 2023 20:09 - 1 hour - 207 MBWe may or may not review the movie gaslight--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 27 - Beef Daddies
April 25, 2023 14:25 - 1 hour - 225 MBJoin your two favourite beef daddies on your 3rd or 4th favourite podcast That scene we talk about from the movie One Day for anyone interested --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 26 - Happy Halloween?
April 11, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 183 MBA slightly late Halloween special where we watch a Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode and the movies that inspired it--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 25 - The One They Recorded After The Queen Died
March 28, 2023 17:37 - 1 hour - 113 MBJust one of our regularly scheduled episodes we recorded last year--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep.24 - An Action Packed Paddy's Day
March 14, 2023 22:30 - 2 hours - 266 MBFor St. Patrick's day this year we watched two classic Irish action movies and one dud Fatal Deviation, Moving Target, and Blackbird Outro music is a snippet from the iconic final song featured at the end of Fatal Deviation by Donal Norton --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 23 - Year and a Half Recap
February 28, 2023 15:25 - 2 hours - 240 MBThis is an episode we recorded about halfway through 2022 I promise we'll give you a more up to date racap soon-ish --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BONUS - Slappin' Time's Day 2: Slap Harder
February 14, 2023 09:57 - 1 hour - 191 MBHappy Slappin' Time's Day! This year we're covering the movies City Hunter and Stone Cold, with a short bonus discussion about RRR which we plan to cover properly in a future episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 22 - New Year Who Dis
February 13, 2023 16:56 - 2 hours - 244 MBCatching you up on where we've been and our plans for the future! Next episode will be the Slapping Times Special where we'll be reviewing the movies City Hunter and Stone Cold if you want to play along. Bonus if you watch RRR as well, Eoin did but Thomas didn't and it's been awkward ever since --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 21 - SEASON FINALE (part 2): 2cast 2curious
August 01, 2022 08:13 - 1 hour - 151 MBThe long awaited part 2 to our Fast and Furious themed season finale!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lawrence Got it Tight
July 17, 2022 18:17 - 1 hour - 118 MBA special episode in tribute to our dear friend, the one and only, Aengus And extra thank you to Jude and the lovely words she wrote about Aengus in a way that only she could which can be found here as mentioned in this episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 20 - SEASON FINALE: Podcast and the Furious
February 11, 2022 12:09 - 2 hours - 174 MBYour patience has been rewarded with this special episode of us trying to unravel the mush that the Fast Saga has left our minds in after marathoning them all in a week. Enjoy?--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 19 - Cut That Out: a pop-punk pocast*
February 04, 2022 16:42 - 2 hours - 188 MB*may contain other sources of conversation This episode was recorded a while ago so please ignore our dated references and enjoy! I did my best to clean up the audio on this but there are still some mic handling noises that I couldn't remove Music this episode from CHEWIE and the name of the Slint documentary that I got wrong is Breadcrumb Trail --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
An Autobiographical Journey Through Math Rock and Emo
August 12, 2021 16:32 - 1 hour - 114 MB...or how I learned to stop worrying and learned to love emo. Bandcamp article I mentioned: daily.bandcamp.com/lists/fifth-wave-emo-list Irish Track: Only Way to Heaven by Casavettes Featured Music: The Ramones - Outsider The Damned - New Rose Dead Kennedys - Ill in the Head Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia And So I Watch You From Afar - Set Guitars to Kill Green Day - 2,000 Light Years Away Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine And So I Watch You From Afar - BEAUTIFULUNIVERSEMAST...
Ep. 18 - This boicast was recorded in front of a live living room audience
June 03, 2021 12:49 - 2 hours - 166 MBExtended mouth noises... LIVE--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 17 - Do you even ponder the nature of reality bro?
May 05, 2021 14:58 - 1 hour - 113 MBWell? Do you?--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sidetracked with Darren Doherty
March 24, 2021 14:30 - 2 hours - 171 MBDarren Doherty is a musician and singer in The Heathen Choir and A Northern Light. We had a great conversation covering all sorts including the creative process and the mystery of songwriting. Really happy to bring you this episode. Enjoy!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 16 - Podcast philosophy... Philosopody? Podosophy! PHILCAST
March 04, 2021 14:36 - 1 hour - 129 MBJust more talking about stuff including but not limited to our general philosophy in regards the podcast Music from Cherym --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sidetracked with Reece from Fast Thursday
February 23, 2021 16:18 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBReece joins Eoin to talk about the state of the scene and guitars mainly https://fastthursday.bandcamp.com/ PS Apologies to Sianna for messing up her name I don't know what happened it just tripped me up in the moment!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Slappin' Times Day Special
February 15, 2021 22:10 - 1 hour - 92 MBTime for the greatest holiday of the year!!!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 15 - Do I really have to keep coming up with names for these?
February 12, 2021 13:09 - 1 hour - 113 MBTwo lads chatting. You know... the usual!! Featuring music from Lauren Bird --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 14 - Writers Talk
February 03, 2021 16:01 - 1 hour - 143 MBWe spend most of this episode talking about the mystery of writing... a mystery to us anyway. We also get into other things including an in depth discussion on I'm Thinking of Ending Things Featuring music from CATALAN --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 13 - Hindsight: 2020
January 27, 2021 12:42 - 2 hours - 179 MBLook bad at a year that has received mixed reviews... We go over the best things we watched, listened to over the year! Our favourite podcasts: Armchair Expert Glass Cannon Books we mention: The Road Less Traveled Born a Crime (Audiobook) Malcolm Gladwell - Talking to Strangers (Audiobook) Sandman (Audiobook) Ego is the Enemy Daily Stoic The War of Art Movies: Scanner Darkly Waking Life Soul Another Round Zardos Fatal Deviation Moving Target Screened (Movie YouTube Channel) Jojo Rabbit Th...
The Late Late Boy Show (Part 2)
January 19, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 188 MBPart 2 of the live stream episode of the first annual Late Late Boy Show with the rest of the lads from Fierce Pit Bosses joining Eoin and Thomas for chats and tunes--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Late Late Boy Show (Part 1)
January 18, 2021 16:00 - 2 hours - 242 MBLive stream episode of the first annual Late Late Boy Show with the rest of the lads from Fierce Pit Bosses joining Eoin and Thomas for chats and tunes--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sidetracked, Derailed and Deconstructed with Tuath
December 09, 2020 14:15 - 2 hours - 219 MBThis episode has a wild, chaotic and maybe even dangerous energy... and it's lots of fun. Featuring my friends Rob and Paul from the phenomenal band Tuath! At many times we almost break the very structure of podcasting itself but we also get into some deep and valuable conversations. Listen to Tuath https://tuath.bandcamp.com/ Spotify link https://www.facebook.com/Tuathband Website: https://tuath.space/ Simone Weil is the name of the philosopher that we mentioned a number of times in thi...
Ep. 12 - A Shpecial Epishode
November 27, 2020 14:00 - 2 hours - 164 MBA very special episode this week as we are joined by our number one fan and fellow member of Fierce Pit Bosses: Aaron Morrow!! We also spend the episode going over the frankly obscene amount of movies we watched in memory of the one and only Sean Connery. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 11 - Eoin and Thomas Dua Lipa Faith
November 20, 2020 13:54 - 3 hours - 217 MBWe discuss some important topics including, but not limited to, Dua Lipa's latest album Future Nostalgia. Includes music from Stella Donnelly and Junk Drawer--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sidetracked with Aaron Everything
November 19, 2020 13:38 - 1 hour - 100 MBThis is a follow up to the episode I recorded with Qn9nty and part of a series I'm calling "Sidetracked". Expect more conversations with musicians in the future!! Check you Aaron Everything's music video for Limozeen here: https://youtu.be/f85X0RMuZRc It can also be heard in the outro to this episode Intro music from Qn9nty --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 10 - Going at it again!
November 07, 2020 12:43 - 2 hours - 140 MBAfter a bit of a break for us, but maybe not for you, we're going at it again! Album of the week: Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia Track of the week: Enemies - Fierce Pit Bosses https://enemiesmusic.bandcamp.com/track/fierce-pit-bosses --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BONUS: Sidetracked with Paddy Mullan aka Qn9nty
October 30, 2020 22:26 - 3 hours - 161 MBA very special episode where I get to catch up with my friend Paddy to discuss his new album and much more besides--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 09 - Hangycast: Drunkast: The Sequel
October 25, 2020 13:00 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MB...the adventure continues--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 08 - Drunkast
October 24, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBLate night, drink aided conversations. We had a lot of fun on this one but we still go deep! Enjoy--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 07 - Getting Our Freak Back On
October 23, 2020 09:55 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBBack in action and in person after another break. This time talking about the medicinal properties of psychedelics and is Morgan Freeman racist?--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 06 - Face Adjacent to Face!
July 10, 2020 14:17 - 1 hour - 77.5 MBWe get very excited to interrupt each other in person rather than over the internet--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 05 - Landlord Shmandlord
June 18, 2020 13:10 - 2 hours - 126 MBWe talk about Thomas' landlord trouble (who needs them!) and the landlord-est landlord of all, the, uh, Lord, the dad upstairs, G-O-D.... among other things. Music from Tuath https://tuath.bandcamp.com/ and Great Grandpa https://greatgrandpa.bandcamp.com/album/four-of-arrows --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep.04 - Simulating Conversation
May 28, 2020 11:51 - 2 hours - 165 MBThis time as we work out what we're at we take a deep dive into whether everything is a simulation including the No.1 Kiss-Boi and the movie Enemy. Features music from BANYAH https://banyahmoosic.bandcamp.com/ Check out The Beths here https://thebethsnz.bandcamp.com/album/future-me-hates-me --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep.03 - So many worlds, so little good things to say about Contact
May 21, 2020 19:00 - 2 hours - 165 MBIn this episode while we discuss what we're at we also try to explain the many worlds theory and the movie Contact--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep. 02 - I don't like the cut of your Brasil
May 08, 2020 22:35 - 1 hour - 101 MBThis week as we work out what we're at we discuss what we've been doing and watching, including the movie Brasil
Ep.02 - I don't like the cut of your Brasil
May 08, 2020 22:35 - 1 hour - 101 MBThis week as we work out what we're at we discuss what we've been doing and watching, including the movie Brasil--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep.01 - A.I. Awfully Indulgent (Part 2)
May 04, 2020 18:57 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBThis week as we work out what we're at we discuss the movie AI and old Greek men... among other things (Part 2)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep.01 - A.I. Awfully Indulgent (Part 1)
April 28, 2020 22:32 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBThis week as we work out what we're at we discuss the movie AI and old Greek men... among other things--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep.00 - Introducing "What Are We At"
April 24, 2020 21:11 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBTwo lads trying to work out what the heck we're at--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-at/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.