Shite Talk: A Bonus Irish History Podcast

[PREVIEW] William Desmond Taylor - Who Dunnit?

Shite Talk: A Bonus Irish History Podcast

Show Notes

Hello! We just released an episode on the main feed about a Carlow born director who was murdered in the early days of Hollywood. We did this story as one of our first episodes (six years ago) but we got some extra information about it over the summer from Marc-Ivan O'Gorman (Carlow writer and WDT fanatic) so we've updated the episode and put all the murder suspects in this extra bit for the patreon.

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Oct 10, 2026

Hello, hope you enjoyed the first real episode on Tuesday! Here's another shite talk episode to catch up with what we're at, and plug some live shows we have coming up:

Sep 9, 2026

What a week it's been for the nation, a moment we'll all remember and cherish. Many people said the country wouldn't be able to band together and pack it out, but thanks to everyone who helped us fill our Mindfield tent at Electric Picnic.

Sep 3, 2026

Hello! Here's the audio from our live show at the Mindfield tent at Electric Picnic. We mostly talked about former president Cearbhall ó Dálaigh but there was some shite talk about early music festivals and Joe Dolan as well. You can follow the slide show along here if you like, it'll be feel like you were there in the room!

Aug 26, 2026

Hello, here's another episode of us talking shite about our upcoming Electric Picnic show, if you're going to the festival come say hi on Sunday morning!

Aug 18, 2026

Hello! We're back with another film club episode; Lenny Abrahamson's 2007 film Garage. Possibly Pat Short's debut as a serious film actor and by god it's depressing, but definitely worth a watch. We've also started a Letterboxd list of every Irish film we could think of if you want to check it, and feel free to leave suggestions for more movies below! This is the pool we'll be taking future film club episodes from.

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