The Swap Meet Podcast

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Two guys who are old enough to know better swap books/albums/films with each other at the start of the week, then reconvene a few days later to judge the work of people far more talented than they.

Swap Meet Podcast


    • Oct 24, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 52m AVG DURATION
    • 46 EPISODES


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    Episode 14: Supersonic

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021 70:27


    The lads discuss Oasis doc 'Supersonic' and dispense conflicting advice to their teenage selves.

    Episode 13: My Cousin Vinny

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 66:14


    The lads discuss 1990's TV staple 'My Cousin Vinny'!

    Episode 12: My Blue Heaven

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 60:35


    The lads chat about Nora Ephron-scripted mob comedy My Blue Heaven!

    Episode 11: The Family Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 59:51


    The lads discuss 60's marriage/sex comedy The Family Way!

    Episode 10: Head - The Monkees

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2021 57:48


    The chaps discuss The Monkees' psychedelic, image-shattering romp 'Head'!

    Episode 9: Voyeur

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2021 73:35


    The lads discuss 2017 documentary 'Voyeur' as well as reality TV, the dustier corners of Lou Reeds documentary and the wooing qualities of literary science fiction!

    Episode 8: Jerry Seinfeld - 23 Hours To Kill

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 57:06


    The lads talk about Jerry's Netflix special 24 Hours To Kill and the lost art of Pop Tart smuggling.

    Episode 7: Pacific Heights

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2021 73:14


    The lads talk 1990 weirdo tenant thriller Pacific Heights!

    Episode 6: The Rutles

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2021 74:53


    The chaps discuss Neil Innes' and Eric Idle's beloved mid-70's Beatles pastiche The Rutles!

    Episode 5: What's New Pussycat?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021 78:53


    The lads talk Eurovision, Bob Dylan's slapstick comedy career and of-its-time mid-60's stinker 'What's New Pussycat'!

    Episode 4: Guided By Voices

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2021 82:09


    The lads discuss lo-fi rock gods Guided By Voices (to an extent) as well as Peter O'Toole, 90's nostalgia and the current cultural absence of genuine oddballs!

    Episode 3: 003 In The Heat Of The Night

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 78:39


    The lads discuss 1967 racially-charged whodunnit In The Heat Of The Night. And Morrissey, of course.

    Episode 2: 002 Dolemite Is My Name

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 76:46


    The lads discuss Eddie Murphy comeback 'Dolemite Is My Name' and reckon with the futility of talking about thing on the internet.

    Episode 1: 001 The Rebootening Pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 69:48


    The lads have survived 2020 and are back - this time on Zoom and sober as judges! Hear them blow the dust off this dynamic of theirs and contemplate the place of Swap Meet in the new normal.

    Bachelors Walk

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2019 139:09


    First pod of 2019! The lads talk about semi-forgotten early-noughties RTE sitcom Bachelors Walk, because of course they do!

    Blood Simple-Buster Scruggs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2018 181:30


    It's a Coen Christmas everybody! The lads are back, talking the first and last of the Coen catalogue, while doing their best to get into the festive spirit!

    Evita/Backbeat

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2018 123:55


    New episode! A conversation about a Madonna musical from the 90's creates tension in the room, and a small school of Actors What Look Like Beatles is unearthed!

    Ex Machina-Laura Marling's 'Semper Femina'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2018 140:11


    New episode! How do bombs work in space? Are all Star Wars films a bit shit? Is Billy Joel ever in a good mood? Did the bloke playing Freddie Mercury's teeth have to be SO big?

    Mindhorn-Disenchantment

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2018 133:14


    This week, the lads are talking 80's-loving crime-comedy 'Mindhorn' and Matt Groening's new Netflix show 'Disenchantment'! Also, Danny has had it up to here with the 80's, while Niall draws comparisons between Kirsty MacColl and Desperate Dan!

    The Velvet Underground

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2018 144:20


    Drugs! Orgies! Maple Syrup! This episode, the lads sit down and talk about and around the original New York art-rock weirdos - The Velvet Underground.

    Bruce Springsteen Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2018 148:45


    The lads celebrate the Boss, each in their own predictably opposing ways!

    Norm MacDonald's 'Ridiculous'-Hannah Gadsby's 'Nannette'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 145:20


    The new episode of the Swap Meet Podcast has just dropped like a slippery dinner plate! This week Danny accurately describes Ryan Adams as an upright baby in man's clothes, and Niall reveals a hitherto unspoken affection for Lisa Tarbuck!

    Tranquility Base Hotel And Casino-Superfly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2018 141:50


    The lads are back after the break they took to watch the World Cup!... Hardly. This week Danny puts the Comedy Jerrys in their place, while Niall recounts his childhood fears of shoe tax!

    'The Score' by The Fugees - Dr. Katz

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2018 138:59


    This week Danny recounts a life-altering choice between Prince and Freddy Mercury while Niall discovers some holes in his pop-culture knowledge of 1996. Also, both lads are twenty years late for the Lauryn Hill train, but better late than never!

    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels/REM's Murmur

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2018 139:01


    Hey hey folks! Continuing our completely random schedule, here's the latest ep! This week the lads are talking lightweight 80s comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and monsters of rock REM's debut album Murmur.Also, in the middle of all this, they violently disagree about the future development of the internet, with Niall characteristically deciding to hate fun and Danny endorsing an anarchic free-for-all barely worthy of the name society.Have a listen!

    The Big Sleep/ Angel Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2018 136:09


    Hey hey folks! Back again this week talking confusing 40s noir detective classic The Big Sleep and 80s (but not so you'd notice it) horror classic Angel Heart.Also, Danny expounds on the difficulty of producing rock opera, while the lads finally come to the decision that maybe Bill Cosby was a somewhat hypocritical man. Not to burst any bubbles.

    Drag Me To Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2018 139:50


    This week the lads dismantle the legacies of Sam Raimi and Keith Richards, as well as tackling the thorniest political issue facing us at the moment - sausage blanching.

    Beggar's Banquet/Leon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2018 129:53


    Hey folks! The lads are back again, this time to chat about seminal Rolling Stones album Beggar's Banquet and seminal 90s thriller Leon.Also, Niall discusses the origin of his obsessive hatred of Gary Barlow, and Danny confesses his undying hatred of Gary Lightbody. The ep's heavy on Gary-hatred this week.Sorry about that, Garys. Just because these two eejits hate you doesn't mean you're not worthy of respect and deserving of happiness. Chin up, lads.

    Resistance is Futile/ Valerian and The City of A Thousand Planets

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2018 125:50


    Danny's back from his gallivant this week, folks, and Niall's still where he left him. So here's a new episode of the ever-funky Swap! Meet! Podcast! Well, maybe not ever-funky. But often, we do put out episodes. You have to give us that.Anyway! This week the lads are talking anthemic new Manic Street Preachers album Resistance is Futile and whimsical sci-fi caper Valerian. How would you rather spend your bank holiday weekend? Having fun with friends and family? Yeah right. We can see through you like a pain of glass, we can. Have a listen!

    Special Guest - Neil O'Connor

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2018 76:33


    Danny and Niall are on opposite coasts this week, so Danny chats to Galway singer-songwriter Neil 'Connor about his upcoming album 'High To Low'!

    Scent of a Woman/ Hombre Lobo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2018 137:15


    Little late this week, folks. So late in fact that it's next week!Anyway, this week the lads are talking 1992 Al Pacino Oscar vehicle Scent of a Woman and 2009 Eels album Hombre Lobo.In the midst of all that, Danny manages a reverie on the essential inauthenticity of the popular perception of male desire and Niall relates a mind-blowing but immediately obviously true observation which was imparted to him about seminal 80s man film Top Gun.Have a listen, if you don't mind your mind being blown.

    Fifth Head of Cerberus/Grace of My Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2018 124:46


    Hey folks! This week the lads are chatting about New Wave SF masterpiece The Fifth Head of Cerberus and 90s music biopic Grace of My Heart.And... we have to apologise, because we do somehow end up discussing various issues of manscaping. Nobody wanted it, least of all us. But there we are. Anyhoo! Enjoy!

    Making Guitars with Fergal Quigley

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2018 123:03


    Fanfare!!! This week the lads have put swapping on hold to chat with Guitar-making supremo Fergal Quigley. When he's not playing weddings and pubs around the North-East, Fergal makes his own guitars and creates art for other well-known pop-culture podcasts (proper ones, not like this).We also talk butchers' bandsaws and the dangers (and arguable utility) of talk boxes. Have a listen!

    Seinfeld/Only Fools and Horses

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2018 127:38


    Alright folks! This week, the lads are talking about a pair of sitcom classics - Seinfeld episode The Contest and Only Fools and Horses episode May The Force Be With You!Meanwhile, Niall ruminates on how maleness affects your ablutions and Danny blows minds with a totally new take on Schrodinger's Cat.

    The Death Of Superman Lives/Dana Gould

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2018 123:26


    Okay folks, we're genuinely sorry about this, but the curse of Swap Meet has apparently struck again... We really have to stop mentioning people by name. We're like celebrity cyanide or something.Anyway, this week we're talking Hollywood documentary The Death of Superman Lives and comedian Dana Gould's special Let Me Put My Thoughts In You.Also, Niall gets straight to the heart of things and solves abortion, while Danny introduces a new aphorism to the United States. Both of these things with somewhat mixed results.

    The Jerk/Joe Rogan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2018 127:26


    Ahoy-hoy! This week the lads chat about absurdist Steve Martin vehicle The Jerk and Macho modern stand-up Joe Rogan's Netflix special Triggered.Also, they manage to have a fundamental and impassioned disagreement on overblown romantic early 80's ballads. One of them likes them but can't respect them, the other vice versa. I'd try to raise some tension here, but who takes which position is basically exactly how you'd imagine.

    Innerspace/I Often Dream of Trains

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2018 131:46


    Okay, this week's a messy, messy, messy one Swap Meeters... We pass the time talking about 80s high-concept family comedy Innerspace and the post-punk folky meanderings of Robyn Hitchcock's I Often Dream of Trains.Also, Niall reveals the secret of just how Jon Pertwee managed to be such a hit with the ladies and Danny finally answers the long-hanging question "If Glenn Hansard was a superhero, which superhero would he be?"What more could you want?

    Get Out/There Will Be Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2018 126:04


    This week the lads chat about creepy political horror Get Out and creepy possibly-political drama There Will Be Blood.Also, Danny and Niall discover they have very, very different attitudes to night-out loyalties and the concept of "man down".

    Derry Girls/50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2018 123:52


    Hey hey! This week the lads chat about up-to-the-minute Channel 4 nostalgia-fest Derry Girls and short-change post-punk mumbler Mark E Smith's band The Fall.In the middle of all that Danny manages to share the secret of the perfect poached egg, and Niall takes you through the looking glass to uncover the truth behind the mutton conspiracy.

    Laurie Kilmartin/Jordan Peterson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2018 119:57


    This week the lads discuss Laurie Kilmartin's deceptive special 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad, and promote themselves into the realm of intellectual heavyweights by discussing one of Jordan Peterson's Maps Of Meaning Lectures.Meanwhile, Niall allows his gender relations to be defined by The Apprentice, while Danny displays an uncanny knack for picking out identical voice twins. Have a listen!

    Dave Chappelle/ Never Get Tired

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2018 123:42


    This week the lads discuss Dave Chappelle's recent twin specials Equanimity and The Bird Revelation, and rockumentary Never Get Tired. Also, Niall expounds on the explosive consequences of naivete and Danny asks the much overdue question "What did Ghandi really do for us? Really?"

    Begin Again/ Tintin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2018 120:14


    Back again folks!This week the lads discuss love letter to music and smarm Begin Again, and love letter adventure and alcoholism The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn.Meanwhile, Danny extols the trials of veganism while Niall proposes a new world government based on celebrity breeding. Have a listen!

    Popeye/ Jim and Andy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2018 121:36


    First episode of 2018! Danny and Niall stand up for the contrarian in us all and chair the first meeting of the Judd Hirsch Appreciation Society!

    It's CHRIIIIIIIISTMAAAAAAAAS!!!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2017 123:19


    As befits an end-of-the-year episode, the lads get very introspective about the podcast itself, and discuss the things that they no longer care about.It's a prodigious list...

    Black Mirror/ Who Built The Moon?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017 119:59


    Well, the lads let you down last week, didn't they?So here they are, limping back into the full glare of the internet to short change Black Mirror and Noel Gallagher.Also, Niall shares a harrowing experience at a Christmas party and Danny ranks the nations meat-market night spots. Have a listen!

    Sideways/ Captain America: Civil War (kind of)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017 122:37


    The lads have a name for short-changing their swaps, but they have NEVER short changed a swap like they short change one of 'em this week.So this week, Danny ponders what conclusions he can draw about Charlie Rose's physique from his face, while Niall admires himself in a window.

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