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The news through a different lens! Pat was joined on the show by Waterford Whispers News founder Colm Williamson on their story and growth.
On this episode I meet the man behind the brilliant satirical news site Waterford Whispers News, Colm Williamson. Since launch, WWN has garnered international attention and viral popularity many times over. Some of the stories are just plain fun, but some are doing their bit to hold people and institutions in powerful positions to account, when Colm and the team feel it's needed.In out chat, Colm shares the fascinating story of how an idea he had just after he found himself unemployed back in the recession of 2009, has grown into a comedy institution , and all the highs and lows along the way. Make sure to check out the team's 10th annual - Waterford Whispers News 2023COMEDY – we revisit a David McWilliams classic as he reminisces on his trouble-making school days in the ‘Dalkey Tech'. The Mario Rosenstock Podcast is produced by Patrick Haughey of AudioBrand
It's hard to believe, but this year sees the release of the 10th Waterford Whispers News round up. In a world where the real news is already strange enough, they're making it stranger.Colm Williamson aka the brains behind WWN joined Dave to chat about the year that was, the year coming and his big plans for a potential 2024 election.
Colm Williamson, creator of Waterford Whispers News as well as online comedy staples Bill Badbody and Session Heads, joins Tony for this week's podcast. Colm chats about how floating from job to job during the recession and a relocation to Waterford inspired him to create the satiracial news juggernaught that is, Waterford Whispers News. Colm also chats to Tony about his upbringing in comedy, trying stand up recently for the first time, the forthcoming WWN podcast and working together.
The creator of Waterford Whispers Colm Wilkinson chats to Ray about the new book Waterford Whispers News 2021.
On todays show Sean Mac An tSithigh is in Kerry & Siofra Mulqueen is in Clare to talk about Storm Barra, John Egan & Ollie Young join Ray to tell us about their Transplant story, Met Eireann's Gerry Murphy gives us a storm update and creator of Waterford Whispers Colm Wilkinson chats to Ray about the new book Waterford Whispers News 2021.
Colm Williamson, the creator of Waterford Whispers News joined Dermot and Dave to chat about their new book which looks back on some of the most popular articles from 2021. Colm also predicts some of the headlines he thinks he might be writing in 2022. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2021/11/22133024/ColmWilkinson_22112021.mp3"][/audio] Waterford Whispers News 2021 is the ninth annual from Ireland's leading online satirical site, featuring the funniest stories of the year. The book is available to buy now in all good bookshops. Click the Play button above to hear the full chat.
Joining us this week is broadcaster, journalist, trutharian, philanthropist, landlord, property developer, champion of the people and deputy-subeditor-in-chief of Waterford Whispers News.
Follow-up: Mubarak Bala was supposed to have been released from prison @3:41 Coronavirus: Luke Letlow, announced right after recording last week @4:59 a COVID outbreak in Martha's Vineyard 8:01 CA funeral homes out of space @9:07 At the current pace, “it would take almost 10 years to get the pandemic under control.” @10:20 A pharmacist in Wisconsin sabotaged more than 500 doses @12:01 Mandate Vaccines? @20:34 Politics: One pardon we didn't discuss @24:03 PA Senate today @27:35 Devin Nunes and Gym Jordan receive medal of freedom @33:33 Hour long call for election fraud @36:46 Impeachable. Illegal. It's a coup. Gohmert: Violence is the only recourse @40:23 Loeffler joins the crazies Lin Wood is insane. @51:57 DC calls in National Guard @56:53 The next 14 days may test our democracy @1:03:53 GA update @1:06:45 Religious Nonsense: Pennsylvania's public transit authority has agreed to shell out more than $275,000 @1:10:02 Boy Scouts sues LDS @1:12:06 the Waterford Whispers News, made a TV sketch @1:13:42
TRUE CRIME - On this episode we talk about arguably the greatest wrestler to ever grace the ring and the most gruesome and tragic of endings for a celebrity at the peak of their career, Chris Benoit.From battling in Mexico and Japan to the dizzying heights of the WWF, ECW and WWE, Chris Benoit was everything that makes up a champion. An indomitable spirit; a loyal friend and a determined competitor, but these traits were almost trade offs for the possibility of a normal life.Injury, possible drug abuse and failing personal relationships and physiological decay all contributed to the awful end Chris Benoit and his family came to on that June weekend in 2007. Benoit died by suicide but not before killing his wife and child and leaving behind an industry in shock at the loss as well as the scandal.Joining me on this episode is comedian and writer Gerry McBride. You can find Gerry on Twitter.com/GerryMcBride and loads of other social media. He is also a writer for the massively popular Waterford Whispers News, the Irish Onion basically; and Gerry is the man behind some of the most hilarious and viral headlines they have._______________________This podcast is supported by the generous donations of the wonderful folks over at Patreon. If you want to support the show and get exclusive content, ad-free episodes, access to live chats and private social media like Instagram and Discord and a whole load of other stuff click here http://bit.ly/TCG-PatreonIf you want to follow TCG on social platforms including the Discord, watch video versions of the livestream podcast and documentaries; or even join in on live chats about current events; buy TCG merch; get notifications of and buy tickets to upcoming live stage shows or to just support the show on Patreon; all the links, info and instructions you can find by clicking this link http://www.linktr.ee/thoseconspiracyguys
TRUE CRIME - On this episode we talk about arguably the greatest wrestler to ever grace the ring and the most gruesome and tragic of endings for a celebrity at the peak of their career, Chris Benoit.From battling in Mexico and Japan to the dizzying heights of the WWF, ECW and WWE, Chris Benoit was everything that makes up a champion. An indomitable spirit; a loyal friend and a determined competitor, but these traits were almost trade offs for the possibility of a normal life.Injury, possible drug abuse and failing personal relationships and physiological decay all contributed to the awful end Chris Benoit and his family came to on that June weekend in 2007. Benoit died by suicide but not before killing his wife and child and leaving behind an industry in shock at the loss as well as the scandal.Joining me on this episode is comedian and writer Gerry McBride. You can find Gerry on Twitter.com/GerryMcBride and loads of other social media. He is also a writer for the massively popular Waterford Whispers News, the Irish Onion basically; and Gerry is the man behind some of the most hilarious and viral headlines they have.**CONTACT AND WEBSITE**Email - mailto:info@thoseconspiracyguys.comWebsite - http://www.thoseconspiracyguys.com**SUPPORT THE SHOW**This podcast is supported by the generous donations of the wonderful folks over at Patreon. You can get exclusive content, ad-free episodes, access to live chats and private social media like Instagram and Discord and a whole load of other stuff. Click the link here and choose your support level, and thanks :) Appreciate ya!Patreon - http://bit.ly/TCG-Patreon**SOCIAL MEDIA**Probably the most useful and well maintained social space for TCG fans is the Discord server so click the link below and join in the conversation with fellow fans. Send me a DM or post to episode specific channels yourself, share links, or join in discussions.Discord - http://bit.ly/TCG-DiscordGordo is the one replying to all of the social media below so click the links here to be brought to the apps OR just search for 'thoseconspiracyguys' in any of these websites :D Some sites in this list are obviously more active than others but I read all messages sent to me, even though I may not reply straight away. Twitter - http://bit.ly/TCG-twitter or find @tconspiracyguysFacebook - http://bit.ly/TCG-facebook Instagram - http://bit.ly/TCG-Instagram or find @thoseconspiracyguysMinds - http://bit.ly/TCG-MindsPinterest - http://bit.ly/TCG-PinterestReddit - http://bit.ly/TCG-RedditAnchor - http://bit.ly/TCG-AnchorVero - http://get.vero.co/vero and find @thoseconspiracyguysSnapchat - http://bit.ly/TCG-SnapchatVoat - http://bit.ly/TCG-VoatGab - http://bit.ly/TCG-GabTumblr - http://bit.ly/TCG-TumblrMix - http://bit.ly/TCG-MixMySpace - http://bit.ly/TCG-MySpaceMeetup - http://bit.ly/TCG-Meetup**MERCH**Get conspiracy themed merch designed and curated by Gordo on our TeePublic store!Top sellers include: Sasquatch - Forest Police Unit, Time to Pay the Bill, and That Sh*t is Bananas Click this link below to be brought straight to the storeTeepublic - http://bit.ly/TCG-teepublic**VIDEO** For TCG video content subscribe to any of these services where you will find: LiveChats; Episode and Recording Day Vlogs; LiveStreams of Podcast Episodes; and loads more. You will also get notifications of upcoming Live events and can join in the conversation!YouTube - http://bit.ly/TCG-YouTubeBitchute - http://bit.ly/TCG-BitchuteTwitch - http://bit.ly/TCG-TwitchVimeo - http://bit.ly/TCG-VimeoDLive - http://bit.ly/TCG-DLiveGetVokl - http://bit.ly/TCG-GetVokl
Colm Williamson, founder of Waterford Whispers News, on the business of satire. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's the greatest news source this country has ever seen. The Waterford Whispers News website has been going 10 years and we chatted to it's founder Colm Williamson to chat starting off, being sued and being believed that the head of Lidl. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Gerald Fleming, the winking weatherman on Climate Change, Waterford Whispers News and a preview of The Red Iron
Ciaran Mullally, an Irish theatre director based currently in Singapore. We talk about him coming from rural area in Ireland and how he got became an actor in the first place before becoming a director. He tells me how he became the got involved in the second largest sartrical news site, Waterford Whispers News and the difference between Ireland and Singapore culturally. He shares this story how he became a director in Singapore and get involved with the Stageclub while sharing his insecurities working with an established organization for theatre. We also talked about the difference when it comes to theatre audience in Singapore and Ireland after he tried to break down how to keep plays rooted to the history culturally and yet appeal to audience outside of the initial audience that it was written. We ended of chatting about having independent farms in Ireland and how progressiveness in Ireland gets along with Religion. The Cripple of Inishmaan is out in theatre from the 18th to the 20th July. You can get your tickets at https://thecrippleofinishmaanplay.peatix.com/?lang=en-sg Not Again Podcast Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/notagainpodcast/ Not Again Podcast website: https://www.notagainpodcast.com Not Again Podcast iTunes Page: https://itunes.apple.com/sg/podcast/not-again-podcast/id1243363815?mt=2 Not Again Podcast Spotify page: https://open.spotify.com/show/2BqPbSFxoZn59pT8XM7Lbo?si=phHDtLakT8aelgPIIL8wsg Not Again Podcast Stitcher Page: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/not-again-podcast Not Again Podcast Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/notagainpodcast
In this episode we chat with Gerry McBride, stand-up comedian and writer for Waterford Whispers News, about Irish comedy, D'unbelievables and Father Ted, Waterford Whispers News and the role of satire in the world today, Billy Connolly, the abortion referendum, crazy TV shows and much more. facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fellowpassengerspodcast/ twitter: https://twitter.com/Fellowpodcast instagram: https://instagram.com/fellowpassengerspodcast Produced By: http://www.displacestudios.com/ For all enquiries email: fellowpassengerspodcast@gmail.com
Find something you love to do and you'll never work a day in your life' is the saying, and I think this week's guests would probably agree. Unemployment and anger led one to set up the hugely successful Waterford Whispers News, and a love of cars has the other adding yet another string to his bow. In this week's episode ee're talking a potential General Election, Cars, the future of TV and more, on this week's Back Chat With Maria McCann With Colm Williamson & Ian Noctor