Blow-Ins
Episodes
An American Wake
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We celebrate 50 episodes of the podcast by going on our first Irish road trip of the year. The title is a belter.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for...
Water of Life
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A few drams were consumed during this one. Red Spot 15. Lagavulin 10 & 16. GlenDronach 15. Ardbeg 10.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee ext...
Lady on the Rock
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We kick off with a look at inner Dublin's ubiquitous window statues.Subs: Scott McTominay, Troy Parrott, and Daniel O'Donnell.Follow us on Instagram o...
Business Time
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kara is in London. Craig is in Chicago. What did they manage to put together?Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share your stories w...
No True Irishman
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lightweight discussion about porridge and attempted murder.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share your stories with us: blowinsp...
The Banshee Tales
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A short Samhain episode to match the early nights. Listen if you dare.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share your stories with us:...
Carry-On, Citizen
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Confessions and baggage on the way to the ballot box.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share your stories with us: blowinspod@gmail...
Centra Rising
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A free packet of biscuits sends us spiralling inwards. We ask: ‘Chat? Are we cooked?’Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share yo...
House of Guinn Us
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Liberties is the 23rd coolest neighbourhood in the world and we are its official podcast. We also talk about that Netflix show a bit.Follow us on ...
Steeler Hearts
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the big game in Dublin. Cultural colonialism or just a bit of craic?Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share your stor...
Benandonner Blues
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cragadoon weighs up Michael Collins v Éamon de Valera, Roy Keane v Mick McCarthy, and whether he should retreat home across the causeway.Follow us on...
Doras to Hell
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We step into the season with crisp air, quiet fields, and a doorway to something darker.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share you...
St. Declan's Stone
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're talking about magic rocks.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share your stories with us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast....
The Weir of Home
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss our trip to the theatre to watch Brendan Gleeson in Conor McPherson's The Weir, reflect on recent loss, and struggle to define what home me...
Celtic Tiger Prawn
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The time Ireland went from poor to rich to poor.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share your stories with us: [email protected] ...
Kinsale Boob Tour (1518)
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You read the title. Here's your ticket.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share your stories with us: [email protected] Hosted on...
A Pint at Fallons
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hello (it's good to be back)We both blew the chance at a good Champagne Supernova joke in this one.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee ex...
Summer Snug #4
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a bad one, lads.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share your stories with us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Summer Snug #3
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We dive into some Blow-Ins podcast lore, discuss how we started it, why we still punish ourselves with it, and slag off some of our own stories.Follow...
Summer Snug #2
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We audition for a role at Fáilte Ireland as we discuss tourism and plan a trip for our foreign listeners.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee ex...
Summer Snug #1
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We kick off our month of relaxing beach holiday listens... did we sell it? This week, we answer listener questions!Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky f...
The Twelfth
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the Orange Order and their wee flutes. The story length is 1690 words. We had to delete about ten minutes of discussion.Follow us on Ins...
On the Nature of Attention
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sleep deprivation leads to reflections on Dublin's dawn chorus, summer solstice sadness, and slagging spice bag podcasts.Craig's sad TikToks: @craghan...
Biting the Bucket
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does it feel to die and be resurrected — twice?We also discuss mental health in Ireland.Craig's ayahuasca article in full.Follow us on Instagram...
Gather Round Me Boys
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gather round as we follow the echo of rhymes through the cobbled streets of The Liberties to find the famous Zozimus, Dublin’s blind balladeer and l...
Kochi Culchie
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wooden sticks, derogatory slurs, rice field field town 田野町, and beef with CMAT. We discuss the divide between urban (Dublin) and rural Ireland.F...
Stop. Look. Stay.
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No, it's not a road safety slogan for children. It's about making connections in Dublin on a bank holiday weekend.(Kara picked the transition song...)...
Bring Me Sunshine
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Under pressure to record a story, Craig turns to a mysterious book about Valentia Island. Stolen slate, fossilised footprints, research stations, and ...
A Very Sick Girl
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kara shares the story of how she nearly died in Ireland.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share your stories with us: blowinspod@gm...
The Beach Comber (1905)
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Find out how we came to own the only known copy of The Beach Comber (1905) by Irish artist Jack B. Yeats.Rejected title: Repressed 30-something Glaswe...
The Catamarans
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we venture out on another hero's journey, but make sure to bring a pen and paper this time.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra ...
Bog Butter
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Romantic Ireland might be dead and gone, but there's always a bit of butter in the bog.Rejected title: I hear you're a racist now, Ireland?Follow us o...
Sunday Nails
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens if you cut your nails on a Sunday? Bad things, according to Irish folklore. Trim with caution.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee e...
Medium Stouting
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s poetry in a pint of plain.We test that theory with two of our own, and unveil a new podcast pitch:Too generic for locals. Too specific for f...
Little Gals and Big Questions
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A routine appointment opens the door to freckles, feminism, and the fierce magic inside Irish women.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bi...
No Homes of Your Own
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the knackered state of Irish housing with the help of rebel songs and Teletubbies.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Shar...
The Firsts and The Dead
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about James Joyce's The Dead, but don’t worry... it’s mostly about being alive.Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share ...
Microplastic Paddies
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sure, aren't we all a little bit green on the inside for Paddy's Day?Follow us on Instagram or Bluesky for wee extra bits.Share your stories with us: ...
Johnnie Beats the Luas
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A morning bagel leads to a warm encounter with a charity runner, sparking reflections on the literal and metaphorical paths we take in life.Johnnie's ...
A Grand Auld Stretch
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are the only Irish content you'll ever need. Consume us. We're double-bagging tea with a Japanese jingle to celebrate the spring.Follow us on Insta...
The Light at Daybreak
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you need anything from the shop? I’m just getting the milk and bread, but I might see what light the darkest corners catch.Follow us on Instagram...
When U2 Were Good
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Uno, dos, tres, catorce! They were cool, you’re not, and redemption is on the way. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!Follow us on Instagram or Blue...
A White Whale Called Skellig
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when an island at the edge of the world keeps eluding you? Obsess, wait, or surrender to the sea? No, you write a story.Follow us on In...
A Normal Person
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do a sausage, a seagull, and a chargrilled cabbage have to do with Sally Rooney's Normal People? I'm not sure, but maybe you could tell me?Follow...
Do You Know John Golden?
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We escape Dublin and head west to Kerry, where an unplanned stop on a foggy road leads to a serendipitous encounter that sparks a discussion about the...
Fish and Chips
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rejected titles include 'Frederick Douglass and the Antisemitic Fish Supper' and 'Daniel O’Connell and the Battered Sausage of Solidarity'Follow us ...
Echoes in the Green
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We turn the lens inward to explore one of Ireland’s growing points of friction: immigration. From the shared experiences of newcomers to the rise of...
Sure, You Know Yourself
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it so hard to get directions from an Irish person? We take a journey through language, stopping by a Mo Chara or two, exploring the quirks of H...
Every Pub Has a Pat
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Step inside and sit yourself down as we explore the welcoming corners of Dublin’s pubs. Starting at the historic Stag’s Head, we follow a path thr...
The Real St. Patrick's Well
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to know the location of the real St. Patrick’s Well?Join us for a walk through The Liberties, the historic heart of Dublin, as we uncove...
Blow-Ins - Trailer
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered what it’s like to see Ireland through fresh eyes? Kara and Craig are well-seasoned millennials who moved to Dublin pre-pandemic, decid...