BOLD with Joe McGucken
Episodes
EPISODE 24: My Ma Is Addicted To Temu
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm Joe McGucken and on this weeks episode of the BOLD podcast My dog Fred done a runner and went missing, and somehow that got me thinking about old ...
EPISODE 23: My Week Of Near Death Experiences
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's up! I'm Joe McGucken, and this week on the BOLD podcast, you're lucky I'm even here. I was violently knocked off my electric scooter by a car a...
EPISODE 22: The €250 Million Problem
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Someone in Cork just scored a ridiculous EuroMillions jackpot this week. €250 Million! And while everyone's celebrating them (and the shop that sold...
EPISODE 21: Happy Da's Day
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Father's Day! Or Da's Day, because I'm not a priest. On this Da's Day episode of BOLD, I unpack the weird job of being a Da. One day you're the...
EPISODE 20: Mistaken Identity
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the BOLD podcast, I talk to Pat and Breda Curran. Their home was petrol-bombed in a case of mistaken identity, destroying everything and ...
EPISODE 19: Corinthians Boxing Club
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on BOLD, I head to Corinthians Boxing Club, an institution of the Inner City. I chat with head trainer Kevin Corcoran about the club’s 100...
EPISODE 18: A Date With Richard Satchwell
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm Joe, this is BOLD. This week I planned a romantic birthday for Máire. Not a spa day or a European day-trip. Instead, she drags me to the Dublin C...
EPISODE 17: Who Killed The Pope?
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Pope is dead. Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, the Jesuit reformer, the guy who blessed gay couples and pissed off conservatives, d...
EPISODE 16: You Big April Fool
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I got you good. You thought I was getting deported. Well imagine how I felt when Maire got me with that same April Fools prank. She had me p...
EPISODE 15: The Not Very Secret Service
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of the BOLD podcast I'm still stuck in Trumpland. The city of Hash shops on every corner. But you can't find a shop for a bottl...
EPISODE 14: Garron's Gone & Trump Protests
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the BOLD podcast we touch on the disappearance of Garron Noone after a controversial video about immigration in Ireland landed him ...
EPISODE 13: Keeping up with the Burkes
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this BOLD episode, I’m recording from a strangely deserted apartment building in Washington DC, where I’m rehearsing for a production of Waitin...
EPISODE 12: The One Arm Ping Pong Champion - Colin Judge
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks BOLD podcast I'll give you a little update on my journey to America for a show I'm performing in. I've been rehearsing for just a couple...
EPISODE 11: Going To America
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of the BOLD podcast I'm flying solo. It's been an eventful week. I was presented with an opportunity to play the Co-Lead in Sam...
EPISODE 10: Ireland's Biggest Pornstar
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of the BOLD podcast, I went to a hotel bedroom to meet Ireland's most successful pornstar, Andy Lee. He talks about his time g...
EPISODE 9: The Medieval Re-enactors In Dublin
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Hear ye! hear ye!" On a cold Thursday night in the backyard of Synge Street National School, a group of people gather together to train for Armoure...
EPISODE 8: Will You Have A Cup Of Tea?
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the BOLD podcast, I took a trip to the Dublin Wellbeing Centre to meet Debora for a tea leaf reading. I was hoping to get some lott...
EPISODE 7: You've Been Tagged...
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores the evolution of social media, from the innocent days of Bebo and MSN to the toxic outrage culture, clickbait, politically drive...
EPISODE 6: Midnight Walks And How To Find Love
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I've been abandoned by my guest in this episode of BOLD. It's brought up traumatic childhood memories of summer trips to Cavan with my youth club. Get...
EPISODE 5: The First Irishman To Climb Everest With No Oxygen
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James MacManus is a Tipperary man with an extraordinary goal: to summit Mount Everest without oxygen! Twice he’s attempted this near-impossible fe...
EPISODE 4: The Irish Pub In Uganda
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's something special about Irish pubs when we're on holiday. They’re our little piece of home from home. No matter where we go, from Salou to T...
EPISODE 3: Irish Mad Lad Goes To War
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine having zero military experience, a slight drinking problem, and deciding to head straight to the frontline of the war in Ukraine... for the cr...
EPISODE 2: Pursuit Of Happiness
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Zervos is an American film director currently attempting to break a world record by travelling to every country in the world in the fastest ti...
EPISODE 1: Bold Santa Claus
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this festive episode of BOLD, we sit down with Michael J Sullivan, a Dublin actor who steps into the big red suit every Christmas to become the man...