You Must be Jokin’

Jan 08 2025 44 ep. 52 mins 83
You Must be Jokin’ Podcast artwork

Eric Lalor and Willa White sit down with a different guest each week to find out what their story is, have a bit of craic and delve deep into the shenanigans of life and cultural phenomenas.

Expect big guests, big conversations and big laughs.

Lookin’ for a feel-good listen? Well done, you’ve found it.

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Dave Moore | An episode filled with Bad Jokes

Jan 08 2025 56 mins  
On this week's episode, he's the king of bad jokes, one of the funniest people on radio, a bigger Man United fan than Eric and a former rapper (?) - It's the one and only Mr Dave Moore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Kent | Trading trady stories and living without the internet

Jan 01 2025 54 mins  
Our guest this week is the king of Cork and one of our best pals - it's the hilarious Chris Kent. The lads chat to Chris about his rise through the ranks of comedy, his new documentary where he lives without the internet, his original job as a trady and why COVID had such a big impact on his career. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You Must be having a very wonderful Christmas

Dec 25 2024 51 mins  
Eric and Willa go solo on our final episode of 2024! The lads chat about their Christmas memories, some good, some bad, some happy and some sad. They debate what the best Christmas song is and they reflect on the year gone by. To all of our listeners over the course of the year, thank you so much for being a part of a show, and we will see you in the new year. Have a cracking Chris

Lynn Ruane | How to make life better for working class people

Dec 18 2024 64 mins  
Our guest this week is the wonderful senator Lynn Ruane. In this episode, we chat through the job of the members of the Seanaid, and how that differs to the government, we talk about the need for fairer treatment for working-class people and we discuss the importance of building communities in Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Garron Noone | The most delicious man on the planet

Dec 11 2024 57 mins  
Our guest this week is absolutely delicious. You could eat him all up. He's fought the good fight to bring back the mars delight, he goes toe-to-toe with Americans over Irish Chinese food and he also has a brilliant singing voice. It's the wonderful Garron Noone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pat Kavanagh | The Ballymun man who ran Mountjoy Prison

Dec 04 2024 70 mins  
Our guest this week is a very special one. Pat Kavanagh was the Chief Officer of Mountjoy prison for decades - and played a big part in Willa's life. In this episode, they talk about his life working in the prison, the funny, the sadness and the madness that came with it. There are some parts of this episode that some people might find upsetting - we would also advise not to listen

Carol Byrne | How to dress like an Irish man

Nov 27 2024 53 mins  
Our guest this week is the wonderful Carol Byrne! Carol is a fashion queen and she's here to teach Eric and Willa all about how to dress to impress, why she likes Irish men's fashion and the magic of penneys. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Danny O'Reilly | The Coronas-virus, Mary Black's apple tree and Christmas sing-songs

Nov 13 2024 48 mins  
Eric and Willa are joined this week by the fella from the band that shut down the world for a few years. Who? Your man from the Coronas. Mary Black's son? Yeah! The wonderful, talented, and all round gent. Mr Danny O'Reilly is in the You Must be Jokin' studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tommy Tiernan | Trump's America, train journeys with Michael D and girls from Derry

Nov 06 2024 67 mins  
We're back! Can you believe they gave us another season? And it's kicking off to an absolute flier. We have the one, the only, the legend Tommy Tiernan in studio with Willa and Eric. The lads chat everything from Irish comedy, Trump's election, Michael D Higgins, the North and everything in between. Strap in for season two, muuuuuccchhhhh? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo

Fred Cooke | The famous Spar ad, keeping Tommy's secret and love of music

Oct 02 2024 60 mins  
TICKETS FOR OUR LIVE SHOW: https://laughterlounge.com/products/ymbjlive?srsltid=AfmBOopQ3VZe4avWD0lY_rIFlWD_0B_oVs7onby4wb9E4RBHgVDdDbI3 Our guest this week needs no introduction, well he does, but he usually does the announcing! It's the brilliant Fred Cooke. This episode is the last of our first season. We'll be taking a break for a few weeks before coming back with a bigger