ART. The boys chat to Cork artist Sarah Long about her work - and then tackle the big questions: what is art for? Is the death penalty bad? And what does Blindboy look like??

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Sarah Long's exhibition 'I Want to Talk About Ireland' is on display at the Triskel in Cork until October 25.

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RECOMMENDEDs:

• Doctor Who, 'Vincent and the Doctor' (2010)

BE EMERGENCY READY. The government's little booklet has frightened the boys into staying indoors this week.

Stock up on cans, set your portable radio to Wet Cold Irish Summer, and wedge your head between your knees to preserve your dental records.

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RECOMMENDEDs:

MUSIC

'Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima' (Krzysztof Penderecki, 1961)

'Five Years' (David Bowie, 1972)

'Breathing' (Kate Bush, 1980)

'99 Luftballons' (Nena, 1983)

'Two Tribes' (Frankie Goes to Hollywood, 1984)

'Everyday is Like Sunday' (Morrissey, 1988)

FILM

Godzilla (1954)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Planet of the Apes (1968) et al

'A Guide to Armageddon' (BBC Q.E.D., 1982)

Threads (1984)

When the Wind Blows (1986)

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

That scene from Terminator 2 (1991)

Children of Men (2006)

Take Shelter (2011)

Melancholia (2011)

28 Years Later (2025)

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)

TV

The Twilight Zone:

- 'Time Enough at Last' (1959)

- 'A Little Peace and Quiet' (1985)

The Simpsons:

- 'Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming' (1995)

Tram crash episode of Coronation Street (2010)

Twin Peaks: The Return:

- Part 8 (2017)

Years and Years (2019)

The boys explore Europe's largest walled park - but Ross' mind is elsewhere.

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Music credit: Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeod • Edvard Grieg | http://incompetech.com

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Alma matters. Ross takes the boys on a tour of his old stomping grounds at UCC. It's a trip back in time both physically and psychologically, threatening to unravel Ross' psyche in a kind of sick butterfly effect paradox. We should never have come here. It's not natural.

Recorded at the Elysian in Cork. Why are there so many 9/11 jokes when 9/11 was sad? We have figured it out. Let's (hot chicken fillet) roll. PLUS: Discussion of Charlie Kirk, who is reportedly critically injured.

A man juggles, a motorbike crashes, and a lady goes on fire - and four more clowns enter the ring as the boys (and Nicola) go to Circus Extreme in Cork.

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PLUS: A fear of clowns, Stamptown chat, and one of the boys is bisexual this week.

With reports from Mike Rice, Shane Daniel Byrne, Síomha McQuinn, and Roger O’Sullivan from the Fringe frontlines.

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This week the boys are joined by Cork TikTok STAR Jack Daly (@seanodx) to chat all things Edinburgh - from heartwrenching plays and chaotic midnight gigs, to end-of-fest exhaustion and comedy quitters.

This week the boys park up at another of Cork's prime dogging spots and examine the personal and spiritual significance of the eclipse. PLUS: Recent controvonews, religious sleepovers, and more on Epstein's island.

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