Aug 13, 2026 · 52 min · 11 segments
TJ and Fat Larry launch the 6th season of the podcast and do so in style. The Mayo duo much like there football team have taken over the Irish Instagram scene. After 75 years of hurt, Mayo are The All…
Fat LarryGuestTJGuestTJHostIt's a one-stop shop in terms of the podcast.
If you want your minute Matthew Ruan level detail and the bigger picture.
Would you agree with that? It's a one-stop shop for everything Mayo-based or not?
We, you know, I suppose, as we would say, we go into so much detail at times in the podcast that we end up missing so many other details.
We put, you know, absolutely tremendous amount of time and effort into, I suppose, researching each episode.
I kind of take responsibility for the sort of the the statistical side of things match analysis that kind of stuff TJ likes to I suppose express his creative freedom and things like that and I'm fully I'm fully comfortable to let TJ go wherever he wants the thing to go and I think we just kind of you know we bounce off each other quite well I suppose we're kind of you know people might be quite you know not too used to seeing you know uh Kobe and Dara Byrne and Ryan O'Donoghue you know kind of playing off the cuff, but it's fair to say myself and TJ have been, we've been doing that kind of stuff here for a very long time, but I think so, yeah, I think you have to remember that we are a MAOGA podcast, so you do like to show a little bit of, I suppose, tactical nuance, as you said there, and mathematical nuance and things like that, and then the bit of comedy to go in with it as well, it just keeps people ticking over.
People have said that to me, you know, the commoner garden inbreds on the street will say, you know, it's light.
You know, sometimes I listen to your podcast and I don't even know if you said anything at all of note in that hour, but it was an hour well spent.
That's the general sort of feedback I get.
And Fat Larry, he's been quite modest.
The amount of girth that man brings to this panel and when he comes with his duffel bags full up with notes, meticulously written, researched and unscrupulously planned lessons for each podcast.
It's my job to just kind of chaperone him, and I'm lucky in the sense that he has come on as such a recurring guest so often.
But he hasn't been the only guest.
opened the doors this year to some huge names.
I think you'll agree, TJ, we had Evan Grealis from Midwest Radio Fame, a man who's nothing short of an absolute icon and celebrity at this stage.
And we also had Eoghan Colgan from Hardy Books.
And to be honest, those were two huge, huge moments for us as the podcasting juggernaut that we are.
Well, guys, I must say, though, in the longevity of the podcast you've had and the dark days of my OGA over the last 10 years, I want to kind of bring the tone down a bit.
And let's talk about where you really had a challenge in keeping the show on the road.
Was there ever a time where you were like, wait a time, let it off, can't be bothered? Or the opposite, in the dark days, In many years, over the 10 years, did you always have that fire burning to keep going because you thought this day would come?
It's a one-stop shop in terms of the podcast.
If you want your minute Matthew Ruan level detail and the bigger picture.
Would you agree with that? It's a one-stop shop for everything Mayo-based or not?
We, you know, I suppose, as we would say, we go into so much detail at times in the podcast that we end up missing so many other details.
We put, you know, absolutely tremendous amount of time and effort into, I suppose, researching each episode.
I kind of take responsibility for the sort of the the statistical side of things match analysis that kind of stuff TJ likes to I suppose express his creative freedom and things like that and I'm fully I'm fully comfortable to let TJ go wherever he wants the thing to go and I think we just kind of you know we bounce off each other quite well I suppose we're kind of you know people might be quite you know not too used to seeing you know uh Kobe and Dara Byrne and Ryan O'Donoghue you know kind of playing off the cuff, but it's fair to say myself and TJ have been, we've been doing that kind of stuff here for a very long time, but I think so, yeah, I think you have to remember that we are a MAOGA podcast, so you do like to show a little bit of, I suppose, tactical nuance, as you said there, and mathematical nuance and things like that, and then the bit of comedy to go in with it as well, it just keeps people ticking over.
People have said that to me, you know, the commoner garden inbreds on the street will say, you know, it's light.
You know, sometimes I listen to your podcast and I don't even know if you said anything at all of note in that hour, but it was an hour well spent.
That's the general sort of feedback I get.
And Fat Larry, he's been quite modest.
The amount of girth that man brings to this panel and when he comes with his duffel bags full up with notes, meticulously written, researched and unscrupulously planned lessons for each podcast.
It's my job to just kind of chaperone him, and I'm lucky in the sense that he has come on as such a recurring guest so often.
But he hasn't been the only guest.
opened the doors this year to some huge names.
I think you'll agree, TJ, we had Evan Grealis from Midwest Radio Fame, a man who's nothing short of an absolute icon and celebrity at this stage.
And we also had Eoghan Colgan from Hardy Books.
And to be honest, those were two huge, huge moments for us as the podcasting juggernaut that we are.
Well, guys, I must say, though, in the longevity of the podcast you've had and the dark days of my OGA over the last 10 years, I want to kind of bring the tone down a bit.
And let's talk about where you really had a challenge in keeping the show on the road.
Was there ever a time where you were like, wait a time, let it off, can't be bothered? Or the opposite, in the dark days, In many years, over the 10 years, did you always have that fire burning to keep going because you thought this day would come?
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