Callan's Kicks
Oliver Callan brings listeners a weekly satirical swipe at well-known faces in the worlds of politics, entertainment and sport. Listen Fridays at 6.30pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
Episodes
Triple Lock and Justice Jim’s Lawyer Lashing
Plus Ryanair's Yup Bro sale.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Strikes for a pay hike, Trump’s diesel deal doom
Plus Fine Gael's empty benchesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harris has Budget baby, O'Donovan gets battered
Plus Laura Kuenssberg on Bayeux queue feuds.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Budget beckons and Burnham banters
Plus Hegseth, Healy-Raes and Mary Lou's bangs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bike shed blunders and karma for Starmer
Last episode in series 27.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Last Late Late and Mary Lou’s too?
Plus Trump meets a KingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leo's culchie attack and one bed sheds
Plus Starmer's alarmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Govt running low on fuel, Trump thinks he’s Jesus
Plus a Healy Rae cap-out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
D-Day for Diesel: Tractor if you can
Plus Trump's creaky ceasefire See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Moon madness: One giant leap for shed renting
Plus Louis Theroux enters the Franosphere. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Well, Czech this for a game of soldiers!
Plus every panel show ever and Trump calls Keir.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Meek Martin's quiet word with Trump
Plus Patrick's Day parades and Harris left out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Keir in Cork and Six Nations Scot and Awe
Plus Oscars weekend and Gerry's hurdles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Full Metal Trump and the Bus from Dubai
Plus Rent rules and Buckley countrySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Temper flares, Rent's up, Rugby's back
Plus BAFTAs row and Bono's lyrics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Trump's tariff thump and a Royal in Andy-cuffs
Plus Govt backtracks and the leftie latte gals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Callan Kicks 2025
From a Jim Gavin load of ructions to Popes, Parrotts, Skorts and a Paschal, Oliver Callan kicks the year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cash for Zelensky, Curtains for Eurovision
Don't miss Callan Kicks 2025 out New Year's Eve! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Micheál's Missing and Harris hams it up
Plus united left latte pals and Trump's turkey.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bye Bye Paschal and Thanks for all the Landlords
Plus Troy Parrott hysteria and a reshuffle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Troy hits, Housing Plan misses, Connolly's call
Plus too early Christmas ads.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Fianna Fáil’s Yates of Wrath
Plus Connolly's hen and Miriam's memoirs See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Micheál's Mare and Downsize Abbey for Andrew
Plus Simon gets The Shining. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Catherine the Great and spoiled rotten votes
Plus Micheál mauled and Harris hammeredSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hell for Heather and Trump's queasy peace
Plus Connolly's coming and Harris' unhappy birthdaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jim's out, Budget's down, RTÉ runs out of Ray
Plus Trump's Nobel flawsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Áras Race: Guns, drones and orange warnings
Plus Harris in hiding and Trump's balls See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Joe's off, Skorts are out, the Pope's a Yank
Last episode in series 25 - back in the Autumn! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tsar wars, Kneecaps and Trump's 100 days
Plus Keir Starmer's election slump See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pope Francis Farewell and Funeral summit
President, Taoiseach and Tánaiste Rome-ward boundSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rory's Easter glory and Harris' bogey poll
Plus Blue Origin flight and Trump v HarvardSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tariff and Error: The Art of the U-turn
Plus Harris waffles in WashingtonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Make Ireland Pay Again: Trump's Tariff-fying Week
Plus Harris in the bunker and Lowry's lackeys meetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two fingers, group chats and Dáil out war
Plus Garron Noone, and Vance in GreenlandSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dáil brawls as McGregor calls into White House
Plus hurler Kyle Hayes set to avoid jailSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Micheál survives Trump but not his tariffs
Plus St Patrick's weekend specialSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Harris Howler as Micheál preps for Trump
Plus JD Vance is more thankful than ZelenskySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Tetchy Teesh and Starmer charms Trump
Plus the great Harris arms raceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dáil ditch warfare and feelings of Trumpidation
Plus Who's running for the Áras?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Callan Kicks 2024
From a Trump load of elections to portals, bike sheds, spies and Swifties, Oliver Callan Kicks 2024 with a review of a year that belongs in a deposit return machine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Simon seeks Micheál's charity of esteem
Plus Toy Show and Mary Lou rings aroundSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Election 2024: Micheál's march and Simon spins a win
Plus Mary Lou is delulu in third placeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Leaders' Debate and a Cold Canvass
Election Week 2 plus Matt Gaetz goesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ryanair teacher-bait, coalition of attrition
Election Week 1 plus Trump visits BidenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Trump's Resurrection, Ireland's Election
Plus a baby fit in the Dáil and Kamala's fallSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
America decides: Garbage man vs Garbled Woman
Plus Simon and Micheál's fake differences and covid inquirySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Fine Gael Ghosted and Mary Lou Haunted
A Hallowe'en special plus Trump and ElonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Four Scandals of the Shinner-pocalypse
Plus election date jitters and Kamala on Fox NewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harris meets Biden and Finding Cobalt
Plus Kamala's week and Johnny Sexton's bookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jack the Budget Lad and Sinn Féin's flop era
The first in a new series - Plus Harris, Trump and Keir meets the KingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sinn Féin slump and the Morto Portal
The last episode in this series. Back in the Autumn!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dublin Tents and Eurovision Tensions
Plus Marty in MalmoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Farewell Dobbo and Simon's Migrant War
Plus Rishi Sunak's Hell weekSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Monster Energy Super Apology Teesh
Plus FAI and GAA c'ship in crisisSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Tortured Taoiseachs Department
Plus Tommy Tiernan meets PatrickSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Coronation of a Taoiseach
Plus Junior Ministers and Micheál's glow-upSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harris in a hurry and Coveney Caves
Plus Leo's greatest hitsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transition time for TikTok Teesh
Plus Mary Lou's fed-up and risky Ministers get busySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Farewell Tearful Teesh and Hello Harris
Plus Micheál's glee and Paschal peters outSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
St Patrick's Weekend Special
Plus Referendum fallout blame gamesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sneachta, death knells and Enoch's payday
Plus the 2 Johnnies Guide to Aviva AtmosphereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New series, same old scandals at RTÉ
Plus BAFTAs and Home of the YearSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
"Oliver Callan" - Starts Monday
Join Oliver Callan this Monday 29th January at 9am on RTÉ Radio 1!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Callan Kicks 2023
From Tubs of RTÉ scandal to riots, rugby, 'RA songs and Burkes, a review of the most bizarre and OMG moments of the yearSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Paschal's IMF pickle and Sinn Féin's woejus week
Plus Francis Brennan's guide to supermarket typesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dáil riot rows and Mary Lou's photo gaffe
Plus British royals are in the bad booksSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dublin Riots shame and Toy Show games
Plus Micheál's war on neutrality and record homeless figuresSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tubridy Virginity and RTÉ Austerity
Plus Micheál in the Middle East and David Cameron's backSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mad Cow Micheál and Shinner uturns
Plus Rishi in a Suella stewSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Korea Leo's beef with Israel
Plus Dáithí O Sé's new hairSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cabinet howlings, Hallowe'en and US House Horrors
Plus Marty parties at 65!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Middle East Middle Ground and Michael D Meddlings
Plus the 2 JohnniesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rugby weekend and Budget 2024
Plus Joanne and VogueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Autumn catch-up and a mega RTÉ scandal recap
Plus Francis Brennan at 70 and America in bitsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Late Late drop-outs and Coronation Delusion
The last episode in this series.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Micheál's Ditch slap and Housing for F-All
Plus Leo's Doomsday Clock ticks forwardSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Free Monk, Smug Watt and Elon's Rocket
Plus Harris' Heave Hub for LeoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Irish Biden rides home to bait the Brits
Plus Fine Gael's SuccessionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leo's McVerry Sorry and Arraign Man Trump
Plus Fionnán Sheahan, art critic and Bertie's codpastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Trumps, Burkes and Evictions Galore
Plus Biden's Irish trip and Dáil's out for EasterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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