The 2 Johnnies #7 The lads are grand, it's Maura we can't stand.

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Goujon said:
Neil's topic was on recognising gamer slang. Hardly will resonate with lads on building sites or drawing silage !

I know Mauras topic was from reddit this week but I still enjoyed it, it was a proper quandry
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What was the theme of her mystery topic for tattlers who don't listen to the pod.
 
Can anyone tell me if Afric was only added to the radio show after the car sticker controversy or where did she come along at all?
 
Was she not in doing the desk from the start because the lads needed to learn how to do it from someone? But maybe it was only later that she went on air with them
 
Ingognito.Queen said:
Ohhh this is possible! I don't think she was actually on air with them from the start from what I remember
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I imagine the management see Afric as being long term in the future and need to put her somewhere because Tracy Clifford is too good and now Laura fox has put her hand up to replace Jen, where as maybe the two johnnys are riding the wave of being relevant for now. The show should advertise as two Johnnys and Afric because she does deserve credit for the show improving. She is gas
 
dodo21 said:
I imagine the management see Afric as being long term in the future and need to put her somewhere because Tracy Clifford is too good and now Laura fox has put her hand up to replace Jen, where as maybe the two johnnys are riding the wave of being relevant for now. The show should advertise as two Johnnys and Afric because she does deserve credit for the show improving. She is gas
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I don’t think Jen is going anywhere …
 
I find maura hard to listen to lately love the pod but lately she is seems to only ever talk about getting unwanted dick pics on Snapchat or slagging of he ex. I don't think she necessary for the podcast loved the pod with smacks wife. Where did maura come from or why is she on the podcast
 
She manages them. She actually got them on the late late etc as she worked in rte as a producer.

James is their tour manager for live shows.
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Ducati32 said:
I find maura hard to listen to lately love the pod but lately she is seems to only ever talk about getting unwanted dick pics on Snapchat or slagging of he ex. I don't think she necessary for the podcast loved the pod with smacks wife. Where did maura come from or why is she on the podcast
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marymac19 said:
She manages them. She actually got them on the late late etc as she worked in rte as a producer.

James is their tour manager for live shows.
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Yeah, Maura is painful to listen to on the podcast, she always was.

She helped them hugely in getting their career started but at this stage she needs them more than they need her.
 
Goujon said:
Just for the sake of accuracy, maura is not their manager, she is the producer of the podcast. The lads have separate manager.
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Oh really I knew James was their tour manager etc but didn't realise Maura was just the producer on the podcast. I really thought I heard her say on one of the podcasts that she pretty much made them etc. Why's she involved so heavily in the live shows so?
 
marymac19 said:
Oh really I knew James was their tour manager etc but didn't realise Maura was just the producer on the podcast. I really thought I heard her say on one of the podcasts that she pretty much made them etc. Why's she involved so heavily in the live shows so?
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To give her her due, she does deserve a lot of credit for getting them going, on two fronts.

Firstly, the lads were clueless on how to make a podcast when they started it-they freely admit this. Maura was on board from Day 1 , and if you remember, the podcast went straight to no 1 immediately, there was no slow burn. She has to get credit for that.

The other thing is that she got them on the Late Late very early in their careers (she used to be a researcher with the Late Late). That would have done them a great boost in terms of exposure.

I dare say she is far from indispensable now. They now have Neil on board (who seems to take care of all the recording and technical stuff) and Katie Jane who does the research (and also is a radio presenter in her own right). However, I don't think the lads would throw someone off the ship who was so vital to getting them up and going.
 
Goujon said:
To give her her due, she does deserve a lot of credit for getting them going, on two fronts.

Firstly, the lads were clueless on how to make a podcast when they started it-they freely admit this. Maura was on board from Day 1 , and if you remember, the podcast went straight to no 1 immediately, there was no slow burn. She has to get credit for that.

The other thing is that she got them on the Late Late very early in their careers (she used to be a researcher with the Late Late). That would have done them a great boost in terms of exposure.

I dare say she is far from indispensable now. They now have Neil on board (who seems to take care of all the recording and technical stuff) and Katie Jane who does the research (and also is a radio presenter in her own right). However, I don't think the lads would throw someone off the ship who was so vital to getting them up and going.
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i think that is a very fair assessment, but I think the lads played it cute getting her too, she was there in to RTE. She got them the late late and you can be sure she helped them unstand the politics in there for the tv and radio show stuff.
The only question I have is who introed them Maura just couldnt have landed on for the podcast out of blue.
 
If I remember correctly from the early episodes they were met her when they were trying to get on the late late show. They didn't manage to get on but she helped them so much they asked her to get involved with the podcast.
 
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