The Way They Were

May 03 2024 212
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The podcast where every celebrity split is the one that got away. Each week comedians Grainne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate take a deep dive into a celebrity breakup, chosen by a special guest, that still lingers in their hearts and minds. We scour interviews, over-analyse iconic pictures and search for meaning in post-breakup media statements. Celeb gossip hounds will feel right at home, but really anyone who's experienced a breakup can appreciate hearing how the rich and famous take heartbreak to a whole new level. They might uncouple ‘amicably with love and respect for one another’ - but we never get over these lost loves! Join us every Friday for a new episode.

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90:: Rachel Parris, LIVE! Ken Barlow and Deirdre Rasheed

May 03 2024 59 mins  
To mark the end of this epic season of The Way They Were, Grainne and Chantal once again took to the stage to entertain the masses and bring a long lost love story back to life, helping them with this task is comedian and all round good egg, Rachel Paris! But 'who is the couple that will see out the current series?' I hear you all scream... perhaps an icon of pop and their Hollywoo

Introducing The Newsworthy Podcast

May 02 2024 3 mins  
In this episode, Grainne and Chantal introduce a podcast called The Newsworthy which you MUST check out!

89: Chelsea Devantez: Burt Reynolds & Loni Anderson

Apr 25 2024 72 mins  
This week, the team welcomes a guest from across the pond, as writer, comedian and podcaster Chelsea Devantez ignores the time difference to bring us a couple who are the epitome of late 80s glamour and glitz - plus a firm favourite of Chantal's - it's Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson! On paper this couple had everything, but behind the scenes it was a different story with some rath

88: Jen Brister: Virginia Woolf & Vita Sackville-West

Apr 19 2024 60 mins  
Today Grainne and Chantal show their cultured sides, as they rub shoulders with the literati, courtesy of this week's guest, the very highbrow comedian, Jen Brister! Not only do we get to imagine what a night on the town in the roaring twenties with Virgina Woolf and Vita Sackville-West might look like, but we are also treated to some excellent dramatisations of what went down with

87: Emer McLysaght: CBB's Chantelle & Preston

Apr 11 2024 70 mins  
This week's episode is a fever dream for everyone involved, as not only is one-half of this week's couple an actual friend of the show and past guest, but it's perhaps one of the most notorious celebrity romances to have emerged from reality TV. Yes, it's true to say that this week's guest, writer Emer McLysaght played an absolute blinder when she brought the very public saga of Sa

86: Scott McGlynn: Anna Farris & Chris Pratt

Apr 04 2024 62 mins  
In today's episode, hosts Grainne and Chantal couldn't be more decided on which couple thrived and who survived in the power struggle that was Chris Pratt and Anna Faris! Cos if getting hench doesn't signal impending doom, joining an alt-right Christian religion sure as hell will! Huge thanks to presenter and actor Scott McGlynn for finally allowing us some closure with this long-l

85: Olga Koch: Demi Moore & Ashton Kutcher

Mar 28 2024 63 mins  
Although it's very common to see May to December romances in Tinsel Town, today's showbiz couple raised eyebrows in the gossip pages, when an older woman dared to court a man below her age bracket - but the world was a different place when Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were stepping out, and now women have no prejudice against them for age, or looks and equal pay, so PHEW! The gues

84: Sooz Kempner: Barbra Streisand & Elliott Gould

Mar 21 2024 68 mins  
In today's episode, we say 'Hello Dolly' to 'Funny Girl' Sooz Kempner, who brings us epic proportions of Hollywood heartbreak, courtesy of a couple who probably STILL lament, 'The Way We Were' even after several decades apart. Grainne and Chantal would cross 11,12 or even 13 Oceans to find out what a night was like on the town with Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould, no doubt it wo

83: Yolanda Copes-Stepney: Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey

Mar 14 2024 72 mins  
This week we're breaking down the fourth wall and digging into the weeds of the wild relationship between the OG Newlyweds, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey! Thanks to our incredible guest, podcaster Yolanda Copes-Stepney, we get the chance to relive truly iconic reality TV moments and remember the magic of the noughties... the cream turtle necks, spicy email correspondence and THAT

82: Daniel Foxx: Bill & Melinda Gates

Mar 07 2024 61 mins  
This week's ep brings us the final 'Word' on what happens when geeks fall in - and out - of love, as we find out why the king and queen of Silicon Valley's feelings towards each other ultimately went micro-soft. Yes, prepare to nerd out on the story of Bill and Melinda Gates, all thanks to this week's guest, writer and comedian, Daniel Foxx! What would a night on tiles with this pa