65 episodes

Second Captains Saturday welcomes interviewees from different walks of life to explain how sport has impacted them, for good and bad. We'll hear of touching, funny and embarrassing sporting experiences before the show's main feature 'This Sporting Life' bestows that most prestigious of titles - The Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson. With the multi-award winning three person presenting team from the hugely popular Second Captains Podcast, it's the perfect mix of culture, sport and music.

Second Captains Saturday RTÉ

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 20 Ratings

Second Captains Saturday welcomes interviewees from different walks of life to explain how sport has impacted them, for good and bad. We'll hear of touching, funny and embarrassing sporting experiences before the show's main feature 'This Sporting Life' bestows that most prestigious of titles - The Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson. With the multi-award winning three person presenting team from the hugely popular Second Captains Podcast, it's the perfect mix of culture, sport and music.

    The Mary Wallopers

    The Mary Wallopers

    It's a three-way scramble for the Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson Christmas title as Charles & Andrew Hendy and Seán McKenna of the Mary Wallopers join Eoin and Murph for a chat and a few amazing live performances.

    • 49 min
    Michael Sheen

    Michael Sheen

    In our last show of the series, can Michael Sheen pull off the extraordinary feat of pipping Enda Walsh at the post and become our Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson for 2023?

    • 46 min
    Annie Mac

    Annie Mac

    Over the course of a 17 year career on BBC Radio 1, Annie Mac became one of the most beloved broadcasters and most influential DJs in the UK. Does she have it in her to put Macúl to the sword in our penultimate show of the series, though?

    • 43 min
    Radie Peat

    Radie Peat

    A member of Dublin's Mercury Prize-nominated band Lankum, Radie Peat puts her sporting pride on the line.

    • 43 min
    Enda Walsh

    Enda Walsh

    Joining the race to snatch first place on the Greatest Non-Sportsperson Sportsperson leaderboard is one of Ireland's best playwrights and screenwriters, Enda Walsh

    • 46 min
    Conan O'Brien - Extended Version

    Conan O'Brien - Extended Version

    In a very special show, one of the most iconic American broadcasters and comedians of the last three decades, Conan O'Brien joins Eoin and Murph in this extended version of the original broadcast.

    • 53 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
20 Ratings

20 Ratings

Tom18927541 ,

Great podcast

Great listen and choice of guests

Alittlemore ,

Top Notch

Keep up the good work - another great podcast.

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