It’s Christmas Day and you’re spending it with your Internet Boyfriends.

Denis and Mark T. Cox are wrapped up warm, talking all things festive and familiar:

• Mark’s childhood church organist era: choir politics, Oh Holy Night showdowns, live animal cribs & midnight mass timing panic
• Denis’ burnt-turkey Christmases: his mam’s car mishaps, unexpected dinner guests, and the world’s most uncomfortable holiday meal
• Santy snacks (Guinness, obviously), Roses vs Quality Street, After Eight etiquette and the great “barrels are strawberry” lie
• Board game battles, neighbour traditions, the “hamper economy” of the 90s, and why Christmas morning as a kid was pure magic

Pop us in your ears while you’re hiding from the family, going for a walk, or pretending to “help” in the kitchen.

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This week, Mark and Denis talk about a glamorous vicar who’s apparently filling pews wherever she goes. Botox is discussed. Bubbles are blown. Parishioners are distracted.

Mark revisits his former life as a church organist, explaining why it’s basically jazz improvisation with wing mirrors, unpredictable priests, and choirs who might pass out if you speed things up. Denis goes undercover and attends a Protestant christening and reports back on hymns, crowd participation, and why Catholics absolutely refuse to sing together.

We also get into:

• hybrid rock stars
• the queer obsession with bouldering, roller derby, and niche sports
• Mark’s Margate gig, feral queer towns, and sober decision-making
• a gang of twinks and an Airbnb hot tub
• the 1,000 pound dog
• lost teeth, emergency dentists, and why Mark’s shows cost his friends a fortune
• mince pies reviewed live (stars deducted), After Eights slander, and festive fatigue

Weekly queer straight comedy, Irish nostalgia, and two men trying to make sensible choices while surrounded by glitter, hymns, and hot tubs.

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This week, Denis and Mark are joined by comedian and superstar-at-sea Joe Sutherland - fresh off a 12-day Atlantis cruise in Southeast Asia.

We’re talking:

• Jobs on the dancefloor and “vanilla” gay cruises compared to hardcore swingers ships
• Mattress-filled venues in international waters (“open water, baby… no rules!”)
• Men in harnesses and kilts giving Patti LuPone a standing ovation
• Denis’ Irish family chaos, castle vs “cass-ul” accents & being ignored at the dinner table
• Mark’s red nose saga and his Specsavers meltdown
• 90s interiors, Mary Sponge, green velvet chairs and bead curtains that trap your roast dinner

Plus: Irish mammy guilt about Christmas, small English children with Irish parents, and whether success really counts if you haven’t been on The Late Late Show.

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