The Substantial Meal

This week, it’s the 50th episode of The Substantial Meal

This week on the show, Justine, Martin, and Dermot invite you to join them for the inaugural Substantial Meal Pub Quiz! Get your pens and papers ready! The picture round is going to be tricky...

This week, Dermot goes fishing, Martin is a good boy, and Justine is chill. She’s CHILL, okay?!

On the show this week, Justine, Martin, and Dermot attempt to find… okay, if you’re still reading this, here’s the plan this week: take a selfie with an animal, post it to your socials, tag The Substantial Meal, and use the caption “Bond. Jimmy Bond.”

Does anyone actually read these things? If so, prove it by taking a selfie while listening to the podcast, post it to your social media with the caption "I CAN READ!", and tag the Substantial Meal. Let's see who's paying attention.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 14 apples a day absolutely will not.

Join Justine, Martin, and Dermot this week, as problems are solved and cliffhangers are resolved

On the show this week, Justine, Martin, and Dermot discuss big hammers, fortune tellers, and romantic soups.

On the show this week, Justine, Martin, and Dermot have choices to make: fame... or fortune? Murder... or death? Clammy hands... or farts?

After a short break, we’re back with a video game-themed episode, where Justine wants you to wear socks, Martin wants you to cover your thigh tattoos, and Dermot would like to show you his Tetris. It’s good to be back.

This week, Martin gets some acting tips from Justine (Girl Who Downs A Pint in Poster Boys) and Dermot (the guard in Deadly Cuts)

This week, Martin, Justine, and Dermot answer three important questions: Did James Bond ride his sister in law? Did Pat Kenny ride an elephant? And which one of them is riding Banksy?

On an introspective edition of the show, Justine, Dermot, and Martin face up to their feelings of struggle, insecurity, and self-doubt in the world of showbiz. Well, two of them do. One of them's doing grand, thanks.

This week on the show, Justine, Martin, and Dermot confront their fears, as they delve into the world of phobias and investigate the psychological ramifications of- oh who are we kidding, they go completely off topic and end up talking about sperm banks or some shite. Enjoy!

This would usually be where we give a vague description of what you can expect from the episode. But as you'll hear, we're mixing things up this week. So instead, here's the opening paragraph from the Wikipedia page for The Lyrics Board: The Lyrics Board was an Irish game show hosted by Aonghus McAnally and then by Eurovision Song Contest 1992 winner Linda Martin. In each episode there are two teams. Each team consists of a piano player/team captain who is joined by two celebrities/singers, at either side. A team would choose a number from one to five, from "the board", revealing a word. The team would then have to sing a song with that related word to remain in charge of 'the board'. If the team sing the secret song which is on the board, then this team would win a point, with the team with the most points declared as the winners.

This week, Dermot is tiring, Justine is inspiring, and Martin is firing on all cylinders as they prove they have their fingers on the pulse by covering topical news from two weeks ago, and decide which billionaire they want to ride

On this week's episode, we preview festival season, and Martin has a big (and/or small) surprise for Justine and Dermot...

On the show this week, Justine, Martin, and Dermot once again try to focus on the subject of health, but things take a turn for the wurst

On what was supposed to be a health-focused edition of the show this week, Justine, Martin, and Dermot instead lose their minds talking about wrestling for the entire episode. We hope you enjoy it as much as they clearly did.

This week on the show, Martin regales Justine and Dermot with tales from his America trip, including gifts from listeners, horrific food poisoning, and lots of bean talk.