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Four years ago, two native Corkonians, PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey, sat down to record the very first episode of I’m Grand Mam. The pair shared with Elliott Salmon how an idea, developed on the back of an aeroplane sick bag while they sipped on-flight red wine, transformed into a massively successful podcast and an upcoming live tour.

When PJ and Kevin came up with the idea for their podcast they were both living in London, and sourced inspiration for the show’s name from their habit of reassuring their mammies - who were worried sick about them over in the big shmoke.

“It was born out of this incessant need from our mammy’s to know that we're doing okay," explaind Kevin. "Obviously, when we moved to London, initially, and we were working different jobs, no matter how we were doing or even if we felt lonely, we would always just let on that we were doing fine… Our podcast, and you can put this in print, is a love letter to our mammies.”

PJ and Kevin’s energy is infectious. I met them both (virtually) on a Wednesday afternoon and was immediately brought in to their dynamic duo. They had just finished up an interview with a local radio station and were ever so slightly traumatised by a misunderstood game of 'Yay Or Nay'...