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    Ray D’Arcy muss mehr tun, als ziellos zu grübeln, um die Zuhörer für seinen täglichen Podcast – The Irish Times – zu gewinnen


    Ray D’Arcy muss mehr tun, als ziellos zu grübeln, um die Zuhörer für seinen täglichen Podcast – The Irish Times – zu gewinnen

    https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/03/10/ray-darcy-will-need-to-do-more-than-ponder-aimlessly-to-draw-listeners-to-his-daily-podcast/

    Von WickerMan111

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    1. _Onion_Terror on

      Glasses of whiskey and cigars? You it’s going to be a high quality, no bullshit podcast when the guests drink whiskey and smoke cigars

    2. Pension_Alternative on

      Like Tubridy, Ray has a charm deficit. He had a very good run and inexplicably was extraordinarily well paid for it. He will never get that kind of money again.

      He needs to accept that he got very, very lucky in life and be grateful for that. However I don’t believe he has that kind of self-awareness.

      I assume he’s well prepared for retirement.

    3. PoppedCork on

      The podcast market is over flowing with options, there is no way Ray will stand out enough

    5. GuaranteeNo2494 on

      Ray was one of my heroes on the Den. He really peaked with that though. His todayfm show was good for a while but then he turned into an overly self-referential misery.

      His talkshow was an abomination. I’ve never seen a man more uncomfortable with light entertainment. He rushed people through their questions and cut across them constantly, never forming any rapport.

      I can’t see the podcast being a success tbh.

    8. Sneakywulf1984 on

      For his limited talent like many in the Irish media at RTE he got a great run earning way more than he should especially as we’re a small country. He’s lucky it lasted this long.

    13. BraveArse on

      The Ray Darcy crowd and the Reddit crowd are different crowds. He’ll be grand.

    14. Fluffy-Republic8610 on

      Seriously, the only thing ray had going for him after the den is that he kept coming in on time every day and didn’t give rte a reason to give people with more talent a go. That’s not talent. That’s just reliability. Those rte radio slots didn’t need much in the way of talent. Radio one was just set and forgotten about in that era. And so that’s what rte rewarded because talent is risky and rte management had their mortgages to pay.

    15. redelastic on

      Removing the ready-made platform and seeing them fend for themselves is the true marker of their talent.

      Ray D’Arcy yabbering on in the background is very different to choosing to dedicate your time to a podcast and actively picking it when you have literally millions of other options.

      The misguided hubris of these cosseted RTE presenters will give them a hard landing pretty quick, as happened with „Tubs“.

    16. TELCO_man on

      I met Ray at one of the events they threw during the today Fm height and although he was pleasant and polite I got a condescending vibe. I was only in my 20s and now I’m probably the age he was then but he was paid very well and could have faked it better!!

      I always felt his partner at the time was genuine and appreciated how they landed a good gig but I never listened to his shows after that and ended up eventually tuning into Pat Kenny and enjoying that.

      Man I feel old… but I’m not

    18. Bright_Fan_9168 on

      Ray D was always in love with the idea of Ray – the persona. Overnight oats, cycling to rte, Park runs, his wife Jenny…did you know he was married? Some people love that kind of aimless wibbling…..the rest of us feel stabby. He’s near enough retirement age, he should just go gracefully and enjoy his few bob, good luck Ray

    19. CarpenterAndSuch on

      This seems like an easy fix. I couldn’t give a fuck about a solo Ray D’Arcy podcast but I’d pay a tenner a month for The Den podcast.

    20. Lawfulraccoon on

      The biggest blow for these lads will realise that actually no one gave a single shite about them all these years. Coz they were on the biggest station in the country, people tuned in, but it wasn’t for them as such. And this will show it. It must be some ego blow to realise no one cares

    22. upadownpipe on

      I learned about this yesterday. I assumed his wife was involved. Looked at the IG account for the podcast and there she was in a pinned post complaining about curling.

      Same ol shite.

      A daily podcast is a big ask for anybody but especially so for someone that has become hard to listen to.

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