150KTubs - future career in Virgin Radio and other soulful pursuits **Mod: Read OP**

RT: "Noel, it's a book about their childhood, one about a life changing read and a book about DEATH!"

NK: Ah Jaysus Ryan, you can't call it a book about death. Too on the nose and you don't want to be saying that every episode. Need to keep it light and airey. People have to want to download this thing….."

RT: "Okaaaaay………..erm, how about a book about MISERY!"

NK: "No, again it's too downbeat. We need to keep away from the whole death, misery, illness thing…."

RT: "But……. I love all of those, Noel?"

NK: "Ehhhhhhh, what about 'a book that made you cry'. Would that be a good compromise? You could have on a lot of women and gay men. Happy tears. Tears of joy could be the angle……."

RT: "Brilliant! I love you, Noel"

NK: "I'm off to Aintree. Don't call me for the rest of the weekend okay"

RT: "Okay, buh bye Noel! XXX"

Mentioned the podcast to a few people - their response was - boycott easons until they cut ties with Tubridy - such is the toxicity of his “brand” these days

Not only is Tubbs living rent free in some people’s heads but he’s now also having fictional conversations with his business manager in there!

His three favourite books. Two that he read as a child and his other favourite he read as part of his Radio One show bookclub fifteen years ago. The other book that he reluctantly left out was also part of that bookclub. Does he really expect people to believe that he's a book worm?

https://evoke.ie/2024/04/14/entertainment/ryan-tubridy-books-shaped-me

Still leeching off a quote Sinead O'Connor may or may not have made. He's shameless. A horrible individual

Perhaps as a tribute to Spike Milligan, the title for his autobiography should be "RTE: My Part In Its Downfall".

Regards…jmcc

O’Shea really must be an innovative thinker to come up with the idea of a book show with a guest.

I think we can all agree that the idea of a book show with a guest is not particularly innovative, so it's surprising that it has taken Tubs so long to get his podcast off the ground.

I'd imagine that you'd want to read at least one book per week to be called an avid reader. So, if Tubridy is an avid reader, he'd have read over seventeen hundred books in his adult life. Yet, the only books he ever mentions are ones that he read as part of his Radio One book club in 2009.

https://fullfocus.co/what-every-author-should-know-about-radio-and-television-interviews/#:~:text=Don't%20expect%20the%20interviewer%20to%20have%20read%20your%20book.&text=And%20whatever%20you%20do%2C%20don,list%20of%20questions%20to%20ask.

Don’t expect the interviewer to have read your book. Many first-time authors complain that the interviewer didn’t read their book. Trust me: this is the norm. Assume that the interviewer hasn’t read your book, and you won’t be disappointed. And whatever you do, don’t embarrass them on-air by asking! Instead, make the host look smart by providing the producer with a list of questions to ask. Nine times out of ten, they will ask you these exact same questions.

There is literally no actual lover of books, or anyone with an appreciation of what a good book could be, who, when asked the question - "Name the book that changed your life" - says The chronicle of the 20th century. (Alan Partridge's favourite Beatles album was The Best of the Beatles.)

The other option being a book which is read in one sitting at less than 100 pages (Diving Bell and the Butterfly).

The power of literature and the joy, delight and emotion it can bring to those who love reading is something enjoyable to listen to. Tubridy's fake schtick is books because he doesn't have any other interests, can't feign an interest in sports, and can't even read enough books NOW to maintain this fake persona that has been concocted for him. Just start reading books Ryan, you'd get away with it.

Where is Vogue Williams in this podcast or was that something that NKM pretended?