In a sea of two-hander podcasts, their ‘I’m Grand Mam’ has managed to stand out from the crowd. Here, the pair talk about the instant connection when they met, how they landed Paul Mescal as a guest and why Kirby’s move back to Dublin almost derailed their friendship and working relationship

PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey. Photo: Oli Hillyer-Riley

PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey. Photo: Oli Hillyer-Riley

Since they birthed their podcast I’m Grand Mam on a boozy Budapest flight nearly seven years ago, Kevin Twomey and PJ Kirby have enjoyed several pinch-me career moments.

One of them, surely, was the time when Paul Mescal’s ‘people’ reached out to them to appear on their pod.