Boxing Clever: The Meaning of Life with Blindboy — and streaming strife of RTÉ Player

Blindboy Boatclub. Picture: Marc O'Sullivan

I was enjoying the first episode of the new series of The Meaning of Life (RTÉ One, Sunday, 10:30 pm and RTE Player). Then the RTE Player stepped in and made me lose the will to live.

The episode that aired last Sunday had Blindboy telling Joe Duffy about his take on life and religion. Here we have two of the most talented talkers in Ireland: Blindboy with his enormous reach on social media, through his podcast and live-streaming on Twitch; Joe Duffy with his often unmissable confessions on Liveline. Though the closest Joe would get to Twitch is the thing on his face when Shirley from Drimnagh calls in to say she has been caught by tarmacadam scammers. Again.