As this is a podcast related thread I shall post this here:
The latest Sound of Young America with Greg Fitzsimmons was kind of annoying. Nothing to do with dear Jesse Thorn who was his usual charming self but rather the interview subject. As a whole he seemed like a perfectly nice guy and I'm not familiar with his stand up so I can't comment on that. But holy hell, every other sentence he mentioned he was Irish. And then after mentioning it a whole lot, he used it as a way to rationalize his behavior. As in, "oh well, I'm Irish so I would totally..." and I think it was something about being violent or aggressive.
It might just be my ire at so many people in my area self-identifying with the whole Irish heritage where they have no place but it really struck me as odd.