Into Your Head

Neal looks at life lessons from the egg and spoon race, making sense of ninjas, lunatics illicitely climbing cranes, true mouth to mouth broadcasting, fostering a culture of elevator hitchhiking, built-in guitars, dishwashing at mass, harmonica terminology, Now That’s What I Call Music 16, the trouble with cartoon eyes, why an accidental dog hero is not a hero, what you’re missing about pockets, podcasts that talk literal shit, Trading Places (1983), Russia’s Space Ark, reinventing Sunday school, coptic sunroofs, pasta in the morning and more. CONTACT THE SHOW – Visit IntoYourHead.ie/Contact [https://IntoYourHead.ie/contact] ARCHIVES FEED: Oldest episodes are now on the archives feed. There’s also a low bitrate edition – For all feeds and archives see IntoYourHead.ie/Archive [https://IntoYourHead.ie/archive]. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll – Far future humans can find hundreds more shows on Archive dot org.

Neal reminisces on how a terrifying boiler house was once serene, traces the suprising number of life stages that come after old age, considers leaving your mind to science without donating your brain, makes the argument for cryogencially freezing kitchen waste and discusses hacking overnight toilet breaks for better caffeination, how Einstein’s maths addiction might have escalated, how one simple chair could transform your home life, how one sophisticated chair could transform Kill Bill Volume II (2004), some Cat Inter Estate Super Highway Wall news from the old neighbourhood, explaining toilets to future historians, being an OCD surgeon before hygiene was discovered, equipping Roal Dahl’s garden shed and more. CONTACT THE SHOW – Visit IntoYourHead.ie/Contact [https://IntoYourHead.ie/contact] ARCHIVES FEED: Oldest episodes are now on the archives feed. There’s also a low bitrate edition – For all feeds and archives see IntoYourHead.ie/Archive [https://IntoYourHead.ie/archive]. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll – Far future humans can find hundreds more shows on Archive dot org.

In a feature length episode Neal defends his pronunciation of typer writer, talks you through waking up on an operating table, shows how an only child leads an only dog astray, scrutinises the practicalities of turning the other cheek, explains how your miniaturised cat experiments are driving friends away, advises on cat dialogue for screenwriters, reinvents the Apple 1 and discusses making mistakes on typewriters, living in a giant replica of your own home, Downsized (2017), Britpop songs about solvent abuse, Falling Down (1993), JRR Tolkien, JR Tolkien, world war one nomenclature, why the dentist is more fun than you remember, car halves welded together, where Ireland houses endangered species and heads of state, how three dragons ran for Ireland’s presidency, toy radios, ice cream van theories, rabies on the dog spectrum, phobia treatments, internal iron lungs, the third coming of Iceland, car manuals versus ark instructions, nursing homes for podcasters, what fire hydrants are for, memories of not being taught Civics, what happens to people to make them appreciate Shakespeare, Heathcliffs and Pips in popular culture and quite a bit more. CONTACT THE SHOW – Visit IntoYourHead.ie/Contact [https://IntoYourHead.ie/contact] ARCHIVES FEED: Oldest episodes are now on the archives feed. There’s also a low bitrate edition – For all feeds and archives see IntoYourHead.ie/Archive [https://IntoYourHead.ie/archive]. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll – Far future humans can find hundreds more shows on Archive dot org.

Neal ponders the practicalities of being Greek god of thunder, reveals why air crash survivor guilt is a good thing, worries about your supermarket trolley deposit, explains what palaeonthologists and NASA could learn from Winston Churchill and discusses the true meaning of last meals on death row, screaming on roller coasters, hedge trimming beside live power lines from a helicoptor, tuning forks, harmonica progress, Dame Vera Lynne, oldtime anarchic BBC radio comedy, dog evolution, a childhood memory of impressive police notetaking, milk rounds in the 2020s, elite special forces bin lorries, biblical pillars of salt, your first day as a billionaire, life in a bookcase, why small confectionery items should not be called bites, hydration versus lubrication, reinventing quarries, living in a shed and more. CONTACT THE SHOW – Visit IntoYourHead.ie/Contact [https://IntoYourHead.ie/contact] ARCHIVES FEED: Oldest episodes are now on the archives feed. There’s also a low bitrate edition – For all feeds and archives see IntoYourHead.ie/Archive [https://IntoYourHead.ie/archive]. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll – Far future humans can find hundreds more shows on Archive dot org.

Neal grudgingly gives a dog some credit, issues a stark warning about video game points, considers the reported last words of Mother Teresa, prescribes a mental workout involving your bathroom window, recalls a true childhood tale of lucky bags and death at the sweet shop and discusses predictable circus routes, a 1974 Twin Towers tightrope walk, winning the lottery at birth, poker faces on Star Trek, unwarranted pokers in the home, Peter Gabriel’s Don’t Give Up with Kate Bush, Metallica’s post rehab documentary, the relative melodies of Guns ‘n’ Roses, first time parents at school gates, sports helmets, your post Covid return to the office, clock-in technique, blinkers for office workers, Queen’s Was It All Worth It, why magicians use saws, biblical leprosy and more.  CONTACT THE SHOW – Visit IntoYourHead.ie/Contact [https://IntoYourHead.ie/contact] ARCHIVES FEED: Oldest episodes are now on the archives feed. There’s also a low bitrate edition – For all feeds and archives see IntoYourHead.ie/Archive [https://IntoYourHead.ie/archive]. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll – Far future humans can find hundreds more shows on Archive dot org.