In E 33 Alan unwisely does some Ozzy impersonating, plays his dusty old acoustic guitar, and attempts to explain the Devil's Interval. Before launching into an unplanned ramble on why Punk never killed metal, why it always claimed the moral high ground and is not the working class social wedge some believe it to be, with tongue firmly in cheek, before ending on the influence it had over Black Metal. Even more unwisely he then ends by reading some Seneca in a fit of pretension!

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In what we can consider part 2 of the sidebar 'Freedom is not the Default setting of Society' Alan looks at the year 1974 and the simple thesis that if you were a betting man you would have backed Communism, Military Juntas and Crypto Fascist Authoritarianism for the Win when looking at a Map of the World, and that we as a society take the F word for granted right now. Yep there's also silly accents and some self deprecation.

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In Episode 31 I talk to my old friend Ivar from ENSLAVED

We discuss the positivity of cultural differences, what it feels like to be cultural 'ambassadors' for your country as you travel the world, what it was like to go against the Black Metal grain back in the day and embrace the Old Gods, his emotional return to the stage and the future for Artists in an ever changing digital landscape among many other things....

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In Episode 30 Alan can not avoid the unavoidable and this one is dedicated to the US Election. He pulls up a front row seat, dons a cape and some spandex and gets ready for a good old fashioned Royal Rumble of a wrestling match. Even though he admits to being born in 1876 and not knowing who any of the wrestlers were......as if......remember, don't take him that seriously!

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BONUS PODCAST

In this bonus podcast Alan takes a more light hearted look at how we can keep our sanity during lockdown and why giving a F about Art, Culture, Theatre, Community and things beyond our screen is more important than ever....

Published before the Election!

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In this Episode Alan discusses political polarisation, and the lack of nuance in modern society. What does conspiracy theory even mean? Are we about to enter some dystopian world of digital social control? ....where does the rubber meet the road between fact, fiction and madness?

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In E 27 Alan discusses what returning to and living under Level 5 of Lockdown means in Ireland. The reasons why this has happened and what the reaction is. Have Irish people only a romantic notion of themselves as rebels and lost the stomach for questions of Liberty and Freedom? What does this mean for wider society as we enter a winter of discontent. Has the media been complicit in giving politicians and institutions of the State an easy ride and where do we go from here.....

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In this Episode AA considers the city, his love/hate relationship with Dublin, do cities have a future and what place do we have in them in the 'new normal'. Might just be time to up and leave. Is the party over? maybe we outstayed our welcome at the Tavern and it's now kicking out time. A brief look back at almost getting into a fight with Tygertailz while on ecstasy and the run down on the Top 30 countries who listen to the podcast! C'mon the Dominican Republic!

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In E 25 Alan recalls a trip to Chernobyl in the Ukraine, formerly the Soviet Union which was the site of the worlds biggest nuclear disaster. A place that fascinated him as a child, this story describes what it is like to stand 20 metres from the Reactor, ramble through radiated forests, the ghost town of Pripyat and stand beneath the towering Woodpecker early warning system. It also contains some cold war history and an Insane clown Posse quote....what more do you want? The Youtube version also has a ton of photos and videos filmed on the trip! Over at Alan's Youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgUEEP3LJOo&ab_channel=AlanAverill

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In Episode 24 Alan exercises his newly found mastery of the Russian Language! and lays out the new 12 point plan for the satellite communist state of Dublinistan. A satirical yet kinda serious look at Dublin under the strictest lockdown in all of Europe. He takes a look at the political timeshare mess the state finds itself in politically and then wanders into civil liberties, the attention economy, social media derangement, why journalisms new aim is idealism and ends up in the murky waters of the US Election!

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