The Blindboy Podcast

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Hosted by Blindboy, of the Rubberbandits. An eclectic podcast containing short fiction, interviews and comedy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A Mental health plan for when the weather is cold and the days are short and dark Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Blindboy Podcast episodes:

09.28.2022 A Mental health plan for when the weather is cold and the days are short and dark A Mental health plan for when the weather is cold and the days are short and dark Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.20.2022 Analysing Class structure with Darren McGarvey Darren McGarvey is an award-winning writer and rapper from Scotland whose work addresses social class, politics, and emotional resilience. His most recent book ¨The Social Distance Between Us" is out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.13.2022 Speaking to an expert about Trauma Dr Sharon Lambert is a researcher in applied psychology. We speak about trauma on an indivual level and a societal level Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.07.2022 The First Man to smuggle Hash into Limerick Sprawling hot takes about hash smuggling and the complexity of human emotions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08.31.2022 Foolscap, Dunce Cap and Dogs Rambling hot take. I explore the connections between paper and public shaming Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08.24.2022 What made things so difficult for Irish millenials? I explore the symbolic death of the Celtic Tiger which culminated in a marsupial being given drugs in a dublin nightclub Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08.17.2022 Landlords, Medieval Snails and Nightclubs Landlords Medieval Snails and Nightclubs. I answer yere questions about these things Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08.09.2022 Scroobius Pip I chat with the artist, actor and podcaster Scroobius Pip about music, neurodiversity and the joys of trying and failing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08.03.2022 How Wu Tang Clan and Margaret Thatcher created the modern Ice Cream Cone Boiling hot take food podcast. How Wu Tang Clan and Margaret Thatcher created the contemporary Ice Cream Cone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
07.27.2022 The Quantum bones of St Rosalia, floating in the artists shit Art History podcast. A quantum theory reading of a 17th-century holy relic and an artist who canned their own feces Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
07.20.2022 Addiction and Prison with The Two Norries I speak about addiction and the prison system with The Two Norries. James and Timmy have both been through addiction and prison, they are now working in addiction services, to assist others in recovery. James is a PHD student in ...
07.13.2022 A post lockdown mental health plan It's been more than six months since the lockdown ended. I explore and discuss feelings of hypervigilance and loss of self identity. Also, the plan and techniques I'm using to heal and strengthen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
07.06.2022 How a Spanish fisherman lead the CIA to conclude that reality is a Hologram In 1966 the US military lost an unexploded nuclear bomb in a Spanish fishing village, this incident set off a chain of incredibly bizarre decades long covert research into the nature of reality itself, which has now been declassified Hosted ...
06.29.2022 Teenage Margaret Thatcher Turtles How the policies of Margaret Thatcher shaped how the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was written and animated. A extract a boiling hot take through critique of the franchise Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
06.21.2022 Speaking to a Cyberpsychologist about the psychology of online behaviour Dr.Nicola Fox Hamilton is a cyberpsychologist. We chat about what social media is doing to our minds and behavior. Can it make us more hostile? What is the science behind internet trolls? Is social media addictive? And how will VR ...
06.15.2022 CIA involvement in 20th century literature Art has been appropriated for military purposes throughout the 20th century. Camouflage was inspired by Cubism, Abstract art was used as anti-soviet propaganda and In the 1950's the CIA covertly funded literary magazines to service US Imperialism. Hosted on Acast. ...
06.08.2022 Swingers Saunas and American cows eating Skittles A relaxing hot take about Swingers Saunas and American Cows who are force-fed Skittles. Also some mental health chats about anxiety and anger Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
06.01.2022 The Linear understanding of Time in European Art Art hot takes from a covid fever dream. Western culture historically understands time to be linear, fixed, and unmovable. I explore the ways this impacted European portrait painting and how West African art changed it Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
05.24.2022 Louise McSharry I chat with Louise McSharry who is an experienced radio presenter and broadcaster and now hosts her own podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
05.17.2022 The Myth of the Valley of Madness Irish Mythology Podcast. For 2000 years, stories have been told that the Slieve Mish Mountains of Kerry can cure mental illness in those who visit. I explore the stories and tales from this area and the recent scientific studies that ...
05.11.2022 The Testicular Musk of a Debs Pants Gusset I interrogate the semiotics of other people's sweat on rented tuxedos and suits. Also, I speak about a short technique to increase your creativity, which anybody can use. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
05.04.2022 The strange English dystopian Sci Fi Novel about Ireland Ossians Ride is an unintentionally hilarious paranoid English novel written in 1959 about a futuristic Ireland that can obtain nuclear weapons from Turf. I pick it apart and contrast it with other Dystopian fiction. Long Hot Takes Hosted on Acast. ...
04.26.2022 Sports psychology with Keith Earls and Dr Declan Aherne I chat with Munster and Ireland Rugby player, and psychologist Dr.Declan Aherne about managing mental health within Sports. The similarities between art and sport, We also speak about the human condition in general Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
04.20.2022 The Anatomy of an Irish Wedding I speak about hidden codes that determine who sits where at an Irish Wedding. Also I answer questions about music, art and adults who must move back in with their parents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
04.12.2022 Intrapersonally Speaking I just found out that I am Autistic. I speak about my experience of learning this about myself Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
04.05.2022 The Barefoot Accountant goes to Emerald Shitty Mental health episode, I explore the concept of Core Beliefs through the story of the Wizard o Oz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03.29.2022 Keith Duffy I chat with Keith Duffy. Singer and actor, about his career in Boyzone, Coronation Street and Boyzlife. We also open up about the time we both accidentally watched a man masturbate to completion in Edinburgh in 2013 Hosted on Acast. ...
03.23.2022 Fenian Sandwich Sectarian Carrot How the Subway sandwich traces its roots to 19th-century physical force Irish republicanism. also, the sectarian history of domesticated carrots. Steaming Takes. Boiling hot notions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03.16.2022 Avocado Salt Bae and the Legend of St. Patricks Hole St.Patricks day episode. Boiling hot takes about the Irish cultural footprint. Exploring why Salt Bae speaks English with a Limerick accent. And unearthing the legend of St Patricks hole where Pilgrims have seen Purgatory for a thousand years Hosted on ...
03.09.2022 Talking to a psychologist about Creativity Prof Anna Abraham is a psychologist and neuroscientist who studies creativity and the human imagination. We chat about everything from creative Flow to the Beatles to Neurodiversity. We sat down as part of Creative Brain Week. Hosted on Acast. See ...
03.02.2022 A mental health plan for when the News is overwhelming How I manage feelings of anxiety and depression when the News cycle gets me down. So that I can have compassion, empathy and be functional, while still keeping informed and caring about world events. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
02.22.2022 A theory about the colour Grey A Hot Take about the colour grey that delves into the history of offices, renaissance paintings and 2000 year old monasteries Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
02.16.2022 What is Mindfulness? With Dermot Whelan Dermot Whelan is a comedian, presenter, and certified teacher in mindfulness and meditation. During this chat we have serious craic and speak about how mindfulness and meditation has changed both of our lives for the better. Hosted on Acast. See ...
02.09.2022 The Styrofoam Shepherd Barefoot accountant update. The story of a Chilean Book which was a Marxist critique of Donald Duck, an attempt to create a socialist internet in 1971 and the CIA backed fascist coup that ended it all Hosted on Acast. See ...
02.02.2022 The Barefoot Accountant Hot Take Episode Last week there was a standoff between Irish Fishermen and The Russian Navy. I draw a connection between this and a proposed plan to breed cats that glow in the dark around Nuclear Waste, as a warning ...
01.26.2022 The Psychology of Aesops Fables A hot take about Aesops fables and what they say about the human condition Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
01.19.2022 Stories for Geriatric Millennials I speak about what life was like before the internet Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
01.12.2022 The Psychologist who uses MDMA to treat mental illness Dr. Paul Liknaitsky is the head of clinical psychedelic research at Monash University Australia. He is conducting world-first clinical trials into the use of magic mushrooms and ecstasy to treat depression, anxiety, and PTSD. This is his second time on ...
01.05.2022 A Mental Health Plan for 2022 How I will be building my emotional resilience this year. I explain three psychology concepts through the fable of the Lion with the Thorn in its paw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.29.2021 Lung Cousins A rambling podcast designed for a Post Christmas pre New Years walk. I speak about pissing in a milk bottle for several years and the role of silliness in art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.22.2021 Boiling Hot Christmas A hot take about the Pagan Origins of Christmas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.15.2021 Sudden Mystery Arse Pain A deep dive art history podcast about the colours red and blue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.08.2021 Speaking about Anxiety with a Psychology Professor Professor Ian Robertson is a Neuroscientist and Professor of Psychology in Trinity College. We speak about Anxiety, neurodiversity and the medicalisation of human behaviour Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.01.2021 Furry Curry I answer yere questions about creating art online and what differences there are now from 10 years ago Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.24.2021 Topographia Hibernica Hot take Art/History. A 12th-century English manuscript which claimed that Irish women could turn into hares to suck milk out of other women's nipples, and that Irish men had sex with and ate horses Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
11.17.2021 Paddy Dracula A hot take art episode about Dracula and its relationship with Irish folklore and Cholera outbreaks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.10.2021 Science, Art, Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence For Science Week, I chat with Dr Ruth Freeman, and Dr Aaron Golden who has just embarked on a project that uses AI to help communities in the global south track the impact of Climate Change on their agriculture and ...
11.03.2021 Custard Creams and The CIA Boiling Hot Take.An exploration that links Victorian Fern fanciers with Custard Creams and the CIA interrogation of houseplants Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10.27.2021 The Head to the Heart 4th Birthday episode. When trying to improve our mental health. How do we move new beliefs from our heads into our hearts ? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10.20.2021 Robert Sheehan I chat with Umbrella Academy actor Robbie Sheehan about Nicholas Cage vomiting a communion wafer in front of Eddie Van Halen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Blindboy Podcast

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The Blindboy Podcast episodes:

A Mental health plan for when the weather is cold and the days are short and dark

Analysing Class structure with Darren McGarvey

Speaking to an expert about Trauma

The First Man to smuggle Hash into Limerick

Foolscap, Dunce Cap and Dogs

What made things so difficult for Irish millenials?

Landlords, Medieval Snails and Nightclubs

Scroobius Pip

How Wu Tang Clan and Margaret Thatcher created the modern Ice Cream Cone

The Quantum bones of St Rosalia, floating in the artists shit

Addiction and Prison with The Two Norries

A post lockdown mental health plan

How a Spanish fisherman lead the CIA to conclude that reality is a Hologram

Teenage Margaret Thatcher Turtles

Speaking to a Cyberpsychologist about the psychology of online behaviour

CIA involvement in 20th century literature

Swingers Saunas and American cows eating Skittles

The Linear understanding of Time in European Art

Louise McSharry

The Myth of the Valley of Madness

The Testicular Musk of a Debs Pants Gusset

The strange English dystopian Sci Fi Novel about Ireland

Sports psychology with Keith Earls and Dr Declan Aherne

The Anatomy of an Irish Wedding

Intrapersonally Speaking

The Barefoot Accountant goes to Emerald Shitty

Keith Duffy

Fenian Sandwich Sectarian Carrot

Avocado Salt Bae and the Legend of St. Patricks Hole

Talking to a psychologist about Creativity

A mental health plan for when the News is overwhelming

A theory about the colour Grey

What is Mindfulness? With Dermot Whelan

The Styrofoam Shepherd

The Barefoot Accountant

The Psychology of Aesops Fables

Stories for Geriatric Millennials

The Psychologist who uses MDMA to treat mental illness

A Mental Health Plan for 2022

Lung Cousins

Boiling Hot Christmas

Sudden Mystery Arse Pain

Speaking about Anxiety with a Psychology Professor

Furry Curry

Topographia Hibernica

Paddy Dracula

Science, Art, Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence

Custard Creams and The CIA

The Head to the Heart

Robert Sheehan

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