The Blindboy Podcast

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Hosted by Blindboy, of the Rubberbandits. An eclectic podcast containing short fiction, interviews and comedy.

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04.21.2021

A house built by ghosts and a car made of hash. I answer yere questions by trying to think of the most interesting facts I know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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04.21.2021 A house built by ghosts and a car made of hash. A house built by ghosts and a car made of hash. I answer yere questions by trying to think of the most interesting facts I know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
04.14.2021 Stereo sound and 13th century painting The emergence of stereo sound in 1950's music shares strange similarities with 13th Century painting. A hot take Art history and music epiosde See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
04.08.2021 Lobster Purple The connection between Lobsters becoming fancy food and purple becoming the colour of Royalty in Ancient Greece. Hot Take Art/History episode about how society manufactures exclusivity See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
03.31.2021 The return of Emma Dabiri I chat with academic and author Emma Dabiri about her new book "What white people can do next" From allyship to coalition. We speak about Racism, Anti Colonialism and Anti Capitalism See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
03.24.2021 On Becoming a Person The Humanistic psychology of Carl Rogers, and how it helps us develop empathy for others and self-compassion See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
03.17.2021 Psychobiotics Mental health and its relationship with the gut and food. I chat with UCC professors John Cryan and Ted Dinan about their world-leading research into psychobiotics See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
03.10.2021 Tinsel Pinochet Developing Emotional Resilience. I speak about fear, anger, sadness, and hurt. Distinguishing avoidable pain from unavoidable pain See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
03.03.2021 Basils Fart Carnival I speak about my experience of Irish secondary school See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
02.24.2021 Fluff Trumpet How Superheroes in Irish folklore helped to create workers rights in America See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
02.22.2021 Yellow Magic Orchestra Bonus episode. A special bonus episode where I speak about the influence of the band Yellow Magic Orchestra on the sound of Video game music. This particular episode is brought to you by Vodafone Broadband See acast.com/privacy for privacy and ...
02.17.2021 Crosby Stills & Hash The widening gap between online and mainstream media. Mental Health during the pandemic. I answer yere questions See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
02.09.2021 Adam Curtis I chat with legendary documentary maker Adam Curtis about his new film "can't get you out of my head" An emotional history of the modern world See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
02.03.2021 Appointive Plane Guinness. I speak about the cultural significance of a pint of Guinness in the Irish Psyche See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01.27.2021 Double Denim Utopia I answer yere Questions about superstitions and mental health and I have a chat with Una Mullaly and Conner Habib about their project, Utopia Ireland See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01.20.2021 Chicken Fillet Rolls After many requests, here's a podcast about Chicken Fillet Rolls See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01.13.2021 Wet Kensington Tent How advertising has sold us a performed version of adulthood See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01.06.2021 Prix En Quicksand Why was Quicksand so important in Childrens Cartoons of the 80's and 90's? A hot take that places Quicksand in the dark depths of the American psyche. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.30.2020 Best Chestnuts Hot Take. The ideas that connects illegal British Army operations with Charles Manson and covert LSD research See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.23.2020 Pummeled Duncans Bonus Christmas fun. I was going to take the week off, but Instead, I chat about low self esteem and the family dysfunction of enmeshment See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.16.2020 Ríthe Chorcaí I speak about processing the bereavement of losing a friend and I read my short story Ríthe Chorcaí See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.08.2020 Hozier To celebrate this podcast having 25 million listens. I have a chat with Irish artist Hozier. We speak about music, songwriting, folkore and divining water. Good craic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.02.2020 Transcendant Endas I speak about the centenary of the Kilmichael ambush and answer yere questions about various craic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.25.2020 Fanta Hammer Mental Health episode. Depression and anger. How to identify and healthily process anger so that it doesn't become all consuming rage. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.18.2020 Exploding Kings and Gestalt Psychology I speak about how I use Gestalt Psychology to maintain my mental health and I address exploding English kings See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.11.2020 Christs Foreskin How Christs foreskin became a relic with multiple forgeries throughout the middle ages How I made the Trump Pee Tape and fooled the American media. Famous Art Hoaxes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.04.2020 Turtle Curtains Instead of talking about the US elections I offer a complete escape. How the inhabitants of Easter Island elected a leader based on their ability to swim with an egg strapped to their head. And how a ship full of ...
10.28.2020 Manchán Magan I chat with writer Manchán Magan about the origins of Irish words, and the psychadelic origins of Irish Folklore. Manchán has just released his book, 32 Words for Field (Lost Words of the Irish Language) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and ...
10.21.2020 St Vitus Dance How lads doing shots of Goldschlager in Celtic Tiger nightclubs got me thinking about 15th century dancing pandemics that killed thousands See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.14.2020 Poo Anon A hot take which roots the psychological origins of conspiracy theories in the discovery of soap by early human hunter-gatherer societies See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.07.2020 Graham Norton I chat with Author and TV presenter Graham Norton about living in a San Francisco commune in the 80s, Meeting loads of Famous people and writing his latest novel Home Stretch See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
09.30.2020 Gizzard Penchant The origins of the word Quare leads me to discuss art created by Elephants See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
09.23.2020 Sami Zayn I chat with WWE Wrestler Sami Zayn about Kayfabe, Compassion, Islam and Politics See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
09.16.2020 Punch us Pilots A parasite that causes snails to masturbate uncontrollably and how Ireland legalised drugs for 24 hours and I took ecstasy on live radio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
09.09.2020 Disco is the real Punk Rock 2 The bizaare story behind a disco "Novelty Song" and why it is an important piece of art by a sex worker. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
09.02.2020 Savoury Donovans Relaxing mental health episode. I address yere questions about emotions and coping See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
08.26.2020 Trolley Gogs How Irony was deliberately dismantled post 9/11 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
08.19.2020 The Gonad Archipelago I react to finding out that I'm being monitored by the Irish Government for my political beliefs. Also, How I tackle feelings of insecurity and dread when I wake up in the mornings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
08.12.2020 Wrong Conkers A hot take look at collectivism and individualism during a pandemic, in light of a recent study. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
08.05.2020 Boola Bus I answer loads of yere questions. Such as, How to deal with feeling insignificant in the universe, and overcoming creative block. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
07.29.2020 Frantic Canter, Bowsy Gallop A history of American pop music (1820 to 1920). Why early American pop was sung in an Irish accent See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
07.22.2020 Billy Idols Childhood Guitar Hot Take, music and culture episode. A critical reapraisal of Billy Idols 1993 bizaare concept album about a computer that destroyed his mainstream career. Also a history of Cyberpunk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
07.15.2020 Clancys Pancake How 1990s professional wrestling predicted the 2020s See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
07.08.2020 Senator Lynn Ruane I chat with Lynn Ruane who is an independent Irish senator and author of "People like me". As a Senator she has been a powerful voice in advocating for harm reduction and health based drugs legislation See acast.com/privacy for privacy ...
07.01.2020 Petrol Dentist An Irish history of destroying statues. Why Barack Obama removed a statue of Winston Churchill from the oval office. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.24.2020 My Mental Health Philosophy so far An overview of my entire mental health maintenance regime and the psychology and philosophy behind it See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.17.2020 The Goblin of strange and uncertain times A Hot take on Society's response to coronavirus through the lens of grief psychology. A Post Catholic view of Ireland's response See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.10.2020 Disraelis Bannister How the evolution of a moths wings and the painters of the Romantic period were simultaneous indicators of Climate change in the 1800s See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.03.2020 Lucifers Toothbrush How the current aggressive miltaristic tacticts that US police use towards protestors and journalists was shamefully invented by a man from Dublin See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.27.2020 Brenda and John Romero The inventor of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein. I chat with two legends of video games history. John and Brenda are founders of Romero games. They have been working in the video games industry since the early 80's. See acast.com/privacy for ...
05.20.2020 Abstract Art and the CIA Hot take Art podcast. I explore and explain the importance of Abstract Expressionist art and how the movement was covertly funded by the CIA See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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What's The Blindboy Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Blindboy Podcast episodes:

A house built by ghosts and a car made of hash.

Stereo sound and 13th century painting

Lobster Purple

The return of Emma Dabiri

On Becoming a Person

Psychobiotics

Tinsel Pinochet

Basils Fart Carnival

Fluff Trumpet

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Crosby Stills & Hash

Adam Curtis

Appointive Plane

Double Denim Utopia

Chicken Fillet Rolls

Wet Kensington Tent

Prix En Quicksand

Best Chestnuts

Pummeled Duncans

Ríthe Chorcaí

Hozier

Transcendant Endas

Fanta Hammer

Exploding Kings and Gestalt Psychology

Christs Foreskin

Turtle Curtains

Manchán Magan

St Vitus Dance

Poo Anon

Graham Norton

Gizzard Penchant

Sami Zayn

Punch us Pilots

Disco is the real Punk Rock 2

Savoury Donovans

Trolley Gogs

The Gonad Archipelago

Wrong Conkers

Boola Bus

Frantic Canter, Bowsy Gallop

Billy Idols Childhood Guitar

Clancys Pancake

Senator Lynn Ruane

Petrol Dentist

My Mental Health Philosophy so far

The Goblin of strange and uncertain times

Disraelis Bannister

Lucifers Toothbrush

Brenda and John Romero

Abstract Art and the CIA

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