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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03.28.2023

An anticolonial argument which explores the connections between our emotional well-being, mythology and biodiversity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Blindboy Podcast episodes:

03.28.2023 Mental Health, Biodiversity and Mythology An anticolonial argument which explores the connections between our emotional well-being, mythology and biodiversity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03.21.2023 How James Joyce invented Cinema A hot take about a James Joyce short short story via the Impressionist painters. And the post-lockdown mental health crisis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03.15.2023 The Story of Saint Patrick What can 5000-year-old abstract art and magic mushrooms tell us about St.Patricks Shamrock? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03.08.2023 The Hashish Eater of Booly I contrast Irish mythology with Islamic Folklore from the same era Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03.01.2023 Are you really John Wayne ? A travel podcast about the importance of Assertiveness and listening to your inner voice Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
02.22.2023 Michael Harding I speak with the writer Michael Harding about leaving the priesthood and becoming a Buddhist for 17 years Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
02.15.2023 The Devils Bedframe I answer listener questions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
02.08.2023 Coalbrookdale by Night I speak about growing old, accidentally dressing as Eminem and then finding a painting that depicts the beginning of global warming Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
02.01.2023 Saint Brigid Solvent Abuse and Irish Mythology I speak about the pagan goddess Brigid and the Christian Saint Brigid Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
01.25.2023 Gutta Percha Overdrive How an extinct victorian plastic that came from trees fuelled the evils of British colonisation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
01.20.2023 The Last Of Us An essay on the world and philosophy of The Last Of Us game, ahead of the TV series Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
01.18.2023 Sex Education from a health Journalist Sophia Smith Galer is a multi-award-winning journalist, author and TikTok creator. She is a Senior News Reporter for VICE World News, a Visiting Fellow at Brown University. We speak about her book, losing it, sex education for the 21st century ...
01.11.2023 Witches Piss and Horses Skulls How the discovery of a horses skull under a floorboard led to an insight into Irish music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
01.04.2023 My mental health plan for a New Year The pressure of a new year, and creating resolutions can bring up feelings of shame. I speak about how I address shame through self-compassion Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.28.2022 PJ Gallagher PJ Gallagher is a comedian and broadcaster, and we had a gorgeous chat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.21.2022 The Silver Gonads of Santa Claus in the mouth of a Gelding Foal A festive Christmas episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.14.2022 How Baileys Irish Cream is rooted in an 18th Century Satanic Sex Cult Food History podcast. How Baileys Irish Cream is rooted in an 18th Century Satanic Sex Cult Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.07.2022 Analysing a 9th century Irish poem about a white cat Analysing a 9th century Irish poem about a white cat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.30.2022 Elf on the Shelf is a tool of surveillance capitalism A reading of Elf on the Shelf as a tool of surveillance capitalism via Benthams Panopticon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.24.2022 There's a housing protest in Dublin on the 26th of November I chat with social policy lecturer Rory Hearne about the Raise The Roof housing protest and the movement towards change in Irelands housing climate Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.22.2022 Crying and Shame and Underpants How the purchase of Belgian underpants lead me to explore my shame around crying. The story of a scientist who put underpants on 75 rats and why St.Augustine removed boners from the Garden of Eden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
11.16.2022 Speaking with the President of Ireland I chat with Michael D Higgins, who is the President of Ireland about his Macnamh 100 seminars. We speak about the reflection and contemplation of history, and the Irish Psyche as it relates to home and housing Hosted on Acast. ...
11.09.2022 Why I'm going back to Therapy I speak about the process of psychotherapy and why I'm going back. My own tools aren't working anymore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.02.2022 Speaking to a Quantum Physicist about Quantum Computers and Irish Mythology JC Seamus Davis is an Irish professor of quantum physics. We speak about the complex quantum world and contrast it with Irish mythology. We did this to celebrate Science Week 2022, which takes place from the 13th of November sfi.ie ...
10.26.2022 Five year podcast anniversary ramble The podcast is five years old. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10.19.2022 How to cook a dinner I speak about the emotional resonance that cooking a meal has for me. And how a stew once gave me a panic attack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10.12.2022 Irish Folklore and Environmentalism with Manchán Magan Manchán Magan is a writer and documentary maker with an interest in Irish Folklore and Mythology. We speak about Indigenous mythology and its relationship with the environment. Manchán has a new book out "Listen to the Land Speak" Hosted on ...
10.05.2022 Rivers, Lakes and Data Centres in Irish Mythology Hot take on the Mythological history of water as a conduit for wisdom and information in Ireland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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. ...

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The Blindboy Podcast episodes:

Mental Health, Biodiversity and Mythology

How James Joyce invented Cinema

The Story of Saint Patrick

The Hashish Eater of Booly

Are you really John Wayne ?

Michael Harding

The Devils Bedframe

Coalbrookdale by Night

Saint Brigid Solvent Abuse and Irish Mythology

Gutta Percha Overdrive

The Last Of Us

Sex Education from a health Journalist

Witches Piss and Horses Skulls

My mental health plan for a New Year

PJ Gallagher

The Silver Gonads of Santa Claus in the mouth of a Gelding Foal

How Baileys Irish Cream is rooted in an 18th Century Satanic Sex Cult

Analysing a 9th century Irish poem about a white cat

Elf on the Shelf is a tool of surveillance capitalism

There's a housing protest in Dublin on the 26th of November

Crying and Shame and Underpants

Speaking with the President of Ireland

Why I'm going back to Therapy

Speaking to a Quantum Physicist about Quantum Computers and Irish Mythology

Five year podcast anniversary ramble

How to cook a dinner

Irish Folklore and Environmentalism with Manchán Magan

Rivers, Lakes and Data Centres in Irish Mythology

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

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