How buildings create music
How the shape of Notre Dame Cathedral changed western music via Pythagoras. How mountains slowed down heavy metal music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 188
The Blindboy Podcast
Hosted by Blindboyboatclub, who is an artist and author. An eclectic podcast containing short fiction, interviews and comedy.
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Episodes
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 21, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 187
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 186
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 185
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 184
On Becoming a Person
The Humanistic psychology of Carl Rogers, and how it helps us develop empathy for others and self-compassion Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 24, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 183
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Tinsel Pinochet
Developing Emotional Resilience. I speak about fear, anger, sadness, and hurt. Distinguishing avoidable pain from unavoidable pain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 181
Basils Fart Carnival
I speak about my experience of Irish secondary school Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 180
Fluff Trumpet
How Superheroes in Irish folklore helped to create workers rights in America Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 179
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 22, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 178
Crosby Stills & Hash
The widening gap between online and mainstream media. Mental Health during the pandemic. I answer yere questions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 17, 2021•2 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 177
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Appointive Plane
Guinness. I speak about the cultural significance of a pint of Guinness in the Irish Psyche Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 03, 2021•2 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 174
Chicken Fillet Rolls
After many requests, here's a podcast about Chicken Fillet Rolls Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 173
Wet Kensington Tent
How advertising has sold us a performed version of adulthood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 172
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 171
Best Chestnuts
Hot Take. The ideas that connects illegal British Army operations with Charles Manson and covert LSD research Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 170
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 23, 2020•59 min•Ep. 169
Ríthe Chorcaí
I speak about processing the bereavement of losing a friend and I read my short story Ríthe Chorcaí Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 16, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 168
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 08, 2020•2 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 167
Transcendant Endas
I speak about the centenary of the Kilmichael ambush and answer yere questions about various craic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Fanta Hammer
Mental Health episode. Depression and anger. How to identify and healthily process anger so that it doesn't become all consuming rage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 165
Exploding Kings and Gestalt Psychology
I speak about how I use Gestalt Psychology to maintain my mental health and I address exploding English kings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 164
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 163
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 synthesizerrs washed up on the shore of an African Island in the 1960s and changed the sound of their folk music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 04, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 162
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) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 28, 2020•2 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 161
St Vitus Dance
How lads doing shots of Goldschlager in Celtic Tiger nightclubs got me thinking about 15th century dancing pandemics that killed thousands Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 21, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 160
Poo Anon
A hot take which roots the psychological origins of conspiracy theories in the discovery of soap by early human hunter-gatherer societies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 159