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The latest from Into Your Head podcast, by Neal O’Carroll.
Tripe on tap since 2006 (with brief seven year interlude).

Show 879: Edible Cigarette Addiction and Other First World Problems

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Neal warns scout leaders about their responsibility regarding the eventual death of the sun, demands a compulsory national bone registry for dog owners. issues a stark warning about tiny front gate book libraries, tries to figure out how fishes reproduce, looks at a problematic character on Criminal Minds, staunchly defends so called light pollution, asks if dogs can commit crimes of passion, considers installing an artificial meadow in your sitting room, explains why your subconscious might be successfully fighting off criminal charges while you sleep, recalls the laziness of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), looks at the miracle of synchronised winking, wonders about night court opening hours, remembers an underground Billy Bunter book lending operation, wonders how surgeons navigate your horse’s spacious Interior and discvusses illicit drugs in dog prison, microwave popcorn, the back seat of a horse, adult candy cigarette addiction, how vets and clerics bamboozle you with Latin, Clin-ons, cling film, how a simple cardboard chimney could make you a better parent, the short lived Coca Cola Life, the Wild West versus Ireland’s west, Gangs of New York (2002), the trouble with Irish people on Star Trek, Colm Meany, Ireland’s tea minstrel lottery that nobody realised was appalling, Noddy by Enid Blyton, how cut-out coupons risk structural integrity. a third way to enjoy The Sixth Sense (1999), frogs versus toads, tennis versus badminton. a fifteen week school screening of MIssissisipp Burning (1989), the scout camping experience, the power cut cooking experiences=, trying to be frivulous, trying to pronounce frivulous, trying to spell, how to know whether you’re alive and more.

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Show 878: Freshers Week at the Finishing School

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Neal takes the so-called grilled cheese sandwich down a peg or two, recommends a new way to use toothpaste, explains why it’s someone else’s turn to watch the news now, asks if not seeing the shark really makes it scarier, wonders how long you’re going to live, sheds light on the higher power of convenience foods, assesses the outcome of last week’s dog segment ban and discusses sugar stick assembly, how Cat and Barman meet in dreams, life before and after abandoning saucers, post-credits cinema meditation, waiting outside Downton Abbey for a visitor, horse edibility, pills versus peanuts, the trouble with exercise bicycling and tread-milling, spitting in private, applying butter in a vacuum, the International Space Station, Outposts on the Frontier by Jay Chladek, meat versus anatomy, Saddam Hussein’s video messages, what happens if you discover oil while out walking, an accidental tile vandalism memory, hiding commuters underground, how bar segregation becomes infinitely compounded, vaping versus vaxing, what became of Kill Bill’s killed Bill, transparent memo tubes in offices, Duel (1971) and more.

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Show 877: Flushable Dock Leaves are NOT the Answer

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Neal imposes a temporary self ban on dog anatomy talk, tracks TV’s most misleading puppet housing depiction, considers the downside of commercial breaks on baby monitors, asks if the uncultured can enjoy the movie Whiplash (2014), changes your mind about prison exercise yards, warns of the mortal risks of foot washing, gives you an new appreciation of empty stairwells, recalls the snobbery surrounding Edward Scissorhands (1990), explains why grown-ups should not watch movies, wonders about a Willy Wonka elevator sequel, discovers the true purpose of rubber ducks, sets out the pitfalls of trying to live in a wheelie bin, reveals the missed glaringly obvious choice to replace Kevin Spacey in House of Cards and looks at flushable dock leaf inequity, posthumous prison options, back yard naivety, the phrase Murder Death Kill, delivering the meaning of life on a plate, Being John Malkovich (1999), KPAX (2001), the shows Bosco (RTE) and The Young Pope and more.

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Show 876: Edible Cow Helmets FTW

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Neal explains how it’s possible to be of sound mind yet not think about buffet breakfasts much despite your name being Buffet, and looks at the armpits of the leg world, the human trunk, the argument for smoking assistance dogs, toe stubbing advice for people just starting a family, TV gas safety commercials, why toe models worry too much, the inherent problem with shoe industry toe stubbing statistics, how edible helmets might help so-called mad cows, watching a field being built, contributing to a 1980s mural, hurling, tykes and louts, casual jackets, casualty jackets, the trouble with hand pockets, greed versus gluttony, Wall Street (1988) and more.

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Show 875: Travelling With Your Pet in Stasis

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Neal reviews his list of helpful animal TV shows with surprising additions, illuminates the double life of the consultant surgeon, looks at the pros and cons of taking pets through Customs in stasis, explores pre-surgery bathing, considers how Australians feel about how we feel about their popular culture, reveals why he seldom speaks his own name on this show, explains why you must never cut your dog’s tail off even when flying, exposes a possible synergy between end times preppers and amateur astronomers, remembers life in the second millennium and discusses the Coyote prey realism problem, the trouble with war games, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, childish medicine packaging, not sidewalks, breakdown rescue, dogs as bus branding, making discount mushy peas palatable, the dark history of frontal lobe lobotomies, why doctors shouldn’t have books, bars of soap, an important note about Irish Spring, why your underground shelter needs a window, handling raw poultry and road runner meat, Quantum Leap, Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven, CSI Miami, CSI Kids, The Safety Dance in Grand Theft Auto, Phil Spector, Rolf Harris and more.

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Show 874: You’re Nobody Without Opposable Thumbs, Supposedly

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Neal wonders how dog rehab works, goes over what happens when you leave hospital without clothes, documents a decades old fake cinema facade with which you might identify, recalls the last time he learned something (2003), asks if opposable thumbs are worth the trouble, issues a stark warning about your waste disposal contraption, clarifies how Lighthouse entrance halls work, considers how emergency services deal with prayer related accidents, ponders whether abolishing Limbo will embolden it and discusses the phrase TMI, the song Yer Old by Reef, your longevity as a far future listener on Archive dot org, how a dog might fall out of a car, salt water accidents on land, ER scissors extravagance, In the Name of the Father (1993), half of Queen plus Paul Rodgers, an American Idol host clarification, public buildings with no walls, old school Monopoly, how a well meaning dog struggles to mind it’s own business, what US satellite radio can teach you about how to listen to this show and more.

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Show 873: Nonetheless Wiser

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Neal maps the future of the traditional white haired action villain, explains why governments would love to mandate toe typewriters, tries to describe a mysterious part of Dublin’s city centre using Theoretical Physics, conjures a talking cat to explain the mechanics of speaking without vocal cords, defends Edwyn Collins’ incorrect inflexions in Addidas World, relates a defining childhood moment involving a very special word, worries about toilet brush design, proposes a unifying theory for the Terminator movies, illuminates the dark side of cartoon dogs, wonders how you go about decaffeinating something, relates how bread vans triggered an ambulance phobia, remembers when the name AA1 Aardvark used to mean something and looks at tastefully rebooting Die Hard, what cats hear when we say anti disestablish mentarianism (last time I used that word without breaks in it, it broke the feed), why dog beds are nonsense, The Ant and the Aardvark, why The Animals of Farthing Wood is unsuitable for children, Jellystone and other hideous cartoon reboots, a piece of student infrastructure resembling an ancient royal litter, fines for swearing in Demolition Man (1993), schooling in the twenty-second century, the surprising logistics of walking computers and more.

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Show 872: How to Achieve Omnipresence by Sixty Five

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SLIGHTLY CRACKLY SOUND IN PLACES. Neal considers how to talk to your child about Devil Gate Drive, explains how the bow and arrow were the Dark Ages equivalent of a kid with glasses, reveals the best career to pursue for omnipresence, explores the logistics of being seen dead in an IKEA, celebrates his old dinosaur mirror’s scientific endorsement and looks at a 1980s music warning label, tricycle tyre alchemy, life in a Dyson Sphere, Haley’s Comet, Haley’s father, The SuperVet (Channel 4 UK), off-camera unheard interviewers, Designated Survivor (Netflix), operating your two wheeled no legs dog, an unexpected advantage of noisy joints, the Ask Jeeves mascot, three hours stuck in a rail tunnel, rain from the heavens via space, societal attitudes to desserts, improving how you donate coffee to homeless citizens and more.

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