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In a feature length episode Neal defends his pronunciation of typer writer, talks you through waking up on an operating table, shows how an only child leads an only dog astray, scrutinises the practicalities of turning the other cheek, explains how your miniaturised cat experiments are driving friends away, advises on cat dialogue for screenwriters, reinvents the Apple 1 and discusses making mistakes on typewriters, living in a giant replica of your own home, Downsized (2017), Britpop songs about solvent abuse, Falling Down (1993), JRR Tolkien, JR Tolkien, world war one nomenclature, why the dentist is more fun than you remember, car halves welded together, where Ireland houses endangered species and heads of state, how three dragons ran for Ireland’s presidency, toy radios, ice cream van theories, rabies on the dog spectrum, phobia treatments, internal iron lungs, the third coming of Iceland, car manuals versus ark instructions, nursing homes for podcasters, what fire hydrants are for, memories of not being taught Civics, what happens to people to make them appreciate Shakespeare, Heathcliffs and Pips in popular culture and quite a bit more.

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LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll – Far future humans can find hundreds more shows on Archive dot org.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:24 — 112.6MB)

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Neal ponders the practicalities of being Greek god of thunder, reveals why air crash survivor guilt is a good thing, worries about your supermarket trolley deposit, explains what palaeonthologists and NASA could learn from Winston Churchill and discusses the true meaning of last meals on death row, screaming on roller coasters, hedge trimming beside live power lines from a helicoptor, tuning forks, harmonica progress, Dame Vera Lynne, oldtime anarchic BBC radio comedy, dog evolution, a childhood memory of impressive police notetaking, milk rounds in the 2020s, elite special forces bin lorries, biblical pillars of salt, your first day as a billionaire, life in a bookcase, why small confectionery items should not be called bites, hydration versus lubrication, reinventing quarries, living in a shed and more.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:17 — 112.3MB)

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Neal grudgingly gives a dog some credit, issues a stark warning about video game points, considers the reported last words of Mother Teresa, prescribes a mental workout involving your bathroom window, recalls a true childhood tale of lucky bags and death at the sweet shop and discusses predictable circus routes, a 1974 Twin Towers tightrope walk, winning the lottery at birth, poker faces on Star Trek, unwarranted pokers in the home, Peter Gabriel’s Don’t Give Up with Kate Bush, Metallica’s post rehab documentary, the relative melodies of Guns ‘n’ Roses, first time parents at school gates, sports helmets, your post Covid return to the office, clock-in technique, blinkers for office workers, Queen’s Was It All Worth It, why magicians use saws, biblical leprosy and more. 

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:51 — 104.3MB)

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Neal makes the case for government assigned signatures for new borns, considers how sitcom kids have become so sophisticated, explains his virtual toast rack invention and how it relates to Mary Poppins and discusses making a raw chicken asthetically pleasing, turning a parking space into a home, ordering fruit juices with an extra shot, a decade of avocado misinformation, compulsory u-turns and Margaret Thatcher,  The Nine O’Clock News, Not the Nine O’Clock News, reaching Nirvana, The world of The Truman Show (1998) versus the South Pole, waking up in a Pink Floyd album cover, childhood abatoir memories and more.

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Neal discusses Smurfs versus Avatar, explaining ball point pens to a cat, the argument against Meccano, early childhood memories: were those nurses or aliens, hand-me-down Lego management, raising children in a void, Lego Batman,  listening in July,  the man who made North Korea boring, watching with your ears, the future of home decor, the nation’s luckiest KFC, where gravy belongs, true crime fans, a crematorium crime documentary, handling a sick puppy, a criminal’s vomit proxy, vomit as a calling card, Rubiks Cube ethics,  crosswords with multiple correct answers, anatomy of a Rubiks Cube, buying half a Titanic in bulk, Yacht Rock, hospitality vocabulary, bar tab legalities for cats, saliva-based hygiene and more.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:05 — 91.8MB)

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Neal discusses how to eat a spring roll, cuckoo clock apartments, how many cats an ark needs, how the Mona Lisa ended up like that, lubricated uphostery, Mr Crow from Wandarly Wagon, where America should house your national TV archive, an unfortunate first impression of Philadelphia, Mountain Dew versus stout, pelicans, puffins and penguins, saying no to Star Wars, Skellig Michael island in Star Wars, a Lego airport, why Star Trek is acceptable, miming in a prison yard, life on a submarine ark, air free tyres and footballs, a reason not to give kids their ball back, how useful is a swimming dog, the traditional ship’s cat, a failed attempt to own bespoke furniture, the truth about LIdl’s renovation cycle, dog owners who claim to feed them chocolate, macho female cats, drinking candy, washing up liquid versus recycled urine versus hot sauce and more.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 46:09 — 105.7MB)

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Neal discusses whether dogs are cultural appropriators, why Dracula is science fiction, building a house inside a barn, theme park castles, pet spiders, TV dramas The Sullivans, House MD and The Good Doctor, foot deodorant, one simple lie that can bring out the best in your doctor. dog mergers, I Shouldn’t Be Alive – S04 E07: Alone in the Amazon, Inception (2010), injurious talcum powder, Little Plum (comic strip – The Beano), why The Godfather Part III (1990) is fine, understanding burglers and dogs, animal entrapment and more.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:31 — 70.0MB)

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Neal discusses having something in common with Dan Rather, sidewinder glass lengths, the Mandela Effect on Special K cereal, a memorable brush with law enforcement, one person operated toilets, finding sponsors for death sports, recreational scratching, a special sponge, remembering an old urination segment, the trouble with wheelbarrows, Hamburger Helper, back seat configurations, a new kind of tooth gap, why flying car owners are going to hate us all, why you may have to choose betwen potholing and the Clockwork Orange treatment, potholing versus coalmining, the respecful way to serve a meat pie and more.

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