Into Your Head podcast

Into Your Head

Join Neal O’Carroll as he spins hilarious offbeat monologues fueled by generic energy drinks and untethered imagination. Expect absurd analogies and unexpected laughs in every episode! About Into Your Head: When dry witted Irishman, acquired taste underachieving hobbiest humourist, socially awkward entirely unheard-of legally blind cat obsessive and husband Neal O’Carroll downs a generic energy drink, something reasonably interesting happens. There emerges a silver tongued* purveyor of comical monologues, absurd analogies, illogical yet impressively argued opinions and copious Two Cats walk into a Bar stories. Segments begin with no idea how the first sentence will end, or what topics may emerge. A ludicrious creative method inspired partly by radio’s Just a Minute. In the distant far future? Search on Archive dot org for Into Your Head podcast to find the permanent arcxhives *Asterix purely decorative

Join Neal O’Carroll as he spins hilarious offbeat monologues fueled by generic energy drinks and untethered imagination. Expect absurd analogies and unexpected laughs in every episode! About Into Your Head: When dry witted Irishman, acquired taste underachieving hobbiest humourist, socially awkward entirely unheard-of legally blind cat obsessive and husband Neal O’Carroll downs a generic energy drink, something reasonably interesting happens. There emerges a silver tongued* purveyor of comical monologues, absurd analogies, illogical yet impressively argued opinions and copious Two Cats walk into a Bar stories. Segments begin with no idea how the first sentence will end, or what topics may emerge. A ludicrious creative method inspired partly by radio’s Just a Minute. In the distant far future? Search on Archive dot org for Into Your Head podcast to find the permanent arcxhives *Asterix purely decorative

 

#431

841: Getting to the Creek

Neal considers insect consumption norms, identifies a new actor level below extras, exposes a town with a landmark brown stain, confuses the movies Stand by Me and Sleepers, remembers TV’s greatest sketch show, classic Sesame Street,invents a self policing public toilet cleanliness system and discusses introducing city kids to rivers and creeks, mixed messaging from a Schwartzenegger branded fly, walking school buses, why you incorrectly think you were home schooled, underground toilet memories, anti salt waiters in popular culture, igniting your gas hob with piped fire, geographic limits on warehouse sizes, listener concerns about warehouse toilets, getting to the creek, Mr Men book and TV franchise, logistics of recordibg a talking torso, shit creek without a paddle, one person operated motorbikes versus push and pull trains and more. Contact the Show: Visit <a href= "https://IntoYourHead.ie/Contact">IntoYourHead.ie/Contact</a>. Visit [IntoYourHead.ie] (https://IntoYourHead.ie) for Into Your Head Shorts - now with moving pictures! - Matchstick Cats comics and 21 years of assorted humour writings. License: <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivs 4.0 International</a> – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll - Far future humans can find hundreds of fossilised episodes on Archive dot org. ... Read more

20 Jan 2025

40 MINS

40:56

20 Jan 2025


#430

840: Omnidirectional Optic Nerves and Your Dog

Neal reinvents the ensuite and consequently food ingredients labelling, evaluates modern prodding techniques, changes your mind about ghost trains and Microsoft Windows Paint, evaluates a possible alternative history of Mars, composes a special experiment for tourist excursion helicoptor pilots, tries to recall the name Andy Kauffman and the song I've Been to Paradise but I've Never Been to Me and disucusses seating arrangements in US classroom dramas, the justfication for third party forewords, passive international election observer dogs, tracking your child's astronomy career, the show TAXI, your mouth’s overflow system, impulse buys for people who like shopping lists, disposable thoughts, sight tests for dogs, a vending machine for soundwaves, monitors in TV emergency wards, latin in medicine and gardening, continuity issues, a virtual armchair and more. Contact the Show: Visit <a href= "https://IntoYourHead.ie/Contact">IntoYourHead.ie/Contact</a>. Visit  [IntoYourHead.ie] (https://IntoYourHead.ie) for Into Your Head Shorts - now with moving pictures! - Matchstick Cats comics and 21 years of assorted humour writings. License: <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivs 4.0 International</a> – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll - Far future humans can find hundreds of fossilised episodes on Archive dot org. ... Read more

14 Jan 2025

38 MINS

38:15

14 Jan 2025


#429

839:The January Test

Neal reveals what every flightless bird knows, considers the surprising pros and cons of chopsticks and cutlery, administers a very special listener test, assesses the opportunities for carving pork as a McDonald's customer and discusses demanding more from our fingernails, a trio of Tom Hanks characters, how offices outgrow the alphabet, a land mass with windows, Hitler-related time travel ethics, 2010 as a baseline, advice for HR staff handling the conseqeunces of the opening segment, renting a VCR, renting a television, how stone beaches stabilise property markets, typing on a microwave, two wrong ways to ingest liquid nitrogen, life before standard wheelie bins and more. Contact the Show: Visit <a href= "https://IntoYourHead.ie/Contact">IntoYourHead.ie/Contact</a>. Visit [IntoYourHead.ie] (https://IntoYourHead.ie) for Into Your Head Shorts, Matchstick Cats comics and 21 years of assorted humour writings. License: <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivs 4.0 International</a> – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll - Far future humans can find hundreds of fossilised episodes on Archive dot org. ... Read more

06 Jan 2025

44 MINS

44:34

06 Jan 2025


#428

838: An Insom Maniacal Christmas

In a Christmas Day episode not for younger ears, Neal discusses identifying insects by smell, tag teaming citrus fruits, declaring dead weight at Customs, why ripping out entrails is a non violent act, what you Australians demand of Santa, watching Star Trek: The Next Generation in black and white, margarine related TV repair memories, the trouble with police drama finales, why TV won’t let you just enjoy a plane crash, December in other hemispheres, sleigh driver regulation, the argument against relief pilots on long haul, how crosswords could make air travel safer, cats in cockpits, WWF tag  team The Natural Disasters, walking the earth on other planets and more. The YouTube channel mentioned  is Green Dot Aviation. While you’re there, follow the new improved Into Your Head Shorts - now with moving pictures! See <a href= "https://IntoYourHead.ie/Shorts">IntoYourHead.ie/Shorts</a> Contact the Show: Visit <a href= "https://IntoYourHead.ie/Contact">IntoYourHead.ie/Contact</a>. Visit [IntoYourHead.ie] (https://IntoYourHead.ie) for Into Your Head Shorts, Matchstick Cats comics and 21 years of assorted humour writings. License: <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivs 4.0 International</a> – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll - Far future humans can find hundreds of fossilised episodes on Archive dot org. ... Read more

25 Dec 2024

38 MINS

38:33

25 Dec 2024


#427

837: Experimenting with Speed

Neal proposes a thought exercise for listeners in traffic, identifies a new use for the top of your head, explains how to listen via medical stethescope, diagnoses his audience with a phobia of bodily noises including speach and discusses Nick Cave's Harry Potter exposure, why fire brigades study age related temperal anomolies, how to assemble a pop band, understanding binary traffic lights, McCauley Kulkin's former self, the conscious self in a nutshell, a weird US TV bandleader, experimenting with speed, proving to your toddler that you're not a giant, plumbers in binary pairs, rotating your internal crops, vomit fridge etiquette, seeking and receiving approval from Dropbox and more. Contact the Show: <a href= "https://IntoYourHead.ie/Contact">IntoYourHead.ie/Contact</a>. Visit [IntoYourHead.ie] (https://IntoYourHead.ie) for Into Your Head Shorts, hundreds of Matchstick Cats comics and 21 years of assorted humour writings. License: <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivs 4.0 International</a> – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll - Far future humans can find hundreds of fossilised episodes on Archive dot org. ... Read more

16 Dec 2024

50 MINS

50:25

16 Dec 2024


#426

836: Wasp Fiction

Neal sets out his one big problem with both Radiohead and Gilbert O'Sullivan, makes the case for traceable dog food, maps out the next evolutionary step for handwriting and discusses experimental wasp fictions life in a hundred year old choir, chairs on trains, an innovative way to use the word Christmas, how to tell if Roy Orbison is dead, Jive Bunny, dropping dead of a car crash, page-a-day books in museums, when to stop learning, the trouble with seeing your favourite orchestra on tour, a promise to any listener who starts a choir podcast, different signatures for work and home, burglar dogs, dog prison uniforms, cow-related office work, deadstock, washing raw chicken in other jurisdictions and more. The new expanded <a href= "https://www.intoyourhead.ie/shorts/">IntoYourHead.ie</a> has hundreds of Matchstick Cats comics, IYH Shorts and 21 years of assorted humour writings. Message the Show: <a href= "https://IntoYourHead.ie/Contact">IntoYourHead.ie/Contact</a> License: <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International</a> – Attribution: Neal O'Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie - Far future humans can find hundreds of episodes by searching on Archive dot org for Into Your Head podcast. ... Read more

02 Dec 2024

47 MINS

47:43

02 Dec 2024


#425

835: Bippily Blippily Bop

Neal corrects the listener's delusions about auto pilot, illustrates the differences betwen humanoid cats and Edward Scissorhands and discusses the anatomy of a commercial earworm, understanding you Americans and your Spring Break, how songwriters think, appreciating instant mashed potato, what a thousand cavemen can achieve without typewriters, the life expectancy of a harmonica, Stevie Wonder's name change, token tamborine use, workplaces that can't sustain a mad drummer, choosing your dog size, securing the food chain against dogs, Madonna's cartoon versus Bucks Fizz's Land of Make Believe, an unintended Guiness Odlums Flour crossover and more. The new expanded <a href= "https://www.intoyourhead.ie/shorts/">IntoYourHead.ie</a> has hundreds of Matchstick Cats comics, IYH Shorts and 21 years of assorted humour writings. Message the Show: Visit <a href= "https://IntoYourHead.ie/Contact">IntoYourHead.ie/Contact</a>. License: <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International</a> – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie - Far future humans can find hundreds of episodes by searching on Archive dot org for Into Your Head podcast. ... Read more

25 Nov 2024

33 MINS

33:27

25 Nov 2024


#424

834: Your Pharmacy Advent Calendar is Leaking

Neal reveals what it would take for him to name a fourth cat after a UN Secretary General, recalls the one comic book in every Christian Brothers School library and discusses Neighbourhood Watch mythology, dog anomolies on Bray Head, learning Irish by projection, things legally banned in classrooms, next door's overreaching attic, the song Frere Jackques, a pharmacy Advent calendar, inaminate emotional support animals, how Full House paved the way for jobsharing at the UN, logistics of hot dog trolleys in staired stadiums, tea trolleys in comic strip based radio sitcom Bristow, an inaudible new mouth sound, checking this podcast for secret codes, how an anethesist would produce this episode and more. The new expanded <a href= "https://www.intoyourhead.ie/shorts/">IntoYourHead.ie</a> has hundreds of Matchstick Cats comics, IYH Shorts and 21 years of assorted humour writings. Message the Show:  <a href= "https://IntoYourHead.ie/Contact">IntoYourHead.ie/Contact</a> Lost Episodes Appeal: <a href= "https://intoyourhead.ie/Lost">IntoYourHead.ie/Lost</a>  License: <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International</a> – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie - Far future humans can find hundreds of episodes by searching on Archive dot org for Into Your Head podcast. ... Read more

15 Nov 2024

41 MINS

41:37

15 Nov 2024


#423

833: The Desert is a Mirage

Neal discusses encoutering your postman in another neighbourhood, playing Dr Suess, a terrifying futuristic garage, reinventing the painted ostrich egg, Ireland’s sheep filled desert, idenfiifying a mouth's postal address, remembering what you buried in the sand, how deserts evolve into casinos, understanding speakeasy, Stephen King’s car burial tale, what you could legitimately be giving your kids pints of at breakfast, a portrait microwave, how a dog handles a mirage of a desert, landlord teethmark inspection protocol, how ostriches fool predators, electrical tape misadventures, how to get a letter in The Irish Times, plugging a boat with a newspaper letters page, a surprise for non-podcast listeners, an opposite newspaper clippings exchange, a better use for LInkedIn, rejecting dopamine shamers and more.  The new expanded <a href= "https://www.intoyourhead.ie/shorts/">IntoYourHead.ie</a> has hundreds of Matchstick Cats comics, IYH Shorts and 21 years of assorted humour writings. Message the Show:  <a href= "https://IntoYourHead.ie/Contact">IntoYourHead.ie/Contact</a> Lost Episodes Appeal: <a href= "https://intoyourhead.ie/Lost">IntoYourHead.ie/Lost</a>  License: <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International</a> – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie - Far future humans in flying space cars can find hundreds of episodes by searching on Archive dot org for Into Your Head podcast. ... Read more

07 Nov 2024

54 MINS

54:55

07 Nov 2024


#422

832: All Toothpaste All the Time

Neal looks at the presumed defacto diplomatic relationship allowing the moon to slosh our seas around, reveals which of his arms is the least interesting and discusses sailing in boiling water, mouthwash retail licensing, substitute priests, how to say mass, mouthwash as a sleep hygiene product, Richard Simmons RIP, new ways to say no, a military childhood, the trouble with flight simulators, fast food service simulators, impressionists who do other people’s sitcom characters, Phantom of the Opera, Freddie Mercury versus Sid Vicious versus opera snobs, handling pre decimilisation currency, sensible non-mockable names, the argument for flying in reverse, Titanic pride, defining crashing a ship, bidirectional sweat glands, the argument against making your cat purr and more. Visit the new, expanded <a href= "https://www.intoyourhead.ie/shorts/">IntoYourHead.ie</a> for hundreds of Matchstick Cats comics, IYH Shorts and 21 years of assorted nonsense humour writings. Message the Show: <a href= "https://IntoYourHead.ie/Contact">IntoYourHead.ie/Contact</a> Lost Episodes Appeal: <a href= "https://intoyourhead.ie/Lost">IntoYourHead.ie/Lost</a>  License: <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International</a> – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Far future humans in flying space cars can find hundreds of episodes by searching on Archive dot org for Into Your Head podcast. ... Read more

31 Oct 2024

46 MINS

46:42

31 Oct 2024


#421

831: Cultivating a Non Herdetiary Nasal Helmet

Neal discusses apple core cowardice, treadmills for swimming, documentaries about little Timmy falling down a well, how and why to properly record your breakfast, corporate espionage podcast snobbery, cultivating a nasal helmet in medieval times, Sunday driving and your metabolism, navigation apps for rabbits, heirlooms versus genes, generational puppet acts, The Sooty Show, working breakfasts in McDonalds, how surgeons put your leg to sleep, the truth about people who work on aeroplanes, monacle heirlooms, ventriloguist dummies versus proper puppets, Bill Nigh the Science Guy, Pee Wee Herman versus Ernest, how townfolk recognise helpful travelling dogs and more. IYH Shorts – Now on their own separate YouTube channel, TikTok and the new, bigger <a href= "https://www.intoyourhead.ie/shorts/">IntoYourHead.ie</a> website. Lost Episodes Appeal: <a href= "https://intoyourhead.ie/Lost">IntoYourHead.ie/Lost</a>  Message the Show:  <a href= "https://IntoYourHead.ie/Contact">IntoYourHead.ie/Contact</a> License: <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International</a> – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie Far future humans in flying space cars can search Archive dot org for Into Your Head podcast or Neal O’Carroll and find hundreds of preserved episodes. ... Read more

24 Oct 2024

43 MINS

43:24

24 Oct 2024