Into Your Head

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 tage 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 IntoYourHead.ie/Shorts Contact the Show: Visit IntoYourHead.ie/Contact. Visit IntoYourHead.ie for Into Your Head Shorts, Matchstick Cats comics and 21 years of assorted humour writings. License: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivs 4.0 International – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll - Far future humans can find hundreds of fossilised episodes on Archive dot org.

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: IntoYourHead.ie/Contact. Visit IntoYourHead.ie for Into Your Head Shorts, hundreds of Matchstick Cats comics and 21 years of assorted humour writings. License: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivs 4.0 International – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll - Far future humans can find hundreds of fossilised episodes on Archive dot org.

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 IntoYourHead.ie has hundreds of Matchstick Cats comics, IYH Shorts and 21 years of assorted humour writings. Message the Show: IntoYourHead.ie/Contact License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International – 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.

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 IntoYourHead.ie has hundreds of Matchstick Cats comics, IYH Shorts and 21 years of assorted humour writings. Message the Show: Visit IntoYourHead.ie/Contact. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International – 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.

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 IntoYourHead.ie has hundreds of Matchstick Cats comics, IYH Shorts and 21 years of assorted humour writings. Message the Show:  IntoYourHead.ie/Contact Lost Episodes Appeal: IntoYourHead.ie/Lost  License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International – 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.

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 IntoYourHead.ie has hundreds of Matchstick Cats comics, IYH Shorts and 21 years of assorted humour writings. Message the Show:  IntoYourHead.ie/Contact Lost Episodes Appeal: IntoYourHead.ie/Lost  License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International – 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.

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 IntoYourHead.ie for hundreds of Matchstick Cats comics, IYH Shorts and 21 years of assorted nonsense humour writings. Message the Show: IntoYourHead.ie/Contact Lost Episodes Appeal: IntoYourHead.ie/Lost  License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International – 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.

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 IntoYourHead.ie website. Lost Episodes Appeal: IntoYourHead.ie/Lost  Message the Show:  IntoYourHead.ie/Contact License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International – 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.

Neal exposes a surprising truth about smartphone fires, considers issues of scale at a doll’s house tea party, advises on conditioning one’s fingers not to gesticulate, imagines what it’s like to have a co-host, attempts a moritorium on feces talk and discusses a house’s undergarment, what age twenty-four is in frozen pea years, handling exotic food at the North Pole, reverse engineering a yak, the Madwaves MadPlayer of the harmonica world, testing car technology on animals, yaks in soap operas, drawing a yak under tremendous stress, possible new futures in yak trunk evolution,  plausibile deniability stationery, what a cat would do with your homework, the 3M logo versus New Scotland Yard, understanding America’s New England, Supermacs putting down stakes in Times Square, naming cities twice, naming nuclear power stations twice, iinking chalkboard scraping syndromme to energy drinks, American atitudes to Conneticut, the cola rodent, Ireland’s Barak Obama Plaza and more.  License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International - Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes findable forever on Archive dot org.

In a sub-standar episode not recommended for newbies, Neal considers how to poach eggs in their shells, the logistics of sieve use for gold hunters and drugs mules, use-by dates on precious metals, podcasts for dogs, other podcasts like this, finding a use for your dog, Dante’s magic gondola, a loophole for Marc Maron guests, faking your own death as an art installation, rooms without walls, misdefining a spare room and more. IYH Shorts – Now on their own separate YouTube channel, TikTok and the new, bigger IntoYourHead.ie website. Lost Episodes Appeal: IntoYourHead.ie/Lost  Message the Show:  IntoYourHead.ie/Contact License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International - Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes findable forever on Archive dot org.

Neal discusses what wiki editors say about you in meetings, sizes and brands of dog, understanding British Bulldog, graceful vacuum handling in a laboratory setting, what tailors do with the pins, the woodchipper in Lidl, beverageware in Terminator 2, how Lidl works, misremembering traditional supermarkets, planning your first Mona Lisa, a non-editbable encyclopedia, what MTV was, what Buggles did, what Trevor Horn does, duties of a stock footage city shopper, the trouble with far writers, anatomy of a sawn-off vacuum nozzle, over ambitious toe socks, regaling a wannabe recluse, protecting your shoes from lightning, reinventing the anti glove-loss cord system with chemicals, an ominous calling card, why vomiting is a matter of height and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International - Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes findable forever on Archive dot org.

Neal invadvertently creates a bespoke music radio jingle while trying to prove a point, takes a refreshingly positive look at the Dark Ages, proposes an innovative new scam vulnerability  discount, tells his future self some home truths and discusses understanding The Beachcombers, belch symmetry, how radio forgot what hello means, Arthur Guinness’ Oprah Winfrey moment, when the vet was your family mechanic, Henry Ford versus Dr Kellogg’s brother versus Dr Kellogg, planning your family’s horse and cart needs, how law enforcement interacts with your cat, the wheel rotation scam, appreciating Shakespeare plays as much as dog stories, people who drink Cidona, Breaking Bad for children, 3-2-1 Contact,  The Bloodhound Gang, when a bathroom door takes you out of the fantasy, The Famous Five, the listener who can’t forget, what Lucozade is for, swinging from a crane, bloodwork as an occupation. this podcast’s quality control regime, a one pant primer and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International - Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes findable forever on Archive dot org.

Neal uncovers a massive parallel between Bruce Willis’ The Sixth Sense character and 1960s Muppets precurser Sam and Friends, proposes an ingenius new type of mnemonics that will change your life and discusses the practicalities of shooting yourself in the foot, being obsessed with Sesame Street,  inadequate media explanation of kneecapping, being unimpressed by The Snufflelopacus, how to test a documentary idea, how to use a single solitary bar stool in a crowd, the argument against bathroom windows, appreciating TV masts, narrator inception, The Willy Wonka Show, A realistic sitcom reboot, oral chemistry exams, dogs versus cats in bars, how to defuse a spoiler, wartime gender-based duplication, when cats bum everybody out and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International - Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes findable forever on Archive dot org.

Neal discusses Roald Dahl’s shed boundaries, demolishing and redeveloping a mountain, how sculptors manage Phil Lynott and Luke Kelly’s hair, designing a bridge over troubled waters, Henson-Disney’s post merger pre death plans, the trouble with the new generation of kittens, the house of detention, when to use Bob Dylan, a feature request for the sun, life as a pocket torch owner, Fatima children, Children of Lir, what swans know, how I spent Freddie Mercury’s last year, Capetown’s so-called Table Mountain, blood transfusion death preferences, accountants on the small screen, Tales of the Unexpected, spying something beginnning with A, kitten feces revenge, a podcast playlist hostage sitation, the truth about concrete and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International - Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes findable forever on Archive dot org.

Neal delivers an overview of the second hand sock market, considers how a method actor tackles Superman, wonders whether scalding the roof of your mouth would soften your Cs and discusses the presumptiousness of Stan and Ollie (2018), songs from The Producers (1967), how Steve Jobs made phone screems seem real, the trouble with real crime docu-dramas, digital de-aging versus hair dye, how to watch sci-fi, staff literacy on Star Trek: The Next Generation, defending Chaplin from you Americans, why smells are a loss leader, Bono’s train station shame, striped clothes in windows, assessing your child’s first words, a pea picking childhood, an overture to this episode, the science of reducing pure drivel to something purer, calling your children maidens, Marlon Brando’s Digital Corpse and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International - Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes findable forever on Archive dot org.

Neal considers how a cat learns to smoke in the current regulatory environment, explains your child’s hunger for paramilitary-style balaclavas and discusses risky versus risqué, Jesus’ disastrous impact on local fishing, changing atitudes to water bombs, edible versus digestible, Inbred fish sandwiches, why lay ministers can’t wipe, using Buddah’s name in vain, landfills versus volcanoes, anatomy of a racehorse injury, showground gates versus school gates, you Americans and your canyons, cats but not the nice type, the trouble with jungles, the lack of urination on Breaking Bad, reheating stout, dog licking versus cat licking, extras in bars, the correct way to end a podcast, surviving a zombie TV series and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International - Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes findable forever on Archive dot org.

Neal puts beekeeping under the spotlight, recounts an old cat-related head injury, imagines how normal people say “dog” and discusses bin day in a Stephen King novel, belch fraud, virus creation hobbiests, anti meditation vigiilantism, unsubscribing, unsubs, ONSUG, how Criminal Minds helps podcasts, turning a juggernaut around, listener correspondence, dog movements versus bowel movements, dandruff versus nits versus measles, new anti-meditation vigilantism technologies, how to label dead things, why bars should pump in air from Chernobyl, growing two non Bowsies, the underground trade in saplings, harmonica spontaneity, artificial air colouring, new ways to enjoy fresh air, iodine tablet memories, what replaced oxygen bars, oxygen weight inflation, having someone shoot you in the foot and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International - Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes findable forever on Archive dot org.

Neal discusses what they did to Craig Ferguson, humanoid cats fraternising with regular cats, what to do if your president freezes, elastic band fracture science, a deep dive on overthinking, interpretating foreign languge gestures, how non wilful ignorance works, Irish kids who reference the feds, hotdesking on procedural dramas, why the second cat never features in the two cats walk into a bar stories, disloyalty to yourself, life as a nine to five actor, songs with cold opens, Meatloaf coming up too often, streamlining the cola dregs system, the risk of becoming a classic hits format, and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International - Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes findable forever on Archive dot org.

Neal examines what we know about farm animal cravings, contemplates career progression in a firm of guitarists, reimagines Sinéad O’Connor’s SNL pope photo protest, exposes the restaurant toothpick scam and discusses humanely expelling a wasp, why movie trailors shouldn’t be free, recreational self injury (non-psychotic), rib geneology, taking the weight off your hands, comparable dog segments on other podcasts, guitar anatomy and calcium, how stage magicians find a balance, standing desks versus counters, the problem with the back office on Cheers, Charlie Brown’s original teacher, the trouble with Guinness Plus, a fictional Joe Rogan experience, a non-existant barman’s existential crisis, a cat’s cuss-word therapy, papier mache solid fuel memories and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International - Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes findable forever on Archive dot org.

Neal proposes a twelve step approach to ET and discusses nine to five life for the shipwrecked, anti-social astronauts, saving on invisible ink, how raisons d’etre work, the truth about gout, a new understanding of you Americans, learning from Orson Welles, modesty on public transport, spitting in the theatre of the mind, why x-ray glasses never took off, a logically unsound Meatloaf track (not that one) debuting rafts, rebranding spaceships in the Elongated Musket era, a real doctor’s take on edible paper, mouthwatering tree bark, judging your fictional creations, Identifying with Shithead, a bar asshole by proxy, wasting a cat’s time, cat pants the right way, Let it Be versus Que Sera, and more. CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS: Tom Hanks was in fact talking to a football on a stick. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International - Attribution: Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes findable forever on Archive dot org.