Author: Neal

Humble proprietor of Into Your Head podcast and Matchstick Cats comics.

Show 799: High Praise from a Giraffe

Neal, 25 November 202328 November 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:37 — 100.8MB)

Neal discusseses the imaginary listener’s secret existential crisis, approximating the taste of grass for the discerning diner, a new way to measure your height, whether crosswords count as relaxation, changing atitudes to chimneys, what’s under your face, the first humans ever to see a bridge, canal tow-path horse height issues, harmonica design mysteries, Lovely Daaaaaaaaaay versus a barking barman, canal tow path issues, demons in undergound systems, a horse’s head versus a railway bridge, impressing a giraffe with our bar licensing system, how giraffes pat you on the head, Lovely Daaaaaaaaaay versus a barking barman, what happens when two “Two cats walk into a bar” stories walk into a bar and more.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International with this mandatory attribution wording: “Neal O’Carroll via IntoYourHead.ie – Many episodes also on Archive dot org.”

Show 798: How Silence Works

Neal, 21 November 202326 November 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:12 — 106.6MB)

Cartoon image of podcaster from behind, desk strewn with coffee and energy drinks cups and cats, watchinga ship outside moving away out to sea.

In an hour culminating in an elightening explanation, using the story of his recently departed mother’s 1950s or early 1960s Atlantic crossing, of how silence works, Neal discusses why animals need to become gardeners, your chances of getting a pharmacist to sell you tea or paracetemol or cocaine, the movie “Downsizing”, quicksand on a playing field, the pros and cons of having Anthony Hopkins as your family doctor, how cats buy rounds, the folly of wine tasting, Robin Williams, Robbie Williams, an over-empowered sweet shop proprietor, the philosophy of characters who exist only in a podcaster’s imagination, an old zoological gardens song, how The Beatles’ new song Now and Then has advanced this podcast, and more.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International with attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “

Show 797: No Kneecapping

Neal, 13 November 202329 November 2023

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Cartoon image of podcaster viewed from behind, at a desk in a cinema watching a plane landing on ater on the screen.

Neal discusses turning against Tom Hanks, a cat versus Pope Benedict XVI, Apple Pencils in banks, turning against Monopoly, a beverage based on some woman off Deep Space Nine, misexplaining Occupy Wall Street, off-air cat songs, debriefing a temporary cat, why you should have something wrong with you, fonts in the blood, transmitting barmen over the Wicklow Mountains, taking up space, IT security as entertainment, cistern noise analysis, treadmills versus conveyor belts and more.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International with attribution “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.com “

Show 796: Quod Erat Vometorium

Neal, 7 November 202330 November 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:30 — 98.0MB)

Neal discusses filling a bath from the bottom, an anti-prelude, harmonica haters, witchhunts under Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, isolated tool-blaming, the case for (domestic) cats vomiting on each other, QED memories, a particularly taxing song for harmonica, what to drink in a vomitorium, understanding bass guitar operators, misunderstanding Queen’s John Deacon, vomitorium enthusiasts in academia, navigating company law for vomitoriums, the IT role in a vomitorium, the life of an off-duty vomitorium manager, judges playing peek-a-boo in procedural dramas and more.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International with attribution “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.com”

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Show 795: A Weekend in Jail

Neal, 3 November 202320 November 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:54 — 69.4MB)

Cartoon image of man recording podcast at desk in library, surrounded by discared coffee and energy drinks containers, cats and a book called Weekends in Prison. Neal deals with how head transplants do or don’t work, cinematography of Pope John Paul II and Oscar Schindler, how donkeys are processed hygenically, the problem with Steve Jobs RIP, a cat purchasing fake magic in a laundrette, elephants in a library, the problem with the human digestive system, surviving a long weekend in prison, what to do after you’ve made lemons into lemonde, talking microbes with guns (fictional), what Bob Geldof was right about, a synopsis of Better Caul Saul, awards versus nominations, and more.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International with attribution “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.com “

Show 794: Reinventing the Inhaler

Neal, 21 October 202320 November 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 44:02 — 80.6MB)

Cartoon image of Neal podcasting, viewed from behind, at desk in street where Einsteen is in a car, shooting a flame-thrower at a nearby van.

Neal discusses pre-recorded bungee jump commentary, training podcast listeners, fighting fire with actual fire, gorillas in the news, PC disposal vesus bear disposal, finding a milkman in 2023, life as a margarine factory line foreman, the real reason for the seven year hiatus, how a cat verifies podcast listeners, that excellent ten-part drama about either Freud or Einstein, conversations in a margarine factory, cooking a load of crap, milk truck misconceptions, predecessors to pigs, Apple’s harmonica firewall, how harmonicas could revolutionise healthcare, a song about how Paul McCartney wrote in his sleep and more.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International with attribution “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.com ”

Show 793: Armchair Liars

Neal, 15 October 202320 November 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 46:26 — 85.0MB)

Cartoon image of man podcasting viewed from behind, there is a framed picture on the wall of Professor Stephen Hawking. Neal discusses the brief seven year interlude since Show 792, a prodical son, how lemonade works, coffee shop marzipan violence, a civilised summons, single use gold, Siskel or Ebert or Roeper or the other one, the podcast co-host protection system, zero on the dog scale, Make my day versus Be my guest, off duty dog helmets, dog licensing, vocal experiments, acapelo singers’ concerns about the word bollocks, alienating dog owners, armchair liars, a bag of salted peanuts in a bag of salt and more.