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The Blindboy Podcast

Manchán Magan

The Blindboy Podcast

Blindboyboatclub

Arts, Philosophy, Art, Fiction, Factual, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

I chat with writer Manchán Magan about the origins of Irish words, and the psychadelic origins of Irish Folklore. Manchán has just released his book, 32 Words for Field (Lost Words of the Irish Language)

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0:00.0

Coral around the kettle you henpecked declines. Welcome to the Blind By Podcast. Got some

0:08.3

no listeners this week because I did, I made an appearance on the Adam Bocston Podcast.

0:17.2

Adam is someone who I've admired for most of my life because I grew up watching him on

0:22.0

TV in the Adam and Joe show and I had the privilege this week of being a guest on the Adam

0:27.4

Bocston Podcast. So check it out if you haven't heard it. We spoke about how our movements

0:35.2

like situationism and data can have influence on comedy. It was very enjoyable. If you're

0:41.4

a no listener to the podcast because you heard me on Adam Bocston's podcast, welcome.

0:47.1

You delicious cons, welcome. And what I always say to no listeners is go back and listen

0:53.0

to some earlier podcasts rather than go deep into this one. Start off with some earlier

1:00.3

blind by podcasts and familiarize yourself with the lore of this universe. And rather than

1:07.5

gone, conquer deep into this, you know, for regular listeners, what's the crack? How

1:14.3

you getting on? I hope you've been having a charming lockdown and quarantine that you're

1:20.6

not being too hard on yourself, that you're embracing the current chaos of the universe,

1:26.6

that you're embracing that which you can control and focus on what you can control. What

1:33.6

I do have for you this week is some escapism. Okay. I've got some real podcast hug escapism

1:43.2

for you to listen to this podcast this week and switch off from whatever the focus

1:47.8

is bothering you and lose yourself in the universe of the podcast hug. Alright? First,

1:54.0

I'd like to read you a little excerpt of something. When I was a young flah of about six

2:00.5

or seven, the neighbors had a young cousin called Jake over to visit. He was sound enough

2:07.0

and he had ties of the Tartals which I'd never seen in Ireland. One day I says to him,

2:13.7

are you going to the shop you are? And Jake gets this pure bauzy look across his lip like

2:20.7

I was trying to pull the piss. Why are you telling me to go to the shop? I'll go to the shop

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