The Blindboy Podcast

Professor Bruce Hood is an experimental psychologist and philosopher , we chat about the science of happiness. I also speak about Autistic burnout Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2025

I answer questions this week as I prepare for my tour Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2025

I speak with independent socialist politician Jeremy Corbyn about compassionate politics  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 28 May 2025

The historical relationship between Banshees and the tradition of Keening  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 21 May 2025

How to speak to men who have an unhelpful view of Masculinity  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2025

The boundaries between Protest and Art  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2025

How a 19th century volcanic eruption caused people to train Falcons to have sex with their heads 150 years later  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2025

Fairy Forts, Anthrax, Dubai Chocolate bars and Segulls are all intimately connected  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2025

Episode 400. What the history of Onions can tell us about Trumps tariff war  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 16 April 2025

Costa Georgiadis is a landcape architect, environmental educator and national treasure down in Australia. In Sydney, we chatted about rewilding Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2025

I speak with professor Ted Dinan who is an expert on the relationship between food and mental health  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025

A look at anti irish sentiment and what it can tell us about now  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2025

The history of unsustainable meat  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 19 March 2025

Why everything feels so Chaotic now  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2025

The history of Ginger Nuts and understanding the Human Condition via the Temptation of Christ  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2025

The shared history of Madeira Cake, Crack Cocaine and Bicycle Repairs  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 26 February 2025

Davidd Keoghan is a former olympic kettlebell lifter who is singlehandly reviving the ancient Irish tradition of stone lifting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2025

The history of artificial light and meditating in the presence of corpses  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 12 February 2025

A diverse ramble about cormorants, the cailleach and external aproval Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2025

Trying to love my inner child by doing long division and looking out Windows. The night of the Big Wind Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 29 January 2025

An exploration of the similarities between Irish and Indian mythology with many tangents in between, a conversation with the wonderful writer Manchán Magan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 22 January 2025

The autistic experience of eccentric behaviour  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 15 January 2025

Roman mythology and American colonial expansion  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 8 January 2025

Quantum Physics in Irish Mythology  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 1 January 2025

A festive tale about a bicycle and a threesome in the Dublin airport Maldron hotel  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 25 December 2024

New Jersey UFO's and a Medieval monastery in Offaly  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2024

Geopolitics and Spaghetti Bolognese Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 11 December 2024

Coping with stress and burnout through emotional literacy and self compassion  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 4 December 2024

Laura Coleman is a psychotherapist and death doula  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2024

The miserable blood drenched history of Jaffa Cakes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2024

Dr. Kevin Mitchell is associate professor of neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin. We chat about the brain and human behaviour for science week 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 13 November 2024

A phone call about what life was like before the internet, then I read a short story about a fella who eats slugs  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 6 November 2024

I chat with Cork actor Cillian Murphy about his new film "Small things like these" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 29 October 2024

How Hyper capitalism has made Halloween more terrifying than its Pagan beginnings  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 23 October 2024

43 minutes of me walking around Limerick city and talking into a microphone about the history of a wall and how it's connected to 2pac ASMR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 15 October 2024

An in depth thesis about Earwigs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 8 October 2024

David McWilliams is an economist who has just written the book, Money: a story of humanity  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 1 October 2024

Geopolitics and the military industrial complex Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 25 September 2024

Sean Ronanye is an Ornithologist from cork who is recording the sounds of every Irish bird Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 18 September 2024

Why Fisherman's Friend no longer tastes like a recently washed Human anus  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 11 September 2024

I chat about upcoming projects and the epic of Gilgamesh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 4 September 2024

57 minutes of me talking about a wasp on a plane  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 28 August 2024

Kylie Minogue gave me a loan of her mirror and it made me think about attachment theory  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 21 August 2024

An episode about choosing the path of least resistance  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 14 August 2024

I chat with Hollywood actor Chris O Dowd  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 7 August 2024

A history of pigeons from the Neolithic period to the Napoleonic wars  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 31 July 2024

A short story about a Donkey and complicated grief Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 24 July 2024

Clare Murphy is a professional storyteller, we discuss the history and applications of storytelling  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 17 July 2024

How listening to plants can tell us stories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 10 July 2024

I walked through Limerick in the rain instead of gigging Glastonbury Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 3 July 2024