The Blindboy Podcast

Blindboyboatclub

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Hosted by Blindboyboatclub, who is an artist and author. An eclectic podcast containing short fiction, interviews and comedy.

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379 episodes

Speaking with a professional who helps people to die

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

1h 51m
Nov 27
The miserable blood drenched history of Jaffa Cakes

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

1h 3m
Nov 20
Chatting about the Brain with a professor of Neuroscience

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 https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 55m
Nov 13
Ratworm Lung Disease

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 https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 26m
Nov 06
Cillian Murphy

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

1h 4m
Oct 29
How Hyper Capitalism has made Halloween more terrifying than its Pagan beginnings

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

51m
Oct 23
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

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 https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

42m
Oct 15
An in depth thesis about Earwigs

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

58m
Oct 08
The History of Money with David McWilliams

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

1h 44m
Oct 01
The Absolute State of the World

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

1h 10m
Sep 25
Speaking to an expert about birdsong

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

1h 9m
Sep 18
Why Fishermans Friend no longer tastes like a recently washed Human anus

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

1h 10m
Sep 11
The Epic of Gilgamesh

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

1h 13m
Sep 04
57 minutes of me talking about a wasp on a plane

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

57m
Aug 28
Kylie Minogue gave me a loan of her mirror and it made me think about Attachment theory

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

47m
Aug 21
I finally saw a UFO

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

1h 38m
Aug 14
Chris O Dowd

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

1h 38m
Aug 07
The History of Pigeons

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

56m
Jul 31
The Donkey

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

48m
Jul 24
The Art of Storytelling

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

1h 54m
Jul 17
Protestant Footsteps

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

57m
Jul 10
I walked through Limerick in the rain instead of gigging Glastonbury

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

58m
Jul 03
Myth, Fantasy and Conspiracy Theory with Fin Dwyer

In this bonus episode I chat with Fin Dwyer from the Irish History Podcast about the relationship between Myth, Fantasy and Conspiracy Theory * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

58m
Jun 29
The History of Food Poisoning

The historical relationship between food poisoning and anti Irish discrimination  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

40m
Jun 26
Class, culture and taste with Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry is a Turner Prize winning artist who works in ceramics and textile. We had a gas chat * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 21m
Jun 19
Rat Boy Summer

A phone call about an 800 year old corpse  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

47m
Jun 12
How Ireland invented spaces between words

The contribution that Irish monks made to the mechanics of writing * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

57m
Jun 05
The state of the World

I speak about Skellig Michael and Global conflict  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

43m
May 29
Paddy Considine

I speak with the actor Paddy Considine about creativity, dogs and being autistic  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 34m
May 21
Biblically Accurate Anus

The aurora borealis and a herons legs cause me to think about the origin of life on Earth  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

56m
May 15