I chat with the hilarious and kind Patrick Freyne, who is an author,musician and journalist * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 45m

Dec 03

Last week I won the best prestenter award at the Griersons, I reflect on not allowing external praise to define my self worth  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

49m

Nov 26

A mental health podcast about how clothes are a form of music * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 15m

Nov 19

Spanish coffee, the history of suits, dog pulled trousers, persian desserts, fairy fog * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 19m

Nov 12

Professor Jennifer Mc Elwain joined me for a chat about Paleobotany ahead of Science week 2025  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 34m

Nov 05

The connection between bicycles, snails and the housing crisis * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 17m

Oct 29

Eight year anniversary episode  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

42m

Oct 21

A thesis on the Sycamore  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 25m

Oct 15

Manchán Magan was an author and thinker, who was a friend and frequent guest on this podcast. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 43m

Oct 08

A chance encounter with a childhood friend and his nickname leads me to ponder the nature of oral storyteling and Irish mythology * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 9m

Sep 30

A chat with Catherine Connoly, an indepedent politician who would like to become President of Ireland  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 44m

Sep 23

The explicit relationship between the American Christian right and the rise of Neoliberal economics  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 41m

Sep 17

A trip to an IRA ambush site leads to musings about am erotic minotaur book and fascism * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 16m

Sep 10

A phonecall episode about accepting the sufferinng of existence * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

54m

Sep 03

The Old Testament and Simulation Theory  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 26m

Aug 27

This is another podcast about the behaviour of Starlings, but I had to make it because this is very important to me  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 18m

Aug 20

Debs Newbold is an award winning theatre maker who reinterprets the works of Shakespeare through storytelling * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 47m

Aug 12

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57m

Aug 06

What my Uncle who sticks coins to his forehead can tell us about artificial intelligence and simulation theory . An exploration of the work of John Scotus Eriugena * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 6m

Jul 29

Winning awards and Autistic burnout.  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 6m

Jul 23

An in depth look at petrichor and mid summer rain * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 5m

Jul 15

A minute by minute critical analysis of the emotions I felt following a false accusation of not flushing a toilet after defecation  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 15m

Jul 08

A 15th century saint who would dream about christ penetrating her heart. A 380 million year old extinction event where the plants couldn't decompose when they died  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 6m

Jul 02

I chat with the legendary author and comedian Frankie Boyle in his hometown of Glasgow * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 31m

Jun 24

A hot take about the healing soil on a priests grave and probiotic yoghurt in an 11th century vision poem * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 31m

Jun 18

my sincerest apologies  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

7m

Jun 18

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

1h 55m

Jun 10

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

1h 8m

Jun 03

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

1h 15m

May 28

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

59m

May 21