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In an 800th episode during which he may have overdone the energy drinks somewhat, (although the Cat Stevens part is true) Neal exposes a gaping loophole for toddler movie producers and discusses merry-go-rounds versus the events depicted in The Deer Hunter (1978), what he learned in his days in a Dublin boxing arena, achieving immortality by outwitting his future self, sit-com revolving door trope...

Neal discusses 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 barma...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ma...

ARCHIVAL NOTE: Into Your Head podcast initially ran from 2006 to 2016, then went away for seven years, returning in 2016 with this episode. TODAY: Neal  discusses the brief 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...

Archival Note: Into Your Head podcast initially ran from 2006 to 2016, then went away for seven years. it returned in Autumn 2016. This is Show 792A – Labelled as 792.5 in some systems. Original description: A short test transmission as Into Your Head prepares to emerge from it’s brief seven year absence. Show 793 will be along in a week or so.

Archival Note: Into Your Head podcast initially ran from 2006 to 2016, then went away for seven years. it returned in Autumn 2016. This episode was the last one before the (then unexpected) interlude.

Pies for minors, hiring a pilot, Paint Monsters, prepping a hair bal and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland

The racist listener, ear wax theatre and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland.

Deconstructing a pyramid, controlling the sun, nutrition advice for zombies and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland.

How hospital staff access your legs, reading notes to yourself in real time, thinking with a sore neck, something about cows, something about the end of the world, something about a dog in a vomitorium and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland.

The original description claims that this is a short comeback episode to start a new season of Into Your Head, failing to predict a looming seven year hiatus. Sorry about that. 

Misunderstanding baseball, legislating for beverage-recycling, how to pre-own a plumbing tool, emergency cat names, defining a trialogue, toughening your brain toughness training, eradicating philistines, wheelie bin leasing issues and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland.

Pancakes and ashes, cloning a toaster, self inflicted sock-stuffing, how to cook a Universe, playing with adhesives, second-guessing a smoke detector, Louis Armstrong at The Sphinx, the problem with drops, how to throw an analogy out the window and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland.

The problem with time, anatomy of a comb, The Penn and Teller of the Cat World, Gymnasticians, A career in toothpaste design, A giant hole / Robert De Niro, underestimating your own intelligence and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland.

Placebo aviation, amateur surgery, the argument against fiction, podcasts as penance, mice in zoos, the dirty little secret behind inanimate objects, the battle for damp skin, home made beverages and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. There’s also a classic episode of Athy Weekly World News with Shainne Greoige.

hy Top Gear won’t use my cats, how to ask for a helicopter, The link between space exploration and accountancy training, how to avoid offending a glove puppet operator, non-expiring Near Year greetings, remembering “Eat the Peach” and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland.

In-cat purchases, Meatloaf’s tin foil issues, energy drink placebos, cats in Bethlehem, working in a Christmas tree factory, making monkey nuts seasonal, Winter sports days, stand-up violence, things that don’t kill you, Elvis’ family tree, repeating everything you’ve ever done, and lots more. It’s the 2014 Christmas special, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland.

The grass in France, determining what day it is, how to play Rock Paper Synthesiser, teacup weather science, patronising an inanimate object, selling Baileys by the pint, divvying up the Moon, a classic instalment of Shainne Greoige’s newspaper review and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland.

How eyelids place athletes on an equal footing, Podcast Theology, Defunding Ebola, Reinventing sliced bread, Pottery in pop culture, waiting for a cold, reconstructing Annie the cat, John Malkovich’s fourth wall and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland.