The Blindboy Podcast

Manchán Magan is a writer and documentary maker with an interest in Irish Folklore and Mythology. We speak about Indigenous mythology and its relationship with the environment. Manchán has a new book out "Listen to the Land Speak" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hot take on the Mythological history of water as a conduit for wisdom and information in Ireland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Mental health plan for when the weather is cold and the days are short and dark Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Darren McGarvey is an award-winning writer and rapper from Scotland whose work addresses social class, politics, and emotional resilience. His most recent book ¨The Social Distance Between Us" is out now.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Sharon Lambert is a researcher in applied psychology. We speak about trauma on an indivual level and a societal level  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sprawling hot takes about hash smuggling and the complexity of human emotions  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rambling hot take. I explore the connections between paper and public shaming  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I explore the symbolic death of the Celtic Tiger which culminated in a marsupial being given drugs in a dublin nightclub Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Landlords Medieval Snails and Nightclubs. I answer yere questions about these things  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I chat with the artist, actor and podcaster Scroobius Pip about music, neurodiversity and the joys of trying and failing  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Boiling hot take food podcast. How Wu Tang Clan and Margaret Thatcher created the contemporary Ice Cream Cone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Art History podcast. A quantum theory reading of a 17th-century holy relic and an artist who canned their own feces Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I speak about addiction and the prison system with The Two Norries. James and Timmy have both been through addiction and prison, they are now working in addiction services, to assist others in recovery. James is a PHD student in Criminology. Together they both host the Two Norries podcast, an honest and compassionate podcast, which is trauma-informed and focussed on harm reduction Hosted on Acast....

It's been more than six months since the lockdown ended. I explore and discuss feelings of hypervigilance and loss of self identity. Also, the plan and techniques I'm using to heal and strengthen   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1966 the US military lost an unexploded nuclear bomb in a Spanish fishing village, this incident set off a chain of incredibly bizarre decades long covert research into the nature of reality itself, which has now been declassified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How the policies of Margaret Thatcher shaped how the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was written and animated. A extract a boiling hot take through critique of the franchise Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Nicola Fox Hamilton is a cyberpsychologist. We chat about what social media is doing to our minds and behavior. Can it make us more hostile? What is the science behind internet trolls? Is social media addictive? And how will VR impact our brains? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Art has been appropriated for military purposes throughout the 20th century. Camouflage was inspired by Cubism, Abstract art was used as anti-soviet propaganda and In the 1950's the CIA covertly funded literary magazines to service US Imperialism.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A relaxing hot take about Swingers Saunas and American Cows who are force-fed Skittles. Also some mental health chats about anxiety and anger Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Art hot takes from a covid fever dream. Western culture historically understands time to be linear, fixed, and unmovable. I explore the ways this impacted European portrait painting and how West African art changed it Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I chat with Louise McSharry who is an experienced radio presenter and broadcaster and now hosts her own podcast.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Irish Mythology Podcast. For 2000 years, stories have been told that the Slieve Mish Mountains of Kerry can cure mental illness in those who visit. I explore the stories and tales from this area and the recent scientific studies that might explain why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I interrogate the semiotics of other people's sweat on rented tuxedos and suits. Also, I speak about a short technique to increase your creativity, which anybody can use.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ossians Ride is an unintentionally hilarious paranoid English novel written in 1959 about a futuristic Ireland that can obtain nuclear weapons from Turf. I pick it apart and contrast it with other Dystopian fiction. Long Hot Takes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I chat with Munster and Ireland Rugby player, and psychologist Dr. Declan Aherne about managing mental health within Sports. The similarities between art and sport, We also speak about the human condition in general Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.