Podcast
The Blindboy Podcast
Hosted by Blindboyboatclub, who is an artist and author. An eclectic podcast containing short fiction, interviews and comedy.
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- Episodes
- 480
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 14 min
- On air since
- 2017
- Latest episode
- 1 week ago
Episodes
480 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 59 min
English myth and folklore with Professor Ronald Hutton
Season 1, Episode 480
Show notes
Professor Ronald Hutton is a leading British historian and author specialising in paganism, witchcraft, magic, folklore and the religious traditions of ancient Britain.
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1 hr 11 min
What Bebo chain letters can tell us about Anglo Saxon Pagan tree worship and the role of snakes in the evolution of human anxiety
Season 1, Episode 479
Show notes
This is a monologue which explores germanic mythology, Irish storytelling, artificial intelligence, Basilisks, snakes and fear
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1 hr 4 min
The Importance of Supporting Striking Workers
Season 1, Episode 478
Show notes
Irelands revolutionary history of boycotts and strikes. Reimagining the wren for Limerick
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1 hr 23 min
Art History. Surrealism, Absurdism and Postmodernism
Season 1, Episode 477
Show notes
In this episode I deconsctruct a poor review of my play by explaining 20th century art
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1 hr 8 min
Covert Japes
Season 1, Episode 476
Show notes
An emergency short story, as I rush out the door to get to opening night of my play in the Abbey Theatre
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1 hr 46 min
Jon Ronson on Conspiracy, Masculinity and Writing
Season 1, Episode 475
Show notes
I chat with Jon Ronson, who is a bestselling author, journalist, documentary maker and podcaster. A master of immersive nonfiction. His work has consistently been ahead of the curve, exploring extremism, conspiracy, public shaming and the culture wars long before they became mainstream concerns.
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1 hr 10 min
Sustainable food systems and a Scientific explanation for Ghosts
Episode 474
Show notes
Sustainable food systems and a Scientific explanation for Ghosts
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1 hr 51 min
A conversation on a subtropical Irish Island with Bird expert, Sean Ronayne
Season 1, Episode 473
Show notes
I travel by boat to garnish Island in west cork, to chat about wildlife with Sean Ronanyne
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1 hr 6 min
A cultural history of Englishman, Scotsman and Irishman Jokes
Season 1, Episode 472
Show notes
A deep dive hot take into anti irish jokes, kerryman jokes and Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman Jokes
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1 hr 7 min
Reflections on the experience of being called a Prick by several thousand people on the internet
Season 1, Episode 471
Show notes
Searching for compassion within the terror of uncertainty
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1 hr 39 min
A Professor of Psychobiology tells me how Art improves our Health
Season 1, Episode 470
Show notes
Daisy Fancourt is a professor at UCL who studies how taking part in arts and creative activities affects our mental and physical health, stress, wellbeing and social connection. Her new book, Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health, explores the growing scientific evidence behind these effects.
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1 hr 6 min
Facts that I avoided telling my Barber during a recent Haircut
Season 1, Episode 469
Show notes
Aperol Spritz, the sweat of a stressed Accountant and a Chimney Sweeps scrotum
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56 min
Hostile Architecture in Neoliberal society
Season 1, Episode 468
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Hostile Architecture in Neoliberal society
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1 hr 37 min
The Magic of Mushrooms with Merlin Sheldrake
Season 1, Episode 467
Show notes
Merlin Sheldrake is a Mycologist and bestselling author researching fungi, mycorrhizal networks, ecology, and the interconnectedness of life
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1 hr 3 min
How to be Neurodivergent in the Workplace
Season 1, Episode 466
Show notes
How to be Neurodivergent in the Workplace. Deal with eccentric behaviour and understand your rights and protections
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1 hr
The Irish Government is in the pocket of Big Tech and Data Centres
Season 1, Episode 465
Show notes
A critique of Irish Neoliberal policies via St Kevin of Glendalough . Data centres, water, and energy. Neoliberalism shifts responsibility from govermemnt to individuals, encouraging competition, infighting, hoarding, selfishness, weakening solidarity, and rewarding self interest over collective action.
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1 hr 45 min
The Revolutionary history of the English Working classes, with Professor Carl Chinn
Season 1, Episode 464
Show notes
Professor Carl Chinn is a British social historian whose research explores the history, communities and everyday lives of England's working class. He has become a friend and I adore the chats with him
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1 hr 23 min
The history of smoking banana peels and the Anarchists Cookbook
Season 1, Episode 463
Show notes
Ancient persian air conditioning, smoking banana peels and the Anarchist cookbook. Emotionally intelligent learning within a social contect
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1 hr 6 min
A Live tour of a Berlin Art Gallery. Exploring Modernism, German Expressionism, Fascism and Muesli, while wearing swimming shorts and hiking boots
Season 1, Episode 462
Show notes
This week I'm in Berlin, walking through the Neue Nationalgalerie. A tour of German expressionist paintings and 20th century history This week I'm in Berlin, walking through the Neue Nationalgalerie. A tour of German expressionist paintings and 20th century history. Thumbnail image is Potsdamer Platz by Ludwig Kirchner
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1 hr 19 min
Why internashional fashists are so interested in Ireland
Season 1, Episode 461
Show notes
A meandering mentally ill thesis on current online infrastructure
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