The Blindboy Podcast

Hot Take Episode Last week there was a standoff between Irish Fishermen and The Russian Navy. I draw a connection between this and a proposed plan to breed cats that glow in the dark around Nuclear Waste, as a warning to future humans.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A hot take about Aesops fables and what they say about the human condition  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I speak about what life was like before the internet  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr. Paul Liknaitsky is the head of clinical psychedelic research at Monash University Australia. He is conducting world-first clinical trials into the use of magic mushrooms and ecstasy to treat depression, anxiety, and PTSD. This is his second time on this podcast to chat about this exciting and important field.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How I will be building my emotional resilience this year. I explain three psychology concepts through the fable of the Lion with the Thorn in its paw  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A rambling podcast designed for a Post Christmas pre New Years walk. I speak about pissing in a milk bottle for several years and the role of silliness in art.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A hot take about the Pagan Origins of Christmas  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A deep dive art history podcast about the colours red and blue.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Professor Ian Robertson is a Neuroscientist and Professor of Psychology in Trinity College. We speak about Anxiety, neurodiversity and the medicalisation of human behaviour  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I answer yere questions about creating art online and what differences there are now from 10 years ago  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hot take Art/History. A 12th-century English manuscript which claimed that Irish women could turn into hares to suck milk out of other women's nipples, and that Irish men had sex with and ate horses  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A hot take art episode about Dracula and its relationship with Irish folklore and Cholera outbreaks  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For Science Week, I chat with Dr Ruth Freeman, and Dr Aaron Golden who has just embarked on a project that uses AI to help communities in the global south track the impact of Climate Change on their agriculture and water supply.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Boiling Hot Take.An exploration that links Victorian Fern fanciers with Custard Creams and the CIA interrogation of houseplants  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

4th Birthday episode. When trying to improve our mental health. How do we move new beliefs from our heads into our hearts ?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.