The Blindboy Podcast

The Humanistic psychology of Carl Rogers, and how it helps us develop empathy for others and self-compassion  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mental health and its relationship with the gut and food. I chat with UCC professors John Cryan and Ted Dinan about their world-leading research into psychobiotics  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Developing Emotional Resilience. I speak about fear, anger, sadness, and hurt. Distinguishing avoidable pain from unavoidable pain  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I speak about my experience of Irish secondary school  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How Superheroes in Irish folklore helped to create workers rights in America  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bonus episode. A special bonus episode where I speak about the influence of the band Yellow Magic Orchestra on the sound of Video game music. This particular episode is brought to you by Vodafone Broadband  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The widening gap between online and mainstream media. Mental Health during the pandemic. I answer yere questions  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I chat with legendary documentary maker Adam Curtis about his new film "can't get you out of my head" An emotional history of the modern world  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Guinness. I speak about the cultural significance of a pint of Guinness in the Irish Psyche  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I answer yere Questions about superstitions and mental health and I have a chat with Una Mullaly and Conner Habib about their project, Utopia Ireland  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After many requests, here's a podcast about Chicken Fillet Rolls  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How advertising has sold us a performed version of adulthood  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why was Quicksand so important in Childrens Cartoons of the 80's and 90's? A hot take that places Quicksand in the dark depths of the American psyche.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hot Take. The ideas that connects illegal British Army operations with Charles Manson and covert LSD research  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bonus Christmas fun. I was going to take the week off, but Instead, I chat about low self esteem and the family dysfunction of enmeshment  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.