Into Your Head
Summary: For 20 years Irish amateur humourist, sage, semi-hermetic racanteur, fantastist, socially awkward cat obsessive, energy drinks misuser and husband Neal O'Carroll has honed the art of starting comedic ramblings with no idea how the first sentence will end, never mind what he will say. 800 shows in, he claims he's finally making some progress. Irish comedy podcast Into Your Head's roots include O'Carroll's long enjoyment of classic BBC Radio panel game Just a Minute. From an early age (27) he was starting sentences with “Two Cats walk into a Bar" more frequently than the average man of his demographic, initially in early 2000s humour blog Neal's Belch, which spawned his unscripted yet dialogue-laden Matchstick Cats webomics. By 2006, soon to be former moped operator O’Carroll had noticed saying stuff is easier than writing, and the rest is history. Particularly the first 400 shows which he insists are dreadful. Luckily the series evolved over seventeen years and another 400 episodes to become the free-flowing stream-of-unconciousness humour show it is today. The 2023 reversal of the show's retirement followed a reinvigorating reboot of his Matchstick webcomics at https://MatchstickCats.com - making them more vision-impaired accessible for his ongoing sight loss, even abandoning long trusted MS Paint for MS Paint 3D, although he admits it's relevance for the audio podcast is yet to be understood. And now so can you.
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Harvesting dog ears, Investing in coal, mugs versus souls, spitting in the office, tangerines, OCD magicianship, sorting junk mail, the problem with the sardine industry, distracting magicians in bars and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
Extended episode! Why children should be given coffee, the Rules of the Road through the eyes of a dog, making capsules from piss, midnight postal deliveries, the Cat Inter-Estate Highway, glorifying water, defining “indefinable”, podcast openings, facial openings, some news about the word “antidisestablishmentarianism”, legislating for cat marmalade, carousels versus arousal and lots more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
Fakely disposable mugs, sexing an inanimate object, tracing the word “vomit”, how to prepare your home for fossilisation, why it’s not really January, “sic” versus “lic”, a Town Hall McDonald’s, questioning Satanism, having the Universe assessed by a third party, why new year’s resolutions fail, beginnings, middles and ends, insects who swear and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
Neal discusses coke-obsessed polar bears, a noteworthy dog, a cooking with frankincense, roast monkey chestnuts, what to get the king who has everything and more. There’s also a seasonal edition of Shainne Greoige’s Athy Weekly World News. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
The physics of coffee making, dressing up to play sports, alleviating listener blame, why Sting is not a punk, Tony Hawks “Round Ireland with a Fridge”, round the word with Ruben from Rubenerd.com, child-based families, how Jon Stewart gets respect despite being a clown, discussing human resources with cutlery, being humbled by inanimate objects and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
The monkey-nut marketing principle, scenes from a 1980s Ethiopian bar, an appearance from deceased junior announcer Glen Acton, another new Sháinne Greoige’s Athy Weekly World News, scraping versus melting a bucket, how to make a song about Mondays and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
Redesigning the boiled egg, applying principles from The Dukes of Hazard to pub architecture, how swearing causes species to go extinct, alternative mouth architecture, Hitler versus Pinky and the Brain, Intellectual Property Squatting, a new instalment of Sháinne Greoige’s Athy Weekly World News and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
There’s another brand new “Sháinne Greoige’s Athy Weekly World News”, and Neal discusses bodily fluid snobbery, horizons versus coasts, a tale of two Hitlers in a bar, psychic leakage, trying to make dogs interesting, running things up flagpoles and lots more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
Recovering from a Terminator shooting in a bar, how cat vomit fits into the circle of life, manual pen holders, a closer look at rigmaroles, why Jesus wants people to breed monkeys, a story about a story, enjoying weather indoors and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
Violent ball games, Sausages for free spirits, How the emergency services deal with lions in bars, Racket rackets, Why there’s no tomorrow (but it’s not a problem) and lots more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
Exposing Alanis Morissette, drunk glove puppets, trucks that carry dead space shuttles, monkey nuts in the future, flashcards for pubs, lip-reading a psychic, why this isn’t a Pink Floyd album, fake free bowls, one person operated languages and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
Alcohol concierges for cats, psychic dog walking, catching diseases off yourself, a perpetual circumnavigatory phone call, bags for life versus flowers, the problem with long words, the post-writing-implement era, cat bar inspection tales, introducing Sháinne Greoige to new listeners and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
On today’s episode, your host is a little over-caffeinated and talks very fast. If you can keep up, you’ll hear about treating the sea as a giant marinating pot, non-opposable thumbs, the drunk dog psychiatric therapy sales scam, a quick guide to anti sunburn ceilings, what happens to fictional characters when narration ends, what orchards tell us about evolution, problems with metaphorical trains, infra red one way traffic lights, the latest breakfast cereal fashions and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
A tale of two Beatles in a bar, swearing versus binary code, distinguishing pudding bowl haircut wearers from each other, judgemental prehistoric amoebas, Unnecessarily naming dots and lots more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
Why Schrödinger’s cat deserves a name, things with bubbles in them, alternatives to using deities’ names in vein, why presidents don’t need names, piddling and alliterating at the same time, a real-time mnhole interruption, collecting shades of green, a Creutzfeldt–Jakob lemonade production failure, the problem with the popcorn industry and lots more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/] Attribution: “Neal from Ireland via IntoYourHead.ie “
