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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In which your host numbs a sore throat with alcohol and discusses equal rights for hiccup sufferers, toaster insurance pride, Nelson Mandela\’s imprisonment versus the common cold, unpasteurised medicine, naming cats after UN Secretary Generals and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
In which your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland appears, coughs his lungs out, apologises, says something disgusting and proceeds to introduce some fine material from the archives. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
BB King at an open mic comedy spot, time-travel toilet issues, the problem with over-explaining, the duties of an off-duty police officer, your wall versus my wall, biblical nicknames, retuning a commute and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
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What happens when cats in a podcast become self-aware? Do Acts of God have free will? What would Alanis find ironic today? What happens when you replace cornflakes with potato crisps in your milk? These and other questions addressed, with real life examples, by your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Using a multi-track mouth, life in a two dimensional office, reggae songs about washing powder, different types and sizes of Bono, obsessing over death, yawning experiments and lots more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Teaching shoelace management, understanding the sleeporial mind, non-profit vomitoriums, karate bullets, intrusive ventriloquism, how to annoy the people of The Netherlands, bookkeeping in space and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
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In this movie-lenght special, Neal explains why plastic bags are the future and discusses understanding the concept of time, how to attack yourself with stones, surviving a government shutdown, waivers for windows, mentalists versus environmentalists, corporeal skepticism and more. This episode also has a very special experimental appendix that starts around forty-five minutes in. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
A portable drive-through restaurant, what to do about Steve Jobs, putting manners on a coffee machine, travelatory incontinence, non linear bar visits and lots more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
The logistics of shooting somebody in bed, casting actors as inanimate objects, making things catchy, diluting fish, modern day hippies, managing Einstein, urinating over New Jersey, how John Lennon wrote, bean puns and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
A glass half full of poison, how to eat news, how to survive in a desert, the meaning of life and lots more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Recognizing the sun, George Orwell as a German discount retailer, testing witchcraft products on pets,stage two common colds, pretending to edit the present, things you can\’t joke about, explaining the economy to a bottle of deodorant and more, with your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Back with an extended episode after his Common Cold debacle, Neal discusses how déjà vu works, a single M&M, plumbing for phlegm disposal, inquisitivity, learning manipulateability from spiders, fingers versus the media, trading listeners and more. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
Your humble proprietor Neal from Ireland has a disgusting cold, so has assembled this care package of previously released material, to tide you over. Back with new shows A.S.A.P. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
