Into Your Head

Neal O Carroll

  • 45 minutes 46 seconds
    Show 877: Flushable Dock Leaves are NOT the Answer

    Neal imposes a temporary self ban on dog anatomy talk, tracks TV’s most misleading puppet housing depiction, considers the downside of commercial breaks on baby monitors, asks if the uncultured can enjoy the movie Whiplash (2014), changes your mind about prison exercise yards, warns of the mortal risks of foot washing, gives you an new appreciation of empty stairwells, recalls the snobbery surrounding Edward Scissorhands (1990), explains why grown-ups should not watch movies, wonders about a Willy Wonka elevator sequel, discovers the true purpose of rubber ducks, sets out the pitfalls of trying to live in a wheelie bin, reveals the missed glaringly obvious choice to replace Kevin Spacey in House of Cards and looks at flushable dock leaf inequity, posthumous prison options, back yard naivety, the phrase Murder Death Kill, delivering the meaning of life on a plate, Being John Malkovich (1999), KPAX (2001), the shows Bosco (RTE) and The Young Pope and more.

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    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

    12 April 2026, 8:19 pm
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    Show 876: Edible Cow Helmets FTW

    Neal explains how it’s possible to be of sound mind yet not think about buffet breakfasts much despite your name being Buffet, and looks at the armpits of the leg world, the human trunk, the argument for smoking assistance dogs, toe stubbing advice for people just starting a family, TV gas safety commercials, why toe models worry too much, the inherent problem with shoe industry toe stubbing statistics, how edible helmets might help so-called mad cows, watching a field being built, contributing to a 1980s mural, hurling, tykes and louts, casual jackets, casualty jackets, the trouble with hand pockets, greed versus gluttony, Wall Street (1988) and more.

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    4 April 2026, 5:02 pm
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Show 875: Travelling With Your Pet in Stasis

    Neal reviews his list of helpful animal TV shows with surprising additions, illuminates the double life of the consultant surgeon, looks at the pros and cons of taking pets through Customs in stasis, explores pre-surgery bathing, considers how Australians feel about how we feel about their popular culture, reveals why he seldom speaks his own name on this show, explains why you must never cut your dog’s tail off even when flying, exposes a possible synergy between end times preppers and amateur astronomers, remembers life in the second millennium and discusses the Coyote prey realism problem, the trouble with war games, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, childish medicine packaging, not sidewalks, breakdown rescue, dogs as bus branding, making discount mushy peas palatable, the dark history of frontal lobe lobotomies, why doctors shouldn’t have books, bars of soap, an important note about Irish Spring, why your underground shelter needs a window, handling raw poultry and road runner meat, Quantum Leap, Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven, CSI Miami, CSI Kids, The Safety Dance in Grand Theft Auto, Phil Spector, Rolf Harris and more.

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    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

    27 March 2026, 6:35 pm
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Show 874: You’re Nobody Without Opposable Thumbs, Supposedly

    Neal wonders how dog rehab works, goes over what happens when you leave hospital without clothes, documents a decades old fake cinema facade with which you might identify, recalls the last time he learned something (2003), asks if opposable thumbs are worth the trouble, issues a stark warning about your waste disposal contraption, clarifies how Lighthouse entrance halls work, considers how emergency services deal with prayer related accidents, ponders whether abolishing Limbo will embolden it and discusses the phrase TMI, the song Yer Old by Reef, your longevity as a far future listener on Archive dot org, how a dog might fall out of a car, salt water accidents on land, ER scissors extravagance, In the Name of the Father (1993), half of Queen plus Paul Rodgers, an American Idol host clarification, public buildings with no walls, old school Monopoly, how a well meaning dog struggles to mind it’s own business, what US satellite radio can teach you about how to listen to this show and more.

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    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

    17 March 2026, 8:47 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Show 873: Nonetheless Wiser

    Neal maps the future of the traditional white haired action villain, explains why governments would love to mandate toe typewriters, tries to describe a mysterious part of Dublin’s city centre using Theoretical Physics, conjures a talking cat to explain the mechanics of speaking without vocal cords, defends Edwyn Collins’ incorrect inflexions in Addidas World, relates a defining childhood moment involving a very special word, worries about toilet brush design, proposes a unifying theory for the Terminator movies, illuminates the dark side of cartoon dogs, wonders how you go about decaffeinating something, relates how bread vans triggered an ambulance phobia, remembers when the name AA1 Aardvark used to mean something and looks at tastefully rebooting Die Hard, what cats hear when we say anti disestablish mentarianism (last time I used that word without breaks in it, it broke the feed), why dog beds are nonsense, The Ant and the Aardvark, why The Animals of Farthing Wood is unsuitable for children, Jellystone and other hideous cartoon reboots, a piece of student infrastructure resembling an ancient royal litter, fines for swearing in Demolition Man (1993), schooling in the twenty-second century, the surprising logistics of walking computers and more.

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    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

    3 March 2026, 7:47 pm
  • 50 minutes 42 seconds
    Show 872: How to Achieve Omnipresence by Sixty Five

    SLIGHTLY CRACKLY SOUND IN PLACES. Neal considers how to talk to your child about Devil Gate Drive, explains how the bow and arrow were the Dark Ages equivalent of a kid with glasses, reveals the best career to pursue for omnipresence, explores the logistics of being seen dead in an IKEA, celebrates his old dinosaur mirror’s scientific endorsement and looks at a 1980s music warning label, tricycle tyre alchemy, life in a Dyson Sphere, Haley’s Comet, Haley’s father, The SuperVet (Channel 4 UK), off-camera unheard interviewers, Designated Survivor (Netflix), operating your two wheeled no legs dog, an unexpected advantage of noisy joints, the Ask Jeeves mascot, three hours stuck in a rail tunnel, rain from the heavens via space, societal attitudes to desserts, improving how you donate coffee to homeless citizens and more.

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    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

    25 February 2026, 4:29 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    Show 871: Bivouac in Industrial Fridge or Night in Lincoln Bedroom?

    Neal addreses the perennial Kermit problem, exposes the diplomatic minefield of haunted White House guest rooms, sets out the considerable differences between smokers and cat owners, looks at the practicalities of camping and installing igloos in industrial fridge freezers and discusses cold brew coffee and beer, Pigs in Space, dogs in space, understanding space rockets, moving Lincoln’s ghost, childhood fear of Dublin’s Powerscourt Townhouse Shopping Centre, situation rooms, fictional West Wings, puppet body doubles, David Frost (RIP) body doubles, steamboats on vintage television, the White House property ladder, Rush Limbaugh and his nemesis The Pretenders, the trouble with Ryan Seacrest, remembering Regis Philbin’s name, podcasts as background noise (No), reinventing fireplace TV channels, washing machines versus submarines, finally outdoing his Virtual Toast Rack invention, the designated non pizza eater and more.

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    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

    16 February 2026, 5:27 pm
  • 58 minutes 18 seconds
    Show 870: Are You Not Not Not Not Unentertained?

    Neal critiques Superman’s flying and rescue techniques, offers strategies for baby bird flying lessons, wonders how slaves got promoted to gladiators, looks at how Hollywood’s need for PG certs curtailed snack design, considers communion wafer strategies, uncovers what coin operated toy cars quietly taught us, shares his special use for double yellow lines as a vision impaired pedestrian, contemplates working with Robert de Niro while he’s a boxer and discusses watching things ironically, the trouble with Gladiator 2 (2024), making the best of your reformed drug dealer cyclist community service, harmless American punk, planning a life as a monk in your reincarnation schedule, Nick Cave’s Gladiator 2 treatment, making the alphabet infinite, how sponges can transform your life, what happened during the show’s seven year interlude, the recreational diarrhoea medicine abuse craze, Wonka (2023), The Colosseum, songs of The Sex Pistols, punk hairstyle digital comeback and more.

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    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

    3 February 2026, 6:13 pm
  • 1 hour 11 seconds
    Show 869: Commuting to an Island on a Lake on an Island on a Lake

    Neal comes to some realisations about Metallica and Chevy Chase, goes over a personal experiment involving TikTok, reveals the most depressing movie ending ever and looks at snuff film inception levels, manual sneezing, why cheese is wasted as a breakfast item, Catch 22, Nazi style burning of audiobooks, life on an island on a lake on an island on a lake, mistaking Community for Fraggle Rock, bouncers at the gates of the trachea, Syd Barrett and quite a bit more.

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    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

    20 January 2026, 6:08 pm
  • 51 minutes 39 seconds
    Show 868: Like Fanta But From a Dog

    Neal considers a particularly violent fruit, raw milk enthusiasts, Mercury retrograde versus holy water, an appalling game called Punch Buggy, Steve Martin’s several careers, George Formby grill and discography, salmon weirdness in the education system, Fionn McCumhaill and the mythological salmon of knowledge, a week of leaks, breakages and cat death, the case for reinventing the wheel, why coffee cups don’t have windows, Fanta but from a dog, why we evolved to not drink all the water, eau de toilette, listening in a coma, cat milk versus cat’s milk, the Patrick Stewart Ian McKellen pairing, fish-like aliens on Star Trek, Ferengi, Scampi, fudge in confectionery, fudges in international diplomacy, using time travel to prevent smoking, pre-smoked meats versus unsmoked tobacco, does your dog think you’re a potato and more.

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    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

    12 January 2026, 4:32 pm
  • 57 minutes 1 second
    Show 867: Beyond Here Be Dragons, Signed The Colonel

    Apologies for more muffled voice than usual, due to minor mouthal injury. Neal staunchly defends the business practices of J. Wellington Wimpy, explains why your dog would prefer you didn’t drink from puddles, uncovers parallels between The Truman Show (1998) and Elvis Presley, looks at parking arrangements on car ferries, reveals his childhood cordory trouser hack and discusses full length front car seats, emperors getting new clothes, choose your own adventure books, the future of half man half robot bus drivers, colonels versus kernals, dog catchers, TV license inspections, how potato crisps work, a recipie for fried eggs and banana, why McDonald’s stopped counting hamburgers served and more.

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    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll. In the far future? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head episodes and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org.

    2 January 2026, 2:58 pm
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