Hosted by Blindboy, of the Rubberbandits. An eclectic podcast containing short fiction, interviews and comedy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 13 days 8 hours 55 minutes
episode 249: Teenage Margaret Thatcher Turtles
How the policies of Margaret Thatcher shaped how the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was written and animated. A extract a boiling hot take through critique of the franchise
episode 248: Speaking to a Cyberpsychologist about the psychology of online behaviour
Dr.Nicola Fox Hamilton is a cyberpsychologist. We chat about what social media is doing to our minds and behaviour. Why can it make us more hostile? What is the science behind internet trolls? Is social media addictive? And how will VR impact our brains?
episode 247: CIA involvment in 20th century literature
Art has been appropriated for military purposes throughout the 20th century.Military camouflage was inspired by Cubism, Abstract art was used as anti soviet propaganda and In the 1950's the CIA covertly funded literary magazines to service US Imperialism
episode 246: Swingers Saunas and American cows eating Skittles
A relaxing hot take about Swingers Saunas and American Cows who are force-fed Skittles. Also some mental health chats about anxiety and anger
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episode 245: The Linear understanding of Time in European Art
Art hot takes from a covid fever dream. Western culture historically understands time to be linear, fixed, and unmovable. I explore how this influenced European portrait painting and how West African art changed it
episode 244: Louise McSharry
I chat with Louise McSharry who is an experienced radio presenter and broadcaster, and now hosts her own podcast.
episode 243: The Myth of the Valley of Madness
Irish Mythology Podcast. For 2000 years, stories have told that the Slieve Mish Mountains of Kerry can cure mental illness in those who visit. I explore this, with recent scientific findings
episode 242: The Testicular Musk of a Debs Pants Gusset
I interrogate the semiotics of other peoples sweat on rented tuxedos and suits. Also, I speak about a short technique to increase your creativity, which anybody can use.
episode 241: The strange English dystopian Sci Fi Novel about Ireland
Ossians Ride is an unitentionally hilarious paranoid novel written in 1959 about a futuristic Ireland that can obtain nuclear power from Turf. I pick it apart and contrast it with other Dystopian fiction
episode 240: Sports psychology with Keith Earls and Dr Declan Aherne
I chat with Munster and Ireland Rugby player, and psychologist Dr.Declan Aherne about managing mental health within Sports. The similarities between art and sport, We also speak about the human condition in general