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    Jun 30 2026

    This is now the archives feed, a slow and unwieldly source of old tripe from Into Your Head’s past. New shows are over on the main Into Your Head podcast feed (Everything is still free) and Into Your Head – Low Bitrate Edition. Search your app for Into Your Head or visit IntoYourHead.ie

    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.

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

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    1 min
  • 874: You’re Nobody Without Opposable Thumbs, Supposedly (17 MAR 2026)
    Jun 30 2026

    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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    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.

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

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 873: Nonetheless Wiser (3 MAR 2026)
    Jun 30 2026

    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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    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.

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

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 872: How to Achieve Omnipresence by Sixty Five (23 FEB 2026)
    Jun 30 2026

    SLIGHTLY CRACKLY SOUND IN PLACES, DUE TO MISADVENTURE. 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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    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.

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

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    51 mins
  • 871: Bivouac in Industrial Fridge or Night in Lincoln Bedroom? (16 FEB 2026)
    Jun 30 2026

    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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    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.

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

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • 869: Commuting to an Island on a Lake on an Island on a Lake (20 JAN 2026)
    Jun 30 2026

    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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    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.

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

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    1 hr
  • 870: Are You Not Not Not Not Unentertained? 03 FEB 2026)
    Jun 30 2026

    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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    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.

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

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    58 mins
  • 868: Like Fanta But From a Dog (12 January 2026)
    Jun 30 2026

    Neal considers a particularly violent fruit, an appalling game called Punch Buggy, the George Formby grill and discography, salmon weirdness in the education system, Fionn McCumhaill and the mythological salmon of knowledge, raw milk enthusiasts, 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, a stash of holy water, cat milk versus cat’s milk, Steve Martin’s several careers, 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, holy water versus Mercury retrograde and more.

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    52 mins