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Into Your Head

Into Your Head

By: Neal O'Carroll
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Neal O’Carroll spins stream of consciousness humour monologues, peppered with nonsensical opinions, absurd advice and a unique twist on Irish wit and dry humour, in a one-of-a-kind sit down comedy programme now in it’s third decade.Creative Commons license version BY NC ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O'Carroll - Hundreds of shows findable on Archive DotOrg Performing Arts Social Sciences Stand-up Shows
Episodes
  • Show 893: Something Innocuous in the Sitcom Credits
    Sep 15 2026

    Neal recounts his latest tongue injury and what it means for this episode, questions the wisdom of waking Maggie up with a song, imagines what it’s like to lose at boxing and wrestling, rethinks a childhood pastime of squashing people like bugs, explains why learning to count never ends, wonders about single camera sitcoms and boxing matches, uncovers a hare and tortoise battery conundrum, considers portable tunnels for explorers and discusses the slow boiled frog metaphor, the bottle deposits we leave behind, measuring liquids in ounces, new car clean freaks, using a car conveyer belt in treadmill mode, Marc Maron’s presidential visit, portable tunnels for explorers, Cat Stevens, songs about accountancy, The Jacksons, 1980s Ariston commericals, Earth versus dirt, making concrete, why Mother Nature is gross, plant based cannibalism, True Blood and more.

    VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org.

    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O’Carroll.

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    51 mins
  • Show 891: Why Crickets Don’t Sweat (If Crickets Don’t Sweat)
    Aug 19 2026

    Neal explores the delicate diplomacy of carrying a motorbike side car passenger, spends some time addressing the bee keepers in the audience, illustrates how a cat handles a passive aggressive bar man, advises on minimising your total lifetime camera exposure, wonders if dog whistles and cricket noises work the same way, makes the case for calling trouser legs sleeves, wonders if crickets sweat and why it doesn’t kill them, recalls a surprising wildlife experience triggered by Beavis and Butthead, carefully notes the spare room’s emergency coughing options, discovers an old bedside lamp worthy of Freddie Mercury, applies some common sense to baggy trouser design, bemoans the new expanded definition of literal, imagines how supermarkets police the lard aisle, makes the case for police audio mug shots and looks at why life is scary with a QR code on your vehicle, Last of the Summer Wine, vehicles that get mistaken for roadworks, tyres versus helmets, Little House on the Prairie, the trouble with dry herb labels, slow cookers, cling film on the barbeque and more.

    VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org.

    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O’Carroll.

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    58 mins
  • Show 892: Let’s Normalise Briefcase Schoolbags For a Decade
    Aug 31 2026

    Neal wonders how Dougie Howser’s career would have gone with a face tattoo, advises on recognising a fake glasses and moustache, sets out the argument for rectangular coins, imagines how a King Charles Dog could wreck stamp collecting, explains why a spare bedroom can never be a spare surgery, advises on scrubbing your mouth, considers the impracticalities of a global tribe of cat owners, proposes a revolutionary ten year compulsory briefcases mandate for school children, recalls a delicious looking dog’s ear and more.

    VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org.

    LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 with attribution: by Neal O’Carroll.

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    58 mins
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