Taking the Bliss
Episodes
The Fox, The Fool, and the Hiding of Women’s Arses
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What started off as a tangled tale of foxes, women and slut shaming, ends in an ode to closeted bisexual men and the similarities of the Middle Ages s...
Tampon Tarzan Swings & Dead Dogs
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this New Years episode Bliss shares some pieces of work she's created including short fiction snippets and poetry. Themes include: the normalisatio...
Getting Fired, the Lobotomobile, and Lucia Joyce
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Bliss goes back in time to when she got fired from her office job in England and spent her days eating Honey Cheerio’s, watching Sto...
House of Prayer, Profits & Propaganda
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Bliss on an existential journey through her religious childhood marked with memories of Irish Catholic scams, scandals, and sacrilegious curiosit...
Riot Grrrls, Carrot Cake and F*cking up Feminism
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some girls to the front...? In this episode Bliss talks music of the Riot Grrrl era, its birth and rapid decline, white feminism, intersectionality, a...
Banish the Bops & Blueshirts
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Sexistential Bliss explores the history of Irish dancing and penal laws, the decline of nightclubs, cultural trauma, and how 1930...
The Substantial Hag
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a watching of the 2024 film 'The Substance', Bliss couldn't help be reminded of an infamous Celtic mythological witch, The Cailleach. In this episo...
Cailíní Commodities
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered what it must have been like to try survive in 19th century Ireland? To shake the Magic 8 Ball of curiousity and wonder? What if you're a...