The History of Bog Bodies and Botox
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I explore the connections between Robbie Williams hair wax, botox and bog bodies Hosted on Aca...
The Poitín Maker
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I read my short story, The Poitín Maker and discuss the connection between the Eifel tower, Pa...
Speaking about evolution and medicine with a Professor of Genetics
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Aoife Mclysaght is a geneticist. We chat about all things genetics and evolution Hos...
A mental health plan for the New Year
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How to examine your emotions by first practicing on an orange Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Humanistic Psychology in the myth of King Midas
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about the Greek Myth of King Midas through the lens of Humanistic Psychology Hosted on Acas...
Pigs, Saints, Haircuts & Bicycles in Tulla Town
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The story of why I'm not getting a bicycle for Christmas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
I'll Give You Barcelona
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I discuss themes of masculinity within the myth of Cú Chulainn, and I read my short story "I'll giv...
Johnny Marr
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with legendary songwriter and musician Johnny Marr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
The history of serving chips in miniature shopping trolleys
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The history of serving chips in miniature shopping trolleys Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
A podcast about why there's no podcast this week
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A podcast about why there's no podcast this week Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
Speaking to an expert about climate and biodiversity collapse
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Yvonne Buckley is the Professor of Zoology at Trinity College Dublin. She is Co-Chair of t...
The Pistils of the Dandelions
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I read a new short story from my book Topographia Hibernica Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
The Return to Yurty Ahernes couch
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I return to Yurty Aherne's couch. I also speak about the intertwining histories of Ireland and Pales...
Conspiracy Theories with Naomi Klein
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with legendary author and activist Naomi Klein about conspiracy theories and what they say ab...
Padre Pio and Medieval Glass men
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I answer yere questions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Speaking to Patrick McCabe about writing, failure and creativity
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick McCabe is a twice Booker prize nominated Irish novelist, known for 'The Butcher Boy' and 'Br...
Irish Mythology and Simulation Theory
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Irish Mythology and Simulation Theory Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
The Psychology of Greek Mythology
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A look at Greek mythology through the lens of humility and emotional intelligence Hosted on Ac...
The Colonial history of Pumpkin Spice Lattes
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Colonial history of Pumpkin Spice Lattes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Greek Mythology and Simulation Theory
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
how my father driving to cork in his underpants lead me to view Greek creation Myths through simulat...
The History of Bootcut Jeans
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The historic roots of Irish Celtic Tiger Bootcut Jeans in the 14th century West African textile indu...
The Psychological impact of Poverty with Dr.Katriona O Sullivan
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Katriona O Sullivan is a psychologist whose work centers around the impact of poverty on a perso...
The History of Brown Sauce and Door Handles
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The History of Brown Sauce and Door Handles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
The Mental Health of Adults who live with their Parents
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A recent study found that 65% of Irish adults aged 25 to 35 live with their parents. I explore the i...
Mythology, Rewilding Forests and indigenous knowledge with Manchán Magan
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Manchán Magan is a writer, documentary maker and folklorist. We speak about the relationship betwee...
Barbie and Mattel as Millennial Pavlovian Conditioning
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How the deregulation of children's advertising in the 1980s conditioned millennials to have a positi...
Speaking to an expert about Biodiversity
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Collie Ennis is a research associate at the Department of Zoology at Trinity college. We speak about...
I almost interviewed Cillian Murphy on this weeks Podcast
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A ramble about art and the process of podcasting and writing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
An in depth thesis about Birdshit
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why birdshit is responsible for the world having a population of 8 billion Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Nine Inch Nialls
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Satanic Ritual Murder, Charles Manson, Balloons and the FBI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
A thorough meditation about Sparkling Water
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I investigate why 19th Irish immigrants to the America fetishised sparkling water and how it relates...
The Lost Irish Tradition Of Lifting Heavy Stones
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Keohan is using folklore to rediscover the lost Irish tradition of Stone Lifting. An ancient p...
The colonial history of Fish Fingers
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An incident with Yorkshire Puddings in the frozen aisle leads me to unravel the colonial history at ...
Psychotherapy and Nutrition with Kimberley Wilson
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kimberley Wilson is a chartered psychologist with a special focus on nutrition and whole body mental...
The Folklore of Prohibition
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A hot take about the folklore of prohibition. Update on napper tandy the cat . Speaking about self e...
The History of Carrot Cake
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The History of Carrot Cake. Russell Crowe visited me in a dream. Mindfulness meditation Hosted...
An Essay about the inside of a Tennis Ball
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An Essay about the Inside of a Tennis Ball Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
The Psychology of being an Adult
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mental Health podcast. Exploring the condition of adulthood using cognitive psychology and transacti...
Devin Townsend
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Devin Townsend is an artist who works in the genre of Heavy Metal. He has been active since the 1980...
Speaking to a Psychologist about Drug laws in Ireland
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1. I speak about about my NY Times interview and why I wear a bag on my head. Part 2 I chat wit...
Why I'm buying Lions Urine on the internet
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An update on my cat Napper Tandy after the loss of her brother. Also, some instructions on How to wr...
The Passion of Silken Thomas
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
My Cat Silken Thomas has died. I reflect on his life and death via Pagan ritual, Jesus Christ, and E...
The role of Art in the Housing crisis
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The role of Art in the Housing crisis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
Mental Health, Biodiversity and Mythology
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An anticolonial argument which explores the connections between our emotional well-being, mythology ...
How James Joyce invented Cinema
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A hot take about a James Joyce short short story via the Impressionist painters. And the post-lockdo...
The Story of Saint Patrick
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What can 5000-year-old abstract art and magic mushrooms tell us about St.Patricks Shamrock? Hosted o...
The Hashish Eater of Booly
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I contrast Irish mythology with Islamic Folklore from the same era Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Are you really John Wayne ?
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A travel podcast about the importance of Assertiveness and listening to your inner voice Hosted on ...
Michael Harding
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I speak with the writer Michael Harding about leaving the priesthood and becoming a Buddhist for 17 ...
The Devils Bedframe
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I answer listener questions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Coalbrookdale by Night
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about growing old, accidentally dressing as Eminem and then finding a painting that depicts ...
Saint Brigid Solvent Abuse and Irish Mythology
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about the pagan goddess Brigid and the Christian Saint Brigid Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Gutta Percha Overdrive
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How an extinct victorian plastic that came from trees fuelled the evils of British colonisation ...
The Last Of Us
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An essay on the world and philosophy of The Last Of Us game, ahead of the TV series Hosted on Acast...
Sex Education from a health Journalist
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sophia Smith Galer is a multi-award-winning journalist, author and TikTok creator. She is a Senior N...
Witches Piss and Horses Skulls
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How the discovery of a horses skull under a floorboard led to an insight into Irish music Hosted on ...
My mental health plan for a New Year
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The pressure of a new year, and creating resolutions can bring up feelings of shame. I speak about h...
PJ Gallagher
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PJ Gallagher is a comedian and broadcaster, and we had a gorgeous chat Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
The Silver Gonads of Santa Claus in the mouth of a Gelding Foal
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A festive Christmas episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How Baileys Irish Cream is rooted in an 18th Century Satanic Sex Cult
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Food History podcast. How Baileys Irish Cream is rooted in an 18th Century Satanic Sex Cult Ho...
Analysing a 9th century Irish poem about a white cat
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Analysing a 9th century Irish poem about a white cat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
Elf on the Shelf is a tool of surveillance capitalism
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A reading of Elf on the Shelf as a tool of surveillance capitalism via Benthams Panopticon Hosted on...
There's a housing protest in Dublin on the 26th of November
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with social policy lecturer Rory Hearne about the Raise The Roof housing protest and the move...
Crying and Shame and Underpants
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How the purchase of Belgian underpants lead me to explore my shame around crying. The story of a sci...
Speaking with the President of Ireland
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with Michael D Higgins, who is the President of Ireland about his Macnamh 100 seminars. We sp...
Why I'm going back to Therapy
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about the process of psychotherapy and why I'm going back. My own tools aren't working anymo...
Speaking to a Quantum Physicist about Quantum Computers and Irish Mythology
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
JC Seamus Davis is an Irish professor of quantum physics. We speak about the complex quantum world a...
Five year podcast anniversary ramble
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast is five years old. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How to cook a dinner
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about the emotional resonance that cooking a meal has for me. And how a stew once gave me a ...
Irish Folklore and Environmentalism with Manchán Magan
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Manchán Magan is a writer and documentary maker with an interest in Irish Folklore and Mythology. W...
Rivers, Lakes and Data Centres in Irish Mythology
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hot take on the Mythological history of water as a conduit for wisdom and information in Ireland Hos...
A Mental health plan for when the weather is cold and the days are short and dark
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Mental health plan for when the weather is cold and the days are short and dark Hosted on Acast. S...
Analysing Class structure with Darren McGarvey
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Darren McGarvey is an award-winning writer and rapper from Scotland whose work addresses social clas...
Speaking to an expert about Trauma
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sharon Lambert is a researcher in applied psychology. We speak about trauma on an indivual level ...
The First Man to smuggle Hash into Limerick
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sprawling hot takes about hash smuggling and the complexity of human emotions Hosted on Acast....
Foolscap, Dunce Cap and Dogs
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rambling hot take. I explore the connections between paper and public shaming Hosted on Acast....
What made things so difficult for Irish millenials?
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I explore the symbolic death of the Celtic Tiger which culminated in a marsupial being given drugs i...
Landlords, Medieval Snails and Nightclubs
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Landlords Medieval Snails and Nightclubs. I answer yere questions about these things Hosted on...
Scroobius Pip
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with the artist, actor and podcaster Scroobius Pip about music, neurodiversity and the joys o...
How Wu Tang Clan and Margaret Thatcher created the modern Ice Cream Cone
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Boiling hot take food podcast. How Wu Tang Clan and Margaret Thatcher created the contemporary Ice C...
The Quantum bones of St Rosalia, floating in the artists shit
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Art History podcast. A quantum theory reading of a 17th-century holy relic and an artist who canned ...
Addiction and Prison with The Two Norries
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about addiction and the prison system with The Two Norries. James and Timmy have both been t...
A post lockdown mental health plan
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's been more than six months since the lockdown ended. I explore and discuss feelings of hypervigi...
How a Spanish fisherman lead the CIA to conclude that reality is a Hologram
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1966 the US military lost an unexploded nuclear bomb in a Spanish fishing village, this incident ...
Teenage Margaret Thatcher Turtles
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How the policies of Margaret Thatcher shaped how the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was written and an...
Speaking to a Cyberpsychologist about the psychology of online behaviour
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr.Nicola Fox Hamilton is a cyberpsychologist. We chat about what social media is doing to our minds...
CIA involvement in 20th century literature
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Art has been appropriated for military purposes throughout the 20th century. Camouflage was inspired...
Swingers Saunas and American cows eating Skittles
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A relaxing hot take about Swingers Saunas and American Cows who are force-fed Skittles. Also some me...
The Linear understanding of Time in European Art
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Art hot takes from a covid fever dream. Western culture historically understands time to be linear, ...
Louise McSharry
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with Louise McSharry who is an experienced radio presenter and broadcaster and now hosts her ...
The Myth of the Valley of Madness
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Irish Mythology Podcast. For 2000 years, stories have been told that the Slieve Mish Mountains of Ke...
The Testicular Musk of a Debs Pants Gusset
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I interrogate the semiotics of other people's sweat on rented tuxedos and suits. Also, I speak about...
The strange English dystopian Sci Fi Novel about Ireland
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ossians Ride is an unintentionally hilarious paranoid English novel written in 1959 about a futurist...
Sports psychology with Keith Earls and Dr Declan Aherne
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with Munster and Ireland Rugby player, and psychologist Dr.Declan Aherne about managing menta...
The Anatomy of an Irish Wedding
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about hidden codes that determine who sits where at an Irish Wedding. Also I answer question...
Intrapersonally Speaking
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I just found out that I am Autistic. I speak about my experience of learning this about myself ...
The Barefoot Accountant goes to Emerald Shitty
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mental health episode, I explore the concept of Core Beliefs through the story of the Wizard o Oz H...
Keith Duffy
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with Keith Duffy. Singer and actor, about his career in Boyzone, Coronation Street and Boyzli...
Fenian Sandwich Sectarian Carrot
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How the Subway sandwich traces its roots to 19th-century physical force Irish republicanism. also, t...
Avocado Salt Bae and the Legend of St. Patricks Hole
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
St.Patricks day episode. Boiling hot takes about the Irish cultural footprint. Exploring why Salt Ba...