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...
Talking to a psychologist about Creativity
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Prof Anna Abraham is a psychologist and neuroscientist who studies creativity and the human imaginat...
A mental health plan for when the News is overwhelming
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How I manage feelings of anxiety and depression when the News cycle gets me down. So that I can have...
A theory about the colour Grey
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Hot Take about the colour grey that delves into the history of offices, renaissance paintings and ...
What is Mindfulness? With Dermot Whelan
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dermot Whelan is a comedian, presenter, and certified teacher in mindfulness and meditation. During ...
The Styrofoam Shepherd
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Barefoot accountant update. The story of a Chilean Book which was a Marxist critique of Donald Duck,...
The Barefoot Accountant
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hot Take EpisodeLast week there was a standoff between Irish Fishermen and The Russian Navy. I draw ...
The Psychology of Aesops Fables
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A hot take about Aesops fables and what they say about the human condition Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Stories for Geriatric Millennials
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about what life was like before the internet Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
The Psychologist who uses MDMA to treat mental illness
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Paul Liknaitsky is the head of clinical psychedelic research at Monash University Australia. He ...
A Mental Health Plan for 2022
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How I will be building my emotional resilience this year. I explain three psychology concepts throug...
Lung Cousins
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A rambling podcast designed for a Post Christmas pre New Years walk. I speak about pissing in a milk...
Boiling Hot Christmas
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A hot take about the Pagan Origins of Christmas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Sudden Mystery Arse Pain
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A deep dive art history podcast about the colours red and blue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
Speaking about Anxiety with a Psychology Professor
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Ian Robertson is a Neuroscientist and Professor of Psychology in Trinity College. We speak...
Furry Curry
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I answer yere questions about creating art online and what differences there are now from 10 years a...
Topographia Hibernica
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hot take Art/History. A 12th-century English manuscript which claimed that Irish women could turn in...
Paddy Dracula
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A hot take art episode about Dracula and its relationship with Irish folklore and Cholera outbreaks ...
Science, Art, Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For Science Week, I chat with Dr Ruth Freeman, and Dr Aaron Golden who has just embarked on a projec...
Custard Creams and The CIA
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Boiling Hot Take.An exploration that links Victorian Fern fanciers with Custard Creams and the CIA i...
The Head to the Heart
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
4th Birthday episode. When trying to improve our mental health. How do we move new beliefs from our ...
Robert Sheehan
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with Umbrella Academy actor Robbie Sheehan about Nicholas Cage vomiting a communion wafer in ...
Why I want to fuck Captain Planet
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A critical reappraisal of the Children's cartoon "Captain Planet" and its role in warning us about C...
Hot Cheesecake
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How to survive living with your parents in your 30's. Salt Bae. Literature. The Downing of Facebook....
How Berlin voted out Vulture Funds
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Berlin just voted to socialise 240,000 homes. Taking them from the ownership of investment funds. I ...
Overcoming Social Anxiety
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With society emerging from the isolation of the pandemic. I've found myself feeling nervous about so...
The Driver Theory Test
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A postcolonial analysis of The Driver Theory Test. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
Pat Graces Famous Fried Chicken
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A history of how the long lost original Colonel Sanders KFC recipe is now only available in Limerick...
Jim Sheridan
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A Chat with Jim Sheridan, a multi Oscar nominated director and screenwriter from Dublin. We talk abo...
Victorian Sex Communes and Breakfast Cereal
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Extremely hot take. I trace breakfast cutlery and breakfast cereal to two opposing victorian sex com...
Yeh, Yeh, Yeh, Yeh
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A podcast about when your ma Inhales the words "yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh" when she's listening to her frie...
Teenage Discos and Lynx Africa
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By popular request, following on from the Chicken Fillet Roll podcast. I speak about the Irish cultu...
Blame and Anger
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mental health podcast. I chat about how blaming other people can sometimes leave us feeling angry an...
The return of Manchán Magan
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Manchán Magan is a documentary maker with a passion for the Irish language and folklore. We chat ab...
A history of Irish Summer Salads and Taytos
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
200th episode. A critical look at Irish summer salads, and Tayto crisps in Irish Culture. Hosted on...
Attachment Theory
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mental health podcast. How our earliest interactions with our parents can shape our adult friendship...
Pineapple Folly
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A history of Ireland through lens of the Pineapple. A Deep dive, hot take. Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Does Irish music have North African origins?
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Exploring the striking similarities between North African Berber singing and Irish Sean nós singing...
UFOs, Artificial Intelligence and how to gain Self Acceptance
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part one. Roasting take about AI and UFOs. Part two. Measured and reasoned mental health chat a...
Croatian Fathers
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about the process of how television is made. And I chat about grief and death. Dealing with ...
How to solve the Housing Crisis
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with Dr.Rory Hearne. An expert in the policy field of Housing. We speak about the housing cri...
Hieronymus Bosch
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I chat about the painter Hieronymous Bosch, and how our modern vision of Hell is based on 12th centu...
Sinéad O'Connor
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with singer and songwriter Sinéad O'Connor/ Shuhada’ Sadaqat about her new book "Rememberi...
13 steps I use to manage anxiety
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I've been struggling with worry and anxiety recently. I outline a simple 13 step approach that I use...
It'll Be Grand
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A cultural history and analysis of the Irish phrase "It'll be grand" and how it relates to a Limeric...
Talking to a Neuroscientist about the Human Brain
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sabina Brennan is a neuroscientist, author, and podcast host. We chat about dementia, sleep hygi...
How buildings create music
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How the shape of Notre Dame Cathedral changed western music via Pythagoras. How mountains slowed dow...
A house built by ghosts and a car made of hash.
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A house built by ghosts and a car made of hash. I answer yere questions by trying to think of t...
Stereo sound and 13th century painting
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The emergence of stereo sound in 1950's music shares strange similarities with 13th Century painting...
Lobster Purple
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The connection between Lobsters becoming fancy food and purple becoming the colour of Royalty in Anc...
The return of Emma Dabiri
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with academic and author Emma Dabiri about her new book "What white people can do next" From ...
On Becoming a Person
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Humanistic psychology of Carl Rogers, and how it helps us develop empathy for others and self-co...
Psychobiotics
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mental health and its relationship with the gut and food. I chat with UCC professors John Cryan and ...
Tinsel Pinochet
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Developing Emotional Resilience. I speak about fear, anger, sadness, and hurt. Distinguishing avoida...
Basils Fart Carnival
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about my experience of Irish secondary school Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Fluff Trumpet
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How Superheroes in Irish folklore helped to create workers rights in America Hosted on Acast. See a...
Yellow Magic Orchestra
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bonus episode. A special bonus episode where I speak about the influence of the band Yellow Magic Or...
Crosby Stills & Hash
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The widening gap between online and mainstream media. Mental Health during the pandemic. I answer ye...
Adam Curtis
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with legendary documentary maker Adam Curtis about his new film "can't get you out of my head...
Appointive Plane
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guinness. I speak about the cultural significance of a pint of Guinness in the Irish Psyche Hosted ...
Double Denim Utopia
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I answer yere Questions about superstitions and mental health and I have a chat with Una Mullaly and...
Chicken Fillet Rolls
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After many requests, here's a podcast about Chicken Fillet Rolls Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Wet Kensington Tent
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How advertising has sold us a performed version of adulthood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
Prix En Quicksand
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why was Quicksand so important in Childrens Cartoons of the 80's and 90's? A hot take that places Qu...
Best Chestnuts
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hot Take. The ideas that connects illegal British Army operations with Charles Manson and covert LSD...
Pummeled Duncans
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bonus Christmas fun. I was going to take the week off, but Instead, I chat about low self esteem and...
Ríthe Chorcaí
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about processing the bereavement of losing a friend and I read my short story Ríthe Chorcaí...
Hozier
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate this podcast having 25 million listens. I have a chat with Irish artist Hozier. We spea...
Transcendant Endas
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about the centenary of the Kilmichael ambush and answer yere questions about various craic H...
Fanta Hammer
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mental Health episode. Depression and anger. How to identify and healthily process anger so that it ...
Exploding Kings and Gestalt Psychology
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I speak about how I use Gestalt Psychology to maintain my mental health and I address exploding Engl...
Christs Foreskin
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How Christs foreskin became a relic with multiple forgeries throughout the middle ages How I made th...
Turtle Curtains
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Instead of talking about the US elections I offer a complete escape. How the inhabitants of Easter I...
Manchán Magan
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with writer Manchán Magan about the origins of Irish words, and the psychadelic origins...
St Vitus Dance
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How lads doing shots of Goldschlager in Celtic Tiger nightclubs got me thinking about 15th century d...
Poo Anon
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A hot take which roots the psychological origins of conspiracy theories in the discovery of soap by...
Graham Norton
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with Author and TV presenter Graham Norton about living in a San Francisco commune in the 80s...
Gizzard Penchant
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The origins of the word Quare leads me to discuss art created by Elephants Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Sami Zayn
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with WWE Wrestler Sami Zayn about Kayfabe, Compassion, Islam and Politics Hosted on Acast. Se...
Punch us Pilots
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A parasite that causes snails to masturbate uncontrollably and how Ireland legalised drugs for 24 ho...
Disco is the real Punk Rock 2
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The bizaare story behind a disco "Novelty Song" and why it is an important piece of art by a sex wor...
Savoury Donovans
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Relaxing mental health episode. I address yere questions about emotions and coping Hosted on Acast. ...
Trolley Gogs
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How Irony was deliberately dismantled post 9/11 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
The Gonad Archipelago
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I react to finding out that I'm being monitored by the Irish Government for my political beliefs. Al...
Wrong Conkers
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A hot take look at collectivism and individualism during a pandemic, in light of a recent study. Ho...
Boola Bus
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I answer loads of yere questions. Such as, How to deal with feeling insignificant in the universe, a...
Frantic Canter, Bowsy Gallop
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A history of American pop music (1820 to 1920). Why early American pop was sung in an Irish accent ...
Billy Idols Childhood Guitar
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hot Take, music and culture episode. A critical reapraisal of Billy Idols 1993 bizaare concept album...
Clancys Pancake
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How 1990s professional wrestling predicted the 2020s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Senator Lynn Ruane
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with Lynn Ruane who is an independent Irish senator and author of "People like me". As a Sena...
Petrol Dentist
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An Irish history of destroying statues. Why Barack Obama removed a statue of Winston Churchill from ...
My Mental Health Philosophy so far
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An overview of my entire mental health maintenance regime and the psychology and philosophy behind i...
The Goblin of strange and uncertain times
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A Hot take on Society's response to coronavirus through the lens of grief psychology. A Post Catholi...
Disraelis Bannister
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How the evolution of a moths wings and the painters of the Romantic period were simultaneous indicat...
Lucifers Toothbrush
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How the current aggressive miltaristic tacticts that US police use towards protestors and journalist...
Brenda and John Romero
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The inventor of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein. I chat with two legends of video games history. John an...
Abstract Art and the CIA
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hot take Art podcast. I explore and explain the importance of Abstract Expressionist art and how the...
The Divils Prayerbook
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Blindboy speaks about Masks for all. Legalising cannabis, and grief Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Irish Folklore with Eddie Lenihan
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with Seanchai Eddie Lenihan about Fairy forts, Leprechauns and Irish folklore Hosted on Acas...
Lilac Husbandry
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Multiple Hot Takes about Sourdough bread, Christ and UFOs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...