The Blindboy Podcast

A deep look at unavoidable human suffering, from grief and rejection to uncertainty in relationships. Thought experiments and metaphors explore how imagined pain compounds real loss. Personal stories about panic, autism, health scares, and work anxiety illustrate coping strategies. The conversation highlights presence, playfulness, and meaning found in the process of living.

A lively dive into a new non-pathologising study on autistic flow states. Personal stories of intense creative flow, synth-making and emotional regulation. Reframes stimming, special interests and social needs through a flow-focused lens. Challenges myths about empathy and highlights how shared autistic interactions can produce deep connection.

Dr. Michael Keane, a medical doctor with a PhD in behavioural neuroscience who studies creativity, trauma and social media effects. He explains EEG findings on creative brains. They unpack doomscrolling, intermittent-reward designs like Reels/TikTok, why scrolling fuels shame and stress, how phones reshape reward sensitivity, and practical fixes such as meditation and mindful routines.

Collie Ennis, Trinity College biodiversity officer known for pond-building and urban rewilding. He talks about building fish-free ponds, how tiny pond invertebrates support birds and bats, restoring ghost ponds and meadows, and simple spring actions like leaving logs, planting natives and citizen science to reconnect people with nature.

A fiery look at Ireland's fuel and farmers' protests and why disruptive action can force change. An argument that neoliberal policy siphons public funds into private profits, wrecking housing and healthcare. A thread linking weakened social protections to the rise of far right politics. Practical calls to join tenants unions and organize collectively. Odd folklore and farming history woven through modern supply-chain warnings.

A surreal monologue spins from a bizarre shrew anecdote into reflections on childhood shame and school humiliation. He explores music as play, therapeutic synth sessions, and unexpected viral clips. There are candid thoughts on turning down offers, choosing stability over touring, and local street folklore with vivid, unsettling mimicry.

Martyn Ware, founding member of The Human League and Heaven 17 and a pioneer of synth-based pop, shares stories from Sheffield to studio. He recalls Kraftwerk and Eno influences, the shift from live shows to video, early synth tech and studio tricks, and how environment and politics shaped music. Short, vivid anecdotes trace the birth of synth pop and its wider cultural impact.

A playful dive into analog synthesizers, from early electronic instruments to modern clones and tactile music-making. A tour of mass-produced hotel art, its manufacture in Dafen, and why decor is deliberately bland. Strange Cold War spy stories weave through, from Leon Theremin to a wooden hidden bug. Brief synth demos and thoughts on composing for film round out the mix.

A spirited critique of AI’s impact on creativity and why human artistic voices endure. A long creative journey and how persistence, autism-linked focus, and play shape unique artistry. Warnings about AI flooding feeds, data-harvesting tricks, voice theft and fake books. Mythic comparisons frame AI fears and the cultural stakes of art in a changing world.

They talk about planting potatoes with toddlers and why potatoes are great for novice gardeners. They trace the potato from Andean chuno to global spread under Spanish colonization. They explore how potato reliance drove Ireland's population boom and the tragedy of the Great Famine. They use potato biology as a parenting metaphor and link care to psychological ideas about acceptance.