• 842: We Need to Talk About Your Dead Arm
    Jan 27 2025

    Neal recreates some special moments from the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. advises on talking to adults about your dead arm, wonders if you should add blood to your hydration regime, provides an overview of the human-dog-dinosaur societal overlay structure and discusses wardrobe culture, smalltalk in the information age, standout past wardrobes, a surprising life lesson from Breaking Bad, slow readers, slow watchers, Bill Hicks versus Denis Leary, boxing style weigh-ins for firefighters, George Michael, Robbie Williams, not Robin Williams, rules for calling yourself Robert, why dinosaur burial sites are not sacred, who stands to gain from reclassifying Pluto and Brontosauri, seeing Red Bull for the first time, men on TV swallowing pills, bonsai aliens, Pluto's branding problems, dumb dogs of Disney, cartoons in Andromeda, why the modern dog is a sell out, Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, how nineties kids navigated their first rave and more.

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    56 mins
  • 841: Getting to the Creek
    Jan 20 2025

    Neal considers insect consumption norms, identifies a new actor level below extras, exposes a town with a landmark brown stain, confuses the movies Stand by Me and Sleepers, remembers TV's greatest sketch show: classic Sesame Street, invents a self policing public toilet cleanliness system and discusses introducing city kids to rivers and creeks, mixed messaging from a Schwartzenegger branded fly, walking school buses, why you incorrectly think you were home schooled, underground toilet memories, anti salt waiters in popular culture, igniting your gas hob with piped fire, geographic limits on warehouse sizes, listener concerns about warehouse toilet hell endorsements, getting to the creek, the Mr Men book and TV franchise, logistics of recording a talking torso, shit creek without a paddle, one person operated motorbikes versus push and pull trains and more.

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    41 mins
  • 840: Omnidirectional Optic Nerves and Your Dog
    Jan 14 2025

    Neal reinvents the ensuite and consequently food ingredients labelling, evaluates modern prodding techniques, changes your mind about ghost trains and Microsoft Windows Paint, evaluates a possible alternative history of Mars, composes a special experiment for tourist excursion helicoptor pilots, tries to recall the name Andy Kauffman and the song I've Been to Paradise but I've Never Been to Me and disucusses seating arrangements in US classroom dramas, the justfication for third party forewords, passive international election observer dogs, tracking your child's astronomy career, the show TAXI, your mouth’s overflow system, impulse buys for people who like shopping lists, disposable thoughts, sight tests for dogs, a vending machine for soundwaves, monitors in TV emergency wards, latin in medicine and gardening, continuity issues, a virtual armchair and more.

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    38 mins
  • 839:The January Test
    Jan 6 2025

    Neal reveals what every flightless bird knows, considers the surprising pros and cons of chopsticks and cutlery, administers a very special listener test, assesses the opportunities for carving pork as a McDonald's customer and discusses demanding more from our fingernails, a trio of Tom Hanks characters, how offices outgrow the alphabet, a land mass with windows, Hitler-related time travel ethics, 2010 as a baseline, advice for HR staff handling the conseqeunces of the opening segment, renting a VCR, renting a television, how stone beaches stabilise property markets, typing on a microwave, two wrong ways to ingest liquid nitrogen, life before standard wheelie bins and more.

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    45 mins
  • 838: An Insom Maniacal Christmas
    Dec 25 2024

    In a Christmas Day episode not for younger ears, Neal discusses identifying insects by smell, tag teaming citrus fruits, declaring dead weight at Customs, why ripping out entrails is a non violent act, what you Australians demand of Santa, watching Star Trek: The Next Generation in black and white, margarine related TV repair memories, the trouble with police drama finales, why TV won’t let you just enjoy a plane crash, December in other hemispheres, sleigh driver regulation, the argument against relief pilots on long haul, how crosswords could make air travel safer, cats in cockpits, WWF tag team The Natural Disasters, walking the earth on other planets and more.

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    39 mins
  • 837: Experimenting with Speed
    Dec 16 2024

    Neal proposes a thought exercise for listeners in traffic, identifies a new use for the top of your head, explains how to listen via medical stethescope, diagnoses his audience with a phobia of bodily noises including speach and discusses Nick Cave's Harry Potter exposure, why fire brigades study age related temperal anomolies, how to assemble a pop band, understanding binary traffic lights, McCauley Kulkin's former self, the conscious self in a nutshell, a weird US TV bandleader, experimenting with speed, proving to your toddler that you're not a giant, plumbers in binary pairs, rotating your internal crops, vomit fridge etiquette, seeking and receiving approval from Dropbox and more.

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    50 mins
  • 836: Wasp Fiction
    Dec 2 2024

    Neal sets out his one big problem with both Radiohead and Gilbert O'Sullivan, makes the case for traceable dog food, maps out the next evolutionary step for handwriting and discusses experimental wasp fictions life in a hundred year old choir, chairs on trains, an innovative way to use the word Christmas, how to tell if Roy Orbison is dead, Jive Bunny, dropping dead of a car crash, page-a-day books in museums, when to stop learning, the trouble with seeing your favourite orchestra on tour, a promise to any listener who starts a choir podcast, different signatures for work and home, burglar dogs, dog prison uniforms, cow-related office work, deadstock, washing raw chicken in other jurisdictions and more.

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    48 mins
  • 835: Bippily Blippily Bop
    Nov 25 2024

    Neal corrects the listener's delusions about auto pilot, illustrates the differences betwen humanoid cats and Edward Scissorhands and discusses the anatomy of a commercial earworm, understanding you Americans and your Spring Break, how songwriters think, appreciating instant mashed potato, what a thousand cavemen can achieve without typewriters, the life expectancy of a harmonica, Stevie Wonder's name change, token tamborine use, workplaces that can't sustain a mad drummer, choosing your dog size, securing the food chain against dogs, Madonna's cartoon versus Bucks Fizz's Land of Make Believe, an unintended Guiness Odlums Flour crossover and more.

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    33 mins