Neal addreses the perennial Kermit problem, exposes the diplomatic minefield of haunted White House guest rooms, sets out the considerable differences between smokers and cat owners, looks at the practicalities of camping and installing igloos in industrial fridge freezers and discusses cold brew coffee and beer, Pigs in Space, dogs in space, understanding space rockets, moving Lincoln’s ghost, childhood fear of Dublin’s Powerscourt Townhouse Shopping Centre, situation rooms, fictional West Wings, puppet body doubles, David Frost (RIP) body doubles, steamboats on vintage television, the White House property ladder, Rush Limbaugh and his nemesis The Pretenders, the trouble with Ryan Seacrest, remembering Regis Philbin’s name, podcasts as background noise (No), reinventing fireplace TV channels, washing machines versus submarines, finally outdoing his Virtual Toast Rack invention, the designated non pizza eater and more.

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Neal critiques Superman’s flying and rescue techniques, offers strategies for baby bird flying lessons, wonders how slaves got promoted to gladiators, looks at how Hollywood’s need for PG certs curtailed snack design, considers communion wafer strategies, uncovers what coin operated toy cars quietly taught us, shares his special use for double yellow lines as a vision impaired pedestrian, contemplates working with Robert de Niro while he’s a boxer and discusses watching things ironically, the trouble with Gladiator 2 (2024), making the best of your reformed drug dealer cyclist community service, harmless American punk, planning a life as a monk in your reincarnation schedule, Nick Cave’s Gladiator 2 treatment, making the alphabet infinite, how sponges can transform your life, what happened during the show’s seven year interlude, the recreational diarrhoea medicine abuse craze, Wonka (2023), The Colosseum, songs of The Sex Pistols, punk hairstyle digital comeback and more.

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Neal comes to some realisations about Metallica and Chevy Chase, goes over a personal experiment involving TikTok, reveals the most depressing movie ending ever and looks at snuff film inception levels, manual sneezing, why cheese is wasted as a breakfast item, Catch 22, Nazi style burning of audiobooks, life on an island on a lake on an island on a lake, mistaking Community for Fraggle Rock, bouncers at the gates of the trachea, Syd Barrett and quite a bit more.

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Neal considers a particularly violent fruit, raw milk enthusiasts, Mercury retrograde versus holy water, an appalling game called Punch Buggy, Steve Martin’s several careers, George Formby grill and discography, salmon weirdness in the education system, Fionn McCumhaill and the mythological salmon of knowledge, a week of leaks, breakages and cat death, the case for reinventing the wheel, why coffee cups don’t have windows, Fanta but from a dog, why we evolved to not drink all the water, eau de toilette, listening in a coma, cat milk versus cat’s milk, the Patrick Stewart Ian McKellen pairing, fish-like aliens on Star Trek, Ferengi, Scampi, fudge in confectionery, fudges in international diplomacy, using time travel to prevent smoking, pre-smoked meats versus unsmoked tobacco, does your dog think you’re a potato and more.

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Apologies for more muffled voice than usual, due to minor mouthal injury. Neal staunchly defends the business practices of J. Wellington Wimpy, explains why your dog would prefer you didn’t drink from puddles, uncovers parallels between The Truman Show (1998) and Elvis Presley, looks at parking arrangements on car ferries, reveals his childhood cordory trouser hack and discusses full length front car seats, emperors getting new clothes, choose your own adventure books, the future of half man half robot bus drivers, colonels versus kernals, dog catchers, TV license inspections, how potato crisps work, a recipie for fried eggs and banana, why McDonald’s stopped counting hamburgers served and more.

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In a movie length episode Neal assesses Warren Buffet’s breakfast habits, wonders if lickable screens could take some workload off his dying retinas, belatedly learns what RV stands for, considers the feasibility of working from home in a jungle, looks at regulating child operated lemonade stands, begrudges right handed touch typists, explains how TV procedural drama mavericks are kept in check and discusses apprehending a criminal via their car sunroof, why the clock face directions system is not fit for purpose, how dogs issue non verbal warnings, cathedral basements, Filene’s basement, placing house boat owners on a pedestal, the alarming disappearance of Kittensoft brand toilet paper, Morse Code, mock MENSA IQ tests, the man who failed to eat his dog, monster truck events in sit-coms, travel protocols and admin on Criminal Minds, typing the letter W, how bespoke prairie wagons appear mass produced, how the Kellogg brothers named cereals, quad bikes on the show I Shouldn’t Be Alive, Woodstock versus other Woodstocks, boat houses versus house boats and more.

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Despite some sub par sound quality in parts, Neal proposes an innovative Star Trek spin off, wonders if dogs are powered by four legs or two, disambiguates Whoopee! comic, whoopee cushions and Whoopi Goldberg, considers the natural resting state for a human hand, demystifies the traditional motor funeral cortege, makes the surprising case for transparent mains sewage pipes, uncovers the strange logistics of Ash Wednesday following Pancake Tuesday in 1980s Ireland, ponders the feasibility of allowing ghosts access night classes, reveals why your cat will not thank you for cream in a non dairy beverage, uncovers the surprising liability risks of in-store perfume sampling and discusses why dogs urinate, life before soap, how tea is made, his home’s changing cat to human ratio, Chumbawamba, songs about legs, Right Said Fred, ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin’s rainy day album, defining woodwork, how to give your address, Eircodes, the realities of flying cars, joke shops, Ghost (1990), Sister Act (1992), elephant glass, Toronto’s CN tower, the phrase throwing up in your mouth a little, how to fairly charge a talking cat for tap water in a bar, using de rigueur in casual conversation, how storytelling fell into the control of elitists, Gnid and Enid Blyton and more.

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Neal examines the logistics of running away to join a circus, wonders how Einstein adapted to American breakfasts, considers the sociology of onster communes, creates a case study in witness memory unreliability, compares your cat cam with the Mars Curiosity Rover, opens up about the next step in his twenty years of harmonica growth and discusses standing up to hydration shaming, things to consider if you’re offered a trip in a lifeboat, how cats reset after a house move, what this podcast can’t provide for your child, a Netflix to VHS pipeline, wrapping your lunch in sheet metal, politeness on cheques, psychic detectives, Starbucking (2006), circus branch networks, a Now 16 album update, handling dry ice, geometry of a dog, anatomy of a coffee table, dimensionality of a double cassette album,Frankenstein related branding problem, amplifying a cat in the jungle, caffeination on planes, how co-pllots gain experience, toy dogs and pageants, Paddy versus Patty, Schrödinger the lunatic, parrots versus AI for podcast cloning, fond memories of failing Chemistry, dry ice versus freezer burn, a new era for the harmonica element of the show, The Long Walk by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman), swimming like a cross continent sprinter, Forest Gump (1994), adapting am-dram theatre licensing to podcasting and more.

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