About this episode
Neal O'Carroll explores a variety of humorous topics ranging from action villains to the mechanics of language and the absurdities of modern design.
Neal maps the future of the traditional white haired action villain, explains why governments would love to mandate toe typewriters, tries to describe a mysterious part of Dublin’s city centre using Theoretical Physics, conjures a talking cat to explain the mechanics of speaking without vocal cords, defends Edwyn Collins’ incorrect inflexions in Addidas World, relates a defining childhood moment involving a very special word, worries about toilet brush design, proposes a unifying theory for the Terminator movies, illuminates the dark side of cartoon dogs, wonders how you go about decaffeinating something, relates how bread vans triggered an ambulance phobia, remembers when the name AA1 Aardvark used to mean something and looks at tastefully rebooting Die Hard, what cats hear when we say anti disestablish mentarianism (last time I used that word without breaks in it, it broke the feed), why dog beds are nonsense, The Ant and the Aardvark, why The Animals of Farthing Wood is unsuitable for children, Jellystone and other hideous cartoon reboots, a piece of student infrastructure resembling an ancient royal litter, fines for swearing in Demolition Man (1993), schooling in…
People in this episode
Host: Neal O'Carroll
Topics covered
- action villains
- theoretical physics
- childhood memories
- cartoon reboots
- language mechanics
- design concerns
- future schooling
Keywords
- action villains
- Dublin
- theoretical physics
- cartoon reboots
- childhood memories
- language mechanics
- design concerns
- Demolition Man
- Addidas World
- walking computers
Mentioned in this episode
Products: toe typewriters, cartoon dogs, walking computers
Books & works: Addidas World, Demolition Man, The Animals of Farthing Wood, Die Hard, The Ant and the Aardvark
Places: Dublin, twenty-second century
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