The Overnightscape Underground

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1:00:26 – Neal EXPOSES how motorists are disappearing in a secret holding pattern, MAKES the case for appetisers for a better drip feed regime, EXPLAINS how things that skip generations are never lost, SHOWS how statues of rubber things can demolish boundaries, DEVELOPS a new folding building bricklaying technique in real time, RECALLS a decade watching a boat grow in a driveway and DISCUSSES listener dog segment consumption notes, emergency landings on Street Cleaning Night, life behind your unopend eyelids, mapping a closed fridge, shameful mathematician verbal habits, the condition Boy Scout Neck, the post knot era, wireless charging versus childrearing. an unexpected song from the musicals, rescuing harmonicas, tandem design, brick design, Muppet helmet design, cloning the historic Bray Town Hall McDonalds, selling your regenerated body double, how architects work, helmet design for animal Muppets and more.

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43:27 – Neal offers fresh advice to parents on handling the Boogeyman. explains our primitave plateware to far future listeners, wonders why nobody talks about obelixes, argues against walking to school and discussea the wrong way to arrive at your new school, liquid desserts for visiting dignitaries, growing wheat in city streets, a disappointing school shop, The Hardy Boys and their vehicles, travel logistics on Criminal Minds, iron lungs, Joe Rogan’s sensory deprivation tank, Nick Cave’s alternative Gladiator II, Naylor’s Cove (public baths ruins off Bray Head, County Wicklow), ancient aliens bearing chocolate gifts and more. Book mentioned: To School Through the Fields: An Irish Country Childhood by Alice Taylor.

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57:17 – Neal reveals how ducks prevented him settling in the US, uncovers your treadmill cat’s OCD hell, closes in on the surprising identity of the oligarchs of knitting, offers practical advice on self facing voodoo doll feedback loops for your active retirement, remembers The Onion print edition and discusses the sick, sick world of wireless earphones, actuaries and the Mandela Effect, fresh thinking on bus basements, taking too long to choose a hobby, a career in head stitching, Irish folklore’s Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Salmon of Knowledge, the trouble with asking yourself a question, the book I am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter, the childhood bear hoax, actuary snobbery, pre wired garments, a spontaneous dog, a bootlegging cat, air conditioning versus guns, navigating American multi layered doors, childhood paper rounds on sitcoms and more.

CONTACT THE SHOW: Visit IntoYourHead.ie/Contact.

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LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll – Far future humans can find hundreds more shows on Archive dot org.

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58:39 – In a packed hour, Neal discusses work life balance in the American Wild West, making Spielberg’s Duel (1971) on an even lower budget, unexplained generational gaps in the wasp community, a simple device that could inadvertently cause you to speak in tongues, why we celebrate cistern noises, vomiting for the privileged, a one size fits all argument for reviving dead languages and people, how to outrun a car, Moses baskets, an international standard system for asking strangers how they are, breakfast and tourism in the American wild west, educational podcasts and brown bread, understanding porridge people, recycling body fat, a branding experiment for wrestling producers, the case for audio only concert tickets, the first word ever created, arbitrary dictionary sizes, how to choose a page randomly, trouble with learning a word a day, understanding strangers’ accents in the Wild West, whiskey in the pre rocks era, saying dog without a tonsillectomy, a childhood doctor doppleganger of veteran newscaster Charles Mitchell, remembering town centres, a Saint Bernard dog, Bob Newhart and 1990s in-flight entertainment, childhood memories purchasing Butcher’s tongue, privacy issues in a language laboratory, why kids are shunning earphones on public transport, early 1980s Thomastown in County Kilkenny, lighting the inside of a mouth and more.

CONTACT THE SHOW: Visit IntoYourHead.ie/Contact.

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LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll – Far future humans can find hundreds more shows on Archive dot org.

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Join Mike back in the studio late at night, where he goes for a long memory jog trying to remember what that Disney movie “The Shaggy DA” was about. He could just Google it, but doesn’t want to farm out his memory to the phone. It’s something we should all resist.

Later, I ask if there’s a statute of limitations on synchronicity. I wonder this as I drink a toast to George Foreman, who died Friday at 76, a few hours after my mom asked me if I wanted a Lean, Mean Fat Grilling Machine she had lying around.

Also: should I change the name of this show? I talk about why I picked THE MIDNIGHT CITIZEN as a title 15 years ago, standing in line at a Spirit of Halloween store after a car accident. And let’s talk about “The White Lotus”. Why are people dumping on Season 3?

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released March 2025 on mikesbonfire.substack.com and The Overnightscape Underground.

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3:11:18 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Storage area, Internet service, Dracula parodies, Antarctic situation, common courtesy, DAK catalog 1985, Spectravideo, Spectron (1983), confusion, reality filters, Severance, Grand Central Madison, HBO Comedy Half-Hour, cults, The Hugh Food Hall, Olipop Vintage Cola, The Conversation (1974), Shields and Yarnell, The Mexican Hovercraft, Halma, Amazon Go, flat foods, Lego Store, Atlas, walking down 5th Avenue, simulations, more sinkholes, panniers, Inspirado Projecto podcast, Speakeasy Illusions, Entex, Loc Blocs Space Station, street laughter, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:30:40)… Cube Banter 4 [collection], So Loud! (Re-Edited) by Romahichi [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Edict Zero Minute 7 [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Romance Keys by Click Click Click [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], The Bluffcosm 5-Minute Vacation From Sanity #3 [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Firefight by Sweetheart [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Sid & Marty Krofft present Fol-de-Rol (1971 Unsold TV Pilot) (excerpt) [YouTube], Train Time at Pumpkin Center by Cal Stewart with Ada Jones, Billy Murray & the American Quartet (1919) [Archive.org, public domain], 120 minutes Kevin Seal and Dave Kendall 1988 [YouTube], Popster (Web TV) [collection], DUPONT JINGLE 4 [collection], Cold by Phonophobia 70 [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0], About The Spot (1995) [YouTube], Sunshine by VHS Logos [Bandcamp, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], THE MOVIE CHANNEL promo (1984) [YouTube], Western-Time by Aledjones_musics [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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50:00 – Doc Sleaze welcomes you back on board the ‘Schlock Express’ for some ‘Cannibal Capers’. This time around we explore the bizarre world of the Italian cannibal movie, including a softcore/cannibal crossover, before taking a look at some foreign attempts to cash in on this most Italian of exploitation genres, including an entry that draws on the UK’s own cannibal story traditions.

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze more info at TheOvernightscape.com. Released Mar 2025 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.

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2:56:15 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Crappy robots, noise pollution, “I hear ya”, The Electric State (2025), Surrogates (2009), Megalopolis (2014), The Dead Milkmen, Creative Commons, Legends of Indie Comics – Words Only, Palatino, cults, luxury cribbage board, expired pierogies, Early Jazz & Blues #1, SITFUSO Compendium (2000–2005), A Career In The Weeklies, Roadshow Oaks, Armstrong’s Linoleum, Andy Kaufman update, old tweets, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:13:42)… Icebox Politix by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Casa de Frito – Frito Kid And Klondike (Frito’s) (With Music) [collection], Tripping by Paul Lisak & After The Ice [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Paul McCartney Interview (excerpt) [collection], Track 07 by Flexor [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Ellen Feiss #2 Apple Switch Commercial [YouTube], Chili Bom Bom by Billy Murray & Ed Smalle (1924) [Archive.org, public domain], The Bluffcosm 5-Minute Vacation From Sanity #5 [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], City Sounds by Garmisch [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Edict Zero Minute 5 [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Caution2 by The Other [One on Twoism], Blade Runner Convention Reel (1982) [YouTube].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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45:51 – Public domain jazz and blues from 100+ years ago, with commentary by Dave in Kentucky. This episode examines the first recording session by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, with Louis Armstrong on second cornet, which took place at Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana on April 5th and 6th of 1923.

This show is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International license. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky. Musical selections and show art are believed to be in the public domain, having been created over 100 years ago.

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Join Mike outside late at night, where he’s stunned to discover that they finally caught Jack the Ripper…like, a month ago. Isn’t anyone on the same news cycle anymore? Anyway, he’s devastated to learn that the truth of Saucy Jack’s real identity is much dumber than any theory has ever suggested, which reinforces his Rule for Life #2: Never Solve Your Mysteries.

Also, other rules for life, like Never Meet Your Heroes and Never Do Again What You Did Well 40 Years Ago, as demonstrated by Lucille Ball in her last sitcom “Life With Lucy”, but hopefully, will perhaps not be shown in “Spinal Tap 2”.

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Watch The Midnight Citizen Vlog every Monday here on the Substack. ???? Also on Youtube | @the_midnightcitizenpodcast

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released March 2025 on mikesbonfire.substack.com and The Overnightscape Underground.