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S1E20 Episode 20 – The gin didn’t agree with me
The gin didn’t agree with me. Teenage drinking in the late 1960s and one particular night at the dance in the school hall. About the series Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s Diary is a podcast…
S1E19 Episode 19 – Leave no trace
Leave no trace. I’m not a fan of bucket lists but, the older I get, the more I wonder about legacy. ‘Leave no trace’ is the hikers’s motto – but it would be a sad life that didn’t leave even the…
S1E18 Episode 18 – Who is my neighbour?
Who is my neighbour? In the early 1970s I volunteered one night a week in a Simon Community night shelter to work with Dublin’s street drinkers and rough sleepers. Later on Simon started to buy…
S1E17 Episode 17 – Under cabbage leaf
Episode 17 – Under cabbage leaf. Remembering the coyness about the fact of life in the 1960s, ‘the Talk’ in school, the banning of all contraception until 1980 when condoms became available on…
S1E16 Episode 16 – The Troubles
Episode 16 – The Troubles. Recalling the start of the Troubles when, on a shopping trip to Newry with my parents in 1968, we came across a civil rights march. They were calling for ‘One man, one…
S2E15 Episode 15 – Something in the water
When fluoride was added to the water supply in Dublin in 1964 our next door neighbour refused to use it. Another householder went further, bringing an action against the State. The case went all the…
S1E14 Episode 14 – Clearing out the attic
Episode 14 – Clearing out the attic. To make way for new insulation and flooring in the attic we had to do a long overdue clear out. It was a nostalgic process. But nothing prepared me for my reunion…
S1E13 Episode 13 – Reds under the Bed
Episode 13 – Reds under the Bed. Reflecting on the perceived Soviet threat in the 1960s when every household got a leaflet on what to do in the event of a nuclear attack. Then, in 1962, the Cuban…
S1E12 Episode 12 – Mad Men
Episode 12 – Mad Men. Attracted by TV images of advertising executives on Madison Avenue, New York; getting a job in advertising in Dublin and the humdrum that came with it; then happening upon…
S1E11 Episode 11 – A Poor Player
Episode 11 – A Poor Player. Learning to play the guitar, forming a band, and our first gig in the school hall which could have gone better. About the series Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s…
S1E10 Episode 10 – Cardboard Money Boxes
Episode 10 – Cardboard Money Boxes. The foreign missions, collecting money in school for the ‘black babies’, famine and my personal encounter with malnourished children. About the series Life…
S1E9 Episode 9 – The Dark Chocolate Box
Episode 9 – The Dark Chocolate Box. Giving up sweets for Lent and the annual box of chocolates from my grandmother in Limerick every Easter. Repurposing the box as a treasure chest for prized…
S1E8 Episode 8 – Shan Mohangi
Episode 8 – Shan Mohangi. The gruesome story of a South African medical student who killed and dismembered a local girl in Dublin in 1963, made all the more shocking because Ireland had such a low…
S1E7 Episode 7 – Corporal Punishment
Episode 7 – Corporal Punishment. The widespread and acceptable use of corporal punishment in schools, the social acceptance of slapping in the home and one particular instance of corporal punishment…
S1E6 Episode 6 – Fever
Episode 6 – Fever – Being diagnosed with meningitis at the age of six; my long stay in a fever hospital and the institutional effects of being abruptly and completely isolated from my…
S1E5 Episode 5 – Protestants
Episode 5 – Protestants – Reminiscing about our Protestant neighbours in Artane and Coolock, the ancient Protestant Church in Coolock compared to the makeshift Catholic one in Artane; and…
S1E4 Episode 4 – ‘Note the Bullet Holes’
Episode 4 – ‘Note the Bullet Holes’ – My father’s tour of duty with an Irish Army battalion on a United Nations peace-keeping mission to the About the series Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s…
S1E3 Episode 3 – Chanel
Paul as a child Episode 3 – Chanel – Going to school in Chanel College in the 1960s, when Coolock was an actual village; the Marist community and the school’s sporting culture. About the…
S1E2 Episode 2 – Artane
Paul as a child in Artane Episode 2 – Artane – Remembering the old neighbourhood when Artane was full of newly weds in new houses on old agricultural land; when cars were scarce, buses were…
S1E1 Episode 1 – Life After Stalin
Paul Harrison as a child in Dublin Episode 1- Life after Stalin – Reflecting on maternity services around the time of my birth in the early 50s, the Catholic practice of having children…
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Life after Stalin - A Dubliner's Diary has published 21 episodes since August 2024, covering topics in Documentary, History.
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