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  • Life after Stalin - A Dubliner's Diary

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 Madison Avenue many years later. About the series…
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Candid Conversations episode 2

In this second episode we are joined by Lassane Ouedraogo  the  Sanctuary Support Officer, Trinity College Dublin and current director of the African Solidarity Centre Ireland. Lassane is an expert on Migration, Asylum and Refugees issues. His years of experience, knowledge and practical…
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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 crime rate at the time. Contains…
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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 I have never forgotten. About the series Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s…
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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 family. About the series Life after Stalin – A…
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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 remembering my own Church of Ireland side of the family. About the series…
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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 Diary is a podcast series written and…
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Stories from Foster Care – Shaunagh Cunningham

In this latest episode of Stories from Foster Care, Niamh talks to Shaunagh Cunningham about her childhood experiences before being taken into care, her current work as an advocate for children in care through the Care Experiences project, and her perspective as…
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Episode 3 – Chanel

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 series Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s Diary is a podcast series…
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Episode 2 – 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 green, traffic was light and people could get home to eat their dinner…
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