Life after Stalin - A Dubliner's Diary

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Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s Diary is a podcast series written and presented by Paul Harrison. In the series Paul reflects on how he was born in 1953, the day before Joseph Stalin died. Paul take’s a light-hearted look at what has happened in the world since his entry into it and Stalin’s exit from it. Paul being a North-sider born and bred, offers personal reflections on events and issues from the 1950s, 60s and 70s that all have a Dublin connection. Subscribe to the series on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get podcasts.

  1. Episode 23 - Roger Casement’s Funeral

    3d ago

    Episode 23 - Roger Casement’s Funeral

    Casement was a distinguished British public servant who was executed for treason following an attempted gunrunning in 1916  and became one of the principal Irish martyrs in the rebellion against British rule in Ireland. He was re-interred in Glasnevin Cemetery with full military honours after a State funeral in 1965. I was there. About the series Life after Stalin – […] The post Episode 23 – Roger Casement’s Funeral first appeared on Nearcast.

    7 min
  2. Episode 22 - Artane Industrial School

    Jun 5

    Episode 22 - Artane Industrial School

    We could hear the Artane Band practicing from our back garden. My mother used to say it was where the bold boys were sent. It’s only in retrospect I realise what those children were going through. About the series Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s Diary is a podcast series written and presented by Paul […] The post Episode 22 – Artane Industrial School first appeared on Nearcast.

    8 min
  3. Episode 21 - Tomorrows World

    May 29

    Episode 21 - Tomorrows World

    Tomorrow’s World. When the TV remote control was a futuristic device; the moon landing in 1969 and how, in 1977, Dunsink Observatory managed to loose the moon rock which President Nixon presented to Ireland. About the series Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s Diary is a podcast series written and presented by Paul Harrison. In […] The post Episode 21 – Tomorrows World first appeared on Nearcast.

    8 min
  4. Episode 20 - The gin didn’t agree with me

    May 22

    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 series written and presented by Paul Harrison. In the series Paul reflects on how he was born in 1953, the […] The post Episode 20 – The gin didn’t agree with me first appeared on Nearcast.

    6 min
  5. Episode 19 - Leave no trace

    May 15

    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 faintest footprint. About the series Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s Diary is a […] The post Episode 19 – Leave no trace first appeared on Nearcast.

    7 min
  6. Episode 18 - Who is my neighbour?

    May 7

    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 suburban houses to provide long term accommodation for the vulnerable homeless. Usually this was met with was opposition. I was reminded […] The post Episode 18 – Who is my neighbour? first appeared on Nearcast.

    7 min
  7. Episode 17 - Under cabbage leaf

    May 1

    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 prescription, the social stigma of unmarried motherhood; and the Constitutional  amendment in 1983 copper-fastening the right to life of the unborn. About […] The post Episode 17 – Under cabbage leaf first appeared on Nearcast.

    7 min
  8. Episode 16 – The Troubles

    Apr 27

    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 vote’. My experience of studying in Belfast in the height of the Troubles in the mid-seventies, being caught […] The post Episode 16 – The Troubles first appeared on Nearcast.

    8 min
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Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s Diary is a podcast series written and presented by Paul Harrison. In the series Paul reflects on how he was born in 1953, the day before Joseph Stalin died. Paul take’s a light-hearted look at what has happened in the world since his entry into it and Stalin’s exit from it. Paul being a North-sider born and bred, offers personal reflections on events and issues from the 1950s, 60s and 70s that all have a Dublin connection. Subscribe to the series on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get podcasts.

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