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Grandma's Been There
Host and creator Siobhan Barry takes listeners back to the 1950s and 1960s. Her stories, sometimes funny and sometimes serious, are time traveling trips through the days of penny candies, neighborhood ice cream parlors, fifty-cent movie tickets, air raid drills, summers without air conditioning, street games, homemade toys, football weddings, transistor radios, Beatlemania, and a cultural revolution.
Podcasting since 2025 • 31 episodes
Grandma's Been There
Latest Episodes
Tap Shoes
When I was nine, I borrowed a pair of tap shoes for a school play. I fell madly in love with those patent leather musical instruments. I was hypnotized by the noise they made on the wooden stage. I had to have a pair of my ow...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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Hot Town, Summer in the City
After the last two episodes, we need to get outside and have some fun. So, grab your bathing suits, put on your Keds and come downstairs. It's summer in the city!
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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34:49
Not What I Expected, Part 2
This is the second and last part of an episode titled, "Not What I Expected." Like last week's episode, it comes with a trigger warning because it includes accounts of physical, emotional and spiritual abuse.
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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17:04
Not What I Expected, Part 1
In some past episodes, I've alluded to the fact that my grammar school wasn't always a healthy or safe environment. This week, I'm going to go into some details. So, if you don't think you can handle listening to accounts of kids being physical...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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