The Nutty Chronicles
A narrative history of a Dublin family which combines anecdote, genealogy, history and speculation to reconstruct the lives of my modestly circumstanced Irish family stretching back over 200 years
Podcasting since 2020 • 12 episodes
The Nutty Chronicles
Latest Episodes
8: The Trinity Birch
This episode continues the focus on my Dad's life and his work and is a chronological extension of events covered in episodes 5 and 6. Although the focus features my family's life in the 1960s and 1970s, the narrative stretches back to events i...
June 28, 2021
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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31:34
M3: The Good, The Bad and the Future
This 3rd TNC Meta episode delves into the process behind creating the new website associated with the podcast. and why creating a dedicated website is vital to the growth of a podcast. I also talk about the trade off decisions made between buil...
March 22, 2021
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Season 2
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Episode 102
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15:38
7: A Bed of Thorny Roses
This episode tells the story of the early years of my parent’s life together and how the family got into the rose growing business, the motivations, difficulties, successes and failures of that choice
January 11, 2021
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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41:58
6: Ireland and Dad’s Lost Decades
The Ireland of the 1930s-50s was both socially conservative and economically isolated. This is the story of those decades as seen through my fragmentary understanding of my Dad's life during those years
October 12, 2020
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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38:24
M2: A Tale of Two Humps
This 2nd TNC Meta episode delves into the importance of influencers on podcast subscriptions. Examines the impact of frequent social media promotion in driving listening activity and concludes with a progress review of The Nu...
August 17, 2020
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Season 1
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Episode 101
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15:48