The Nutty Chronicles

Recent Episodes

June 28, 2021

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 in 17th century Dublin before finishing up in more conte…
March 22, 2021

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 decision...
Jan. 11, 2021

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
Oct. 11, 2020

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 Ireland and Dad’s Lost...
Aug. 16, 2020

M2: A Tale of Two Humps

By Yaan — Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6407912 Hi this is Martin Nutty of The Nutty Chronicles and you’re listening to TNC Meta. In case you haven’t figured out that acronym — TNC st...
Aug. 2, 2020

5: Pandemic's Grandchild - Part 2

View of Carlow Town from the Killeshin Hills. Photo: Geraldine Doyle Carlow Town is an ancient Irish settlement, situated in the rich farming lands fed by the watershed of the Barrow River . At end of the second decade of the...