Best Funny Kind Of Sad Podcasts (2025)

In this episode, we hear the first-hand accounts and negative experiences faced by the nurses, as Irish migrants in Britain and especially at the height of the Northern Ireland Troubles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Perception of Irish Nurses Working in Britain 15:06

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Marking St Brigid's Day, we hear in this episode why Irish nurses were perceived as the steadfast embodiment of the caring profession that was at the heard of Britain's National Health Service. During the 19th and 20th Centuries, swathes of Irish - born citizens travelled across the sea to find opportunity in Britain. While many depictions of Irish…

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Caring for the Patients 20:29

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Launching Episode 7 of the Irish Nurses in the NHS Podcast series on Women's Christmas; known as Nollaig na mBan in Ireland, we hear about the different hospital patients that the nurses cared for and how these experiences helped shape their future nursing careers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Belts and Buckles 17:40

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As Britain was emerging from World War 2, the nurse's uniform played a vital role in the public consciousness as a motif of authority and rank that was based on military discipline. It inspired public trust and patient confidence, the NHS was in full mobilization fortified by the tens of thousands of Irish nurses who were recruited into the ranks o…

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Home Away from Home 17:10

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Episode 5 of the Irish Nurses in the NHS Podcast Series, we hear the story of how the nurses' home was central to the recruitment and retention of tens of thousands of Irish nurses in to the NHS. The nurses in this episode recall the time when they lived in the nurses' home and how it felt like they were living in home away from home Hosted on Acas…

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The Bright Lights of London 18:41

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Episode 4 of the Irish Nurses in the NHS Podcast Series looks at what the social life was like down through the decades from the early 50’s and the Teddy Boys through to the Swinging 60s that gives way to the 1970s Hippy Flower Power era and how the Irish girls still managed to have a social life of sorts despite the unstable political situation ex…

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The Liverpool Story 30:14

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This episode of the Irish Nurses in the NHS Podcast Series is dedicated to the Irish nurses who migrated to Liverpool. We hear the stories about how they came to settle in the Merseyside city nicknamed the ‘Capital of Ireland’. We hear about the journey over to Liverpool on the cattle boat – Annie was only 17 years old when she took the cattle boat…

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Becoming a nurse 23:14

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This episode of the Irish Nurses in the NHS Podcast Series looks at what it was like to become a nurse in the NHS. Five nurses share with us their recollections of the highs and lows of their training. Mary, one of the nurses interviewed on this episode, talks about her motivations around nursing and how she refused, against her mother’s wishes, to…

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Leaving home 19:00

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In this first episode of the Irish Nurses in the NHS Podcast Series we meet 5 women who left their lives in Ireland to join the NHS. We hear about the challenges of becoming a nurse in Ireland which included a lack of training opportunities, the expense of such unpaid training and the nepotism that was common in Ireland at this time. We also hear a…

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Trailer - Irish Nurses in the NHS 3:08

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The Irish Nurses in the NHS podcast launches this July to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the inception of the NHS. Since the NHS was set up in 1948 thousands of women and men from Ireland have come to train and nurse in the UK. Recruitment drives throughout the 1950s and 60s saw NHS staff travel around Ireland to interview and sign up mainly…

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95 by Sandro PiermatteiBy Sandro Piermattei

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Honor Eastly On Making a Living Off Your Deepest, Darkest Moments 33:56

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Honor Eastly is a writer, artist, podcaster and mental health worker who has made a career of talking about the stuff most of us really don’t want to talk about. Her podcasts Being Honest With My Ex and Starving Artist explored love, heartbreak, rejection, anger, cash, creativity, and class. Last year she teamed up with the ABC to create No Feeling…

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Andrew WK Explains How Partying Will Sooth Your Brain and Save Your Life 38:21

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To be clear, we’re not talking simply drinking a million beers and staying up late. For musician and writer Andrew W.K, partying is a way to overcome dread and terror to find peace and pleasure. This message, alongside his very good music, has seen him emerge as an unlikely motivational and self-help figure; standing in stark contrast to the crysta…

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Musician Mojo JuJu Is Searching for the Identity Her Family Weren’t Allowed to Embrace 41:26

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Musician Mojo Juju was born to an Indigenous mother and FIlipino father. Like many second generation kids, her parents faced pressure to assimilate, abandon languages, and distance themselves from their own cultures. Growing up, their choice created a gulf in her own identity that left her feeling “displaced and otherised...I was always different”.…

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Teen Angst Is Real Angst. Artist Filthyratbag Draws the Internet’s Midlife Crisis. 31:05

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Artist Celeste Mountjoy is best known as Filthyratbag. Her work explores partying, drugs, depression, and relationships. Despite only being 18, her spot-on depictions of quarter life crises have seen her attract a mammoth following online. But you don’t become the patron of bad feelings without going through some shit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co…

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Journalist Charlet Duboc’s Privilege Got Her Ahead and Held Her Back 33:23

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On paper, VICE correspondent and documentary producer Charlet Duboc has it all. She’s smart, successful, beautiful and travels the world for her interesting job. But when success comes quickly, it's hard to trust. She opens up about not being sure you deserve what you have. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Bachelors and Breakdowns: Osher Günsberg on Coming Back from the Brink 37:32

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In 2014, your “friendly neighbourhood rose counter” had a psychotic break that left him wandering terrified and disorientated in Venice Beach, convinced the world was about to end. Osher Günsberg has spent years coming back from that moment, and speaks about learning to trust your own brain after seeing how deeply it can betray you. Hosted on Acast…

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Introducing The Anxiety Hour 0:41

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The Anxiety Hour is a program where we meet and profile interesting people, and explore parts of their lives that aren’t always seen. In short we’re asking, what are you afraid of? But more broadly, we're aiming to break out of the usual mental health conversations to highlight our shared experiences and feelings. Now, at this point it sounds kind …

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No Guarantees #001 9:27

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I answer questions without any guarantee whatsoever to make sense.Today: Personal question or about geography for example? How are you feeling today? Which do you prefer - ice cream or sunny weather?

Funny Kind Of Sad Podcasts

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Funny Kind of Sad

Sandro Piermattei

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Jens Reineking

Jens Reineking

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The Anxiety Hour

VICE Australia

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Irish Nurses in the NHS

Grainne McPolin & Louise Ryan

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Nurse's experiences of anti-Irish discrimination in Britain 26:26

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Perception of Irish Nurses Working in Britain 15:06

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Caring for the Patients 20:29

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Belts and Buckles 17:40

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Home Away from Home 17:10

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The Bright Lights of London 18:41

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The Liverpool Story 30:14

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Becoming a nurse 23:14

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Leaving home 19:00

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Trailer - Irish Nurses in the NHS 3:08

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95 4:59

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Honor Eastly On Making a Living Off Your Deepest, Darkest Moments 33:56

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Andrew WK Explains How Partying Will Sooth Your Brain and Save Your Life 38:21

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Musician Mojo JuJu Is Searching for the Identity Her Family Weren’t Allowed to Embrace 41:26

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Teen Angst Is Real Angst. Artist Filthyratbag Draws the Internet’s Midlife Crisis. 31:05

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Journalist Charlet Duboc’s Privilege Got Her Ahead and Held Her Back 33:23

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Bachelors and Breakdowns: Osher Günsberg on Coming Back from the Brink 37:32

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Introducing The Anxiety Hour 0:41

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No Guarantees #001 9:27