Magdalene Laundries, Alternative Rock and the Shame Industrial Complex

In the summer of 2009, as the world was still reeling from the impact of The Great Recession, a young man, by the name of Kieran McGuinness, was trying to perfect a song. It was inspired by some grafitti he had seen in Spain. But the song had a purpose, for he was trying to find someone. And like Kieran, there were thousands of people who were trying to find someone all across Ireland. This week, in the tenth episode of the series, Ireland Untravelled, we uncover the story of the Magdalene Laundries, that of an alternative rock band, and the search of a boy for his long lost mother. Tune in, and discover the life lessons we learn from 200 years of the shame industrial complex.

Listen to Petardu by Delorentos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2te0QzNidr4

Till then Check out the other episodes of "Ireland Untravelled"

Lost Treasures, Dynamite and the Irish Nation : https://ivm.today/3okwxm5

Gaelic and the stunning decline of the Irish Language : https://ivm.today/3zmhE9i

Trinity Long Room and the Soul of the Irish Nation : https://ivm.today/3PnZkSE

U2, Body Snatching and the Irish Way of Death : https://ivm.today/3IQ6fl3

Bombay, Paris and the improbable victory for LGBTQ+ rights in Ireland : https://ivm.today/3AJLa9B

Irish roads that go nowhere, Houses no one lives in : https://ivm.today/3PGG95X

Titanic, Mosul and the Global shame of Western Museums : https://ivm.today/3R9uBce

Three Irish Women, Emigration and India's National Anthem : https://ivm.today/3KfZdqz

You can check previous episodes of 'Podcasts from Nowhere' on IVM Podcasts website

https://ivm.today/3xuayw9

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