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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.

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23:32

Unknown Legends

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2025/12/05

This week, as we tumble down the wormhole, we're going straight past the 1960s and 1950s and time traveling back to the early 1940s. Today's episode brings us to the Brooklyn Skating Rink on Empire Boulevard in December of 1942. The story is based on real places, actual events and real people. Come with me and let me introduce you to some "Unknown Legends."

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19:44

Life in the Temperate Zone

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2025/11/28

A temperate zone is defined as an area that has a moderate climate and distinct seasons with relatively mild temperatures. "Mild?" That is a relative term. Even though I knew there were plenty of hotter, colder, wetter and drier places on this earth, the middle latitudes didn't always feel so "temperate" to me when I was a kid.

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13:46

November 22nd

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2025/11/21

It's often said that anyone who's old enough to remember the day can tell you exactly where they were on November 22, 1963. As trite as it may sound, it's the truth. For me, the memory of that afternoon and the days that followed will never fade or disappear.

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15:30

Pictures of Joni

Grandma"s Been There ·

2025/11/14

I was fourteen years old the first time I saw Joni Mitchell. She was simplicity and intricacy, and she was beautiful. She was like no other artist I'd ever seen or heard before. Let me share some of my pictures of Joni with you.

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21:09

Elementary School Political Science

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2025/11/07

John Kennedy entered the White House five months after I entered the first grade. When I saw that the new president was a young man with a daughter around my age, I knew things were looking up. But how much of what I saw was real and how much of it was an illusion?

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19:03

Halloween

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2025/10/31

This week, I want to tell you how much I enjoy Halloween in this new millennium. Before I do that though, I need to tell you what Halloween was like when I was a little girl because it was very different than it is now.

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27:32

The Locomotive and the Caboose

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2025/10/24

As a young kid, I was awkward, self-conscious and devoid of confidence. I was lucky to have the support of a friend who was a self-propelled leader. She was the locomotive and I was the caboose.

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26:26

World Without End Part 1

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2025/10/17

October 16th marked the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis. This week's episode is a work of fiction based on actual events. "World Without End" is the story of a little girl who challenges the validity of 1960s Cold War propaganda by refusing to take cover during an air raid drill. I've divided it into two parts which I'm releasing simultaneously so you can listen to it all in one sitting or come back for the second half when your schedule permits.

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24:02

World Without End Part 2

Grandma"s Been There ·

2025/10/17

Here's the second half of "World Without End." If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, please go back and listen to that first.

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17:02

A Bench For All Seasons: Fall

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2025/10/10

I'm gonna miss the summer, but I'm ready for cooler air and a whole new color palette. I love all the seasons, but there's nothing like the look, the feel and the personality of the fall.

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16:03

Castro Convertibles

Grandma"s Been There ·

2025/10/03

Let me tell you how Bernard Castro helped me sleep at night when I was a little girl even though we never owned one of his sofa beds.

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28:57

The Looking Glass World

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2025/09/26

In 1969, it was often easy for me to feel like Alice Pleasance Liddell trying to navigate Wonderland and the world of opposites on the other side of the looking glass while always on the lookout for the Queen of Hearts. Outside my door, there were lots of strange creatures, a little madness and some real danger.

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18:57

Cautionary Tales

Grandma"s Been There ·

2025/09/19

If you should happen to notice any similarities in the themes of these two cautionary tales from the past, or if you find them relatable to things that are going on in the present day, well, that could be because history does have a tendency to repeat itself, especially when we're not paying attention.

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22:52

Living on the Edge

Grandma"s Been There ·

2025/09/12

Our food was processed, artificially flavored, chemically preserved and loaded with sugar and caffeine. We breathed secondhand and thirdhand smoke every day. We stuck our hands, arms and heads out the windows of moving cars. And we went outside to play by ourselves on busy city streets before we were old enough to go to school. We asked total strangers to help us cross the street. We were living on the edge.

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20:54

The Fabric of Life

Grandma"s Been There ·

2025/09/05

In the 1950s and early '60s, looking and acting exactly like your neighbors wasn't a trend or a fad. It was a national obsession. For some, uniformity afforded comfort and security. For others, conformity was as comfortable as a straitjacket.

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16:33

Brooklyn 25, New York

Grandma"s Been There ·

2025/08/29

Once upon a time, there were no such things as zip codes. The post office identified neighborhoods by their zones. Any mail addressed to me or my neighbors came to Brooklyn 25, New York. We liked our zone.

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25:36

Enjoy Yourself, It's Later Than You Think

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2025/08/22

Whether we like it or not, we're just a few weeks away from saying goodbye to another summer. No matter how young you are, I strongly suggest you pay close attention to this week's story and heed its advice. Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think!

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22:26

Let's Play!

Grandma"s Been There ·

2025/08/15

From chalk slates to Etch A Sketch, Chutes and Ladders to Mouse Trap, we've got all the games. We've got hula hoops, Duncan yo-yos, Slinkys, toy soldiers, doll carriages and Colorforms. Come on downstairs and let's play!

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19:52

How Sweet It Is!

Grandma"s Been There ·

2025/08/08

During the school year, our weekends were precious. Monday morning may as well have been light years away when we bolted out of that school building on Friday afternoon. This week, we sing the praises of wondrous winter weekends. How sweet they were!

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19:22

Tap Shoes

Grandma"s Been There ·

2025/08/01

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 own.

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