{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The JoeIrish and Sherin Podcast","title":"Episode 38 | Ozzy","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3587,"description":"In Episode 48 of the Joe Irish & Shirin Podcast, Joe and Shirin are joined by Joe’s old boss, mentor and longtime friend — the one and only Ozzy - for a proper trip down memory lane. 😂\nFrom growing up in the flats before moving to Tallaght in the late 70s, street fights, community games and the absolute madness of childhood in the 70s and 80s, Ozzy shares stories from a completely different Ireland.\nThere’s plenty of nostalgia, plenty of slagging and some brilliant stories about apprenticeships, site banter, old-school drinking culture, gambling, pranks, builders, broken skylights and why construction sites simply aren’t the same anymore.\nUnderneath all the madness, there’s also a great conversation about friendship, community, learning a trade, how working life has changed and the relationships you build with people along the way.\nA proper old-school episode packed with stories, memories and absolute chaos. 🎙️😂\n[00:00] — Welcome to Episode 48 of the Joe Irish & Shirin Podcast\n[00:47] — Introducing Joe’s old boss and longtime friend Ozzy\n[01:09] — Ozzy on growing up in Dolphin’s Barn\n[02:12] — Life in the flats during the 70s and the arrival of heroin\n[03:05] — Moving to Tallaght in 1979\n[03:53] — Growing up in a brand-new Tallaght and finding your place\n[05:15] — Moving from the flats into a house and suddenly having your own room\n[06:17] — Ozzy’s family joining the Mormon Church\n[07:20] — Did Ozzy ever become a Mormon himself?\n[08:20] — Vincent de Paul, childhood memories and growing up with very little\n[09:12] — The milkman, coal man, vegetable man and everyone calling to the door\n[10:10] — One unforgettable story involving a Jewish salesman and Ozzy’s mother 😂\n[11:49] — The kind of parenting you definitely wouldn’t get away with today\n[12:30] — Ozzy’s mother terrifying the kids through the letterbox\n[14:32] — Car theft, messing around and teenage trouble in the 80s\n[15:31] — Why community felt completely different back then\n[16:14] — Street parties, community...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mGLSnT-JVdCKQr916rExijzriq6gG9jeqJd_GzIzWwo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xY2Ex/NjkxNjcwZWFjYjVj/ZTM2YmJlOTI2NTY5/ZDBiMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}