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MightyOaks
by Eoghan Hanlon
Mighty Oaks avoids the obvious and the clichéd (e.g. pensions and bus passes), and focuses on older people as people who happen to be old. Age, for the most part, isn't focused on. Instead, compelling and surprising stories are told, in which the main characters happen to be older people. The older people featured in this series tell their own stories, filtered through their own experiences and opinions.The series aims to oppose assumptions and stereotypes (held by younger or older people), portray older people and ageing itself in a positive light (without being condescending) and provide an opportunity for older people themselves to speak of their own lives.
Episodes
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Little Acorn - Ho
'Twas the night before Christmas, and an extra special older person took our call.
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Episode 11 - Dance of Years
In the final episode of the series, a folk duo of forty years continue to find fulfillment in their music.
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Little Acorn - It Was Jammed
Leo O'Kelly and Sonny Condell, of folk duo Tír na nÓg, describe the experience and the importance of Toner's as a music venue in the 1970s.
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Episode 10 - We Could Do with Some Education
We discuss the benefits of education and what it's like to go back to it after thirty years.
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Episode 9 - Not Looking for Anything Special
We explore negative attitudes toward age, how they infect many parts of our lives and whether they're true or necessary.
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Little Acorn - Kaiser Wilhelm's Decision
Conor Breen explains the origin of the retirement age of 65 and its enduring influence.
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Episode 8 - Start the Press!
The world of pre-digital printing, and all it entails, is opened up. The molten metal, the nuts and bolts...and the noise. So much noise.
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Episode 7 - Four Wheels Good, Two Wheels Better
Some of Dublin's enthusiastic older cyclists talk about the thrills - and challenges - of cycling in the capital.
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Little Acorn - A Little Bit Obsessional
Risteárd Mulcahy on a thirty-year obsession - with his bike.
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Episode 6 - Checks and Distances
We talk to sportspeople; one of whom has overcome adversity to go the distance. The others? Well, they're playing a sport that isn't a sport. Officially.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Mighty Oaks avoids the obvious and the clichéd (e.g. pensions and bus passes), and focuses on older people as people who happen to be old. Age, for the most part, isn't focused on. Instead, compelling and surprising stories are told, in which the main characters happen to be older people. The older people featured in this series tell their own stories, filtered through their own experiences and opinions.The series aims to oppose assumptions and stereotypes (held by younger or older people), portray older people and ageing itself in a positive light (without being condescending) and provide an opportunity for older people themselves to speak of their own lives.
HOSTED BY
Eoghan Hanlon
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Mighty Oaks avoids the obvious and the clichéd (e.g. pensions and bus passes), and focuses on older people as people who happen to be old. Age, for the most part, isn't focused on. Instead, compelling and surprising stories are told, in which the main characters happen to be older people. The older...
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MightyOaks is created and hosted by Eoghan Hanlon.
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