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This week we’re setting sail on a kinda slutty immigrant adventure, with the beautifully understated Brooklyn. Kim and Alice enjoy all the messy drama whilst also uncovering the history of Irish immigration and why you should always go drinking with your priest.

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton

Sources

Article: National Parks Service 'Post-peak Immigration Years'
Article: Irish Times, 'Making Brooklyn in Enniscorthy: 'Saoirse Ronan was lovely. She had a cup of tea in my kitchen'.
Article: Irish America Magazine, 'Shades of Brooklyn'
Article: Brownstoner, '5 Gone-but-Not-Forgotten Brooklyn Shopping Emporium's
Article: Baxter St. 'Day in Ellis Island, 1951: Erika Stone Portfolio'

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Season 2

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Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1994 TV Episode)

The Handmaiden (2016 Movie)

Brooklyn (2015 Movie)