About this episode

The episode explores the contrasts within Dublin's urban landscape and reflects on personal experiences and self-help through audio.

W/C 13th July 2026 If I think about it rationally Dublin is no more of a city of contrast than any other. Most places you visit are marked by the different stages of their development, or the businesses that thrived there, and Dublin is no different. Depending on where you find yourself there are similarities with Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Oxford and of course Liverpool. I guess the reason why it seems more obvious in Dublin is the way that in collides, most notably in the buildings along ether side of the quays, toward the port area, because the style of this development was never intended to blend in. It is dominant and obvious, and that is not to say that I don't think it has a quality, just that it was always going to sit uncomfortably with what went before. A lot of money has been spent, but I don't know how much of it has trickled down or out to enhance the lives of those who were born and raised there. Stay safe. Different Worlds - Magnum Boundary Stone Village Life Therapy For Me (or TFM as I now refer to it) is a bit of an audio curiosity. It started out as a mechanism for me to clear my head, with the hope that by saying stuff out loud it would act as a little bit…

People in this episode

Host: ashortstories

Topics covered

• city contrasts
• urban development
• self-help
• audio curiosity
• Dublin
• personal reflection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Magnum Boundary Stone, Therapy For Me

Books & works: Different Worlds

Places: Dublin, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Oxford, Liverpool

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