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'''The Two Norries''' is a ] hosted by Timmy Long and James Leonard that focuses on ], ], ] and trauma.<ref>Quann, Jack. "Get listening as Wednesday marks International Podcast Day". ], 30 September 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021</ref> It is so titled as both hosts are from the ] suburbs in the Churchfield, Hollyhill, ] areas of the north-side of ], Ireland. The podcast is published weekly and has featured interviews with recovering Irish sport-stars, musicians and comedians, as well as people battling cancer, therapists, councilors and a ] commenting on the availability of prescription ]s in Cork's northside during the 1990s and 2000s. '''The Two Norries''' is a ] hosted by Timmy Long and James Leonard that focuses on ], ], ] and trauma.<ref>Quann, Jack. "Get listening as Wednesday marks International Podcast Day". ], 30 September 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021</ref> It is so titled as both hosts are from the ] suburbs in the Churchfield, Hollyhill, ] areas of the north-side of ], Ireland (''Norry'' being the colloquial word for a city north-sider). The podcast is published weekly and has featured interviews with recovering Irish sport-stars, musicians and comedians, as well as people battling cancer, therapists, councilors and a ] commenting on the availability of prescription ]s in Cork's northside during the 1990s and 2000s.


The hosts are childhood friends in their late 30s to early 40s, are recovering drug addicts who served time in prison, and have been clean since the early 2010s.<ref>"". Official website. Retrieved 12 June 2021</ref><ref name="e1">Casey, Jess. "". '']'', 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021</ref> Trough education and extensive community The hosts are childhood friends in their late 30s to early 40s, are recovering drug addicts who served time in prison, and have been clean since the early 2010s.<ref>"". Official website. Retrieved 12 June 2021</ref><ref name="e1">Casey, Jess. "". '']'', 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021</ref> Trough education and extensive community

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Podcast
The Two Norries
Presentation
Hosted byJames Leonard
Timmy Long
GenreAddiction and recovery
LanguageEnglish
Publication
Original releaseJune 2020

The Two Norries is a podcast hosted by Timmy Long and James Leonard that focuses on addiction, recovery, mental health and trauma. It is so titled as both hosts are from the working class suburbs in the Churchfield, Hollyhill, Knocknaheeny areas of the north-side of Cork city, Ireland (Norry being the colloquial word for a city north-sider). The podcast is published weekly and has featured interviews with recovering Irish sport-stars, musicians and comedians, as well as people battling cancer, therapists, councilors and a doctor commenting on the availability of prescription barbiturates in Cork's northside during the 1990s and 2000s.

The hosts are childhood friends in their late 30s to early 40s, are recovering drug addicts who served time in prison, and have been clean since the early 2010s. Trough education and extensive community support for other addicts in Cork and Ireland, including the launch of their the podcast in the summer of 2020, they have gained widespread respect.

They made national headlines in January 2021 when Leonard gave an extended interview with Tommy Tiernan on RTÉ, which was widely and supportively commented upon by national media. Reflecting on the coverage, Leonard, a former heroin addict who now holds a Master's degree in criminology, said he while he had been reluctant to appear as he feared he would be branded as just an addict, he went ahead as he had "a feeling that my story would resonate with people, but I had no idea of the scale of it".

Long has severe dyslexia which for years went undiagnosed. He said that, for years "pictures were my understanding of what was going on. In a newspaper, I’d be able to read, maybe, the headline." He said in 2021 that he was "an alcoholic before I touched any drug. When I was young I’d drink seven nights a week, then it was ecstasy for years, then tablets, then drink again, and then heroin came into my life. That was the end of it all. It completely robbed my soul. It took over my entire life, my thinking." Long completed his Leaving Cert while in prison, after which he enrolled at St. John's Central College, Cork. He graduated from Cork Institute of Technology in January 2021 with an honours degree in construction management. Long says of his own and his brother's recovery that he is "glad that we reached our rock bottom. For many of our friends that died, their rock bottom was a box. We live for them and want to show others that there is a way back."

Citations

  1. Quann, Jack. "Get listening as Wednesday marks International Podcast Day". Newstalk, 30 September 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021
  2. "The Two Norries". Official website. Retrieved 12 June 2021
  3. ^ Casey, Jess. "Man who learned to read in prison aged 32 graduates with honours degree". Irish Examiner, 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021
  4. ^ McDonell, Cira. "The Two Norries: 'When those guards showed me compassion, it struck a chord with me'". Irish Examiner, 18 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021
  5. ^ "Cork brothers overcome addiction after hearing of mother's suicide while both serving prison time". Evening Echo, 30 August 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021
  6. "BBQ playlist". RTÉ Radio 1, 10 February 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021
  7. ^ Dunphy, Liz. "Cork-based addiction recovery group saving lives during pandemic". Irish Examiner, 6 January 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021
  8. "Cork man who overcame years of heroin addiction graduating with criminology Master". TheJournal.ie, 20 February, 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021
  9. Julander, Jenni. "Irish Convict Turns Life Around in Prison, Learns to Read, Becomes First in Family to Graduate College". The Epoch Times, 8 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021

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