Nero's Class

Winner of the Best Family series at the Irish Podcast Awards 2023, and shortlisted for Best Comedy and Best Fiction series. Nominated for Best Comedy series at the Torc Awards 2024. A surreal audio odyssey, a modern-day folk tale, and a head-spinning school tour into the uncharted territories of... Mrunglody. Join mainlander Professor Nero (Hugh Cooney) as he tries to teach Rowan (Rian Sheridan), Jacaranda (Elsie Akinduko) and Scoochie Kaboochie (Penny O'Dwyer) on a mythical island surrounded by never-ending distractions. A Bobby Aherne Production, for ages 7 - 407. With a supporting cast including Peter McGann, Aoife Spratt, Alison Spittle, Matthew Carpenter, Bronwyn Murphy White and Brigid McClean. Part of the award-winning catalogue of junior podcasts for kids from RTÉ.

Ep 6 - Finale 101

Cornered and defeated, the children of Mrunglody wonder if they'll ever see their beloved island again...

11-01
29:00

Ep 5 - Literature 101

A message from The Mainland interrupts what was definitely going to be another solid day's worth of teaching from Professor Nero.

11-02
22:49

Ep 4 - Business 101

A talk from a visiting hairbrush salesman might sound like one of the most boring lessons imaginable... but c'mon... this is Mrunglody!

11-03
22:20

Ep 3 - History 101

On an unscheduled school tour to The One Wonder of the World, it seems as though the class might actually be about to get some learning done.

11-04
26:12

Ep 2 - Music 101

The class is visited by a local musician, which leads to a Tuesday that Nero's Class will never forget.

11-05
22:43

Ep 1 - Mrunglody 101

A soggy Professor Nero awakens on a mysterious beach, with no memory of how he ended up there. Has he been shipwrecked? Thrown overboard by pirates? Kidnapped by cannibals? Or is the truth far more sinister than any of that?

11-06
24:13

Trailer - Nero's Class

Join the befuddled Professor Nero, his three reluctant pupils, and a series of uninvited guests on the ultimate field trip.

11-07
01:30

ATTENTION CITIZENS!

A public service announcement from Mayor Faddy Gruffland, on behalf of the Mrunglody Residents’ Association.

04-22
01:49

S02E01 - CASH FOR PIGS

Immediately following the events of the first series, we join Nero’s Class in their travelling treehouse classroom, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. They’ve finally surrendered to Jacaranda’s demands to go meet her beloved penpal Penny in Pennsylvania… but first, they’ll have to find her.

05-02
16:02

S02E02 - Free Stuff Cave

On the hunt for a lost trinket, Nero’s Class find themselves deep within Mrunglody’s mysterious network of caves… where they stumble upon something that Nero hoped had been lost forever.

05-02
14:44

S02E03 - Scooch Gets a Splinter

Local Mrunglodian Frank the Cabbage calls upon Nero’s Class to investigate why Mrunglody’s smooth-talking radio host is never off the air.

05-09
16:02

S02E04 - From Nero to Hero

After an unexpected delivery from The Ahwujjastop, Professor Nero finds himself struggling to juggle his work/life balance on a school tour to The Mainland.

05-16
15:07

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