This Reboot Republic Podcast talks with Professor Cliona Ni Cheallaigh, Clinical Lead of Inclusion Health and Infectious Diseases in St James’ Hospital, about the reality of the COVID ward, the trauma of premature loss and why those in poverty get sicker from COVID. Prof Ni Cheallaigh explains that we know poverty kills people, and due to psycho social factors the […]
Another crazy week is done and the Sunday Special Live Podcast was back to break it all down. This week Dr Caroline West of Glow West led Dr Vicky Conway from Policed and Martin and Tony to go through as much as you can in an hour. Our special guests were Dr Mohsin Kamal on Covid in our hospitals and […]
It was a pleasure to be joined for what was his first ever podcast appearance by Adam Mohamed, to talk about his spoken word piece, Untitled. We are also joined by the producer of the video and long-time activist, Dean Scurry. Adam, it turns out, went to the same school as me. But only a few decades apart. We discuss […]
This Reboot podcast talks to four wonderful and eloquent Leaving Cert students, Isabelle Flanagan, Ryan McGinley, Bernadette Sanchez and Matthew Ryan, about their views about doing in the Leaving Cert in the middle of a global pandemic. We look at proposals for different options for the Leaving Cert 2021, including predictive grades and reduced material. Importantly they highlight the need […]
A few minutes into what was scheduled to be a Tortoise Shack Patron Only podcast I got a message from Tortoise Shack regular Seamus Malekafzali, (Affairs Editor and Minnesotan) saying he was free to jump on zoom, so we went for it. We talk about the events in DC, the toothpaste that can’t be put back in the tube, the […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Doctor Anthony O’Connor, consultant in Tallaght Hospital, about the experience of receiving the Covid vaccine, how the hospitals are coping with the huge increase in COVID cases, the impact on front line staff, patients and how increased capacity can be achieved. Anthony makes the case for nationalising some of the private hospitals in order to […]
As part of Nollaig Na mBan, Dr Vicky Conway of Policed hosted a special Live Online Podcast with a great panel and a super engaged audience. The guests included Education Lecturer, Ciara Reilly, UCD Ast Prof Orla Hegarty, St James’s Hosp. Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh and TCD Professor, Aoife McLysaght. You’ll also hear from Anne Marie Quilligan on Traveller deprivation […]
Some of us may be trying out Dry January and reassessing our relationship with various substances. This could also be a time to reflect on your relationship with sex and subtances, as it might be hindering how we engage with atuhentic sexual pleasure. This episode sees Ralf Rasmussen, aka Real Clear fetish, describe his journey from chemsex to 3 years […]