Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this episode of Sparks Will Fly (with a side of Echo Chamber Pod), Ray is joined by the voice of so many in Ireland’s locked-out generation; the politically outspoken punk and thoroughly decent fella, Meryl Streek. They discuss his music, his persona vs himself, how anger can be directed into creative work, sobriety after […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Activist-artist, Adam SpiceBag Doyle has done some amazing things over the last few years and he will, no doubt, continue to do so. But in this podcast he talks less about art and more about his fundraising for Gaza, Trump 2.0, the apathy of our new-yet-ever-present Irish government and the state of the opposition as […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Rajeh Al-Kahloot is a Gazan medical student who is currently in Istanbul. His medical studies were disturbed by the genocide when his parents lost their home and businesses. Now, so close to completion, he is forced to look for support himself to survive. Rajeh will return back to Gaza to contribute to his community when […]
Please join us for more exclusive content at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this special crossover pod Ray and his special-guest-sidekick, host of the Parting Glass Podcast, Niamh Ryan, chat with the amazing Seana Halpin who is a Special Needs Assistant who suffers with Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Another open, informative and powerful conversation. The Adam SpiceBag Doyle Podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-121574544 […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack 2025 and Speaking Power to Truth In this Echo Chamber Podcast, solicitor, Data Protection expert and writer of thegist.ie Simon McGarr, rejoins the shack for a chat about our data rights in the age of Trump 2.0, his terrifically observant Gists, the Sinn Féin conundrum and a lot, lot more. Thanks Simon for coming over. […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack While the billionaire class rushed to bend the knee to Trump 2.0, another group of gatherings were happening across the world. Andrew Karamagi is a community organiser, lawyer, and principal political advisor to the Fight Inequality Alliance (fightinequality.org) and he joins us from one such gathering in Kenya. He outlines the negative political, societal and […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this PalCast episode BAFTA and Emmy award winning filmmaker, Yousef Hammash joins us to discuss his work during the genocide in Gaza, the role of storytelling in informing the world and how, on the day that Dr Refaat Alareer’s body was given a proper burial, the Palestinian people will persevere despite the absolute madness […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic (Reboot) Rory chats with producer Tony about his first few weeks in the Dáil, the new government’s attempts at stroke politics, the government misleading the public with phantom new homes, the opportunity for cooperation on the opposition benches and then he answers some of your questions. https://media.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/content.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/Reboot_Pod_Ep_380a.mp3Podcast: Play in new window […]