Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The vote on the two referendums on the Family and Care is not far away and while opinion polls suggest a landslide for Yes Yes, events of recent days (Ministers misrepresenting the amendments and FLAC’s criticism of the Care aspect) have made enough noise to at least make people investigate what they’re voting on. Joining […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We were delighted to be joined by author and academic Paul Burgess for our inaugural live show. Paul discussed his new book Wild Colonial Boys (Manchester University Press) – a revealing and no holds barred autobiography charting his early life growing up in loyalist north and west Belfast, his passion for class politics and music […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Hawaii and Palestine are tied together in many ways. Palestinians’ love for their land reminds us of Kanala Maoli’s love for Hawaii and vise versa. In this episode, which kicks off our second season of PalCast, Dr Yousef Aljamal, cohost Helena Cobban and producer Tony Groves are joined by Uahikea Maile, a professor of indigenous […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this episode, Rosie and Gavan Titley consider the politics behind ‘PC gone mad’ or ‘Cancel culture’ type controversies, and what might be distinctive or new about contemporary free speech related anxieties. Gavan explains the concepts of ‘post-racial’ societies and ‘frozen racism’ and how, when linked to dominant ideas about free speech, they are used […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic Podcast, Rory talks about the upcoming referendums on the family and care to Orla O Connor, Director of the National Women’s Council, Ailbhe Smyth, activist and academic, and Damien Peelo, CEO of Treoir. We discuss why these referendums will make a difference in giving equality to all Ireland’s children that were […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Sinn Féin made headlines when they said that they wanted average homes to be within reach of average salaries. Their figure of €300,000 was scoffed at by the Society of Charted Surveyors, who put the cost of building a house in Dublin at €460,000. So what to think? Joining us on the podcast is UCD […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack CW: This podcast contains subject matter that some listeners might find upsetting. In this important Echo Chamber Podcast, Tony speaks with Irish-Palestinian, Zak Hania, who is in Rafah and young journalist, Mahmoud Mushtaha, who remains in Gaza City. They talk about the ongoing Israeli military bombardment and what is happening now where they are. Zak […]
Help keep this show on the road by clicking:patreon.com/tortoiseshack If you heard Baraa Albayari’s interview from Podcasts for Palestine, then you’d know that after he’d left Gaza and swam from Turkey to Kos in Greece, he’d wound up homeless on the streets of Dublin. You’d also know that we weren’t going to let that continue and things have improved a […]