Author Archive: The Tortoise Shack

335. Exploring our emotional responses to Gaza Genocide with Psychologist Dr. Meg Ryan

Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine Here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647?aff=oddtdtcreator In this podcast Rory talks with Dr. Meg Ryan about our different emotional responses to the Genocide in Gaza, the psychology of the de-humanisation of the people of Palestine, finding ways to sustain ourselves through conversations, bearing witness, taking collective action, and why Psychologists in Ireland have come together to form Psychologists for Palestine. […]

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1171. ‘I Can’t Sleep’ with Paul Biggar

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack When (now former) founder of Circle CI, Paul Biggar wrote his blog “I can’t sleep’ about the Israeli “war” on Gaza, and the fear of many in the tech and venture capital industry to speak up, he knew it would have repercussions. But he did it anyway because he believed it was the right thing […]

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12. Christmas in Palestine

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack PalCast co-hosts Yousef Aljamal, Helena Cobban and producer Tony Groves had a wonderful and uplifting discussion with Philip Farah, who is a member of the Christian Palestinian community and who lived in Jerusalem until the age of 27. Philip still has family in Gaza, of whom some have been killed of during the current genocide, […]

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1163. Who the F@@k is Scott Moore?

Please click the link and help us keep going in 2024:patreon.com/tortoiseshack As a political nerd, I’d heard of former Alliance Party candidate, Scott Moore. But I had no idea who Scomo was until Conor McGregor got into a battle rap with him on twitter or X as the Muskovite’s call it. So we decided to ask him who is the […]

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Ed Moloney, a Life Less Ordinary

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Ed Moloney is one of Ireland’s most famous journalists and the author of a number of books about the conflict in Northern Ireland. In this episode he talks to the lads about legacy and reconciliation, oral history, notable characters that he has met over the years, what it was like reporting on subjects such as […]

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11. The War on Education in Gaza

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Education has long been a top priority in Palestinian society and Gaza has one of the highest literacy rates in the world. Sadly, and criminally, Israel’s war on Gaza has ruined the education system by targeting educational infrastructure. The three main universities were destroyed, hundreds of schools are reduced to rubble and hundreds of educators […]

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333. Ireland for All – The Dublin Riots

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Austerity ripped the hearts out of our communities- the Dublin riots: finding a way forward through community In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory talks about the impact of the stabbing and the riots in Dublin and the political and media response, to Paula Kearney, community worker in Dublin’s North Inner City, Glen Kearney, youth worker […]

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1161. Irish Nationalism, Sinn Féin and the far right

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack There has been a lot of nonsense by people who frankly haven’t a clue about the far right, their playbook and the ways to counter them. Our guest, researcher in global politics and extremist online subcultures, Joshua Molloy, ain’t one of them. Josh wrote a fascinating piece recently about far right telegram channels, the links […]

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