The Failed Privatisation of Water Should be a Warning for us in Ireland Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Rejoining us on the tortoise shack was listener favourite and one of the founders of the Green New Deal, Prof Richard Murphy, and he was in flying form and ready to cut through the B.S. He breaks down the class warfare been […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The solution to the housing crisis the developers and banks don’t want you to know about: Factory built sustainable homes for €150,000 In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks to Building Surveyor, Fergus Merriman, about a revolutionary idea for delivering homes – mass produced factory built housing, that are sustainable and affordable. Fergus explains how it […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack One of the first people we spoke with on the Echo Chamber Podcast was former Army Captain, whistleblower and disability rights activist, Tom Clonan. He later added the Senator 😉 Tom came back to the tortoise shack to talk about what he’s working on now, trying to get a WIN that will help us all […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack So far the Israeli Defense Forces attack on the West Bank camp of Jenin has killed 10 people and injured at least 50 more. We’ve also witnessed attacks on medical treatment facilities and people’s homes; make no mistake, these are war crimes. Rejoining us is journalist Mahmoud Mustaha and he explains what is happening, what […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack As the world watched the incompetent Wagner coup fall apart, we were also trashing around for insights on what it all meant. One person who preached caution and less hyperbole was Economics Professor, Russian-Irish man and tortoise shack regular, Constantin Gurdgiev. He rejoins us to talk about the implications for Putin, Wagner “CEO” Yevgeni Progozhin, […]
Please join us for lots of exclusives at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Note: Recorded June 19th for members) In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks to Dean Scurry, community activist in Ballymun and co-organiser of the Apollo House occupation, about Dean’s innovative work responding to the rise in anti-refugee protests. Dean went and spoke to asylum seekers and homeless sleeping in tents, and to […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We’ve ended up doing an accidental economic series within a series and what better way to wrap it up than with Head of Economics in UL, Stephen Kinsella. We discuss the President’s comments and why Stephen robustly disagrees, how he teaches economics and the differences between the economics in colleges and the much of the […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory speaks with Senator Eileen Flynn and Dr Seamus Taylor of the Department of Applied Social Studies Maynooth about the Hate Crime Bill which is progressing through the Dail and Seanad currently. Seamus and Eileen explain why it is important in making it clear that hate crime is not acceptable in […]