1364. America: From Exceptionalism to Isolationism

Please join us patreon.com/tortoiseshack In the last few weeks of the US presidential campaign tortoise shack regular and Latin American journalist with El Pais, Nicholas Dale Leal spent time in Miami, Georgia and right along the border in Texas. He joins us now to discuss what he saw and how it felt as a Colombian citizen who lives in Mexico […]

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1376. The BIG Election Reaction Podcast

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE2024 podcast we talk results, our predictions, Fianna Fáil’s impending Fine Gael identity crisis, Sinn Féin’s need to work outside the box, the far right flop, how the Soc Dems could lose by winning big and lots, lots more. For all our GE Coverage please go to patreon.com/tortoiseshack https://media.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/content.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/Echo_Pod_Ep_1376a.mp3Podcast (echochamber): Play in new […]

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4. Two Punks Sitting in the Shack

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this episode of Sparks Will Fly, Ray is joined by punk scene hero and longtime friend, Simeon Smith. They talk music, poverty, healing, activism and pushing diversity through tunes. This is a blaggers guide to joy! The Sparky and Dean podcast drops tomorrow Monday Dec 2nd on patreon.com/tortoiseshack https://media.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/media.blubrry.com/3816464/content.blubrry.com/3816464/sparks_will_fly_ep5.mp3Podcast (tortoiseshack-ie-sparks_will_fly): Play in new window […]

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1373. GE2024 – The Candidates, Rory Hearne

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack I’ll be honest, this is not really a candidate interview. There are a couple of mean questions. But it’s more touching base with our friend Rory and wishing him well for Friday. How could we not? For all our GE 2024 coverage, including the results podcasts to come please go to patreon.com/tortoiseshack https://media.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/media.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/content.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/Echo_Pod_Ep_1373a.mp3Podcast: Play in […]

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1371. GE2024 – Political Polar Opposites

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE2024 special we’re joined by Public Affairs Consultant, occasional Irish Times columnist and lifelong political operator, Gerard Howlin for a chat about the upcoming election, Irish political populism, the absence (as Gerard sees it) of a Progressive Democrat type party and why he thinks that, at least economically, both Fianna Fáil and Fine […]

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1369. GE2024 – Climate Action, The Dog That Didn’t Bark?

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE2024 Special podcast we are rejoined by campaigning journalist and climate activist, John Gibbons, to run the rule over the climate ambitions of the Parties in advance of the election. This is a great conversation and as John starkly tell us, there is no non-radical outcome left, but there might still be time […]

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1366. GE 2024 – The Candidates – John Lyons

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE 2024 candidate podcast we talk with Independent (left) Cllr John Lyons, who is running against the odds in Dublin Bay North. John talks about the last few months in his constituency, the Coolock riots and how community building is central to societal progress. We won’t lie, we like John. For all our […]

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1367. GE2024, The Candidates – Dr Jen Cummins

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Jen Cummins is a first time candidate with the Soc Dems in Dublin South Central. It’s a very diverse, and dare we say unequal constituency where Jen has her work cut out for her in the last few days of the campaign. But as you’ll hear, she is clearly a person of substance who is […]

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