November 30th is the International Day of Consent, and to celebrate this I am joined by Dr Siobhan O’Higgins and Siobhan Healy-Cullen from Active* Consent who explain what sexual rights are, how we can support others to enjoy their sexual rights as part of their human rights. Find Active* Consent at @activeconsent on twitter and Instagram. Support us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack << Back […]
This week on the tortoise shack Sunday Special, we had a bumper show. Joining us to talk about the events of the week were Social Democrats TD, Cian O’Callaghan, writer, advocate and friend of the shack, Emma DeSouza, TCD Professor, Tómas Ryan and former political prisoner – now law student, Ibrahim Halawa. We discuss the very worrying trend of increasing […]
You might have read that the British Government are planning to compile an “official” history of The Troubles. We are cynical, so it was a pleasure to be rejoined in the Tortoise Shack by troubles historian and author of books on Loyalism, Gareth Mulvenna. We discuss the ideas merits and demerits, Gareth’s take on whether an official history is even […]
Joining Jules and Alexandra in this episode of ConverSayTrans is Fiona Leigh, a singer, actor and writer. Who is a part of the trans writers union, who are currently boycotting The Irish Times. Having come back to Ireland just before Covid hit, this self described Gen Xer tells us about her memoir that is she hoping to find a publisher […]
Many of you will have seen some of the comments made by DCU Lecturer, Mark Humphrys. We were delighted to be joined in the tortoise shack by two of the organisers of a Black Lives Matter Rally that takes place tomorrow in DCU at 1pm, against his type of repugnant and intolerant views, Christine O’Mahony and Darragh Adelaide. We discuss […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Sharon Crandall, who is a renter in Kerry and former tenant organiser in the US. Sharon talks about the impact of housing insecurity on herself and her son, the importance of home and housing as a human right. She has to leave as her landlord is moving in to the property. Sharon also talks about […]
Listeners will recall in November that Nadim Hussain joined us from his hospital bed after nine days on hunger strike to stop his deportation. One month on an emotional Nadim rejoined us to tell us what his situation is now. Nadim, sitting in his security guard uniform in a Direct Provision centre, tells us about how he was stabbed and […]
Ever heard of the term ‘slut pages’? To discuss this disturbing trend, I’m joined by Professor Megan Maas who researches this area. The use of violence as a bonding tool is disturbing and we need to examine this. The role of social media, online porn sites and victim blaming is also discussed. Find Megan at meganmaas.com Support us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack […]