We’re joined by Prof Clifford Stott of Keele University, a world leading researcher on crowd psychology who has long been involved in advising police forces internationally on the policing of crowds, particularly around football hooliganism. Reflecting on what happened in Dublin this weekend, he explains why it is essential we leave moralising at the door, engage with the underlying issues, […]
This Housing Shock episode of Reboot Republic talks about the dramatic report of the ESRI that recommends a doubling of capital spending on public housing with Killian Woods of the Sunday Business Post and Laoise Neylon of the Dublin Inquirer. We also discuss the continuing political and public fallout of the Government’s inadequate measures on investor funds, the growing problem […]
Yes disabled people have sex, but you often wouldn’t think so if you believed the media or some medical personnel. Thankfully, activist Andrew Gurza is here to challenge this notion. Andrew is the creator of a sex toy for disabled people and the founder of thatshandi.co, a website that centres sex and disibility. He chats to me about making a […]
This week Martin, Vicky and Tony were joined by journalist Hana Salah in Gaza and recovering journalist Conall Ó Fárharta to discuss the latest in Gaza and the uneasy truce, Policing on the Streets of Dublin, the Mother and Baby Homes Report losing even more credibility, Tax Haven Ireland, Dublin Bay South implosions and political attacks on academics and experts. […]
(TW: Contains sensitive material some listeners may find disturbing) Longtime listeners will know that Mick Finnegan is a good friend of the Tortoise Shack and that he has continued to tell his story of how he was sexually abused as a child, despite the pushback from certain areas. Earlier this week we were joined by Irish Times journalist, Jack Power, […]
It was a pleasure to be joined by Jon Schwarz of theintercept.com to chat all thing US politics. We discuss the AP’s firing of Emily Wilder and what that means for press freedom, the Biden administrations ups and downs, the unresolved polarisation in the US electorate, hope from the climate movement and what some of the newer US economic policies […]
This week our very own James Leonard, of the Two Norries Podcast, talks to us about his experience of policing. We consider how young people in working class areas are policed and the interventions the Gardaí made in his life. To give context to this, Prof Shadd Maruna of Queens University Belfast, talks to us about the research on resistance: […]
Joining me for a live panel to discuss LGBTQIA representation, queer joy, and more are trans & intersex activist and scholar Adeline Berry, artist and activist Shar Nolan, comedian and podcaster Martin Beanz Ward, direct provision campaigner Bulelani Mfaco, CEO of Shoutout Bella Fitzpatrick, and scholar Aman De Sondy. Together we explore queerness beyond rainbow capitalism and talk about how […]