Sex, Cancer and Pleasure: Ep 105

For those of us who experience cancer, sex can be a tricky topic, and certainly one that there is not a lot of information on. Thankfully, sexologist Tess Deveze is here to talk to us about how we can incorporate sex and intimacy back into our lives during and after cancer. Tess has just written a book on this topic […]

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9. Sunday Special: COP’d On Yet?

We have just finished recording a Tortoise Shack Live with Sinn Féin TD, Reada Cronin, writer and activist, Emma DeSouza and Green Party MEP, Ciaran Cuffe. We discussed the latest on the NI Protocol and how it’s viewed as a positive by a majority now. We look at the COP26 Conference in some detail and delve into why Ciaran believes […]

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5. Chloe and Jamie

In this episode of ConverSayTrans we have Jamie and Chloe O’Herlihy, sisters who both came out as trans in 2016. They have been on the Late Late Show, cover of GCN, the subject of tabloid interest & more. Their rise in prominence was a lot to deal with, but their bond helped them deal with the aftermath. Now they’re talking […]

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164. Oscar Traynor: Why are we giving away public land to private developers?

This Reboot Republic talks to architect and analyst, Mel Reynolds. Emily Duffy, former deputy director of Uplift, Emily Duffy and Dublin City Independent Councillor, John Lyons, about the latest proposed deal for DCC to sell its public land at the Oscar Traynor Road site to private developer Glenveagh. The panel provides an analysis of the extent of transfer of public […]

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644. Economic Inequality and Orthodoxy with Economists Seamus Coffey & Ciaran Nugent

Tortoise Shack twitter followers might’ve seen a thread/debate recently involving UCC Economist and former head of the fiscal advisory council, Seamus Coffey, Nevin Economic Research Institute Economist, Ciaran Nugent, and Tony. Well, we decided to have that chat on the podcast. We talk market income inequality, housing as a wealth transfer, taxation – corporate and personal, and we look at […]

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Incels and the Internet: Ep 104

We might have heard of the term incels, but what do they actually do and should we be afraid of them? Joining me to discuss this is Dr Debbie Ging to explore what incels are, their connection to misogyny, and how they can get out of this mindset. Support us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack << Back To The Glow West Podcast https://media.blubrry.com/glow-west/media.blubrry.com/glowwest/content.blubrry.com/glowwest/Debbie_Glowwest.mp3Podcast […]

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8. No Acceptable Deaths, Plus an Exclusive Interview with Nadim Hussain

This week in front of our live Tortoise Shack Members we recorded a very different, difficult, enraging and at times hopeful Sunday Special. We were joined from his hospital bed in CUH by Nadim Hussain, who is recovering from his 9 Day Hunger Strike in order to prevent his deportation. Nadim tells us how his parents were killed in 2018 […]

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