We were delighted to be rejoined by Head of the Portugese Dissuasion Commission, Dr Nuno Capaz, to talk Harm Reduction, Decriminalisation, the impact of Covid-19 on their services and effective advocacy for changes to Ireland’s drug policy. Nuno and his team are the world leaders and the success of their policies has seen a 95% reduction in HIV infections and […]
In this week’s episode of #ConverSayTrans features Ollie Bell! Ollie is agender poet and trans activist who co-founded Trans and intersex Pride. They talk with Jules and Alexandra about trans time and how they feel as if they’re now experiencing their first of so many things including romantic love! Being a poet of high esteem, we even get to hear […]
We were delighted to be rejoined by Gaza based journalist and friend of the podcast, Hana Salah, about her incredible story of Palestinian prisoners smuggling their sperm out of Israeli prisons for IVF treatment in Palestine. We also discuss the Covid-19 situation, vaccines inequality, the destruction of Irish aid and the plight of Palestinian fishermen. This is another great listen. […]
This Reboot Republic podcast sets out the case for inserting the Right to Housing in the Irish Constitution, and why a Referendum is needed. It is part of Maynooth University Social Justice Week. The speakers include Fr Peter McVerry, Homelessness Campaigner, Orla O Connor, Director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland, Niamh O Rourke, Inclusion Health Social Worker, James […]
It was a great pleasure to be joined by UCD Professor Emeritus and member of Universal Basic Income Ireland, John Baker. We had a great discussion on the need for UBI as a new baseline for human dignity, the need to match UBI with Universal Basic Services and the economic and nationalist arguments against introducing such a scheme. This is […]
Ever think porn isn’t for you and you’re more of an imagination person? Maybe erotica is for you so! Joining me this week is erotica writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel who explains why people are into erotica, what modern erotica is like, and why people write dinosaur erotica (yes, that’s a thing!). Rachel explains what makes for good erotica, and […]
We have just finished what was a difficult, but necessary podcast with you, our community. We discussed the hurt caused by the tweets posted by former Tortoise Shack contributor, Linda Hayden, the things we’d do differently and the challenging conversations that we are having and will continue to have. We were joined by Executive Director of the Rape Crisis Network, […]
It was a pleasure to be joined singer, artist, filmmaker and psychotherapist, Anne Marie Kelly to discuss her short film (more a parable) God Given Opportunity, which she felt inspired to make following the Papel visit of 2018 and her experience at the Stand 4 Truth demonstration that coincided with it. The 20 minute film is available now to view […]