Ep.428 – America in Meltdown with Séamus Malekafzali

A few minutes into what was scheduled to be a Tortoise Shack Patron Only podcast I got a message from Tortoise Shack regular Seamus Malekafzali, (Affairs Editor and Minnesotan) saying he was free to jump on zoom, so we went for it. We talk about the events in DC, the toothpaste that can’t be put back in the tube, the […]

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Ep.50 – The 3rd Wave and Zero Covid with Dr Anthony O’Connor

This Reboot Republic talks to Doctor Anthony O’Connor, consultant in Tallaght Hospital, about the experience of receiving the Covid vaccine, how the hospitals are coping with the huge increase in COVID cases, the impact on front line staff, patients and how increased capacity can be achieved. Anthony makes the case for nationalising some of the private hospitals in order to […]

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NPHET Na mBan – A Special Tortoise Shack Live Podcast

As part of Nollaig Na mBan, Dr Vicky Conway of Policed hosted a special Live Online Podcast with a great panel and a super engaged audience. The guests included Education Lecturer, Ciara Reilly, UCD Ast Prof Orla Hegarty, St James’s Hosp. Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh and TCD Professor, Aoife McLysaght. You’ll also hear from Anne Marie Quilligan on Traveller deprivation […]

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Ep.49 – Sex and Sobriety

Some of us may be trying out Dry January and reassessing our relationship with various substances. This could also be a time to reflect on your relationship with sex and subtances, as it might be hindering how we engage with atuhentic sexual pleasure. This episode sees Ralf Rasmussen, aka Real Clear fetish, describe his journey from chemsex to 3 years […]

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Ep.423 – Politics by Numbers with Kevin Cunningham

As we are all back watching Covid-19 graphs and numbers, we decided it’d be best to talk to someone who can actually make sense of them, so we went to Statistician and Political lecturer, Kevin Cunningham. As well as looking at the numbers we discuss the ways the Covid-19 pandemic has been covered and why the Govt haven’t kept pace […]

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Ep.48 Generation Rent – Why You Can’t Buy a Home or Even Rent a Good One

This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Chloe Timperley, author of Generation Rent: Why You cant buy a home (or even rent a good one) about what is the housing crisis of Generation Rent, insecurity, unaffordability, and rogue landlords. Chloe outlines the situation in the UK – how Generation rent has been locked into permanent unaffordable renting, the future crisis of […]

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Ep.424 – #ZeroCovid with Dr Julien Mercille

It was a pleasure to be joined by Assoc Professor in UCD and member of the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group, Julien Mercille, to discuss the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and that groups plan that if implemented could help to make this lockdown our last. We talk about how it can be achieved, the border as a blocker and the need for […]

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683. A Shared Struggle – Stories of Palestinian and Irish Hunger Strikers

We had the great pleasure of speaking with an incredible panel of people, Dr Asad Abu Shark, Norma Hashim, Yousef Alijamal and Danny Morrison, to discuss the book ‘A Shared Struggle – Stories of Palestinian and Irish Republican Hunger Strikers’. We discuss the mechanics of piecing together such a difficult and troubling book, the decades old solidarity between the struggles […]

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