It was a great pleasure to be joined in the tortoise shack by NI’s Commissioner for Children, Koulla Yiasouma. We discuss the recent riots in NI and the issues that have led to many young people participating in them. Koulla explains the inter-generational traumas many young people are exposed to and how they are coerced into acts of violence and […]
This week’s guest is Ariel. Ariel is an Argentinian born activist who was involved in the pro choice and trans equality movements in Ireland in the early 2000s. Ariel speaks to us about the various anarchist and feminist groups she was involved with, how inclusive they were when she came out as well as her interest in zine culture. www.thestairlingscollective.com. […]
It was a pleasure to catch up with our friend in Gaza, journalist, Hana Salah. We discuss the latest situation with COVID, the crippled economy, the abhorrence of vaccine apartheid and Hana talks passionately about the collective punishment experienced by her and her fellow citizens. We were also joined by writer, actor and comedian, Tadgh Hickey, who is raising money […]
It was a pleasure to speak again with Caroline Othim who is the Campaigns and Policy Coordinator, Africa, based in Nairobi, Kenya, with the Nobel Peace prize nominated Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ). Caroline fills us in on happenings within the movement for Global Tax Justice, the pressure on the UN to step in and the ways countries like […]
In this episode of Policed: The Beat Vicky chatted to Haritha Olaganathan of Youths Against Racism and Inequality (YARI). Following the shooting of George Nkencho YARI conducted a survey of young people’s experiences of racism and policing. We had an amazing conversation about the alarming findings of that survey, the structural context of police racism, the role of youth activism, […]
In advance of the 3rd annual Housing Conference in NUI Maynooth, in collaboration with Reboot Republic, Rory reads his article published in the Irish Times, Housing solutions as critical to our lives as health and education. The broken and dysfunctional housing market in Ireland and its harsh inequalities have been highlighted by the Covid pandemic. It has never been more […]
A couple of weeks ago Scottish comedian, actor and writer, Eleanor Morton, posted a hilarious and all too real parody sketch of a female podcast producer. So we knew we had to get her on the podcast. We talk about the rise of online sketches, where they fit in mainstream entertainment, her creative process and a lot, lot more. I […]
We were delighted to be joined in the tortoise shack by William Cummings about the publication of the Our Voice report, That was produced by BAB’s in collaboration with ICHH. Will outlines some of its stark, but sadly unsurprising findings and talks about the solutions and rights based approach needed to address the huge deficiencies. Please have a read of […]