Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Actor, comedian, satirist and activist, Tadhg Hickey, has had a very big 2023. Whether it was a sold-out tour, viral sketches or appearances in some controversial places, he’s still, as he says himself, a work in progress. In this podcast Tony and Tadhg talk about everything from Gaza to George Galloway and from recovery to […]
Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647?aff=oddtdtcreator “Oops, we killed 50 by mistake,” said Refaat Alareer, in one his lectures, speaking of how the Israeli State from time to time justifies the killing of Palestinians in mass numbers. Unfortunately this reminds us of Israel’s killing of 80 Palestinians in Al-Maghazi refugee camp to the south of Gaza, just two days ago, and […]
Help us keep going in 2024 by clicking on patreon.com/tortoiseshack Tony Novosel is the author of ‘Northern Ireland’s Lost Opportunity: The Frustrated Promise of Political Loyalism’ and has been a frequent visitor to NI since 1974. Over the years he has been recognised for his cross-community peace building work. In this episode he talks to the lads about the challenges […]
Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine:https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647 Merry Ditchmas and a Happy New Media Landscape The Ditch have had a year. From exposing political corruption to getting smeared by the Tanaiste and that’s before we get to the Paddy Cosgrave stuff. But there’s no doubt they’ve shook up people who were complacent and upset some parts of legacy media that needed to […]
Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine Here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647?aff=oddtdtcreator In this podcast Rory talks with Dr. Meg Ryan about our different emotional responses to the Genocide in Gaza, the psychology of the de-humanisation of the people of Palestine, finding ways to sustain ourselves through conversations, bearing witness, taking collective action, and why Psychologists in Ireland have come together to form Psychologists for Palestine. […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack When (now former) founder of Circle CI, Paul Biggar wrote his blog “I can’t sleep’ about the Israeli “war” on Gaza, and the fear of many in the tech and venture capital industry to speak up, he knew it would have repercussions. But he did it anyway because he believed it was the right thing […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack PalCast co-hosts Yousef Aljamal, Helena Cobban and producer Tony Groves had a wonderful and uplifting discussion with Philip Farah, who is a member of the Christian Palestinian community and who lived in Jerusalem until the age of 27. Philip still has family in Gaza, of whom some have been killed of during the current genocide, […]
Please click the link and help us keep going in 2024:patreon.com/tortoiseshack As a political nerd, I’d heard of former Alliance Party candidate, Scott Moore. But I had no idea who Scomo was until Conor McGregor got into a battle rap with him on twitter or X as the Muskovite’s call it. So we decided to ask him who is the […]