This week our very own James Leonard, of the Two Norries Podcast, talks to us about his experience of policing. We consider how young people in working class areas are policed and the interventions the Gardaí made in his life. To give context to this, Prof Shadd Maruna of Queens University Belfast, talks to us about the research on resistance: […]
Joining me for a live panel to discuss LGBTQIA representation, queer joy, and more are trans & intersex activist and scholar Adeline Berry, artist and activist Shar Nolan, comedian and podcaster Martin Beanz Ward, direct provision campaigner Bulelani Mfaco, CEO of Shoutout Bella Fitzpatrick, and scholar Aman De Sondy. Together we explore queerness beyond rainbow capitalism and talk about how […]
It was great to chat again on the shack with our friend, journalist Hana Salah in Gaza. Unfortunately the updates, despite the end of the current conflict, aren’t very good. Hana tells us about the cost that the recent “war” that Hama have called ‘The Sword of Jerusalem’ has wreaked upon one of the most densely populated areas in the […]
It was a pleasure to be joined by Professor of Human Rights Law in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, Colin Harvey, to discuss the Shared Island Project and the exciting opportunities that are ahead for all the people on this island. Colin discusses some of the negative attention he has received, but focusses on the solutions and discussions […]
If you ever wondered what it was like to shoot socially distanced porn in the pandemic, my guest this week is here to tell you all about it. Ramses Rodstein is a trans queer porn performer and chats to me about bringing their culture into their porn films, trans representation on screen, and getting ready for a porn film festival by […]
In what is always the best podcast of the week, we were delighted to be joined by writer, activist and Good Friday Agreement advocate, Emma DeSouza, journalist and broadcaster, Dawn Foster and Trade Union Organisier and human rights activist, Julia Marciniak, who helped us look at the week that was. We talked: Edwin Poots, the DUP and where to for […]
In this episode of Policed: the Beat we talked to Helen Hall, CEO of the Policing Authority, about a consultation currently running on what should be the priorities for the work of An Garda Síochána next year. We discuss what it means to prioritise different things, why it matters that the public has a say in this, how it shapes […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Una Mullally, journalist and broadcaster and columnist with the Irish Times, about the housing crisis, the investor funds, the political implications of Government housing failure and new protests and movements that are inevitably ahead. We discuss the key issues of Generation Rent, Gentrification, Student accommodation, and the importance of a Referendum on the Right to […]