It was great to catch up with Prof Joe Haslam in Madrid to discuss the recent elections in Catalonia, what that means for the Independence movement and the issues around free speech that have surfaced over the arrest of the rapper Pablo Hasél. We also talk about the underlying inequality and how this is the real driver of social unrest, […]
This Reboot Republic podcast talks to Cian O Callaghan, Social Democrats TD for Dublin Bay North about the recent housing measures being introduced by the Government including the Land Development Agency Bill and Affordable Housing Bill. Cian outlines the issues with the Bills including the help to buy approach that will push up house prices- and that developers have lobbied […]
We have all heard lots of different misinformation and myths about sex, but thankfully sex educator Karishma Swarup is here to bust those myths and give us factual and fun information about sex. When sex education fails us, we might believe myths about condoms, pleasure, bodies, and even virginity, so Karishma joins me this week to set the record straight. […]
This week Tony led Linda, Martin and Caroline along with our special guests, Julien Mercille of ISAG, UCC’s Aman De Sondy and tortoise shack world champion, Saoirse McHugh, to talk about the stories of the week and some things that might’ve slipped under the radar. We discuss the Mother and Baby Homes Report (call to action below), Zero Covid Green […]
We thought we’d do a short reaction podcast about the clumsy announcement of a further 9 weeks in Level 5. But as a daddy of a Junior Cert student, I also wanted to cover the exam and school situation. So Soc Dems TD and Party Spokesperson for Education, Gary Gannon, joined us to delve into all of that. We also […]
This week’s ConverSayTrans podcast features Delroy Mpofu. Delroy talks about his love of Irish rugby and his life in his home country of Ireland before reflecting in his experience of being a trans man and growing up without any trans role models in Zimbabwe. We are very grateful to him for sharing his story. Checkout thestairlingscollective.com. Sound, Editing and Production […]
This terrific podcast talks to Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, a Digital Skills Lecturer in the Department of Psychology Maynooth University, about the mental health challenges for children, young people and their families, arising from pandemic related restrictions. Dr O Sullivan outlines how young people are at risk of suffering psychological consequences and why we need to consider the long-term impact of […]
When we heard the Govt say that they’re going to delay reforming the insurance sector as it would hamper Ireland’s attractiveness to international insurers, we had to do one of our all too regular impromptu patron only podcasts. We talk Ireland as a Corporate Paradise, the ESRI getting in trouble with the Government for telling the truth about house prices, […]