We all love a good story and award winning director, filmmaker and sleep deprived daddy, Ross Whitaker, knows how to tell them. From the Shane Lowry doc to the Katie Taylor film and on to the upcoming Italia 90 doc – The Boys in Green – we’ve all seen and enjoyed his work. Ross came into The Tortoise Shack to […]
Workers in the hospitality sector experience bullying, verbal and physical abuse and sexual harassment at levels that should shame us all. But given that many of these workers are migrants we seem to hardly notice. Our guest in the tortoise shack is Organiser in the Hospitality & Tourism Sectors with Unite Union, Julia Marcianiak. She tells us about her journey […]
Dr Anna Coote is head of social policy at the New Economics Foundation (NEF) and is a leading analyst, writer and advocate in the field of social policy. She is commissioner for health with the UK sustainable development commission (since 2000) and was previously a director of health policy at the King’s Fund from 1998-2004 before joining the Healthcare Commission […]
After a hundred or so podcasts as the interviewer, Rory Hearne is here as the interviewee. He is running for the Seanad as an independent candidate on the NUI panel. Rory tells us about his upbringing and how he developed his ideas around social justice through his work in community projects, activism and academia. Rory outlines how housing is central […]
In a very special podcast Chris Gray, tells us about the traumatic experience in his former role as a Facebook moderator. Chris outlines the process and how clinical the rules were and why the productivity demands left him mentally and physically drained. This is a fascinating insight into one of the biggest tech companies in the world and how they […]
We gotta talk about last night… Martin brings us his insights into the Sinn Féin meeting in Liberty Hall and what was in essence a return to old school politics. We discuss the slow bicycle race to the Fianna Gael Coalition and why they don’t have a willing mudguard. We also talk about the signs that our property market is […]
Could Coronavirus be the impetus for a National Unity Government? Martin thinks it should be. We discuss this crisis, the Sinn Féin public meetings and the hysterical reaction to them, the need for serious negotiations to happen now and who is really driving the Grand Coalition bus. Hint: it’s not Leo or Micheal. Join us: patreon.com/tortoiseshack << Back To The […]
We are delighted to be joined in the tortoise shack by student Jacob Woolf for a broad conversation on antisemitism, recognising it, the conspiracy theories surrounding it and knowing when cynical players are using it as a weapon rather than caring about what it really means. This is a deep dive into the subject and we cover the recent tweet […]