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Bold with Joe McGucken

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Writer, actor, comedian and podcaster, Joe McGucken sits down with Ray for a chat about vulnerability, bravery, recovery, love, people-pleasing, comedy, art and his new podcast series Bold. This is super. https://media.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/media.blubrry.com/3816464/content.blubrry.com/3816464/sparks_will_fly_ep9.mp3Podcast (tortoiseshack-ie-sparks_will_fly): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:30:13 — 87.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: RSS

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48. Gaza – The Returning

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this PalCast, Yousef and Tony are joined by special guest, Gazan Political Analyst and Advocate, Muhammad Shehada. They discuss the return of over a million people to their destroyed homes in the north of Gaza, Trumps plan for ethnic cleansing, the arrest of Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah and yes, even the ridiculous “condoms for […]

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1406. The Bike Shed Economy

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Poverty Pay on the Government Payroll In this Echo Chamber Pod we are joined by national organiser with the Independent Workers Union (https://www.union.ie/) Alex Homits, to discuss how the State and many State services are currently outsourced to largely untaxed and unaccountable companies at a cost of tens of millions to us and very much […]

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1414. International Co-operation, Not Militarisation with Senator Alice-Mary Higgins

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this podcast we are joined by two-term Senator (looking to be reelected on the NUI Panel) Alice-Mary Higgins. We talk about her work in scrutinising, amending and improving legislation, her determination to put society and environment before market interests in our political decision making process and her ambition to work for better international outcomes […]

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47. Will the Ceasefire Hold?

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this PalCast, host Helena Cobban and producer Tony Groves turn the tables on new father (congratulations) and PalCast’s resident expert, Yousef Aljamal by asking him to explain what is happening since the ceasefire was agreed, what it means on the ground and what Gaza needs now from the international community. We also talk about […]

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8. Come on a Journey

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoise shack Ballymun native, Celine Burke, aka Lily, talks about her experiences with anxiety and severe agoraphobia during her teens and how she navigated her way out to the other side. Come on the journey. The Dáil Chaos Podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-120553023 https://media.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/media.blubrry.com/3816464/content.blubrry.com/3816464/sparks_will_fly_ep8.mp3Podcast (tortoiseshack-ie-sparks_will_fly): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:29:15 — 84.1MB) | […]

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1403. The Housing Crisis in 2025

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this podcast housing expert and lecturer, Dr Lorcan Sirr, joins us to talk about the housing bubble in the affordable housing market, the issue of homelessness as an acceptable feature (and not a bug) of the current market and so much more. I’d argue this is as good a ‘The State of Housing Going […]

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1407. Trump 2.0 and the Occupied Territories Bill

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this pre-inauguration podcast, US-based professor of economics, Constantin Gurdgiev, rejoins us to talk Trump 2.0, the Tariff wars, housing inequality as the key driver of political polarisation in both the US and Ireland, the fires that swept California and what, if any, impact Ireland passing the Occupied Territories Bill will have on our economy. […]

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