1270. The UK General Election: Under New Management?

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Rejoining us on the podcast is listener favourite, Prof Richard Murphy and he’s is in feisty form. Richard outlines the societal challenges and the economic realities facing the UK, as well as the political and financial options available to the soon-to-be new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. Richard also, quite rightly, defends himself from the people […]

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1271. Ms. M – A Voice From Within RTE

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack No current RTE bogus self employed employee has been allowed to speak publicly. Unions refuse to have their voices heard, mainstream media is terrified of RTE and even the Oireachtas has been told by unauthorised legal figures to ensure the bogus self employed workers get no voice in the ongoing hearings and investigations into the […]

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17. Gaza and the Quakers – Decades of Solidarity

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Editors Note: This is the first PalCast since Yousef’s sister, Fatima was killed in Gaza. Yousef talks about her at the beginning. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) started Palestinian refugee camps in Gaza in 1948. The AFSC’s educational work in Palestine goes back to the early 1900s when the first Quaker School, the Friends […]

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#34- Jonathan Smith

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The Ballymunners are joined by aul beardy blue balls himself, Jonathan Smith, for a chat about everything from Cuba to Cafés. They also explore the importance of fellowships, fireworks, family and friends. The Gaza Appeal is here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/nuseirat-dr-105860337 https://media.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/media.blubrry.com/3714238/content.blubrry.com/3714238/ep_34_newest.mp3Podcast (tortoiseshack-ie-freshbatch): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:02 — 48.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify […]

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1272. The Last Time We Can Hit Snooze – The Election Results Special

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack This is a bumper podcast on everything (the Sinn Féin fall, the far right gains and more) that we know so far on the results of the Local and European Elections. Joining us to break it down is the best in the biz (and massive Carly Rae Jepsen fan) Mr irishelectionprojections.com, Harry McEvansoneya. This is […]

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1269. Nuseirat, Gaza with Dr Musallam Abukhalil and Adam SpiceBag Doyle

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack It was a pleasure to be rejoined on the podcast from Nuseirat by Dr Musallam Abukhalil from the medical shelter where he works with his colleagues and the volunteers with Dignity for Palestine, and activist artist Adam SpiceBag Doyle. We just wish it was under better circumstances. We talk about how things are right now […]

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#33 – Colm Quearney / Singer Songwriter

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Close friend, Musician and Singer Songwriter Colm Quearney brings Sparky and Dean a bag of fresh chips and sits down for warm chat about the importance of music, family and friendships. He gets honest about how therapy helped him figure out what’s important in his life and tells about some of the exciting projects he […]

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16. Dark Humour for Dark Times with Tadhg Hickey

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack On this episode of PalCast, Yousef, Helena and Tony are joined by comedian, satirist and activist, Tadhg Hickey to talk about the role that activist art plays in protesting the ongoing genocide in Gaza and how the price creatives pay for speaking up is a price he gladly pays. They discuss the need for laughter […]

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