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Vintage Sex Guides: Ep 144

From cherries to nagging wives, the world of vintage sex education is a mixed bag. Joining me this week is clinical sexologist Ness Cooper who shares her collection of vintage sex guides and shares some of the more…unusual suggestions. Find Ness at nesscooper.co.uk   Support us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack << Back To The Glow West Podcast https://media.blubrry.com/glow-west/media.blubrry.com/glowwest/content.blubrry.com/glowwest/SexGuides_Glowwes.mp3Podcast (glow-west): Play in new […]

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Exclusive: Shocking Attack at Attempted Illegal Eviction

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Yesterday at 1:20pm a man attempted to cut his way into a house in order to carry out an illegal eviction. The tenant, Dr Muhammad Raheel, confronted the landlord, who then approached him with an electric saw telling him that he’d split him open. The Doctor reported this attempted assault to his local Garda station. […]

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1015. Political Shit-Fits and the Citizens Assembly on Drugs

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We did a very, very patron-only podcast on the news of the week where we looked at the explosion of Fine Gael angst about Leo Varadkar, the little Englander’s going insane over Biden and what is happening in the US in terms of abortion and culture wars. Then friend of the pod and drug decriminalisation […]

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1007. Against the Hate – Live from Unite the Union

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack A little while ago we were invited to facilitate and record two discussions at Unite the Union, as part of the May Day Badge Appeal. In this first live podcast Tony is joined by MASI’s Lucky Khambule and United Against Racism’s Memet Uludag with the theme of Against the Hate. Both Lucky and Memet talk […]

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2. Policing

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Join Emma in conversation with Daniel Holder, Director at the Committee on the Administration of Justice, to explore post-conflict and post-reform policing and justice in Northern Ireland. This episode examines the Agreement, asking whether it delivered transitional justice or a stopgap on legacy and the impact of the UK government’s Legacy Bill. The podcast on […]

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272. School Teachers Emigrating to Australia Because of the Housing Crisis

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In This Reboot Republic, Rory talks to Dara MacGearailt, a primary school teacher in his mid 20s, who has emigrated to Australia because of the cost of rent and living in Dublin. This is the lived reality and explains how the housing crisis is forcing a generation of young people to leave Ireland, it’s about […]

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282. Homelessness, Solidarity and Compassion with Fr Peter McVerry

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory & Tony talk to Fr Peter McVerry about the reasons behind the lifting of the eviction ban, how the Government knew about the figures facing eviction, yet still went ahead, the political machinations around the decision, the need to reinstate the ban and make the tenant in situ scheme work. […]

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Echo 1000

Here it is, our 1000th Episode. Thanks for listening, sharing, liking, hating and helping us highlight, fight and tackle the issues that matter as an independent activist-based platform. What a journey. Please come onboard for the next 1000 at patreon.com/tortoiseshack https://media.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/content.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/Echo_Pod_Ep_1000a.mp3Podcast (echochamber): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:11:24 — 52.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS […]

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