You may have seen the investigation into the ‘Potential fraud’ in poultry farm planning applications:https://www.noteworthy.ie/factory-farm-pt1-teagasc-news-5800977-Jul2022/ Joining me to discuss this, the damage it can cause and what is happening now is Investigative Reporter with Noteworthy, Niall Sargent. Niall talks about the recurring problems of light-touch regulation and how “chicken litter” (chicken shit to you and me) at such high volumes […]
Being a woman in the public eye is not an easy thing, especially when we throw sex into the mix. Camille Melissa Warning returns to the podcast to talk about sex tapes, scandals, trials, and more and asks how visual terrorism impacts women. Find Camille at @thephotographictheorist 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/SexTapes_Glowwest.mp3Podcast […]
I’ve just been joined on the podcast by Neuroscientist and TCD Prof, Tomás Ryan to discuss the current Covid 19 Wave and ask why are we sleepwalking into another winter of discontent. We discuss the most recent findings about Long Covid, repeat infections and the potentially devastating impacts it can have. Tomás outlines the mitigations that are open to government […]
If you have seen the shocking images of the 37 people killed at the Moroccan/Spanish Border enclave of Melilla you will know why so many people are correctly calling out Fortress Europe for its migration policy double standards. Joining me to discuss these tragic and horrific events, the EU/Spanish Govts role in same and what it means for the looming […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Sharon Crandall who is being made homeless on Thursday. Her and her son are losing their rental home, and Sharon is going living in her car as she has not been able to find somewhere to live in the place she has lived for twenty years, West Kerry. Sharon is upset, and explains in human […]
There’s a lot of popular economic narratives out there at the moment that don’t seem to tally with the lived experience of a majority in our society. It can be hard to make sense of it all. So it was great to chat again with UCD’s Assoc Prof of Political Economy, Aidan Regan, to delve into it framing, figures and […]
We watched with sadness as the US Supreme Court overturned Roe and Casey last week. But we weren’t without hope. Joining us to discuss what it means, the lessons grassroots activists have learned and where the hope is are former Socialist Party TD and ROSA cofounder, Ruth Coppinger, academic, activist and Author of Repealed, Dr Camilla Fitzsimons and activist and […]
In this Reboot Republic podcast Rory talks to Chloé Serme-Morin, external researcher & coordinator of the annual Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe produced by FEANTSA & Abbé Pierre Foundation. We discuss what have EU Governments committed to in ending homelessness by 2030, the rise in, and impact of, evictions across the EU, the lifting of pandemic housing prevention measures, […]