Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Last year I spoke with friend of mine, audiologist and tinnitus specialist, Frank McGrath and listeners really engaged with it. So this Tinnitus Awareness Week we decided to revisit a condition that impacts so many. Frank talks about the myths surrounding tinnitus, the treatments available, the pathways to management if a “cure” is impossible and […]
It was great to be joined for the first time in 2023 by tortoise shack regular, our favourite Irish-Russian US-based economist, Constantin Gurdgiev. He breaks down the US debt ceiling “crisis”, how much of the world is trying to dedollarise their economies and the bumpy economic road ahead of us in 2023 that will sadly lead to more polarisation unless […]
Thanks to Mr irishelectionprojections.com, Harry McEvansoneya, Dublin Inquirer Reporter, Shamim Malekmian and Campaigner and #BreakTheSilence organiser, Mick Finnegan, for joining us along with our online audience to chat about the week that was. Mick brings us up to date on the situation regarding the still unpublished St Johns Ambulance report into child sexual abuse. Then Harry goes into the polls […]
Listeners will be familiar with our guest, Chair of United Against Racism, Memet Uludag, and his work in countering the far right in Ireland. What is news to most is that he was recently in Lesbos, Greece, for the (sham)trial of 24 people charged with all sorts of trumped up charges for trying to help save people from drowning in […]
Scandal, scandal, and scandal. What has 2023 got in store for the UK, and how might that impact us? Rejoining me in the tortoise shack to answer these questions is listener-favourite, Prof Richard Murphy. We look at the NHS under pressure, Rishi Sunak’s unhelpful pledges, Labour’s lightweight opposition and what lies ahead for climate action, housing policy and health. Please […]
With far right elements pushing blame for the housing crisis towards people seeking international protection, rather than decades of bad government housing policy, 2023 could be a very volatile year. Joining us to discuss where the Govts Homes For All plan is at and what might be ahead, is Senior Business Reporter with the Business Post, Killian Woods. We talk […]
Listeners will recall Executive Director with Irish Rule of Law, Aonghus Kelly, last spoke to us about taking a sabbatical from his role and going to Ukraine to work with the EU’s Advisory Mission into war crimes and other atrocities taking place following the Russian invasion. Well he’s home for a few days and dropped into the tortoise shack to […]
It was fantastic to sit down with musician, spoken word poet, artist and Ballymuner, Adam Mohamed. We talk about growing up in Ballymun as a Black person, telling his truth and not accepting the narratives imposed on him, finding expression in poetry and creating an anthem for himself. We also discuss the protests in Ballymun, his disappointment with them and […]