Ep.429 – Adam Mohamed: Untitled

It was a pleasure to be joined for what was his first ever podcast appearance by Adam Mohamed, to talk about his spoken word piece, Untitled. We are also joined by the producer of the video and long-time activist, Dean Scurry. Adam, it turns out, went to the same school as me. But only a few decades apart. We discuss […]

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Ep.428 – America in Meltdown with Séamus Malekafzali

A few minutes into what was scheduled to be a Tortoise Shack Patron Only podcast I got a message from Tortoise Shack regular Seamus Malekafzali, (Affairs Editor and Minnesotan) saying he was free to jump on zoom, so we went for it. We talk about the events in DC, the toothpaste that can’t be put back in the tube, the […]

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NPHET Na mBan – A Special Tortoise Shack Live Podcast

As part of Nollaig Na mBan, Dr Vicky Conway of Policed hosted a special Live Online Podcast with a great panel and a super engaged audience. The guests included Education Lecturer, Ciara Reilly, UCD Ast Prof Orla Hegarty, St James’s Hosp. Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh and TCD Professor, Aoife McLysaght. You’ll also hear from Anne Marie Quilligan on Traveller deprivation […]

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Ep.423 – Politics by Numbers with Kevin Cunningham

As we are all back watching Covid-19 graphs and numbers, we decided it’d be best to talk to someone who can actually make sense of them, so we went to Statistician and Political lecturer, Kevin Cunningham. As well as looking at the numbers we discuss the ways the Covid-19 pandemic has been covered and why the Govt haven’t kept pace […]

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Ep.424 – #ZeroCovid with Dr Julien Mercille

It was a pleasure to be joined by Assoc Professor in UCD and member of the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group, Julien Mercille, to discuss the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and that groups plan that if implemented could help to make this lockdown our last. We talk about how it can be achieved, the border as a blocker and the need for […]

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683. A Shared Struggle – Stories of Palestinian and Irish Hunger Strikers

We had the great pleasure of speaking with an incredible panel of people, Dr Asad Abu Shark, Norma Hashim, Yousef Alijamal and Danny Morrison, to discuss the book ‘A Shared Struggle – Stories of Palestinian and Irish Republican Hunger Strikers’. We discuss the mechanics of piecing together such a difficult and troubling book, the decades old solidarity between the struggles […]

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Speak or Survive – Niamh’s Story

In the second interview that we’ve conducted as part of our coverage of Peter McGuire’s excellent 2 part series ‘Speak or Survive’,(do read the both articles on Noteworthy) we speak with Niamh, who was a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Niamh begins by reading her letter to her abuser and tells us about the ways it has changed her and […]

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Speak or Survive: Stuart’s Story

In September 2020, Noteworthy published two award winning articles by journalist Peter McGuire on how victims of sexual violence are still fighting roadblocks to justice entitled Speak or Survive. Thanks to Peter, we were fortunate to speak to some of the contributors. These interviews were released previously to our patreon supporters. But we thought we’d share them with the wider […]

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