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The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

Tortoise Shack Media

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The Irish independent news, politics and culture podcast that doesn't take itself too seriously. Join hosts Tony Groves and Martin McMahon and a wide range of guests as the tackle everything from twitter to the Taoiseach. There will be shenanigans!

Cover art by @Ciaraioch

Gaza, On Grief and Going OnEpisode • Aug 14

Trump vs The InternationaleEpisode • Aug 13

A Ballymun BlendEpisode • Aug 9

Writing our Stories – Taqwa Al-WawiEpisode • Aug 7

You Can’t Hate Up CloseEpisode • Aug 1

Gaza and Loss on Every LevelEpisode • Jul 31

Fighting Class War is Proper Climate ActionEpisode • Jul 30

Gaza versus Western JournalismEpisode • Jul 26

They Are Deliberately Starving UsEpisode • Jul 23

Gaza and the Cracks in Western ImperialismEpisode • Jul 22

Gaza and a Smile of HopeEpisode • Jul 19

Fast Fashion and the Bonfire of Human Rights RegulationsEpisode • Jul 17

1481. Starmer’s Annus Horribilis and Why Democracy is a Participatory SportEpisode • Jul 15

69. Israel Killed my Mother TwiceEpisode • Jul 13

1480. Gaza, Glastonbury and Cultural Capital with Lexi AlexanderEpisode • Jul 10

1477. President Luke Ming Flanagan?Episode • Jul 7

68. My Guitar vs Genocide – Gaza’s BirdsongEpisode • Jul 4

1478. RTE points the blame at Revenue!Episode • Jul 2

1472. Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places – The Government’s Housing PlanEpisode • Jun 30

1476. Free Sarah McInerney!Episode • Jun 23

1470. Your Illegal Public Services CardEpisode • Jun 20

67. Gaza and the People vs PoliticsEpisode • Jun 18

1471. Race Riots and a Lack of Leadership in LoyalismEpisode • Jun 15

1469. The Global March to GazaEpisode • Jun 12

66. PalCast in BelfastEpisode • Jun 11

1464. RTE’s Deliberate DishonestyEpisode • Jun 9

1467. Colonial Outcasts with Greg Stoker and Liam CunninghamEpisode • Jun 7

1461. Not Everything is the Spanish Civil War, EoghanEpisode • Jun 5

65. Israel’s Deadly Humanitarian Aid PlanEpisode • Jun 3

1463. We Need to Fight Anti-Trans LawfareEpisode • May 30

64. ‘I Saved Him Only For My Taxes To Pay For The Bomb That Then Killed Him’Episode • May 28

1459. Gaza, Hollywood and Cork with Lexi AlexanderEpisode • May 26

389. Finding Hope and Community when Everything Is Broken – Abubaker AbedEpisode • May 22

1458. Electric Picnic for Trade Union nerds!Episode • May 21

63. Banyas the Storyteller.Episode • May 20

1460. “Keir Starmer came out as a full-on racist”Episode • May 19

1457. Ireland’s One Trillion Euro Tax MirageEpisode • May 17

62. I’m Not a Beast with a Horn, But a Freedom Fighter with a StoneEpisode • May 14

1455. Everyone Should Have a Home – 3 Years OnEpisode • May 13

61. Goodbye from GenocideEpisode • May 8

60. My Smile is ResistanceEpisode • May 1

1452. Maybe I’m Amazed with John HarrisEpisode • Apr 29

1443. An Post vs Your Local Post OfficeEpisode • Apr 26

59. One Day in GazaEpisode • Apr 24

1450. Travellers Not InvitedEpisode • Apr 21

1449. Journalism has failed Palestinian Journalists with Niall SargentEpisode • Apr 18

1445. An Austerity of AmbitionEpisode • Apr 17

1447. From Sympathy to Solidarity with Dr Ciarán O’CarrollEpisode • Apr 15

1441. RTE vs the Law – Is the Gig (Economy) Up?Episode • Apr 13

58. My Students Kept Me GoingEpisode • Apr 12

1444. Still Not Heard, Still Not SafeEpisode • Apr 11

1436. Extermination Camps in MexicoEpisode • Apr 9

RTE Receiving Illegal State AidEpisode • Apr 6

57. We Are Not Doing Enough!Episode • Apr 4

1437. A Bad State of Affairs with Simon McGarrEpisode • Apr 1

56. When my Aunt died I stopped living – Maram’s StoryEpisode • Mar 30

1431. ReArm EU vs Irish NeutralityEpisode • Mar 28

1434. Trump, Tariffs and Tax Haven IrelandEpisode • Mar 26

1435. Cancelled or Fair Criticism?Episode • Mar 24

1427. Lynn Boylan is going back to PalestineEpisode • Mar 23

1429. From Corporate Law to the Ukraine-Russia WarEpisode • Mar 21

54. The Three Times I Should Have DiedEpisode • Mar 14

1433. The Ditch to Publish Children’s Hip Operations Report!Episode • Mar 12

1430. RTE back in the Workplace Relations Commission next week!Episode • Mar 12

1428. Trump, Zelenskyy and the DOGE’ing of DemocracyEpisode • Mar 10

53. Interrogated, Tortured and Still Determined – Dr Khaled AlserEpisode • Mar 8

1426. ‘Where did Sinn Féin f@ck up, Matt?’Episode • Mar 6

1423. Boe Conroy in Bo, Sierra LeoneEpisode • Mar 4

1421. There’s Money for War, Just Not the War on Poverty – Prof Richard MurphyEpisode • Mar 2

52. Gaza – ‘We Stayed Knowing That We’d Either Live Together Or Die Together’Episode • Feb 27

1419. The Opposition’s Spokesperson for Lowry’s Lackey’s, Paul MurphyEpisode • Feb 26

1416. A Cohesive and More Oppositional Opposition with Cian O’CallaghanEpisode • Feb 24

51. Rebuilding More than BuildingsEpisode • Feb 21

11. The Departed Stay Present – Meryl StreekEpisode • Feb 20

1418. Post-Election Blues with Adam – SpiceBag – DoyleEpisode • Feb 16

50. Support Gazan DoctorsEpisode • Feb 13

1415. The Gist with Simon McGarrEpisode • Feb 10

1410. Beating the Billionaire BroligarchyEpisode • Feb 7

49. This is Gaza – Trump’s Clownish Ethnic Cleansing PlanEpisode • Feb 5

1413. I Was Always Me with Jenny MaguireEpisode • Feb 2

48. Gaza – The ReturningEpisode • Jan 31

1406. The Bike Shed EconomyEpisode • Jan 28

1414. International Co-operation, Not Militarisation with Senator Alice-Mary HigginsEpisode • Jan 26

1403. The Housing Crisis in 2025Episode • Jan 22

1407. Trump 2.0 and the Occupied Territories BillEpisode • Jan 20

46. #GazaCeasefire – A First StepEpisode • Jan 16

1408. ‘Bankrupt Overnight’ – Kevin Bakhurst admits that RTE is insolventEpisode • Jan 15

1404. People Like Me, with Lynn RuaneEpisode • Jan 13

1396. Out of, But Still in GazaEpisode • Jan 11

1400. Spain, We Love You, AwfullyEpisode • Jan 9

1390. The Year of the ChainsawEpisode • Jan 4

45. Gaza and the Heroism of Those Who Don’t Want to be HeroesEpisode • Jan 2

1393. We Need Radical Compassion in 2025Episode • Jan 1

1392. UK 2024 Wrap – Labour’s Progressive Regression with Prof Richard MurphyEpisode • Dec 30, 2024

1395. Fulfilling Promises to the Disabled CommunityEpisode • Dec 29, 2024

44. Gaza – A Child’s Christmas Wish for PeaceEpisode • Dec 26, 2024

1397. The Tortoise Shack Wrap of 2024Episode • Dec 24, 2024

1389. No, No Happy Christmas to RTE. Up the Workers!Episode • Dec 22, 2024

1385. Left Unity in 2025?Episode • Dec 20, 2024

1386. Imprisonment as a Last ResortEpisode • Dec 17, 2024

1388. Inside Syria – Hope and DespairEpisode • Dec 13, 2024

1382. The Hard Work Has Started with Sinn Féin’s Mairéad FarrellEpisode • Dec 12, 2024

1381. Gary Gannon on the Next DáilEpisode • Dec 10, 2024

1377. A Game Changing Freedom of Information WinEpisode • Dec 9, 2024

1380. Paul Lazarus Murphy on the Next Dáil and GE2024Episode • Dec 6, 2024

41. Gaza Latest and Remembering RefaatEpisode • Dec 5, 2024

1364. America: From Exceptionalism to IsolationismEpisode • Dec 3, 2024

1376. The BIG Election Reaction PodcastEpisode • Dec 1, 2024

1373. GE2024 – The Candidates, Rory HearneEpisode • Nov 28, 2024

1371. GE2024 – Political Polar OppositesEpisode • Nov 28, 2024

1369. GE2024 – Climate Action, The Dog That Didn’t Bark?Episode • Nov 27, 2024

1366. GE 2024 – The Candidates – John LyonsEpisode • Nov 27, 2024

1367. GE2024, The Candidates – Dr Jen CumminsEpisode • Nov 26, 2024

1361. GE2024: The Candidates with Síomha Ní AonghusaEpisode • Nov 26, 2024

1360. GE2024 – The Candidates, Lorna BogueEpisode • Nov 25, 2024

GE2024 – The Candidates, Hazel ChuEpisode • Nov 25, 2024

1365. GE2024 and RTE’s Hurt FeelingsEpisode • Nov 24, 2024

1357. GE2024 – The Candidates, Thomas PringleEpisode • Nov 23, 2024

1354. GE 2024, The Candidates – Conor ReddyEpisode • Nov 21, 2024

1353. GE2024 The Candidates – Neasa HouriganEpisode • Nov 19, 2024

1355. #GE2024 – The Polls and ProjectionsEpisode • Nov 17, 2024

39. A More Democratic Genocide with Ahmed MasoudEpisode • Nov 16, 2024

1351. GE 2024 – The Candidates, Chris PenderEpisode • Nov 14, 2024

1352. America, We Need to TalkEpisode • Nov 12, 2024

1349. GE2024 – The Candidates: David Cullinane and Sinn Féin’s Prescription for ChangeEpisode • Nov 10, 2024

1347. GE 2024 – The Candidates, Patricia StephensonEpisode • Nov 9, 2024

38. Gaza – Medics Under FireEpisode • Nov 7, 2024

1345. General Election 2024: The Candidates, Ciarán AhernEpisode • Nov 6, 2024

1344. General Election 2024, The Candidates – Hazel De NortúinEpisode • Nov 4, 2024

1339. A Clash of Culture? – Shrapnel on EchoEpisode • Nov 1, 2024

1346. General Election 2024 and the Role of MediaEpisode • Oct 30, 2024

1342. The US Election and the Case for Optimistic PessimismEpisode • Oct 28, 2024

378. Labouring Forward with John HarrisEpisode • Oct 26, 2024

36. ‘Our Hope is a Reflection of Your Hope’ – Abubaker Abed in GazaEpisode • Oct 24, 2024

1336. Death in the CanariesEpisode • Oct 22, 2024

1338. The United States of BedwettingEpisode • Oct 20, 2024

35. The Palestine Laboratory and Ethnic Cleansing via AlgorithmEpisode • Oct 18, 2024

1333. The First Ever A.I War and Digital ErasureEpisode • Oct 16, 2024

1337. Brian Stanley’s Kangaroo CourtEpisode • Oct 14, 2024

The Digital Safety Act – It’s UnworkableEpisode • Oct 11, 2024

34. Gaza – One Year OnEpisode • Oct 9, 2024

1334. The Planning Bill We’ll All Have to Pay ForEpisode • Oct 8, 2024

1322. Taxing Problems: Ireland Beyond AppleEpisode • Oct 7, 2024

1330. The Tortoise Bike Shed Shack Budget SpecialEpisode • Oct 3, 2024

33. The Israeli-American War ExpandsEpisode • Oct 2, 2024

1329. Lebanon on the EdgeEpisode • Sep 30, 2024

32. Keeping Gaza AliveEpisode • Sep 29, 2024

1313. The Future of Work – RTE Workers SpeakEpisode • Sep 27, 2024

The US Presidential Election and the Global Economy with Constantin GurdgievEpisode • Sep 25, 2024

1320. Dignity for Palestine and SpiceBagEpisode • Sep 23, 2024

1316. Identifying and Countering Antisemitism with Harry McEvansoneyaEpisode • Sep 20, 2024

31. Refaat Writes BackEpisode • Sep 19, 2024

1321. Pager Bombs in Lebanon – A Dangerous EscalationEpisode • Sep 18, 2024

1311. The Future of Work – Live from the Sugar ClubEpisode • Sep 16, 2024

1312. Sinn Féin’s A Home of Your Own plan with Eoin Ó BroinEpisode • Sep 14, 2024

30. Gaza – Art in a GenocideEpisode • Sep 12, 2024

1315. The Apple Tax – What it Really MeansEpisode • Sep 11, 2024

1310. Israeli Weapons in Irish Airspace with The DitchEpisode • Sep 6, 2024

29. From Heaven to Hell: Seven Months in GazaEpisode • Sep 4, 2024

1308. Postmasters Sold Out?Episode • Sep 3, 2024

1309. ‘The Gig Economy Is a Lie’ – A Game Changing Win for WorkersEpisode • Aug 30, 2024

28. Gaza – Paralysed By FearEpisode • Aug 28, 2024

1305. The SpyCops Scandal – Police Preying on the VulnerableEpisode • Aug 27, 2024

1306. Delay, Deny and Wait For Me to Die with Noelle BrownEpisode • Aug 24, 2024

27. My Children Draw Pictures of a Home That No Longer ExistsEpisode • Aug 21, 2024

1303. Beyond Electric Picnic and Other StoriesEpisode • Aug 17, 2024

26. Gaza: A Crucial Week To ComeEpisode • Aug 14, 2024

1300. Labour’s Unnecessary AusterityEpisode • Aug 13, 2024

Gaza, Hamas and Israel Expanding the WarEpisode • Aug 8, 2024

1294. The Housing Crisis with Killian WoodsEpisode • Aug 6, 2024

1298. The Far Right – A Warning From Recent HistoryEpisode • Aug 2, 2024

24. Gaza – The World Doesn’t Care EnoughEpisode • Jul 31, 2024

1292. Hana Salah – I SurvivedEpisode • Jul 28, 2024

1291. Bolivian Coups, Venezuela Votes and Panama Says NoEpisode • Jul 26, 2024

23. Gaza, the Beijing Agreement and US Political PantomimeEpisode • Jul 24, 2024

1296. Biden’s Gone: The Optimists Guide to PessimismEpisode • Jul 22, 2024

1289. Is the EU Going Right? Results are MixedEpisode • Jul 20, 2024

1293. Sinn Féin’s Review and Trump ShotEpisode • Jul 18, 2024

22. ‘I Woke Crying Knowing That I Had To Leave’Episode • Jul 17, 2024

1290. The LocalsEpisode • Jul 15, 2024

1278. The Whistelblowers: The One Billion Euro BlackholeEpisode • Jul 13, 2024

21. Gaza – Lancet Report of 186,000 DeadEpisode • Jul 11, 2024

1287. The UK Election SpecialEpisode • Jul 11, 2024

20. Gaza: Nine Months of TerrorEpisode • Jul 3, 2024

1279. The EU Migration Pact – “We’ve Lost the War”Episode • Jul 2, 2024

1284. Biden vs Trump – The Gone Man vs the Con ManEpisode • Jun 29, 2024

1281. The Side of the Story that RTE Wanted Left UntoldEpisode • Jun 27, 2024

19. Maha Hussaini in Gaza – You Cannot Be Neutral in a GenocideEpisode • Jun 26, 2024

1277. Eoin Ó Broin on Sinn Féin’s Election Results and the Planning BillEpisode • Jun 24, 2024

1273. Exclusive: Still No Stone UnturnedEpisode • Jun 21, 2024

18. Gaza – A Mother and a TeacherEpisode • Jun 19, 2024

1270. The UK General Election: Under New Management?Episode • Jun 17, 2024

1271. Ms. M – A Voice From Within RTEEpisode • Jun 14, 2024

17. Gaza and the Quakers – Decades of SolidarityEpisode • Jun 12, 2024

1272. The Last Time We Can Hit Snooze – The Election Results SpecialEpisode • Jun 10, 2024

1269. Nuseirat, Gaza with Dr Musallam Abukhalil and Adam SpiceBag DoyleEpisode • Jun 9, 2024

16. Dark Humour for Dark Times with Tadhg HickeyEpisode • Jun 5, 2024

1261. Mexico’s New President, Milei vs Sanchez and Ethno-nationalism in the Dominican RepublicEpisode • Jun 3, 2024

1258. The Far Right are Miles Ahead of UsEpisode • Jun 1, 2024

15. The Tent Massacre and why the Streets are Still with PalestineEpisode • May 29, 2024

1255. The European Elections – Do It For Dublin?Episode • May 28, 2024

1260. RTE – Collusion, Corruption and a Quasi-Legal SystemEpisode • May 26, 2024

1257. Poll-ageddon for the Left?Episode • May 24, 2024

14. Gaza – Heartbreak and Heroism with Journalist, Aseel MousaEpisode • May 22, 2024

1254. Gaza and the Rafah Crossing: ‘Silence is Complicity’ – Mahmoud MushtahaEpisode • May 20, 2024

13. #GazaGenocide – Farming and the Land of PalestineEpisode • May 15, 2024

1247. RTE Pt 3. The Media Committee and Social Welfare FraudEpisode • May 15, 2024

354. The Hope We Can’t See Yet with John HarrisEpisode • May 13, 2024

1253. A Tiny Revolution with Jon SchwarzEpisode • May 11, 2024

The An Post Scandal – The Full StoryEpisode • May 9, 2024

12. Dignity for Palestine – Dr Abukhalil in GazaEpisode • May 8, 2024

1249. The Last Lefty StandingEpisode • May 6, 2024

1250. Losing Doctors from the Health Service because of our Visa SystemEpisode • May 4, 2024

11. Gaza and the US Student DemonstrationsEpisode • May 1, 2024

1245. The An Post ScandalEpisode • Apr 27, 2024

1243. A Vision for Dublin and No Pasarán with Hazel ChuEpisode • Apr 26, 2024

10. Gaza: 200 Days of GenocideEpisode • Apr 24, 2024

1240. RTE Part 2: “Sue Me Regina” – The Story ContinuesEpisode • Apr 22, 2024

1239. Taxing Questions – Prof Richard MurphyEpisode • Apr 19, 2024

9. Gaza: Stopping the Weapons of WarEpisode • Apr 17, 2024

1237. Keith Walsh vs RTE – Part 1Episode • Apr 15, 2024

1234. RTE (not so) UpfrontEpisode • Apr 12, 2024

8. The Saddest EidEpisode • Apr 10, 2024

1233. Dirty WaterEpisode • Apr 9, 2024

1232. Our (Deliberately) Broken Asylum SystemEpisode • Apr 5, 2024

7. World Central Kitchen and Atrocity PoliticsEpisode • Apr 3, 2024

1235. The World Central Kitchen attack with UN Special Rapporteur, Mary LawlorEpisode • Apr 2, 2024

#27 – Fatboy / BricknastyEpisode • Apr 2, 2024

1224. Constantin Gurdgiev – Economic Metrics Don’t Reflect the Real WorldEpisode • Mar 29, 2024

6. Protesting for Palestine: The Diasporas ExperienceEpisode • Mar 27, 2024

1226. The Planning Bill – The greatest act of self harm that the Irish State has ever inflicted on itselfEpisode • Mar 26, 2024

1231. From ‘Let Leo Lead’ to ‘Let Leo Leave’Episode • Mar 24, 2024

1215. The Nature Restoration Laws Debate – Flanagan vs FogartyEpisode • Mar 23, 2024

1229. Leo Varadkar stands down – What is his real legacy?Episode • Mar 20, 2024

1214. Chainsaw Libertarians and Bitcoin AutocratsEpisode • Mar 19, 2024

1225. ‘It Shouldn’t Be This Hard’ – St John Ambulance, One Year After the Shannon ReportEpisode • Mar 15, 2024

#24 – Damien DempseyEpisode • Mar 14, 2024

4. Gaza and the Price of Speaking the TruthEpisode • Mar 13, 2024

1221. An Omnishambles Inside a Clusterf@ck!Episode • Mar 11, 2024

1220. Exclusive: The Ditch on the Attorney General’s Advice LeakEpisode • Mar 8, 2024

3. The Palestinian Voice with Fady JoudahEpisode • Mar 6, 2024

1217. Vote No on the Care ReferendumEpisode • Mar 6, 2024

1211. Candidate Rory HearneEpisode • Mar 3, 2024

1205. No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition, Until They DoEpisode • Feb 29, 2024

2. The Death of Aaron Bushnell and Israel’s Depopulation Plan for PalestineEpisode • Feb 28, 2024

#23 The Fresh Batch – We’re Moving To The Tortoise ShackEpisode • Feb 26, 2024

1188. I Live in a Rich Country. Why am I so Poor?Episode • Feb 25, 2024

1207. The Care Referendum – No Justiciable Rights?Episode • Feb 22, 2024

1. Gaza, Hawaii, Indigenous People and Modern Settler ColonialismEpisode • Feb 21, 2024

1195. Making Affordable Homes Actually AffordableEpisode • Feb 19, 2024

1204. “If the bombs don’t kill me, starvation will” – Mahmoud Mushtaha in Gaza CityEpisode • Feb 18, 2024

1201. Homeless in Dublin, While my Family is Struggling in GazaEpisode • Feb 16, 2024

1187. The European Misfit – Luke Ming FlanaganEpisode • Feb 14, 2024

Where is the ‘Care’ in Social Care?Episode • Feb 13, 2024

1196. Let It Bring Hope – The Free Derry Wall with SpiceBag and Pattern UpEpisode • Feb 12, 2024

1181. A Look Inside America, with Jon SchwarzEpisode • Feb 8, 2024

23. Gaza – Hope, Hunger and HeartbreakEpisode • Feb 7, 2024

1192. Tinnitus AwarenessEpisode • Feb 5, 2024

1194. Chasing Heat: Polling, Immigration and ArsonEpisode • Feb 4, 2024

‘My Brother is Getting Out of Gaza’Episode • Feb 3, 2024

1193. Baraa’s Story: From Gaza to Dublin – An “Unvetted Male of Fighting Age”Episode • Feb 1, 2024

1189. Sometimes You Have to Make a FUSSEpisode • Jan 31, 2024

Emma Dolan on Political ApologyEpisode • Jan 30, 2024

1180. Don’t Compare Me To The Almighty, Compare Me To The AlternativeEpisode • Jan 25, 2024

20. When a Safe Zone becomes a Kill BoxEpisode • Jan 24, 2024

337. Mental Health and Homelessness – Hope through HousingEpisode • Jan 23, 2024

1177. Covid Excess Deaths and the Covid InquiryEpisode • Jan 22, 2024

19. Gaza – There Are No Homes Left To Go Back ToEpisode • Jan 20, 2024

1182. ‘Ireland is Broken’ – Andy McNultyEpisode • Jan 19, 2024

1186. Who Do ‘far right’ voters vote for?Episode • Jan 17, 2024

1184. Bernadette Devlin McAliskey at the National Demonstration for PalestineEpisode • Jan 14, 2024

17. Israel at the ICJ – Thank You, South AfricaEpisode • Jan 13, 2024

16. Israel at the ICJ and Mapping Out a Return to GazaEpisode • Jan 11, 2024

1179. Palestine Over 90 Days Later – Hannah McCarthy in RamallahEpisode • Jan 10, 2024

1053. The Other Shoe DroppedEpisode • Jan 9, 2024

15. U.S Politics and Palestine with Ambassador Chas W. FreemanEpisode • Jan 6, 2024

1172. Stalemates and No Mates? – Northern Ireland 2023/24Episode • Jan 4, 2024

14. Displacement in Gaza and Israel at the ICJEpisode • Jan 3, 2024

Climate (In)Action – More Blah, Blah, Blah?Episode • Jan 2, 2024

1168. Tadhg Hickey on Gaza, Activist Art and being Honest about DishonestyEpisode • Dec 31, 2023

13. Israel’s Oops we used the ‘Inappropriate’ Weapon of Mass DestructionEpisode • Dec 30, 2023

The Lost Opportunity with Tony NovoselEpisode • Dec 29, 2023

1166. Reviewing 2023 with The DitchEpisode • Dec 27, 2023

1171. ‘I Can’t Sleep’ with Paul BiggarEpisode • Dec 24, 2023

12. Christmas in PalestineEpisode • Dec 23, 2023

1163. Who the F@@k is Scott Moore?Episode • Dec 22, 2023

Ed Moloney, a Life Less OrdinaryEpisode • Dec 22, 2023

11. The War on Education in GazaEpisode • Dec 20, 2023

333. Ireland for All – The Dublin RiotsEpisode • Dec 19, 2023

1161. Irish Nationalism, Sinn Féin and the far rightEpisode • Dec 17, 2023

10. Humiliation as a Tactic of WarEpisode • Dec 16, 2023

David Blevins – The First Draft of HistoryEpisode • Dec 15, 2023

1160. The Failure of Bidenomics and Schrödinger’s Property CrashEpisode • Dec 14, 2023

9. Palestine and Latin AmericaEpisode • Dec 13, 2023

1152. ‘We’re Becoming Immune to the Shock’ – CAMHS UpdateEpisode • Dec 12, 2023

The Life and Killing of Dr Refaat Alareer, Gaza’s StorytellerEpisode • Dec 9, 2023

1146. The Gig Economy – Prof Stephen KinsellaEpisode • Dec 7, 2023

7. Gaza – Nothing Kills Like HungerEpisode • Dec 6, 2023

1158. “Where is the International Community?” – Gaza and the morning from HellEpisode • Dec 4, 2023

1153. Another Tory Reset and the Thatcherite Keir StarmerEpisode • Dec 3, 2023

6. ‘Even Our Dead Bodies Are Punished’ – Israel is Redefining SavageryEpisode • Dec 2, 2023

1157. Israel-Palestine: The ‘War’ Has Restarted – ‘Everyone in Gaza needs a Hug’Episode • Dec 1, 2023

5. A Ceasefire vs A Humanitarian PauseEpisode • Nov 29, 2023

1150. The Care ChampionsEpisode • Nov 28, 2023

1155. The Dublin Riots and the Ordinary Decent HeroesEpisode • Nov 26, 2023

4. I went to Israel, but I came back from Palestine – Richard Boyd BarretEpisode • Nov 25, 2023

1154. Dublin Riots and a Gaza CeasefireEpisode • Nov 24, 2023

David AdamsEpisode • Nov 24, 2023

1151. Argentina’s Chainsaw Milei, Luis Díaz’s Dad’s Kidnappers and Latin America on GazaEpisode • Nov 22, 2023

3. The History of HamasEpisode • Nov 22, 2023

1147. Bashar Murad – A Hug Amongst All the DarknessEpisode • Nov 19, 2023

1143. “We Won’t Fix Housing Unless We Vote Out Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil” – Eoin Ó BroinEpisode • Nov 17, 2023

1. The Streets Are With PalestineEpisode • Nov 16, 2023

1128. The Citizens Assembly on Drugs – What’s the Verdict?Episode • Nov 14, 2023

1140. The West Bank with Gareth Browne in RamallahEpisode • Nov 12, 2023

Introducing PalCast – One World, One StruggleEpisode • Nov 11, 2023

1145. “We Prefer to Die Together” – Mahmoud Mushtaha from inside Al-Shifa HospitalEpisode • Nov 10, 2023

325. What the UN and the Public can do to Stop Israel’s Massacres in GazaEpisode • Nov 9, 2023

1139. Jews for Palestine, IrelandEpisode • Nov 8, 2023

1141. ‘They’ve Destroyed My Home’ – Child of the Nakba, Asad AbusharkhEpisode • Nov 7, 2023

1137. Gaza, Hamas and 75 Years of Palestinian ResistanceEpisode • Nov 6, 2023

1138. Inside Al-Shifa Hospital with Mahmoud MushtahaEpisode • Nov 5, 2023

1136. Gaza – “We Have 3 Hours To Leave”Episode • Nov 4, 2023

1135. Israel-Palestine with Mahmoud, Zak and Senator Tom ClonanEpisode • Nov 3, 2023

1133. Lies, Damned Lies and Netanyahu StatementsEpisode • Nov 2, 2023

1134. The Jabalya Massacre: “What is the world waiting for? We are dying!”Episode • Oct 31, 2023

1132. Israel-Palestine: ‘Abdullah Musleh sits weeping and crouched on a sea of rubble’Episode • Oct 31, 2023

1130. Israel-Palestine: ‘The Silence is Killing Us More Than The Bombs’Episode • Oct 27, 2023

Emma Shaw: Empowering through EducationEpisode • Oct 27, 2023

324. Israel-Palestine – The Gaza Death MarchEpisode • Oct 26, 2023

1127. Israel-Palestine: ‘I Taught Him English When He Was a Little Kid’Episode • Oct 24, 2023

1109. Class in Action – Aoife Moore and Emmet KirwanEpisode • Oct 23, 2023

Shrapnel presents Fragments – Episode 1Episode • Oct 22, 2023

1123. Israel-Palestine: Afaf Al Najjar Asks You a QuestionEpisode • Oct 20, 2023

The Ghost LimbEpisode • Oct 19, 2023

1122. Israel-Palestine – Death and Destruction at Al Ahil HospitalEpisode • Oct 18, 2023

321. Israel-Palestine ‘I Don’t Know if my Parents are Alive’Episode • Oct 17, 2023

1121. Eight Days of Carnage: Israel-Palestine and Some Things That Cannot Be SaidEpisode • Oct 15, 2023

1119. Israel-Palestine – “Maybe it is the last time that we talk” with Mahmoud MushtahaEpisode • Oct 13, 2023

1117. Israel – Palestine: An SOS to the WorldEpisode • Oct 12, 2023

1116. Israel – Palestine “Running For Our Lives”Episode • Oct 10, 2023

1111. Exclusive: Second Tree – Justice for FatmataEpisode • Oct 8, 2023

1114. Israel – Palestine: Operation Al-Aqsa Flood – Mahmoud Mushtaha ReportsEpisode • Oct 7, 2023

Ireland’s Future – Prof. Colin HarveyEpisode • Oct 6, 2023

1106. Sweet Anna LiffeyEpisode • Oct 4, 2023

1110. Naomi Klein – DoppelgangerEpisode • Oct 2, 2023

1108. There Is No Hope – Mahmoud Mushtaha in GazaEpisode • Sep 30, 2023

1104. Micheál Martin in Israel and PalestineEpisode • Sep 26, 2023

1107. The Barbarians are at and Inside the GatesEpisode • Sep 24, 2023

314. Pushing Back on Failed Housing Policy with Leilani FarhaEpisode • Sep 21, 2023

1099. Wealth Taxes – Theory vs Reality with Prof Richard MurphyEpisode • Sep 20, 2023

1101. Don’t Drink the Water – Lough NeaghEpisode • Sep 17, 2023

1095. NAMA 2.0 and the TrumpometerEpisode • Sep 15, 2023

1097. The Mental Health Crisis – Have Sinn Féin got a Plan?Episode • Sep 13, 2023

1082. The Portuguese Do It BetterEpisode • Sep 10, 2023

Human Rights Are Not Orange or GreenEpisode • Sep 8, 2023

1091. RTÉ is Broken and Broken – Can We Fix It?Episode • Sep 7, 2023

1088. Ecuador, El Salvador and the Bitcoin Bro AutocratEpisode • Sep 4, 2023

1079. Whistleblower Shane Corr – Live at the Sugar ClubEpisode • Sep 1, 2023

309. Hope for the Hopeless with John HarrisEpisode • Aug 30, 2023

1092. ‘They fired on us like rain’ – Nadia Hardman on the massacres at the Yemen-Saudi Arabian borderEpisode • Aug 29, 2023

3. Beano Niblock – The Man Who Swallowed A DictionaryEpisode • Aug 29, 2023

1080. The Alternative to Eco-AusterityEpisode • Aug 27, 2023

1087. Landlords Are Not Fleeing the MarketEpisode • Aug 23, 2023

1089. Queens University Belfast and the Tory’s “hostile environment” for Asylum SeekersEpisode • Aug 20, 2023

1084. The Mental Health Crisis – We are Abandoning our Young PeopleEpisode • Aug 17, 2023

1075. Hurlers on The Ditch – Live at the Sugar ClubEpisode • Aug 15, 2023

1076. The PSNI vs JournalismEpisode • Aug 12, 2023

1081. The Dublin Drug Zones Posters with SpiceBag, Pattern Up and Daithí DoolanEpisode • Aug 9, 2023

1077. Spain – The Left Won, Kind Of…Episode • Aug 7, 2023

1070. Dirty Old Town?Episode • Aug 4, 2023

2. Shrapnel – Live at the Sugar ClubEpisode • Aug 3, 2023

1025. The Murder of Rafael MorenoEpisode • Aug 1, 2023

1074. Farming, the Far Right and Climate Action with Pádraic FogartyEpisode • Jul 30, 2023

1069. We Want to be in Government – Holly CairnsEpisode • Jul 27, 2023

300. Cooking for Freedom with Mavis RamazaniEpisode • Jul 26, 2023

1063. What Ireland Thinks and Who is Asking the QuestionsEpisode • Jul 24, 2023

301. The Housing Crisis is Breaking the Health SystemEpisode • Jul 23, 2023

1067. Spain on a Knife EdgeEpisode • Jul 21, 2023

1. Shrapnel ReturnsEpisode • Jul 20, 2023

1065. The Dáil Summer Report Card – a Left PerspectiveEpisode • Jul 19, 2023

302. Stop Victim Blaming, Leo VaradkarEpisode • Jul 17, 2023

1068. We Need To Talk About The 12thEpisode • Jul 16, 2023

1058. Sinn Féin – Preparing for Power?Episode • Jul 14, 2023

297. Eco & Status AnxietiesEpisode • Jul 13, 2023

1061. The Iceland Workers – Inside the Talbot Street StoreEpisode • Jul 11, 2023

1060. The Public vs Private Water Wars – Prof Richard MurphyEpisode • Jul 9, 2023

293. Factory Built HomesEpisode • Jul 7, 2023

1048. Still Fighting – Senator Tom ClonanEpisode • Jul 5, 2023

1059. Jenin Under Attack – Mahmoud Mushtaha reportsEpisode • Jul 4, 2023

The Incompetent Coup and the Men who Fall Out of WindowsEpisode • Jul 1, 2023

295. Our Common Humanity: Taking on the far right through community conversationsEpisode • Jun 30, 2023

1051. Michael D. Higgins, Modern Economic Teaching & What Not to do With All That Money – with Stephen KinsellaEpisode • Jun 26, 2023

299. Tackling Racism & Discrimination in Ireland – Why is the Hate Crime Bill important?Episode • Jun 25, 2023

1044. Pride Still Means ProtestEpisode • Jun 24, 2023

291. Feeding People on the Streets of Dublin – The Muslim Sisters of EireEpisode • Jun 22, 2023

1045. If You’re Not At The Table, You’re On The MenuEpisode • Jun 20, 2023

1040. Luke Ming Flanagan on Mental HealthEpisode • Jun 17, 2023

1036. Have We Learned Nothing From the Last Crash?Episode • Jun 14, 2023

1041. ‘Direct Action’ and Appeasing the Far RightEpisode • Jun 9, 2023

1034. It’s the Dumb Economy, Stupid!Episode • Jun 6, 2023

1042. Style or Substance? – Housing Minister, Darragh O’BrienEpisode • Jun 1, 2023

1047. Why Are We Killing Nature Restoration?Episode • May 30, 2023

1033. From Darkness into BleakEpisode • May 26, 2023

1027. Fixing the Housing Crisis – The View from SpainEpisode • May 23, 2023

1039. David Quinn, Defamation and SLAPP’sEpisode • May 19, 2023

1023. The Day After TomorrowEpisode • May 17, 2023

288. Meryl Streek – The Legitimate Anger of a GenerationEpisode • May 16, 2023

1024. Burning the Amazon With Irish Taxpayers MoneyEpisode • May 13, 2023

6. Civic EngagementEpisode • May 12, 2023

1018. Is Our Economic System Driving Political Polarisation?Episode • May 10, 2023

1029. Tortoise Shack Exclusive: They Killed Her – Justice for FatmataEpisode • May 6, 2023

5. Women in PoliticsEpisode • May 5, 2023

1030. The Life and Death of Palestinian Hunger Striker, Khader AdnanEpisode • May 3, 2023

1017. Teaching in the Culture War eraEpisode • May 1, 2023

285. More Money, More ProblemsEpisode • Apr 30, 2023

1019. Housing – Nordic’s Do It BetterEpisode • Apr 28, 2023

4. Equality of OpportunityEpisode • Apr 28, 2023

1020. Gerry Adams, Jamie Bryson and CoddleEpisode • Apr 26, 2023

1021. Niall Collins vs The DitchEpisode • Apr 24, 2023

1014. Taking Down Air BnBEpisode • Apr 23, 2023

3. Integrated EducationEpisode • Apr 21, 2023

1012. Killian Woods – What’s Ahead for HousingEpisode • Apr 20, 2023

Exclusive: Shocking Attack at Attempted Illegal EvictionEpisode • Apr 18, 2023

1015. Political Shit-Fits and the Citizens Assembly on DrugsEpisode • Apr 17, 2023

1007. Against the Hate – Live from Unite the UnionEpisode • Apr 15, 2023

2. PolicingEpisode • Apr 14, 2023

1010. Israel is ‘Mowing the Lawn’ AgainEpisode • Apr 12, 2023

282. Homelessness, Solidarity and Compassion with Fr Peter McVerryEpisode • Apr 10, 2023

Echo 1000Episode • Apr 8, 2023

1. The Bill of RightsEpisode • Apr 7, 2023

268, Is Art Politically Motivated? – AsbestosEpisode • Apr 5, 2023

1006. Neasa Hourigan on the Green Party in GovernmentEpisode • Apr 4, 2023

Lost in ImplementationEpisode • Apr 2, 2023

1002. The Postgraduate Workers Organisation and Eamon Ryan vs Student ProtestsEpisode • Apr 2, 2023

1004. Leader of the Hard-Left, Green Party MEP, Ciarán CuffeEpisode • Mar 31, 2023

1005. Dáil Deflections in Favour of EvictionsEpisode • Mar 28, 2023

998. Bank Wobbles and Easing Out of Quantitative TighteningEpisode • Mar 27, 2023

279. This is Going to Explode – The Eviction Ban: We Need a COVID Style Emergency ResponseEpisode • Mar 26, 2023

996. Building a Housing Strategy Inside 10 Downing StreetEpisode • Mar 24, 2023

999. Extend the Eviction Ban – Eoin Ó BroinEpisode • Mar 22, 2023

995. Groundhog Bank Bailout DayEpisode • Mar 20, 2023

991. The #SpyCops ScandalEpisode • Mar 19, 2023

997.The St John Ambulance Report with Mick FinneganEpisode • Mar 16, 2023

992. Israeli Protests and Palestinian DeathsEpisode • Mar 15, 2023

993. Stories from the StreetsEpisode • Mar 12, 2023

990. The Eviction Ban and Planning to FailEpisode • Mar 11, 2023

274. “Myself & my son will have no where to go” – The Eviction Ban, a Renter’s PerspectiveEpisode • Mar 9, 2023

989. Portugal’s Incredible Housing Plans – What Can Ireland LearnEpisode • Mar 7, 2023

977. Cultural Capital InequalityEpisode • Mar 4, 2023

981. Inshallah United – Nooruddean ChoudryEpisode • Mar 1, 2023

269. Where next for Ireland for All? A new movement for a new IrelandEpisode • Feb 28, 2023

985. The Northern Ireland Protocol and a Stormont StalemateEpisode • Feb 27, 2023

984. The Housing Stats Don’t Add UpEpisode • Feb 25, 2023

974. Peru in Crisis – Nicholas Dale Leal on Latin AmericaEpisode • Feb 23, 2023

Ireland For All – No Pasarán!Episode • Feb 19, 2023

980. We’re Stronger Together with an #IrelandForAllEpisode • Feb 17, 2023

Love and an #IrelandForAllEpisode • Feb 15, 2023

265. Inequality is Shortening LivesEpisode • Feb 14, 2023

973. Never Let a Crisis go to WasteEpisode • Feb 13, 2023

975. Tinnitus Awareness WeekEpisode • Feb 11, 2023

25. Live, Laugh, Love…Episode • Feb 11, 2023

264. Exploring the Discourse on Mental Health and Mental IllnessEpisode • Feb 9, 2023

970. Dedollarisiation and the Debt CeilingEpisode • Feb 8, 2023

972. Break the Silence – Tortoise Shack LiveEpisode • Feb 6, 2023

263. Gaffs Stories – The Conversation of a Generation Locked OutEpisode • Feb 5, 2023

24. It’s Been a MinuteEpisode • Feb 4, 2023

966. We’re All Brothers and SistersEpisode • Feb 3, 2023

968. Help! – The Mother and Baby Home Redress SchemeEpisode • Jan 31, 2023

960. There Are No Grownup’s in the Room with Prof Richard MurphyEpisode • Jan 29, 2023

261. We Don’t Need Private Investors & DevelopersEpisode • Jan 28, 2023

955. The Most Far Right Government in Israeli History?Episode • Jan 25, 2023

260. Storytelling – Hope & Change with Actor, Clare DunneEpisode • Jan 24, 2023

956. What’s Ahead for Housing in 2023 with Killian WoodsEpisode • Jan 22, 2023

262. We Can Do Better for Ireland’s Children – Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for ChildrenEpisode • Jan 21, 2023

950. War Crimes in UkraineEpisode • Jan 17, 2023

959. Ballymun: An Up the Flats Mentality with Adam MohamedEpisode • Jan 15, 2023

953. The Left Eats Itself? – Joao PinaEpisode • Jan 12, 2023

940. The Day the Music DiedEpisode • Jan 10, 2023

943. Is Tax Avoidance Ireland’s ‘Natural Resource’?Episode • Jan 8, 2023

5. Elizabeth Kiely: the Criminalisation of Social PolicyEpisode • Jan 6, 2023

952. Martin’s Health and the Health Service in a Deep CrisisEpisode • Jan 4, 2023

949. 2023 – There is Hope, We Think…Episode • Jan 2, 2023

258. 2022 Learnings and Looking to 2023Episode • Jan 1, 2023

948. The Tortoise Shack 2022 Review Part OneEpisode • Dec 31, 2022

945. My Hardest Race with David GillickEpisode • Dec 27, 2022

946. A Christmas Day Treat: Dublin City Farmers – Martin and his DaEpisode • Dec 25, 2022

17. Thoughts, Thanks and 2023, the Season 1 WrapEpisode • Dec 23, 2022

933. The Growing Working PoorEpisode • Dec 21, 2022

254. Coalition Conversations – Mental Health Impacts of the Housing CrisisEpisode • Dec 19, 2022

937. Spain – Less Inflation Than the EU AverageEpisode • Dec 18, 2022

255. Changing values in housing: Rory chats with Sean Keyes of the CurrencyEpisode • Dec 17, 2022

4. Eilís Ward: SelfEpisode • Dec 16, 2022

938. An Irishman in Shanghai – The Anti-Lockdown ProtestsEpisode • Dec 16, 2022

942. Call to Action – An Bord PleanálaEpisode • Dec 11, 2022

3. Órla O’Donovan: Living Well with the Dead in Contemporary IrelandEpisode • Dec 9, 2022

22. Built Different Live in the Axis, BallymunEpisode • Dec 8, 2022

939. North Circular with Luke McManusEpisode • Dec 7, 2022

16. The Orange Cross with Ed SpenceEpisode • Dec 7, 2022

935. UK Political Resting UnrestEpisode • Dec 6, 2022

That Rent is More Than My Monthly SalaryEpisode • Dec 4, 2022

248. Finding Hope in Home: Kelly Ann’s Story of Care and HomelessnessEpisode • Dec 3, 2022

2. Whittled AwayEpisode • Dec 2, 2022

931. Building Less Than Zero!Episode • Dec 1, 2022

15. Shrapnel Live in BallymunEpisode • Nov 30, 2022

247. Rick O’Shea on Gaffs, Growing Up in Social Housing & Good ReadsEpisode • Nov 30, 2022

934. Tortoise Shack Live: Bridging the GapEpisode • Nov 29, 2022

930. Céad Míle Fáilte – East Wall and the Housing CrisisEpisode • Nov 27, 2022

Múscailt Ep.1 – Evoking a Better IrelandEpisode • Nov 24, 2022

928. Ireland Wants Finance Excluded From EU Sustainability LawEpisode • Nov 24, 2022

927. Patrick Costello on CETAEpisode • Nov 22, 2022

14. Stray Bullets with E.S HagganEpisode • Nov 22, 2022

250. Let’s Raise The Roof on November 26thEpisode • Nov 21, 2022

924. World CorruptEpisode • Nov 18, 2022

A New Way Forward with John GibbonsEpisode • Nov 16, 2022

926. The Revolving Door – A Noteworthy InvestigationEpisode • Nov 16, 2022

921. John Harris – The Strangers’ CaseEpisode • Nov 15, 2022

245, Where to for the Housing Market and What can be Done to Ensure Green Affordable Homes with Orla Hegarty and Killian WoodsEpisode • Nov 14, 2022

918. Healthcare Should Be Based On Need, Not Ability to PayEpisode • Nov 13, 2022

13. Lauren KerrEpisode • Nov 11, 2022

244. Gaffs in Helsinki – Why Doesn’t Finland Have a Housing Crisis?Episode • Nov 10, 2022

923. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Regina?Episode • Nov 8, 2022

922. US Midterm Elections – The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale ImprovesEpisode • Nov 7, 2022

916. Ireland is Not Full; It’s Failing UsEpisode • Nov 6, 2022

19. FiddlesticksEpisode • Nov 5, 2022

243. Back to the Famine Days: Mass Eviction in Dublin 8Episode • Nov 4, 2022

915. The Eviction Ban and the Law of Unintended ConsequencesEpisode • Nov 2, 2022

11. Danielle RobertsEpisode • Oct 31, 2022

919. No One Is IllegalEpisode • Oct 31, 2022

913. The Mother and Baby Homes – Stand With SurvivorsEpisode • Oct 30, 2022

12. An Election for Christmas?Episode • Oct 28, 2022

917. Brazilian Democracy in the BalanceEpisode • Oct 28, 2022

241. Holding on to Hope : Ending Homelessness with De PaulEpisode • Oct 27, 2022

907. The Health System in Crisis: A Winter of DiscontentEpisode • Oct 27, 2022

914. Ireland’s Defamation Laws and the Tyranny of the TalentlessEpisode • Oct 25, 2022

908. It’s Not a Dog’s LifeEpisode • Oct 23, 2022

240. Three Months Living in my Car – Sharon’s StoryEpisode • Oct 22, 2022

Ep.10 – Paul Donnelly DC ToursEpisode • Oct 21, 2022

18. Winter CharmsEpisode • Oct 21, 2022

911. Tory Chaos: A Little Less Insane?Episode • Oct 20, 2022

905. Black Light with Michael O’TooleEpisode • Oct 19, 2022

239. An Eviction Ban and the Common GoodEpisode • Oct 18, 2022

910. Tortoise Shack Live – Hell-Sinki BoundEpisode • Oct 17, 2022

904. Who Am I? – The Mother and Baby Home Information SystemEpisode • Oct 15, 2022

9. Breaking: Trauma in the Newsroom with Leona O’NeillEpisode • Oct 14, 2022

238. Political DerelictionEpisode • Oct 14, 2022

888. Just Collect the Taxes!Episode • Oct 13, 2022

902. Austerity and a Different Narrative for Different CountriesEpisode • Oct 11, 2022

903. Iran Protests – The Unfinished RevolutionEpisode • Oct 9, 2022

237. Gaffs – Why no one can get a house and what we can do about itEpisode • Oct 8, 2022

8. Prof Olwen PurdueEpisode • Oct 7, 2022

17. AdultingEpisode • Oct 7, 2022

901. The UK’s U-Turn and Why We Need a New SongEpisode • Oct 4, 2022

900. Tortoise Shack Live – 900, Not Out, Yet…Episode • Oct 3, 2022

887. Rotating the Taoiseach?Episode • Oct 2, 2022

899. Ireland’s FutureEpisode • Sep 30, 2022

Ep.7 Craig MurrayEpisode • Sep 30, 2022

236. Budget 2023 – Did it Deliver?Episode • Sep 30, 2022

884. Too Little, Too Late? – with Constantin GurdgievEpisode • Sep 28, 2022

234. Budget 2023 – How We Can Build Affordable HousingEpisode • Sep 27, 2022

894. Tortoise Shack Live – Where Even Is Fingal?Episode • Sep 26, 2022

885. The Cost of Living Protest – Feet on the StreetEpisode • Sep 24, 2022

6. Iain Turner – Balaclava StreetEpisode • Sep 23, 2022

235. What Should Budget 2023 do to Solve Housing Crisis with Eoin Ó BroinEpisode • Sep 23, 2022

889. Putin’s Mobilisation and #unrussiaUNEpisode • Sep 21, 2022

882. Building a Moon BaseEpisode • Sep 21, 2022

233. Budget 2023, Homelessness, Housing and Generation RentEpisode • Sep 20, 2022

886. Tortoise Shack Live – Bring Back Bertie?Episode • Sep 19, 2022

881. Breaking Down the UK’s BreakdownEpisode • Sep 18, 2022

231. Budget 2023 – At Breaking PointEpisode • Sep 17, 2022

5. Eddie KinnerEpisode • Sep 16, 2022

878. Irish Rule of Law InternationalEpisode • Sep 15, 2022

880. I Can’t Go Home – Issam AdwanEpisode • Sep 13, 2022

230. Budget 2023 – We Have The MoneyEpisode • Sep 13, 2022

883. Corporate Welfare Cheats Cheat Us AllEpisode • Sep 12, 2022

232. Rob’s Story – Married 9 Years, Working Full Time… Yet We are Now HomelessEpisode • Sep 10, 2022

876. Mental Health – The #CostOfWaitingEpisode • Sep 9, 2022

4. Sarah CreightionEpisode • Sep 9, 2022

870. Modernising Healthcare with Laura DurcanEpisode • Sep 6, 2022

15. ConnectionEpisode • Sep 6, 2022

877. Kites, Fights and Spider BitesEpisode • Sep 5, 2022

229. Heating or Eating? Energy Poverty Crisis, Environmental Justice & A Right to HousingEpisode • Sep 4, 2022

867. Enough is Enough with Grace BlakeleyEpisode • Sep 2, 2022

3. Paul WilsonEpisode • Sep 2, 2022

873. Mother and Baby Home Survivors Betrayed AgainEpisode • Aug 31, 2022

872. Problems In CommonEpisode • Aug 29, 2022

864. Exploding Heads – A Top, Top, Top, Top, Top, Top PodcastEpisode • Aug 28, 2022

Summer DazeEpisode • Aug 27, 2022

2. Robbie Butler MLAEpisode • Aug 26, 2022

861. Frack Off LNGEpisode • Aug 25, 2022

868. Gay, Irish and MuslimEpisode • Aug 22, 2022

853. What’s Bad is Good with Constantin GurdgievEpisode • Aug 20, 2022

Ep.1 Welcome to ShrapnelEpisode • Aug 19, 2022

227. Helping Rural Ireland – Sustainable Farming & Meeting Climate TargetsEpisode • Aug 19, 2022

863. Robert Troy’s DIY SOSEpisode • Aug 15, 2022

862. Monkeypox – Why Aren’t We Acting?Episode • Aug 13, 2022

850. Sinn Féin’s Climate Action or Inaction?Episode • Aug 11, 2022

855. Capitalism is Eating ItselfEpisode • Aug 9, 2022

857. Gaza and Israel’s Operation Dawn – Gareth Browne reports from RamallahEpisode • Aug 7, 2022

856. Gaza – Israel’s Operation Dawn with Issam AdwanEpisode • Aug 6, 2022

848. Democracy (in)Action with Holly CairnsEpisode • Aug 3, 2022

847. Catherine Connolly – Taking Down the God of the MarketEpisode • Jul 31, 2022

846. Johnson Was Bad, But it Could Get WorseEpisode • Jul 28, 2022

842. We Need a Break Now, Not in SeptemberEpisode • Jul 25, 2022

843. ‘Never Ask Permission’ with Eilís Ní FhlannagáinEpisode • Jul 21, 2022

Policed The Beat – Traveller Access to JusticeEpisode • Jul 20, 2022

845. Unionism: Beyond the BonfiresEpisode • Jul 17, 2022

844. Chicken Little…Episode • Jul 13, 2022

841. Long Covid – Why Don’t We Care?Episode • Jul 10, 2022

840. The Massacre in MelillaEpisode • Jul 7, 2022

221. Being Made Homeless; I’m Sleeping in My Car from ThursdayEpisode • Jul 5, 2022

834. Economic Narratives vs Your Lived ExperienceEpisode • Jul 4, 2022

839. Roe v Wade – Repealed & Lessons from IrelandEpisode • Jul 1, 2022

833. The Energy Crisis vs Climate ActionEpisode • Jun 29, 2022

838. Ukraine – A War on Many FrontsEpisode • Jun 28, 2022

219. 166,000 Vacant Homes is Criminal; Census 2022 AnalysisEpisode • Jun 26, 2022

832. Colombia – The Left Did Win!Episode • Jun 25, 2022

6. Toxic BeautyEpisode • Jun 24, 2022

827. We Have Truss IssuesEpisode • Jun 23, 2022

829. Famine and FinanceEpisode • Jun 20, 2022

216. Irish Aid Commitments & Famine in AfricaEpisode • Jun 18, 2022

823. Could Colombia Turn Left?Episode • Jun 17, 2022

825. The Supply Guy, Sean KeyesEpisode • Jun 15, 2022

Pride, Protocols & Political FatigueEpisode • Jun 13, 2022

214. Absurd Economics & Bonkers Billionaires Driving Us to ExtinctionEpisode • Jun 12, 2022

816. The Arts On The Outside AgainEpisode • Jun 11, 2022

5. Hot Girl SummerEpisode • Jun 10, 2022

821. Two Crocks Sitting In The Sun – Beyond CancerEpisode • Jun 9, 2022

Much Stranger ThingsEpisode • Jun 6, 2022

213. We’re Not Leaving: Lisa & Her Daughter FaceEpisode • Jun 4, 2022

4. It’s A Lot Right Now!Episode • Jun 4, 2022

818. Special Education Centres!Episode • Jun 2, 2022

Policed: Facial Recognition TechnologyEpisode • Jun 1, 2022

814. Lebanon with Hannah McCarthyEpisode • May 30, 2022

817. National Traveller Mental Health NetworkEpisode • May 28, 2022

810. US Debt Landmines and Irish PitfallsEpisode • May 25, 2022

210. Housing Crisis Out of Control; Supermac’s Evicting Tenants in LimerickEpisode • May 24, 2022

Policed the Beat: Deaths in CustodyEpisode • May 23, 2022

811. Maternal Death Enquiries with Dr Jo Murphy-LawlessEpisode • May 20, 2022

208. Economic Storm Clouds & Pathetic Affordable Housing DeliveryEpisode • May 18, 2022

808. Is the Property Bubble About to go Pop?Episode • May 17, 2022

813. We Are Not Numbers – Gaza, Palestine with Enas Fares GhannamEpisode • May 16, 2022

812. Get Your Rosaries Off Our Ovaries: The National Maternity Hospital with Mary CoughlanEpisode • May 13, 2022

207. Scavenger Capitalism – The African Debt CrisisEpisode • May 12, 2022

806. The Anti-War ArrestsEpisode • May 11, 2022

Policing Sex WorkEpisode • May 9, 2022

807. Our Maternity Hospital – #MakeNMHOursEpisode • May 7, 2022

206. European Independent Living DayEpisode • May 5, 2022

802. A National Surveillance Data BaseEpisode • May 4, 2022

Who Owns Our Land? Land Speculation & The Housing CrisisEpisode • May 3, 2022

What You Don’t Know Can Never Hurt MeEpisode • May 2, 2022

We Need Allies – Rose Marie MaughanEpisode • Apr 29, 2022

789. Don O’Leary – Live at the Sugar ClubEpisode • Apr 28, 2022

204. Housing Division – Where is the Government’s Emergency Response?Episode • Apr 27, 2022

793. #AE22 Belfast Lord Mayor Kate NichollEpisode • Apr 24, 2022

792. Assembly Elections – East Belfast with Cllr Brian SmythEpisode • Apr 22, 2022

791. The Assembly Elections – A Unionist View with Sam McilwaineEpisode • Apr 21, 2022

790. The NI Assembly Election with Mick FealtyEpisode • Apr 20, 2022

786. Opportunity KnocksEpisode • Apr 18, 2022

2. Built Different – Exam SeasonEpisode • Apr 18, 2022

787. Supercharge Me – Net Zero FasterEpisode • Apr 15, 2022

785. The Kinahan CartelEpisode • Apr 13, 2022

Two Tier Immigration & The O’Devaney DealEpisode • Apr 11, 2022

We’re Back…Episode • Apr 9, 2022

779. Latest from Ukraine with Lesia VasylenkoEpisode • Apr 7, 2022

777. Court of Justice of the European Union – The Graham Dwyer JudgementEpisode • Apr 6, 2022

761. No Going Back – Live at the Sugar ClubEpisode • Apr 3, 2022

testEpisode • Mar 31, 2022

771. The Antarctic for the Holidays?Episode • Mar 31, 2022

And Now For The Bad NewsEpisode • Mar 28, 2022

774. The Repeal Review – Safe Access ZonesEpisode • Mar 26, 2022

773. Latest from Kyiv with Lesia VasylenkoEpisode • Mar 25, 2022

772. Special Report from the Polish-Ukraine BorderEpisode • Mar 23, 2022

772. Special Report from the Polish – Ukraine BorderEpisode • Mar 23, 2022

768. Ukraine & The EU Energy CrisisEpisode • Mar 22, 2022

The Citizens Assembly on Drugs Pt2 with Labour TD, Aodhán Ó RíordáinEpisode • Mar 16, 2022

Now Do It For Everyone.Episode • Mar 13, 2022

763. Luke Ming Flanagan on Russian Money, Ukraine Votes and EcocideEpisode • Mar 12, 2022

757. Seanad By-Election – Aubrey McCarthyEpisode • Mar 11, 2022

740. The Seanad By-Election: Candidate Tom ClonanEpisode • Mar 10, 2022

734. The Seanad By-Election: Candidate Hazel ChuEpisode • Mar 9, 2022

Policed Live – The Stardust & The 48 Who Never Came HomeEpisode • Mar 8, 2022

759. Constantin Gurdgiev on Russia and UkraineEpisode • Mar 6, 2022

758. The Latest from Ukraine with Lesia VasylenkoEpisode • Mar 3, 2022

Special Report – Afghanistan Humanitarian CrisisEpisode • Mar 3, 2022

755. Ukraine Latest: Save Our ChildrenEpisode • Mar 1, 2022

194. Ukraine More United Than Ever with Zola KondurEpisode • Feb 28, 2022

741. Loyalism, Unionism & Feminism with Rosey BellEpisode • Feb 27, 2022

752. “9 More Days” – The Latest from Ukraine with MP. Lesia VasylenkoEpisode • Feb 26, 2022

751. Tired, But Inspired – The Latest from Ukraine with Govt MP, Maria MezentsevaEpisode • Feb 25, 2022

750. Ukraine Latest with MP Lesia VasylenkoEpisode • Feb 24, 2022

735. The National Retrofitting SchemeEpisode • Feb 23, 2022

744. The Star Dust Inquest with Sinn Féin Senator, Lynn BoylanEpisode • Feb 21, 2022

Back to Normal, Send Help!Episode • Feb 20, 2022

738. Alan Moore with the latest from MoscowEpisode • Feb 17, 2022

739. The Left Can Win with Joao PinaEpisode • Feb 15, 2022

729. At the Demarcation Line with Ukrainian Govt MP. Maria MezentsevaEpisode • Feb 13, 2022

732. Senator Lynn Ruane on the ‘War on Drugs’Episode • Feb 11, 2022

A Bad Plan Poorly ExecutedEpisode • Feb 10, 2022

724. Ambushed by a Cake with Matt GreenEpisode • Feb 8, 2022

189. Broken Ireland: Ciara’s update – Still Homeless & Feeling InvisibleEpisode • Feb 7, 2022

731. Family Reunification with Dr Arsalan ShahidEpisode • Feb 6, 2022

719. Sub Judice with Michael O’TooleEpisode • Feb 3, 2022

Bloody Sunday – One World, One StruggleEpisode • Jan 30, 2022

723. Ukraine with Lesia VasylenkoEpisode • Jan 26, 2022

718. Don’t Look Up with Jon SchwarzEpisode • Jan 25, 2022

New Beginnings & Old TruthsEpisode • Jan 23, 2022

714. Operation Transformation Not Good for the Nation?Episode • Jan 21, 2022

185. A Pandemic of Insecurity: What Can We Learn From COVID About Changing Society?Episode • Jan 19, 2022

708. Tax Haven IrelandEpisode • Jan 18, 2022

Tortoise Shack Sunday Special – Call It OutEpisode • Jan 16, 2022

715. Is The End in Sight?Episode • Jan 14, 2022

Stand in Awe of All Mná – The Tortoise Shack Nollaig Na mBán Special, 2022Episode • Jan 13, 2022

Sunday Special – Fantastic Wordle Play Mr FoxEpisode • Jan 10, 2022

711. Virgin Media News Reporter Rob O’Hanrahan on Schools ReopeningEpisode • Jan 8, 2022

703. Repealed Ireland’s Unfinished Fight for Reproductive RightsEpisode • Jan 6, 2022

181. An Inspirational Story: Surviving Direct Provision with Bulelani MfacoEpisode • Jan 5, 2022

2022 New Year Revolutions – Plus Your MessagesEpisode • Jan 1, 2022

2021 in Review, Part 2 – Plus Your Messages!Episode • Dec 29, 2021

183. A New Economics for Society Wellbeing & HomeEpisode • Dec 26, 2021

701. Our 2021 Review – Plus Your Messages: Part 1Episode • Dec 24, 2021

692. Sanctuary Runners – #RaceToTheNorthPoleEpisode • Dec 22, 2021

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