Podcast Episodes

Houses, Houses Everywhere, But Not A Home For Sale

Season 1 Episode 1560

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Of the 4,521 new homes built in Dublin in 2025 only 208 went For Sale in an estate agents window. Somethi…

6 months, 1 week ago

SpyCops, Starmer and the Attacks on Left Wing Activism

Season 1 Episode 1558

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this podcast I'm rejoined on the tortoise shack for the first time in over a year by the best voice on…

6 months, 1 week ago

Drones, Jets and Harry Potter in Gaza

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Mohammed Isdodi is an English student in Al-Azhar University, Gaza, whose studies and plans were interrup…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Cuba on the Brink

Season 1 Episode 1557

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Depending on the reporting Cuba has 2-4 weeks of oil left and despite Trump saying that he's not involved…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Game Over Israel

Season 1 Episode 1555

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Last November, Ireland joined with other countries by publicly calling on UEFA to suspend Israel from int…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘I can’t recognise this life’

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Abdalkhaliq Abugaza is a high school student living in Gaza. He was born in Saudi Arabia to Palestinian p…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Floods of Optimism

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory chats to producer Tony about the biggest changes to Ireland’s renta…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

State Encouraged Murder – Echoes of the Troubles in ICE killings?

Season 1 Episode 1554

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack A lot of people are drawing comparisons between events in Minneapolis and the worst days of the Troubles.…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

From Novelty Socks to Reporting on a Genocide

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Hassan Abo Qamar is a journalist and writer from Gaza. He’s also a first-year engineering student at the …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Triple Lock and Active Neutrality

Season 1 Episode 1553

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Associate Professor and contributing member of the Neutrality Roadshow, Patrick Bresnihan rejoins us on t…

6 months, 3 weeks ago