Podcast Episodes

The Climate Emergency and the Lie of the Land with John Gibbons

Season 1 Episode 1526

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Campaigning journalist, John Gibbons, is no stranger to talking Climate Breakdown on the tortoise shack, …

7 months, 4 weeks ago

‘It’s 2026 soon, But to me it’s always October 2023’

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Ayat Abuhelal is a poet, writer, translator, and student of English literature, born and raised in Gaza. …

8 months ago

Catherine Connolly is Our President, What’s Next?

Season 1 Episode 1522

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Cian Prendiville was Head of Digital Organising on the Connolly for President Campaign, and late last wee…

8 months ago

AI Bubbles, Infrastructure Deficits and Breaking the Social Contract

Season 1 Episode 1521

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Prof Constantin Gurdgiev returns to talk about Trump’s attack on economic data, the ridiculous surge into…

8 months ago

The World is a Hotel, Gaza is my Home

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Sojood Bakroon is a graduate of Literature at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza. She is a writer and a poet, who…

8 months, 1 week ago

The Collison Corrections and Access to Justice

Season 1 Episode 1520

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The great and the good fell over themselves to praise the recent John Collsion think-piece in the Irish T…

8 months, 1 week ago

Mercosur and the Simplification Scam

Season 1 Episode 1518

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The EU continues to rollback hard won rights and protections around trade, work practices and environment…

8 months, 1 week ago

There’s No Ceasefire Outside My Window

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack CW: Contains personal stories that some listeners may find upsetting. This week Israel broke the ceasefir…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Bloody Sunday, British Justice and Soldier F

Season 1 Episode 1519

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack On the 30th of January 1972 a young Tony Doherty was playing marbles on the Bogside in Derry when word re…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

President Catherine Connolly – Winners and Losers

Season 1 Episode 1517

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this belter of an Echo pod we combine for the first time ever Mr irishelectionprojections.com's Harry …

8 months, 2 weeks ago