Podcast Episodes

We Have an Extremely High Tolerance for Intolerance – Emma DeSouza on the Belfast Riots

Season 1 Episode 1603

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack podcast, Tony is rejoined by writer, commentator and activist, Emma DeSouza to ana…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Belfast Pogroms – ‘There’s Always Embers. Leave Them Alone and They’ll Go Out. Add Fuel and They’ll Go Up’

Season 1 Episode 1604

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack special, Tony speaks with writer, columnist, community advocate and Belfast woman,…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

We Don’t Need a Rainy Day Fund When it’s Already Pouring Down

Season 1 Episode 1599

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Time and time again, the disabled and carer community are left behind. When the Government found over 700…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Societal Cost of Ireland’s Data Centre Boom

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack This Reboot Republic Podcast, is a deep dive into the environmental and societal impacts of data centres …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

‘We Just Ran’ – Mohammad’s Story

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Mohammad AlTurk is a young English Translator in Gaza. He joins us from Gaza City to discuss the current …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Sinn Féin’s Left Wing Politics Are Not Up For Debate’

Season 1 Episode 1602

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack It's been a testing time for the broad left and the vote-left-transfer-left movement, and with the specul…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

So Jeremy Corbyn, Mary Lou McDonald and Roddy Doyle walk into a festival

Season 1 Episode 1601

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Longtime listeners would be well aware of the annual left-a-palooza that is the Robert Tressell Festival.…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Trump Regime, Cuba’s Collapse, World Cup of Uncertainty and Colombia’s New Hope

Season 1 Episode 1598

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The Cuba humanitarian crisis shames the world. Yet not even their allies or nearest neighbours are helpin…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

King Charles, Peter Mandelson and a Tyrone Goldmine

Season 1 Episode 1596

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Longtime listeners will be well aware of the environmental disaster that is Lough Neagh and the work of j…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Gaza: My Students Keep Me Going – A Teacher Speaks

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Palestinian teacher, academic and plain-talker, Arwa Alzraiy was a PhD Student in Durham before October 7…

2 months, 4 weeks ago