Podcast Episodes

Adam SpiceBag Doyle – You Can’t Let Apathy Win

Season 1 Episode 1594

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Activist, artist and creator, Adam SpiceBag Doyle, has made waves in Irish media and politics. But his bi…

3 months ago

The bye-bye, By-Elections Special-ish

Season 1 Episode 1597

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Tá an ghrian ag scoilteadh na gcloch, so of course we're inside looking at what just happened in Dublin C…

3 months ago

On Violence and Justice for Yves Sakila

Season 1 Episode 1595

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Journalist in Stockholm, Philip O'Connor, is a long-time Brazilian Jiujitsu practitioner. So when he wrot…

3 months ago

James Leonard – Building Community from the Bottom Up and Getting a Seat at the Table

Season 1 Episode 1593

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack James Leonard is no stranger to the tortoise shack. Yet this is his first-ever appearance in the shack, a…

3 months, 1 week ago

Being a Father is My Most Important Role

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Hussam Tannera is a teacher, father and a survivor of the Gaza genocide. He shares his experience taking …

3 months, 1 week ago

The Byelection Special-ish

Season 1 Episode 1592

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack As promised, Mr irishelectionprojections.com Harry McEvansoneya is back to make sense of the Galway West …

3 months, 1 week ago

Starmer, Burnham, the Hapless Horserace and the Need for a New Recipe

Season 1 Episode 1591

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack It's been another clown-show in UK politics over the last couple of weeks. Re-joining me to wade through …

3 months, 1 week ago

Time to Cut Taxes?

Season 1 Episode 1588

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this episode we dive into the "Cut Taxes" narrative that is dominating our economic and political medi…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

You Were Elected, Now Do Your Job

Season 1 Episode 1589

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Writer, columnist and political commentator Elaine Crory rejoined me on the tortoise shack to talk Stormo…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

The First Draft of History

Malak Hijazi is an English Literature graduate, writer, historian of displacement and journalist from Gaza. She joins us from Gaza City to share her …

3 months, 2 weeks ago