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The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

Tortoise Shack Media

Ireland’s original independent left leaning news, politics, and culture podcast that doesn’t take itself too seriously and still punches well above its weight. Join critically acclaimed & derided hosts, Martin McMahon and Tony Groves as they delve into the news of the day, pull apart the spin and challenge you to be an activist. This is the non-corporate, ad free, non-plastic-podcast reality that the medium is made for. There will be shenanigans!

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1305. The SpyCops Scandal – Police Preying on the...

The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack ·

2024/08/27

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackAs promised we are rejoined by the best person on the planet currently covering the decades old SpyCops Units, who have done some deplorable things to people in predominantly left wing movements in order to maintain some false sense of State order and power. You all need to listen to this and check out Tom on twitter @tombfowler Limited Tickets for the Live Show are available now

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27. My Children Draw Pictures of a Home That No...

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2024/08/21

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIbrahim Alsemeiri is a PhD Candidate at the University of Utarah in Malaysia. Being from and living in Gaza, with four children, he has been displaced 5 times since October 7th. He lost his home and as you'll hear, is doing his best to comfort his children. He joins the PalCast co-hosts, yousef, Helena and Tony to talk about the daily struggles in Gaza and an academic initiative he started along with other colleagues to help Gaza rebuild. Helena Cobban

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1303. Beyond Electric Picnic and Other Stories

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2024/08/17

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this peek-behind-the-paywall Echo Chamber special, Martin and Tony talk the news of the week and things get a bit heated. Which is a good thing. We cover Trump, RTE, transphobic journalists, Coolock Says No to Ireland and the awful behaviour of legacy media in both race-baiting and our politics. CW: contains traces of Irish Times FG hagiography. Gaza Appeal:https://www.patreon.com/posts/look-what-you-us-109090405

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26. Gaza: A Crucial Week To Come

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2024/08/14

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackDr. Hani Albassous is an Associate Professor in Security and Strategic Studies, he taught in Gaza, Qatar and Oman. He joins PalCast to talk about recent developments in Gaza and Israel, his view of the ongoing negotiations, the possible regional war breaking out between and Iran and Hezbollah on one hand and Israel on the other hand. This is all in light of the next National Democrat Convention in Chicago next Monday. Tune in for more detail! Gaza

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1300. Labour’s Unnecessary Austerity

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2024/08/13

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack When is austerity not austerity? When it’s done as part of “grownup” politics or so we’re told. Rejoining us is the wonderful Prof Richard Murphy and he paints a picture of the economic future that is unwelcome (and in our opinion one of the drivers of far right hate) in the new era of the new NEW Labour Party. Enjoy. Gaza appeal:https://www.patreon.com/posts/look-what-you-us-109090405

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Gaza, Hamas and Israel Expanding the War

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2024/08/08

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackHana Salah is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza who endured and reported on the genocide until she was able to leave to Egypt then to Qatar in March 2024. Her two sisters were injured after an Israeli airstrike hit the building that she and her family took as a shelter. She was displaced a couple of times in the process. Hana joins co-hosts Yousef Aljamal, Helena Cobban and producer Tony Groves to talk about her experience in Gaza, but also the recent

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1294. The Housing Crisis with Killian Woods

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2024/08/06

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIt was, as always, a pleasure to be joined by Senior Reporter with the Business Post and the journalist who in our opinion does the most to keep the housing crisis in the news, Killian Woods. We talk about the scathing Housing Commission Report, the "minority" report that followed and the fudged commencement stats and the perception that the Government have turned a corner on housing. The Paul murphy Left Unity pod is out now

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1298. The Far Right – A Warning From Recent History

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2024/08/02

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackToday's guest, journalist, podcaster and Our Man in Stockholm, Philip O'Connor tweeted earlier "on this day in 2011, far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 people in Norway. Instead of being rejected after that horror, his views have since become mainstream - in our parliaments, our media & our workplaces. That tide needs to be turned. No pasarán." So we decided that we'd have a chat that I've been putting off for a few months. Thank you

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24. Gaza – The World Doesn’t Care Enough

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2024/07/31

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackAhmad Al-Naouq is the co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. He lost his family due to Israeli bombing on his family home in Gaza in October 2023. Since then, he has been appearing on different media outlets to defend and put forward the Palestinian narrative. He joins PalCast co-hosts Yousef and Helena to talk about the ongoing genocide in Gaza, international solidarity, the depraved violations in Israeli jails and the Israeli bombing of schools and filming of

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1292. Hana Salah – I Survived

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2024/07/28

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this very special podcast our friend and contributor of many years, Hana Salah, returns to talk about her life since we last spoke on air almost 3 years ago. Hana talks about life before October 7th, how her world was utterly changed in the months afterwards, her volunteering work (with your help, listeners), reporting from a warzone and the difficult decision to leave Gaza. Latest Reboot Pod on NAMA and inequality

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1291. Bolivian Coups, Venezuela Votes and Panama Says No

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2024/07/26

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackAs England prepare to lose to Spain and Colombia prepare to defeat Argentina, we speak with Colombian-English and Mexico-based journalist with El Pais, Nicholas Dale Leal. Don’t worry, football barely gets a mention. We discuss the failed coup in Bolivia, the upcoming (rigged?) elections in Venezuela and the latest immigration cruelty in Panama CW: This podcast plays out with a song that all decent people will find offensive. Gaza Water

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23. Gaza, the Beijing Agreement and US Political...

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2024/07/24

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackAs if US politics couldn’t get any more chaotic, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived for an official visit. Add in the ICJ’s opinion on the Israeli illegal settlements and the ongoing daily horrors in Gaza and there is a lot to discuss. On this PalCast, Yousef, Helena and Tony are joined by Gazan journalist and regular contributor Mahmoud Mushtaha. Don’t miss it. Please check out this important update from Dignity for

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1296. Biden’s Gone: The Optimists Guide to Pessimism

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2024/07/22

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackListener-favourite, writer, essayist and self-proclaimed humanity optimist, Jon Schwarz rejoins us to talk all things America, MAGA, Biden standing aside/getting pushed out and why, despite the incompetence of the current ruling class, he thinks that there are better days ahead. Long live the proletariat etc etc. New Coolock and the Condemning the things we Condone podcast out here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-108544707 Gaza Appeal

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1289. Is the EU Going Right? Results are Mixed

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2024/07/20

Please Join Us At patreon.com/tortoiseshackA lot has happened since we last spoke to Vice-Deputy Leader of the Portuguese Socialist Party, Joao Pina. From a case of political corruption that never was, to losing their governing majority and on to winning big in the EU elections. So we had a lot to talk about. The news isn't all good, but the fight goes on. The Jon Schwarz podcast is out now:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-108382695 The Gaza Appeal is

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1293. Sinn Féin’s Review and Trump Shot

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2024/07/18

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackWe do regular member-only podcasts for our tortoise shack community. They urged us to put this one out on public release. So against my better judgement here is our discussion on Sinn Féin’s review into their electoral failures and their new "listening" economic-unit strategy. Then we discuss the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and what it says about America, the types of acceptable violence, partisan media and a polarised society. The Hana Salah

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1290. The Locals

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2024/07/15

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackFilmmaker and newly appointed Centrist Dad*, Luke McManus, rejoins us to discuss his latest doc, The Locals, which goes out on RTE 1 this Monday at 9:35pm and then on the RTE Player. Luke follows the candidates for the Local Elections in Dublin's North Inner City in what was a campaign featuring a vast spectrum of political and social views across a part of the city that has great poverty and plenty of privilege. In this chat we dig into some of the

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1287. The UK Election Special

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2024/07/11

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The overwhelming response to the end of 14 years of Tory Party rule seems to be relief. But that's far from the whole picture. To discuss all of this we are rejoined by writer, activist and commentator, Emma DeSouza and Shrapnel cohost Sam Mcilwaine. We look at the implications for the island of Ireland and why we seem to have too much political theatre at the moment and not enough doing the job of governing and improving the lives of citizens. The Gaza

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20. Gaza: Nine Months of Terror

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2024/07/03

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this PalCast, Yousef, Helena and Tony talk about the last nine months of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza. They discuss the terrifying reports about the treatment of Palestinian prisoners, the ongoing IDF incursions that are attempting to carve up Gaza into even smaller Bantustans and the fears for an escalation of the war in Lebanon. Gaza Appeal Details:https://www.patreon.com/posts/dignity-for-103882396

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1279. The EU Migration Pact – “We’ve Lost the War”

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2024/07/02

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this Echo Chamber Podcast, cofounder of secondtree.org and longtime humanitarian, Gio Fontana, joins us from Brussel's to discuss the crueler policies contained within the new EU Migration Pact, the "pushbacks" that are working at the expense of our own humanity and the split between right wing economics and the right wing immigration policy. We also talk about the latest developments in the case of Fatmata, who listeners will remember was shot and

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1281. The Side of the Story that RTE Wanted Left Untold

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2024/06/27

Please join us on patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this the next in our series of podcast exposing massive bogus self employment in RTE, Martin is joined by former RTE employee Angie Mezzetti and Fine Gael Deputy Brendan Griffin. Brendan has been the lone voice for silenced workers at the Media Committee by expressing the concerns and frustrations of RTE employees past and present. We discuss how RTE's "bill" has risen from €1.22 million to €21.3 million in the space of three and a half years and how

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