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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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41:47

23. Gaza – Hope, Hunger and Heartbreak

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2024/02/07

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Personal stories move people and hearing them from Gaza matters even more today. PalCast founder Dr. Yousef Aljamal, shares the story of his mom and brother getting out of Gaza and their experiences of the last 120 days with his co-hosts Helena Cobban and Tony Groves. The PSTD is clear, they lost so much weight and they now have problems eating three meals a day as they'd gotten used to eating much, much less. People’s savings are running out as food

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1192. Tinnitus Awareness

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2024/02/05

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack For the last few years our guest, Audiologist, Frank McGrath, has joined us to discuss a condition that effects over 400k people in Ireland, Tinnitus. And every year someone listens to it and tells us that they or someone close to them took the advice, had a consultation and have seen an improvement in what is literally a pain in the ear. So here again for National Tinnitus Week is our friend, fellow audio nerd and all round good guy, Frank McGrath. Visit

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1194. Chasing Heat: Polling, Immigration and Arson

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2024/02/04

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Note: This is a paywall-free version of our regular member-only Sunday Show. We've watched as polling around immigration has continued to make headlines and be used (and misused) by bad faith actors to advance certain narratives. So naturally we went back to our favourite poll-analyst, Mr Irish Election Projections, Harry McEvansoneya. We are also joined by the man behind the questions that sparked some controversy, Ireland Thinks' own Kevin Cunningham. We

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1193. Baraa’s Story: From Gaza to Dublin – An...

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2024/02/01

Please help keep the mics on by going to patreon.com/tortoiseshack CW: Contains subjects that listeners may find upsetting - But I'd urge you to listen. About halfway through the Podcasts for Palestine show, Mazen Hania, mentioned that his friend, Baraa Al Bayary, who was in audience, wanted to say a few words. We of course obliged. So this podcast wasn't planned or rehearsed; it was simply Baraa telling his story to a room of people who felt every word. Please listen, please tell people about

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1189. Sometimes You Have to Make a FUSS

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2024/01/31

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In Ireland we are constantly hearing about people having to fight and scrap for services and supports that a Government advertising campaign is telling us are only a few clicks away. Luckily, when it comes to their kids, many families have found that the best support is other families who are in the same boat or have been down the same paths. Joining us to talk about that united front are the wonderful Rachel and Faye of https://www.fussireland.com/ FUSS

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1180. Don’t Compare Me To The Almighty, Compare Me To...

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2024/01/25

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647 The current UK government seem to rely on an unforeseen f@ck up coming along in order to distract the public from the latest unforeseen f'ck up. But what is the alternative? Our guest, listener-favourite, Prof Richard Murphy, recently wrote 'Five reasons to reject Keir Starmer’s Labour at a General Election' so you know we had to have him back on the pod As usual with Richard we get stuck into UK politics, the economic

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1177. Covid Excess Deaths and the Covid Inquiry

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2024/01/22

Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine:https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647 You always have to read beyond the headline. But you especially have to go further when it comes to the reports that "Ireland had no excess deaths" during the Covid pandemic. Rejoining us to make sense of the data and give an expert opinion is Prof of Public Health, Anthony Staines. We also discuss the need for a serious inquiry into Ireland's handling of Covid so learnings can be made. Couple

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19. Gaza – There Are No Homes Left To Go Back To

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2024/01/20

Tickets for Podcast for Palestine:https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647 The crime of Domocide, the planned and deliberate destruction of homes, has undoubtedly taken place in Gaza on one of the largest scales in modern history. Over 69,700 housing units have been completely destroyed and hundreds of thousands have been damaged. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, joins Dr. Yousef Aljanal, Helena Cobban, and Tony Groves

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1182. ‘Ireland is Broken’ – Andy McNulty

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2024/01/19

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Andy McNulty and his wife shouldn't have to fight to get the resources and support their daughter needs. But in Ireland so much that should be routine is an ongoing endurance test. When he posted this tweet https://x.com/AndyMc_25/status/1745074438725308803?s=20 I reached out to see if he wanted to talk about the situation that left him and his wife feeling powerless. Ireland, as he posted, is broken. The Gaza Children's Appeal for Hana Salah is

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1186. Who Do ‘far right’ voters vote for?

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2024/01/17

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We are all watching in horror as the Fisher Price, My First Fascist agitators gain momentum. We wonder if most of the self-identifying patriots are aware that their ringleaders get their instructions from washed-up British fascists? And we wonder why people who live in a rich country, yet feel poor, are directing their anger at immigrants and not the people in charge of the country? There's also a narrative that Sinn Féin's vote can be eroded by far right

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1184. Bernadette Devlin McAliskey at the National...

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2024/01/14

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack If you were one of the tens of thousands of people who attended the IPSC organised National Demonstration for Palestine in Dublin, then you got to witness one of the best speeches delivered on this island by one of the best people we have here, Bernadette Devlin McAlsikey. If you didn't make it, then here's the speech in full now for you. Listen to every word. See you at the Sugar Club for Podcasts for

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17. Israel at the ICJ – Thank You, South Africa

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2024/01/13

Please join us at patreon.com.tortoiseshack The case brought by South Africa, against Israel over committing genocide in Gaza to the International Court of Justice, has captured the world’s attention and shone a light on the plight of the Palestinians. South Africa was clear that the genocide didn’t start on October 7th, and that what Israel is doing can’t be justified, exposing the Israeli government and pushing American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to describe Johannesburg’s move as

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16. Israel at the ICJ and Mapping Out a Return to Gaza

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2024/01/11

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack and help keep this show going Note: The intro is Irish comedian, actor and activist, Tadhg Hickey Palestinian refugees have always been mapping their return, but today they are also mapping their displacement in Gaza due to genocide, death and domicide. Today on the PalCast, the meaning of homeless and houselessness is deeper. The world is watching as Israel wages its war on not only Palestinians, but also their memories, with some becoming refugees for

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1179. Palestine Over 90 Days Later – Hannah McCarthy...

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2024/01/10

Help keep this show on the road. Please click on:patreon.com/tortoiseshack While the world is watching the situation on the ground in Gaza worsening, Israel is also carrying out land grabs and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Rejoining us on the podcast from Ramallah, to discuss what is happening on the ground is Irish journalist and longtime contributor, Hannah McCarthy. We also discuss the latest Sec. Blinken visit, the targeting of children, the continuing killing of journalists and we ask why

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1053. The Other Shoe Dropped

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2024/01/09

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Martin often says that his activism in some areas is based on the knowledge he gleans from podcast guests. One such guest is Trinity College Assoc Prof Eoin O'Dell, and he rejoined us to discuss the significance of the Data Protection Commissioners decision on Martin's Public Services Card complaint and a lot, lot more. Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647?aff=oddtdtcreator (Note:

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15. U.S Politics and Palestine with Ambassador Chas...

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2024/01/06

Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647?aff=oddtdtcreator In a week in which tensions spurred on by Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza spiked in many parts of West Asia, PalCast's Dr. Yousef Aljamal, Helena Cobban, and producer Tony Groves hosted distinguished retired U.S. diplomat Amb. Chas W. Freeman Jr for a broad discussion of the effects the genocide is having on both U.S. domestic politics and America's place in the world

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1172. Stalemates and No Mates? – Northern Ireland...

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2024/01/04

Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647?aff=oddtdtcreator Claire Mitchell is a writer, researcher, self-described 1798 style dissenter and the author of The Ghost Limb. Stephen Baker is a socialist, trade unionist, ukulele player (it takes a big man to play a small guitar) and part of Left Bloc. They joined us to review 2023 in Northern Irish politics, civic society and to look ahead to 2024 with 7 proper tests for the years

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Climate (In)Action – More Blah, Blah, Blah?

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2024/01/02

Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647?aff=oddtdtcreator We've seen in Ireland and indeed globally a rebranding of State failures to make real progress in Climate Action into so-called historic successes. Yes, there has been some good things added to plans, but surely we should have moved beyond worrying about what type of linguistic gymnastics is less offensive to the fossil fuel industry? Joining Tony and Rory is Mr. Glass

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1168. Tadhg Hickey on Gaza, Activist Art and being...

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2023/12/31

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Actor, comedian, satirist and activist, Tadhg Hickey, has had a very big 2023. Whether it was a sold-out tour, viral sketches or appearances in some controversial places, he's still, as he says himself, a work in progress. In this podcast Tony and Tadhg talk about everything from Gaza to George Galloway and from recovery to helping others who have their own mental health struggles. I hope you enjoy listening to this chat as much as I did recording

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1166. Reviewing 2023 with The Ditch

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2023/12/27

Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine:https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647 Merry Ditchmas and a Happy New Media Landscape The Ditch have had a year. From exposing political corruption to getting smeared by the Tanaiste and that's before we get to the Paddy Cosgrave stuff. But there's no doubt they've shook up people who were complacent and upset some parts of legacy media that needed to be reminded of what they're supposed to be about. Rejoining us for a wrap of the

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