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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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49. This is Gaza – Trump’s Clownish Ethnic Cleansing...

The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack ·

2025/02/05

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this PalCast episode BAFTA and Emmy award winning filmmaker, Yousef Hammash joins us to discuss his work during the genocide in Gaza, the role of storytelling in informing the world and how, on the day that Dr Refaat Alareer's body was given a proper burial, the Palestinian people will persevere despite the absolute madness coming out of Donald Trump. This is Gaza. They aren't leaving. Gareth Browne in Damascus podcast is

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1413. I Was Always Me with Jenny Maguire

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2025/02/02

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackJenny Maguire's journey to becoming Students Union President of Trinity College Dublin was far from ordinary. From attending an all-boys school, to running (unsuccessfully) for class president, to finding out that what may seem like setbacks at the time, were really only opportunities for her to grow and learn. It was a pleasure to chat with her and, as an old foggy who thinks that he knows it all, realise that I can still learn something. Enjoy. The Simon

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1406. The Bike Shed Economy

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2025/01/28

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackPoverty Pay on the Government Payroll In this Echo Chamber Pod we are joined by national organiser with the Independent Workers Union (https://www.union.ie/) Alex Homits, to discuss how the State and many State services are currently outsourced to largely untaxed and unaccountable companies at a cost of tens of millions to us and very much to the detriment of workers. This is an eye-opening conversation about how "middle-man" Ireland works against workers

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1414. International Co-operation, Not Militarisation...

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2025/01/26

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this podcast we are joined by two-term Senator (looking to be reelected on the NUI Panel) Alice-Mary Higgins. We talk about her work in scrutinising, amending and improving legislation, her determination to put society and environment before market interests in our political decision making process and her ambition to work for better international outcomes in a world that seems to be moving towards militarism. Vote for her ASAP if you can. (Yes, the

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1403. The Housing Crisis in 2025

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2025/01/22

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this podcast housing expert and lecturer, Dr Lorcan Sirr, joins us to talk about the housing bubble in the affordable housing market, the issue of homelessness as an acceptable feature (and not a bug) of the current market and so much more. I'd argue this is as good a 'The State of Housing Going Into 2025' chat as you'll hear anywhere. Please listen. The Deprogrammed for Govt podcast is out now

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1407. Trump 2.0 and the Occupied Territories Bill

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2025/01/20

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this pre-inauguration podcast, US-based professor of economics, Constantin Gurdgiev, rejoins us to talk Trump 2.0, the Tariff wars, housing inequality as the key driver of political polarisation in both the US and Ireland, the fires that swept California and what, if any, impact Ireland passing the Occupied Territories Bill will have on our economy. Donate to Dignity for Palestine:https://www.patreon.com/posts/117612489

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46. #GazaCeasefire – A First Step

The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack ·

2025/01/16

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackAs reports of a ceasefire deal are emerging, we are joined on the PalCast by a very special guest, Dr Ayesha Khan, who is an Emergency Medicine physician. Dr Khan has recently returned from Gaza, where she worked in trying to hold together the crumbling medical facilities. This is a first-person account of the reality on the ground by a remarkable woman who has helped build health system capacity in thirteen regions across the globe. Please listen. PalCast

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1408. ‘Bankrupt Overnight’ – Kevin Bakhurst admits...

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2025/01/15

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this tortoise shack exclusive we reveal that RTE Director General, Kevin Bakhurst told staff at a townhall meeting last year that despite acknowledging their rogue employer practices, RTE cannot repay them what they are entitled to because that would "bankrupt them overnight." Not only do we reveal it, but on this podcast we play you the audio of that meeting. You'll also hear from RTE's Head of HR, Emer Cusack. Tune in for the full explosive and

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1404. People Like Me, with Lynn Ruane

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2025/01/13

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this podcast two-term Senator and candidate in the upcoming Seanad election, Lynn Ruane, sits down to talk about her work in Leinster House, her dedication to the people of her community and the importance of not giving up. This is a broad conversation about class, politics, the criminal justice system, society and yes, even a little bit of philosophy. But I know Foucault about that. The Housing 2025 podcast is

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1396. Out of, But Still in Gaza

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2025/01/11

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackListeners will know Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Mushtaha has the brave reporter who would update the world from Shifa Hospital during the Israeli attacks. You might also recall his reports on the famine sweeping Gaza and him having to eat animal food to survive. Today he’s in the UK, studying at University and still advocating for the end of the war and the rights of his people. He’s also now a published author and is working on his second book. Mahmoud

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1400. Spain, We Love You, Awfully

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2025/01/09

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackSpanish politics has had everything recently, lawfare, corruption, love letters, natural disaster mishandling and a hard left that is eating itself. Rejoining us on the podcast is Madrid-based Prof Joe Haslam and (also) Madrid-based journalist and host of the Sobremesa Podcast, Eoghan Gilmartin. This is very broad and we get into the issues of immigration, housing and the rise of the far right in what should be a warning for us in Ireland. Support Dignity

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1390. The Year of the Chainsaw

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2025/01/04

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this 2024/25 special we sit down with journalist with El Pais in Mexico City, Nicholas Dale Leal, who brings us on both a geographical and ideological tour of Latin America from Milei’s anarcho-capitalist Argentina to Sheinbaum’s socially-democratic-with-a-side-of-cartel Mexico and everything in between. The great breakdown of Latin America and what the Trump presidency could mean that you didn’t know you needed to hear. Support Dignity for

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45. Gaza and the Heroism of Those Who Don’t Want to...

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2025/01/02

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Dr. Nour Nafez Hammad is a Palestinian educator and scholar who is engaged in the fields of literature and education. In this episode of PalCast, she speaks of personal loss, the role of storytelling and literature in creating a Palestine away from the control of Israeli narrative. She explains how the use of literature, videos and social media posts are a way of maintaining some sanity in what is an insane situation. Tune in for much more. Support the

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1393. We Need Radical Compassion in 2025

The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack ·

2025/01/01

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this 2024/2025 tortoise shack special we are joined by journalist and Our Man in Stockholm, Mr Philip O’Connor, to discuss how the (sadly many) missed opportunities of 2024 can be seen as learnings for 2025. We talk politics, media and the need for a more combative opposition within both areas. Then Philip makes the case for moving beyond solidarity to what he calls Radical Compassion. Please have a listen. (And get him a job hosting an Irish tv

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1392. UK 2024 Wrap – Labour’s Progressive Regression...

The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack ·

2024/12/30

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this wrap of 2024 we skip over the Irish Sea to talk with listener favourite, Prof Richard Murphy, about the UK’s year of turmoil and the stability of having a politics of not very much ambition. Richard talks about how the Labour Party had continued to impose rules upon itself under the guise of fiscal prudence, whilst offering a seat at the table to some of the biggest capitalist predators in the world. Global Britain in 2025? We will see. Donate to

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1395. Fulfilling Promises to the Disabled Community

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2024/12/29

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Listeners will remember Ann Marie Flanagan from our 'No on the Care Referendum' podcast. Well she’s decided that the best way for to see the promises made after that failed referendum is for her to be at the table where the legislation gets written and negotiated. So she’s running for the Seanad and joins us to talk all about her ambitions for the work and representing the disabled community as a member of it in national politics. Donate to Dignity to

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44. Gaza – A Child’s Christmas Wish for Peace

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2024/12/26

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackBanias is a wonderful a 8-year old child living in Gaza, now displaced in Al-Zawayda. She joins us to speak of the dreams that she still carries and the life that she left behind in her home, now destroyed, in Gaza city, Banias shares her hopes for the new year, talks about rebuilding Gaza, wanting to visit New York, her favourite Christmas film, Home Alone, and how much she wants to see an end to the war. Her mom, Maram, also joins us towards the end of

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1397. The Tortoise Shack Wrap of 2024

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2024/12/24

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this wrap of 2024 we are joined by the dream team of Shamim Malekmian and Harry McEvansoneya, to look back over 2024, share a few laughs and worry about the direction of travel in too much of global politics. We talk heroes, villains and the stories that included both of those. All Hail the Bike Shed. Happy Christmas from Donna and Blitzen! The Child's Wish from Gaza Pod is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/118607091 Prof Richard Murphy on the

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1389. No, No Happy Christmas to RTE. Up the Workers!

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2024/12/22

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Editors Note: Recorded Dec 12th) Martin vs RTE at the WRC Martin went to the WRC to represent RTE worker Joey Kelly vs Arthur Cox who are representing RTE. It was standing room only and despite the attempts to have the case dismissed, what was revealed shows that RTE is not taking steps to resolve its mistreatment of workers. If anything the company is speaking out of both sides of its State-Funded mouth. The Tortoise Shack Wrap of the Year is out now

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1385. Left Unity in 2025?

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2024/12/20

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack I won't lie, I wanted to see PBP Cllr Conor Reddy get into the Dáil. But that's the democratic process and his (and my) disappointment is, as Conor outlines, a waste of time when the work on the ground continues. We look at the opportunity of real Left Unity in the next Dáil and in street-led activism and we also discuss his important scientific work with Inclusion Services and his PhD which first brought him to my attention. You don't need a Dáil seat to

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