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The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack
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!
Episodes
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Sinn Féin’s New Residency Proposals – Tony debates Matt Carthy
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack Podcast, Tony challenges Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin's spokesperson on Justice, Home Affairs, and…
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Educating for the Future in Gaza
Dr. Mahmoud Altarabin is an Associate Professor of Translation and Linguistics and Deputy Head of the Department of English at the Islamic University of Gaza…
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Locals Only or it Burns
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack "Race hate crime is a year-long problem." In this episode, Tony speaks with journalist Luke Butterly of The Detail…
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The Political-Media Echo Chamber – Shop Mannequins and the Politics of the Out of Touch
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack "If we don't acknowledge that change can be an improvement, change will be forced on us." In this Tortoise Shack…
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We Don’t Want to Send Our Young People off to fight in foreign Wars
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack "Removing the triple lock means Ireland is no longer neutral" In this Tortoise Shack episode, Tony and Senator Tom…
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The Real Cost of Disability – Budget 2027 and a Call for Fairness
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack "Build accessibility into everything from the ground up." In this Tortoise Shack episode, Tony is joined by…
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I Hate To See Anyone Suffer – A Paediatrician in Gaza
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Dr. Belal Adnan Abuiyada is a physician working in paediatrics in Gaza. Alongside his medical work, he writes on…
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Burnham, Polanski, the Collapse of Neoliberalism and How a New Song Might Sound
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack "Andy Burnham is a neoliberal to his very core. Let's be blunt about this." In this Tortoise Shack episode…
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The Spanish Elections – A Housing or Immigration Referendum?
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Will Pedro Sanchez win, but still lose? "Vox hates brown people" This Tortoise Shack episode jumps into a…
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Finding a new path through the genocide
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Malak Abu Krayem is a Palestinian Computer Scientist, App Developer, and children's book writer. She joins us from…
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The Spanish Housing Revolution and the Implications for Ireland
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack "Unwinding neoliberalism is the key challenge in housing politics" In this Tortoise Shack episode, Tony sits down…
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Rosa Luxemburg vs Hayek’s Bastards
Please see patreon.com/tortoiseshack 'The AI Boom is starting to look a lot like the Dot Com Bubble.' In this Tortoise Shack podcast, U.S.-based Professor of…
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Climate Action Delayism: An Investigation into Saudi Aramco’s Influence in the IPCC
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack episode, Madrid-based Journalist, and host of the excellent Sobremsa podcast, Eoghan…
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Rent Hikes vs Democracy
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack "They’ve included the working family payment as part of your income that’s assessed. These are primarily lone…
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We Will Not Abandon Our Patients – Two Doctors in Gaza
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Dr. Ahmed Alqady and Dr. Abdullah Almobayed are Palestinian physicians from Gaza. They established a small medical…
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Budget 2027 – Fix Housing, Fix Inequality
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this pre-budget tortoise shack episode, we explore Ireland's complex issues around poverty measurement, the…
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Justice For Harvey – Gillian and Stephen in the Tortoise Shack
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Listeners will be aware of the story of the late Harvey Sherratt, who passed away at only nine and a half years…
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The Election Nobody Won, Racism Going Too Far, Trump’s nonsense, AI non-regulatory regulation and creeping Antisemitism
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack "You spent the last four years telling these people you don’t want them. And then you wonder why they don’t vote…
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Telling these Stories is a Privilege
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Hala Hanina is an academic, a writer, a student of colonialism and host of the podcast, Falasteeniya. She left Gaza…
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‘Weird’ Policing, Stormont Pay Rises, Public Austerity and Securing Britain’s Future
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack "Society saw this coming a long way, and we let them walk right into that crack." In this episode, listener…
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Rafah is a 15min drive, but my home is a lifetime away – Hassan Herzallah
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Hassan Herzallah is an English Literature Graduate, a writer and translator from Rafah, Gaza, Palestine. He joins…
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Empathy, Inequality and Social Cohesion
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic episode, Rory and Tony are rejoined by Senior Lecturer of Applied Psychology at University…
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Ireland’s failure to regulate social media is killing our children – The Fagersta School Attack
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this tortoise shack episode, Philip O'Connor talks about the tragic school attack in Fagersta, Sweden, a place…
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Trump, Burnham and the reality of the United Ireland movement
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this tortoise shack episode, writer, political commentator and campaigner, Emma DeSouza and Tony explore…
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A Trainee Lawyer in Gaza – I Want To Fight For Justice
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Nour Alali is a trainee lawyer who has graduated with her law degree, but has been unable to start her career…
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The Impact of Immigration Rules on Ireland’s Health System
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack episode, Tony dives deep into the evolving/devolving immigration landscape and its…
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Empathy, Inequality and Social Cohesion with Dr Sharon Lambert
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic episode, Rory and Tony are rejoined by Senior Lecturer of Applied Psychology at University…
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Empathy, Inequality and Social Cohesion with Dr Sharon Lambert
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this episode, Rory is joined to talk with returning guest, Senior Lecturer of Applied Psychology at University…
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The Impact of New Immigration Rules on Ireland’s Health Service
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this episode of the Echo Chamber Podcast, Tony dives deep into the evolving/devolving immigration landscape and…
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‘I Did Not See The Sun. I Did Not See The Sky’ – A Palestinian Child Prisoner speaks
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack CW: This episode contains subjects that listeners/viewers might find disturbing. Abdulkhaliq Burnat is a…
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The Role of Crime and Security Journalism in Irish Democracy
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Note: Recorded for members Aug 28th) In this Tortoise Shack episode, NUI Lecturer in Criminal Law, Policing and…
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Let Them Study – Roaa’s story: A Medical Student in Gaza
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Roa'a Abuaser is a 19-year-old medical student from Gaza. Alongside her studies, she is a poet, creative writer…
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Sharing Art, Culture and Languages during the Genocide -Roa’a Abuaser
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Roa'a Abuaser is a 19-year-old medical student from Gaza. Alongside her studies, she is a poet, creative writer…
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You’re Not Angry Enough with Pearse Stokes
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The best way to improve our biodiversity is to support, protect and when necessary, rescue the wildlife we already…
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Ulster Says Maybe – A Border Poll is Not Off the Table
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Self-described former Unionist, TIK Tok, Irish-Northern Irish-British identity content creator, Claire JC, joins…
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Gaza and the Israeli Elections – It’s Not Just Netanyahu
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this PalCast, Yousef Aljamal talks to cohost Tony Groves about the latest news on Gaza, the current worseninig…
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The Dan’s vs The Geography Teacher
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack episode, Tony is joined by author, lecturer and neutrality campaigner, Dr Patrick Bresnihan…
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The Trick is to not take the Serious Stuff Seriously – Zain’s Story
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this very special PalCast, Yousef and Tony are joined from Gaza by Zain Abu Tawela, a brilliant 10yr old who…
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Freidreich’s Ataxia and SkyClarys – Emily and Niamh
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack This Tortoise Shack episode is a heartfelt and open discussion on Friedreich's Ataxia, its impact on young people…
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Trump’s America: Hope Springs Eternal, Then it Kills You…
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack episode, American-based Professor of Economics, Constantin Gurdgiev, joins Tony to analyse…
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I Don’t Want to Leave Gaza – Wining The Reverse Lottery
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Abdulrahman Al-Sheikh Khalil chose to leave Egypt to pursue his studies in IT. Less than a month later October 7th…
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The Ceuta Crisis: Spain, FIFA, Ryanair, The Odyssey, Meloni, Trump and the Abraham Accords.
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this tortoise shack episode, Tony is rejoined by Madrid-based journalist Eoghan Gilmartin to explore the complex…
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And The Jellyfish Shall Inherit the Earth
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The Cooled versus The Cooked In this Tortoise Shack podcast, Tony and climate advocate, activist and TUD lecturer…
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The Gaza Grift and the Geopolitical Reality
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this PalCast, Yousef is rejoined by long-time PalCast collaborator, Just World Educational's Helena Cobban and…
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The Race to the Bottom – Ireland’s Lack of Progress in Housing
Please join us at patreon.com/tortosieshack In this episode, UCD's School of Architecture Asst Prof Orla Hegarty, is back to talk housing. We dive into the…
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International Law didn’t fail, World Leaders failed International Law
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Dana Besaiso is a Gaza-born Palestinian LLM candidate, specialising in Public International Law. She is also a…
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Prof Richard Murphy on Andy Burnham, Gary Stevenson, Wealth Taxes and More
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack episode, Prof Richard Murphy joins Tony to discuss the flaws in the UK's tax system, the…
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Luke Ming Flanagan: The Next EU Budget, Farming, Fisheries, Praise for Maria Walsh and More
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this tortoise shack podcast, Tony is joined by MEP Luke Ming Flanagan to discuss the dangers posed to farmers…
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Ethnic Erasure – The Reality in Occupied Palestine
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Leila Warah is a Palestinian American multimedia journalist currently based in Palestine. Born and raised in the…
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The EU, Ryanair, Hare Coursing, Data Centres and More with MEP Lynn Boylan
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack episode Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan joins us to talk about the EU Parliament, the rolling back…
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Justice For The Children – No Building Over Bessborough
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack episode, Tony speaks with activist, artist and Cllr Noelle Brown, who is herself a survivor…
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Public Health in Gaza and Bearing Witness
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Asmaa Dwimah is a Palestinian writer, poet, artist and dentist from Gaza. She is currently pursuing her Masters…
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Venezuelan Earthquake, Mexico’s World Cup and Colombia’s Right Wing Political Pivot
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack podcast, Tony and Mexico-based Colombian journalist with El Pais, Nicholas Dale Leal…
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Breaking the Silence: Jeffrey Donaldson, Sexual Violence and Society in Ireland
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack podcast, Tony is rejoined by Writer, Commentator and Community Advocate, Elaine Crory to…
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If You Cannot Say Genocide
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Yahia Lababidi is an Arab American poet of Palestinian descent and essayist, and the author of sixteen books. His…
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Jim O’Callaghan’s Criminally Ignorant ‘Cost Saver’
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack podcast, solicitor Cathal Malone discusses the impact of proposed (resulting in dozens of…
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Drug Use – Harm Reduction vs State Snobbery
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Tortoise Shack podcast, Senator Lynn Ruane returns to talk about the cross-party Oireachtas Committee…
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The Housing Crisis and a Broad Left Government with Eoin Ó Broin
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Eoin Ó Broin is back to discuss Ireland's housing crisis, recent legislative changes, and strategic solutions to…
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I Want to be in Government – Paul Murphy
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this episode, Tony is joined by PBP TD Paul Murphy to dig into the lay of the land in Irish politics, the…
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I Don’t Want To Write Tragedies
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Sondos Sabra is a Palestinian writer from Gaza and co-author of Voices of Resistance, currently pursuing a master’s…