Best Tortoise Shack Media Podcasts (2024)

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357. Rory’s Return 35:49

8h ago35:49

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory talks with Tony about the last few weeks of his candidacy for the Midlands North-West MEP election, the highs, lows and everything in between. They also discuss the results and dig into some of the outcomes and what learnings the broad left must take after what was a m…

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18. Gaza – A Mother and a Teacher 38:33

1d ago38:33

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackDeanna Othman is a Palestinian American, who is both a journalist and educator. She is from the West Bank, but has traveled to Gaza twice, most recently in June 2023.In this episode of PalCast, she shares her experience of visiting Gaza and how the world has changed since then. Othman speaks of the feeling…

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1270. The UK General Election: Under New Management? 48:28

3d ago48:28

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackRejoining us on the podcast is listener favourite, Prof Richard Murphy and he's is in feisty form. Richard outlines the societal challenges and the economic realities facing the UK, as well as the political and financial options available to the soon-to-be new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer.Richard also, qui…

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1271. Ms. M – A Voice From Within RTE 45:25

6d ago45:25

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackNo current RTE bogus self employed employee has been allowed to speak publicly. Unions refuse to have their voices heard, mainstream media is terrified of RTE and even the Oireachtas has been told by unauthorised legal figures to ensure the bogus self employed workers get no voice in the ongoing hearings a…

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17. Gaza and the Quakers – Decades of Solidarity 50:34

8d ago50:34

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackEditors Note: This is the first PalCast since Yousef's sister, Fatima was killed in Gaza. Yousef talks about her at the beginning.The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) started Palestinian refugee camps in Gaza in 1948. The AFSC’s educational work in Palestine goes back to the early 1900s when the f…

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1272. The Last Time We Can Hit Snooze – The Election Results Special 47:10

10d ago47:10

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackThis is a bumper podcast on everything (the Sinn Féin fall, the far right gains and more) that we know so far on the results of the Local and European Elections. Joining us to break it down is the best in the biz (and massive Carly Rae Jepsen fan) Mr irishelectionprojections.com, Harry McEvansoneya. This i…

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1269. Nuseirat, Gaza with Dr Musallam Abukhalil and Adam SpiceBag Doyle

11d ago

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIt was a pleasure to be rejoined on the podcast from Nuseirat by Dr Musallam Abukhalil from the medical shelter where he works with his colleagues and the volunteers with Dignity for Palestine, and activist artist Adam SpiceBag Doyle. We just wish it was under better circumstances.We talk about how things …

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1269. Nuseirat, Gaza with Dr Musallam Abukhalil and Adam SpiceBag Doyle

11d ago

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIt was a pleasure to be rejoined on the podcast from Nuseirat by Dr Musallam Abukhalil from the medical shelter where he works with his colleagues and the volunteers with Dignity for Palestine, and activist artist Adam SpiceBag Doyle. We just wish it was under better circumstances.We talk about how things …

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16. Dark Humour for Dark Times with Tadhg Hickey 43:46

15d ago43:46

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackOn this episode of PalCast, Yousef, Helena and Tony are joined by comedian, satirist and activist, Tadhg Hickey to talk about the role that activist art plays in protesting the ongoing genocide in Gaza and how the price creatives pay for speaking up is a price he gladly pays. They discuss the need for laug…

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1261. Mexico’s New President, Milei vs Sanchez and Ethno-nationalism in the Dominican Republic 48:13

17d ago48:13

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackWe have Mexico's first female President, Claudi Sheinbaum, disastrous floods in Brazil, Argentina's Milei starting a fight with Spain, and horrendously racist policies leaving thousands Stateless in the Dominican Republic. So you know we had to go back to chat with El Pais reporter and journalist in Latin …

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1258. The Far Right are Miles Ahead of Us 46:14

19d ago46:14

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackWhy are far right faces from the South canvassing for far right candidates in the North? Our guest, writer, commentator and columnist with the Irish News, Elaine Crory, has some ideas. You should listen to them. Please read her piece here:https://www.irishnews.com/opinion/elaine-crory-the-far-right-are-mil…

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Understanding Hamas, Ep.5: Dr. Azzam Tamimi 1:21:32

20d ago1:21:32

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This was the fifth and final session in a series of Public Conversations that Just World Ed presented in May 2024, on the theme of "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters." The series as a whole was presented by JWE President Helena Cobban and board member Rami G. Khouri. Our guest in this episode was Dr. Azzam Tamimi, who's the editor-in-chief o…

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356. 100% Irish, 100% Palestinian 40:08

20d ago40:08

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To help Khalid get his family out of Gaza you can donate to:https://gofund.me/39137fbbAn Irish Palestinian Story of GenocideIn this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory talks with Khalid El-Astal, who was born in Belfast, when his father was doing a PhD in Queens University. He then moved to Gaza with his brothers and family when he was 8. He shares his s…

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15. The Tent Massacre and why the Streets are Still with Palestine 43:50

22d ago43:50

43:50

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackEman Abdelhadi is is a Palestinian professor who is involved in student encampments in the US. She joins PalCast co-hosts, Yousef, Helena and Tony to talk about the student movement in the US and its impact on US and global politics. Abdelhadi notes that the student movement had reached its climax and that…

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1255. The European Elections – Do It For Dublin? 46:32

23d ago46:32

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackTrade Unionist, workers rights advocate and social justice campaigner Brendan Ogle joins us to talk about why he's running for the European Parliament and what he wants to bring from Dublin to Brussels and from Europe back to Dublin.We talk activism, building movements and why Brendan doesn't believe the c…

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1260. RTE – Collusion, Corruption and a Quasi-Legal System

25d ago

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn yet another Echo Chamber Podcast exclusive, we expose how RTE colluded with their legal representatives and with the assistance of the Dept of Social Protection, to force RTE employees, past and present, through an arduous and costly quasi-judicial appeals process, when there are no legal grounds whatso…

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Understanding Hamas, Ep.4: Mouin Rabbani 1:15:12

27d ago1:15:12

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This was the fourth of a series of Public Conversations that Just World Ed is presenting in May 2024, on the theme of "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters." The series is presented by JWE President Helena Cobban and board member Rami G. Khouri. Our guest in this episode was Mouin Rabbani, a super-smart Dutch-Palestinian researcher and analyst …

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1257. Poll-ageddon for the Left? 30:47

27d ago30:47

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackOur favourite poll analyst, Mr irishelectionsprojections.com Harry McEvansoneay rejoins us to parse the the results of the latest opinion poll. We talk the fall of Sinn Féin, the gaps in the reporting, the confirmation bias of the result reporting and then Harry delivers what was for our money one of the b…

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14. Gaza – Heartbreak and Heroism with Journalist, Aseel Mousa 37:55

29d ago37:55

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackHelena Cobban of Just World Educational and Tony Groves of the Tortoise Shack send their deep condolences to the inspiring leader of our PalCast project, Dr. Yousef Aljamal, on the death of his father within the past few hours, in Gaza, Palestine. We are heartbroken for our dear friend, Yousef and his fami…

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355. Something to Fight For 54:32

1M ago54:32

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackMessaging & actions of hope to counter the far-rightIn this Reboot Republic podcast. Rory discusses messaging and taking actions based on hope, solidarity and solutions to counter the far right, with Niamh McDonald of the Hope and Courage Collective and Emily Duffy of parable. Niamh and Emily explain their…

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1254. Gaza and the Rafah Crossing: ‘Silence is Complicity’ – Mahmoud Mushtaha 29:12

1M ago29:12

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackRejoining us from Egypt on the podcast is journalist Mahmoud Mushtaha, who himself only recently was evacuated through the now closed Rafah crossing. He talks about the current situation, the unfolding and worsening humanitarian crisis and those few minutes of joy, when he, his friends and family had when …

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Understanding Hamas, Ep.3: Dr. Jeroen Gunning 1:10:39

1M ago1:10:39

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This was the third of a series of Public Conversations that Just World Ed is presenting in May 2024, on the theme of "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters." The series is presented by JWE President Helena Cobban and board member Rami G. Khouri. Our guest was Dr. Jeroen Gunning, a Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and Conflict Studies at King…

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13. #GazaGenocide – Farming and the Land of Palestine 43:28

1M ago43:28

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackAsmaa AbuMezied is a Palestinian agricultural expert from Gaza. Now based in New York, with family in Gaza, she joins PalCast’s co-hosts Yousef Aljamal, Helena Cobban and Tony Groves to talk about agriculture in Gaza and the impact of genocidal and colonial practices on it. Coming from a family that cultiv…

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1247. RTE Pt 3. The Media Committee and Social Welfare Fraud 44:31

1M ago44:31

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this third part of our ongoing coverage of RTE and their rogue employment processes Martin is joined by Matt McGranaghan and former RTE News Presenter, Angie Mezzetti, to discuss the events at the Oireachtas Media Committee.You'll also hear, via Fine Gael TD Brendan Griffin, some voices who neither OPLA…

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354. Real Action – UCD Students’ Palestine Encampment 54:21

1M ago54:21

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this podcast Rory and Tony talk to Martha Ní Riada the President of UCD Student's Union about the encampment of students taking place in solidarity with Palestine. Martha sets out the core demands of the students, calling on the University in relation to the Boycott Divestment Sanctions campaign, and te…

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354. The Hope We Can’t See Yet with John Harris 54:21

1M ago54:21

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackJoining us on this Reboot Republic podcast, is award winning Guardian political commentator and the host of their Politics Weekly Podcast, John Harris.We discuss the fallout from the UK local elections, the imminent end of this Conservative government, the prospects for a better and fairer deal from a Labo…

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354. The Hope We Can’t See Yet with John Harris 54:21

1M ago54:21

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackJoining us on this Reboot Republic podcast, is award winning Guardian political commentator and the host of their Politics Weekly Podcast, John Harris.We discuss the fallout from the UK local elections, the imminent end of this Conservative government, the prospects for a better and fairer deal from a Labo…

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