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Democracy in Danger

UVA Karsh Institute

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All over the world, liberal democracy is under threat. Autocrats are taking hold. They’re crushing dissent. Controlling the media. Trampling voting rights. Don’t let them. Join hosts Will Hitchcock and Siva Vaidhyanathan as they put the illiberal turn in context. Hear leading thinkers discuss serious threats to government by the people: from the dark web and media disinformation, to climate change, economic inequality and violent extremism. Help save the rule of the people — one episode at a ...
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Hear Her Sports

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A biweekly podcast where amazing female athletes share stories of breaking barriers, speaking up, and living with power and confidence in today’s changing world. Hear successes and challenges of life as an athlete and thoughts about inequality in sports and media coverage.
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This is a room for me to do any podcast discussion on topics, like trending topics in Sports(College Football and Basketball, Wrestling like AEW, and Impact Wrestling), MLB, NFL, and NHL), IT, Entertainment(Music and Gaming). New Podcast episode for Current Events are on every Mondays and Wednesdays. Technology topics Tuesdays or Fridays every week. In-depth Special Reports as Needed.
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Our goal is to help people transform state politics. We investigate why it’s so broken, imagine what we could have here in Massachusetts if we fixed it, and report on how you can get involved. If you believe in fighting for social justice, in reducing inequality, in health care for all, in affordable housing, in reforming our criminal justice system, and if you want to be part of getting these policies – and more – passed, then this is the podcast for you.
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On Head in the Office, two big-time political gurus, Jeremy & Gage, dissect the weekly news and offer a leftist point of view on recent events. With society constantly flirting with fascism, perpetuating massive inequality, and protecting the most privileged, Head in the Office seeks to examine why our political systems seem to never function properly and are so terrible all the time through comedy and charming commentary. New episodes every Wednesday at noon. Patreon: www.patreon.com/headin ...
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The place to reflect on all things inequality injustice and oppression at work. You tell us what is up and will do some thinking will do some research and will propose some possible solutions so that together we can make the workplace work for everyone. Your workplace dilemmas, your challenges and your queries at work. Join Guilaine Kinouani every first and third Monday of every month!To send us your queries, questions and dilemmas please email Atwork@racereflections.co.uk
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Features conversations with people who offer pieces of the puzzle of “a world that just might work” -- provocative approaches to business, environment, health, science, politics, media and culture. Guests have included Michael Lewis, Ken Burns, Arianna Huffington, Paul Krugman, Temple Grandin, Bill Maher, Cornel West, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Norman Lear. [http://terrencemcnally.net]
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Inequality is everywhere. This exvangelical podcast explores areas of religion, culture, and society where justice is needed in order to bring about true mutuality. Full Mutuality is a Dauntless Media Collective podcast. Visit dauntless.fm for more. Join as a partner on Patreon for exclusive content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Culture & Inequality Podcast

Culture & Inequality Podcast

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How does culture feed into inequality? And the other way around? In Culture and Inequality, cultural sociologists from universities across the world explore these topics in-depth from various perspectives on the basis of academic readings. While this podcast is primarily intended as a course module for advanced students in sociology, it certainly offers interesting insights to a more general audience too.
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Sustainable Growth Podcast with Melissa Ambers

Sustainable Growth with Melissa Ambers

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Welcome to Sustainable Growth, where we explore the pathways to sustainable growth in an ever-changing world. I'm your host, Melissa Ambers; we delve into the strategies, innovations, and insights driving businesses and individuals toward a more sustainable future. In a world where challenges like climate change, resource depletion, and social inequality loom large, it's more crucial than ever to chart a course toward growth that doesn't come at our planet's or its people's expense. That's w ...
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Welcome to "The Hint Hive: Amplifying Women's Voices", the podcast that celebrates and elevates the incredible strength, resilience, and achievements of women everywhere. Join our charismatic host, Kelly Hint (a.k.a. the Queen Bee of the Hive), on a journey of inspiration, self-discovery, and empowerment. In each episode, Kelly discusses thought-provoking issues and explores the challenges, triumphs, and unique experiences that shape the narrative of womanhood. "The Hint Hive" goes beyond tr ...
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The Women in Sport Podcast

The Women in Sport Podcast

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The Women in Sport podcast brings together insight, advice and expertise from across the sector to discuss the issues and topics you think are important and affecting women and girls in the UK. Join the conversation on social media and follow us @womeninsport_uk Donate to Women in Sport online. (https://www.womeninsport.org/get-involved/make-a-donation/)
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Black ex-journalism from a place calling itself Edmonton. We take a local focus to societal issues like media bias, corruption, racism, class inequality, government failure, and police brutality.
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We need to save the world from climate breakdown. But with inequality growing, democracy in retreat and the far right on the rise, do we really want to save this world, or do we want to change it? Planet B is a new podcast series from Novara Media which imagines a world that isn’t just saved from climate breakdown, but is renewed and transformed by the fight against it.
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Gilded Age

OptOut News

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A podcast about inequality with hosts Walker Bragman and Mark Colangelo. Full episodes are available to recurring donors to the OptOut Media Foundation. Subscribe at https://originals.optout.news/#/portal/signup Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gildedage/support
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Life presents enough challenges, from inevitable death and illness to man-made strife like poverty, inequality, and war. In the face of human suffering, sexuality is an incredible outlet for joy, healing, pleasure and connection. Yet, social norms make accessing this simple joy harder than it needs to be. In this podcast, we unpack junk narratives about which bodies, identities, relationship styles, or sexual activities are considered acceptable and reclaim the power of sexual freedom. Recen ...
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Hot and Bothered

Not Sorry Productions

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Hot and Bothered is all about the power of romance culture. We analyze romance novels and movies to better imagine our own happy endings. Episodes release weekly on Tuesdays. CURRENT SEASON: Hot and Bothered (Movie Edition) We make Hot and Bothered because we are interested in the way that love stories have impacted our lives and culture. For our fifth season of the show, we’re turning our attention to romantic films. Vanessa and Hannah McGregor dig into the canon of romantic films, from Tit ...
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Green Flags

New Belgium Brewing & ODD Media

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From New Belgium Brewing and ODD Media, Green Flags takes on the quest for a better business model – one that puts humanity at its core and makes companies more profitable as a result. Your intrepid hosts, Adam Fetcher and Maude Standish, set out to examine the red flags of corporate America today with the goal of illuminating the green flags that represent a humanized approach to business. Over nine episodes, we’ll explore questions like: “Is it healthy to call our coworkers ‘family’…or not ...
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Putting the joy back into talking about diversity! In each episode, Dr. William T. L. Cox and Dr. Amber Nelson share something that is bringing them joy, talk about a diversity topic, share stories, teach a bias habit-breaking skill, and give a media recommendation of something that brings them joy. Their goal is jointly to provide entertainment and education, and they infuse science, practicality, and most of all, joy into conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Diverse Joy is ...
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Nerd vs Nerd

Mike Edinger and Enjoli Hall

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A conversational podcast that discusses nerd culture and media through the lens of politics and identity. We exchange views on comics, movies and TV, exploring the possibilities of nerd pop culture to grapple with issues of inequality and injustice.
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The Stakes

WNYC Studios

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The Stakes is a show about social change, hosted by Kai Wright. We live in extreme times—a climate on the verge of crisis, an economy built on inequality and a political system that feels like it’s falling apart. So, how’d we get to this point? And what happens next? From democracy to healthcare, from pop culture to the environment, our reporters are working to understand why we live the way we do—and why it matters. Because if we can better understand the society we‘ve got, maybe we can fig ...
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Greater Than

Greater Than Media

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Greater than is a storytelling platform. We tell stories about people and organizations that overcome, that keep on despite the desolation they've seen or been through. And we ask ourselves, how can we use these stories to tackle systems of injustice, inequality, racism, poverty, and shift narratives? Hosted by Dhanya Addanki and Jenn Junod, this show curates spaces for uncomfortable but necessary conversations about vulnerable issues. It's designed for an audience who isn't afraid to be fru ...
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Bioethics in the Margins

Kirk Johnson and Amelia Barwise

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Who we are: We are a collaborative of bioethics scholars interested in creating a more inclusive space to explore topics relevant to bioethics and the medical humanities while advancing equity and social change/restitution. Although we found our shared interests through our membership in the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Race Affinity Group, we are independent of ASBH and any other organization. The views expressed in this podcast are our own and the speakers and do not repre ...
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The Social Exchange covers any and all topics pertaining to sociology, be it class issues, systematical racism, gender inequality, sexual orientation and so much more. Each episode we dive into these diverse topics with guest experts who break down the ends and outs of these important issues.
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You’ve heard about it, but do you really know it? In 3 minutes, we help you understand the true meaning behind the trends, concepts and acronyms that are making headlines. After listening, you will really know for sure.
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This show is dedicated to examining the ideas, events, and people that have molded modern American politics. We'll look at history and philosophy going back to the Ancient Romans and Greeks all the way up until present day and talk about how and why it matters today. If you have ever wondered what events and ideas shape the world you live in today, we'll cover it on this podcast.
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My Voice 4 Theirs

Tiffany Marler MA, CNA(Ret.), HM(R-USN)

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Everything that the Mainstream media could get wrong they do and they have this past year. Everything that I can tell you I will. Honest & straight up. Everything dirty and dark going on in this country relating to domestic violence, human trafficking, labor trafficking and racial inequality. I’m from STL and we are imploding and I help bring change in my city and state. We are Survivor Leaders and Huge Advocates in Missouri and the USA. I am a veteran of the Navy and also the Cofounder & Ch ...
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FreedomAfter

Nelson Mandela Foundation

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A podcast by the Nelson Mandela Foundation about Freedom. In 1994, South Africa became a democracy, an event that is often credited for ushering in freedom for South Africa. However, there are many significant residues of Apartheid that remain - in our globally unmatched levels of inequality, the persistence of racism and sexism, and many other areas. In the ’freedomafter’, what have we done to gain the freedom that we have, and what must we do to gain more freedom? In this series, we speak ...
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Illumine America

U.S. Baha'i Office of Public Affairs

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All across the United States, members of the Baha’i Faith are working, shoulder-to-shoulder with their fellow Americans, to make their communities more unified, just, and prosperous. The Office of Public Affairs for the Baha’is of the United States is the national representative for the American Baha’i community, carrying out this same work with like-minded organizations, thinkers, and the broader public, along with government entities and the media. We host the podcast Illumine America, whi ...
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Alex Wood is a stand-up comedian. He's also a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. On the 1st of every month he's quitting one of his vices while trying to keep his sanity. Over the next year he's quitting; weed, caffeine, chewing his nails, red meat, dairy, cigarettes, porn, social media, credit cards, gossip, smart phone and sugar. Each episode also has an interview with an addict of some kind.
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Techtonic is a new podcast from human rights organisation Article 19, hosted by tech reporter Chris Stokel-Walker and produced by Christopher Hooton and Nicola Kelly. The new series looks at freedom of expression online with a focus on the human impact of Big Tech and social media. We speak to experts around the world, including the former Head of Elections at Twitter, digital rights activists and journalists and we hear from those at the sharp end of AI, deepfake technologies, internet shut ...
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The Unstarving Musician

Robonzo (Roberto R Hernandez)

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The Unstarving Musician features weekly interviews with independent musicians, songwriters, producers, and music industry professionals who share their experience and expertise on recording, touring, marketing, the business of music, and more. This is all intended to help independent DIY music artists better understand the marketing, business and creative processes that help us create sustainable and profitable music careers.
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The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast; where stories about the power of focus and resilience are revealed by the people who lived those stories Jack Hopkins has been studying human behavior for over three-decades. He's long had a passion for having conversations with fascinating people, and getting them to share the wisdom they've acquired through years of being immersed in their area of expertise, and overcoming the challenges and obstacles that are almost always part of the equation.
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Almost thirty years after The Day the Villains Won (aka V-Day), Helen Black arrives at her new apartment in The Onar, a 161-story apartment complex in what used to be Midtown Manhattan. Owned and operated by S.H.I.E.L.D., The Onar has become the very embodiment of the dystopic wealth and inequality that's engulfed New York City ever since V-Day. A collection of uber-rich families – including the media magnate Burge family – occupy the opulent penthouses in the DecaDomes, The Onar's highest t ...
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Roger Bolton, formerly presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'Feedback' launches his very first podcast. Free from the constraints of broadcasting on the BBC, with a few more opinions and casting his net a little bit wider to encompass the whole of the BBC, Roger examines the issues that are facing the corporation and public service broadcasting. Find all our podcasts here And please support this podcast by subscribing here We also support VLV (Voice of the Listener and Viewer) which represents the int ...
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DEFIANT: With Amie Archibald-Varley

Amie Archibald-Varley & Jordan Varley

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Things have been extremely difficult. A pandemic, divisive politics, climate change, a war, women’s rights & Civil Rights, wealth inequality, housing, inflation, relationships, Social Media…The list can go on and on. We have focused on all these important issues but neglected the most important issue. Our mental health. People aren’t ok…. Social media is FAKE. We tend to show the best sides of ourselves—the truth or rawness of emotion/reality is rarely shown. When those of us no longer fit t ...
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Christopher S. Rutter is telling you like it is news and revealing the harsh realities of our world. He believes that the mainstream media is sugar-coating the truth in order to keep people from panicking, but this only leads to ignorance and complacency. Rutter is not afraid to tackle controversial topics such as climate change, political corruption, and social inequality. His reporting is based on extensive research and first-hand accounts, giving readers a comprehensive understanding of t ...
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This Friday on the Black Tech Building Show. I be reviewing more of Equations and Inequalities with Tech News Recorded 6/28/2024. Black Tech Discussions 6/28/2024 Foursubtracted from six times a number is 68 Let buildsome technology math The medianstarting salary for a cybersecurity analyst is 70 thousand Combined theirmedian starting salaries of 1…
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The Government is facing early calls to use extra funding in Budget 2025 to upgrade health services and boost housing stock in Clare.It comes as the Summer Economic Statement approved by Cabinet shows over €8b in additional funding will be available on budget day.The Summer Economic Statement sets out the Government's budgetary strategy and outline…
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The Clare branch President of Saint Vincent De Paul is appealing to the Government to place children front and centre of Budget 2025.The organisation has launched its pre-budget submission which it says "focuses on the key areas that we believe will have the biggest impact of the lives of people experiencing poverty, social exclusion, and lost pote…
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Clare FM’s Therese McInerney took a trip to Miltown Malbay to the Willie Clancy Summer School.The Willie Clancy Summer School is a week-long summer school in traditional music and set dance held annually at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.Catch up on day two of the Willie Clancy Summer School on Tuesday’s Morning Focus.…
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It is time to bring you another weird and wonderful tale, which means it is time for another edition of Seanchaí Corner.Seanchaí Corner sees the renowned author, storyteller, lecturer, and broadcaster Eddie Lenihan regaling us with a memorable story from his extensive collection of old Irish tales and fables.In our latest installment of Seanchaí Co…
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Tulla is gearing up for a very big weekend, with the Tulla Music Festival getting even closer! Dr. Daly Park will host the festival from the 26th-28th of July. To find out more, Peter O'Connell was joined by Aisling Hunt, the Public Relations Officer of Tulla Music Festival and Musician Mike Denver.Picture (c): Tulla GAA Club via Facebook…
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Black resistance to white supremacy is often reduced to a simple binary, between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolence and Malcolm X’s “by any means necessary.” In We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance (Seal Press, 2024), historian Kellie Carter Jackson urges us to move past this false choice, offering an unflinching examination of t…
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There's calls for a ban on XL Bullys to be introduced immediately in Clare, after a child was attacked in the south-east of the county. Clare's County Dog Warden was dispatched to the incident, where a second XL Bully was discovered at the premises, and both dogs were subsequently destroyed. It comes just one month after 23-year-old Limerick woman …
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The head of a Clare credit union claims a historically "underfunded" education system is punishing parents financially. The Irish League of Credit Unions' annual Back to School Survey has found one in four parents have got into debt to meet back to school costs - with one third of these in debt of over €500. The total average back to school spend p…
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Many men feel self-conscious about the size of their penis, and it’s often down to constant comparisons with other men, driven by pornography. Interestingly, some men have noticed that their penis appears bigger during warmer weather, and online discussions of this have led to the phenomenon becoming known as "summer penis." Is there any basis to t…
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“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream” goes the popular tongue twister, based on a song written in the 1920s by American musicians Howard Johnson, Billy Moll, and Robert A. King. And ice cream is indeed the perfect cold treat for a hot summer’s day, isn’t it? Except when it gets too cold! Sometimes, with the very first mouthful, the su…
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STI testing is the bedrock of a sustainable sex life, for everyone and especially for happily slutty adults. Most STIs today are easily identified and cured or treated. However, without easy access to testing and early detection, STIs can have devastating life consequences. Stigma, discrimination, fear, and lack of financial investment in preventiv…
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Please donate to the show! Today we talk about the legislative session which is ending in a few weeks and the 121 bills that passed. Don't get your hopes too high, though. We will talk about the many things that have not passed, and those will include things like pay equity, gun safety, prescription drug pricing, plastics and climate bills, childca…
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After our wide-lens analysis of a movie, we're going to spend a week closely studying its final scene. These scenes, which are often Happily Ever Afters, tell us a lot about what's important to the movie and its idea about love and coupledom. In this week's scene, the characters Annie, Sam, and Jonah finally get to meet each other on the top of the…
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Clare's Criminal Barristers have begun withdrawing their services today, as part of three days of planned industrial action.The legal professionals are warning of a potential recruitment crisis in the sector, unless pay cuts introduced in response to the recession in 2009 are reversed.Criminal cases at sixteen courthouses, including Ennis won't be …
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Ennis healthcare campaigners are arguing a review documenting the "terrible" experience of a patient at UHL reaffirms the need for an emergency department in Clare.The Friends of Ennis Hospital campaign group has conducted a review of the Dooradoyle facility's ED based on the experience of 'Patient A' who spent 82 hours on a trolley there last week…
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Musicians from Ireland and the USA will be bringing some unique sounds to Kilrush this month, for the latest in a series of ‘Cosy Concerts’ at Banner Books. Folk duo Ru O’Shea and Sarah Szucs will be performing in Kilrush on Friday, July 12th. To chat more about this, they joined Peter O'Connell on Tuesday's Morning Focus.Picture (c): Ru Ó' Shea an…
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Clare's Green senator says she expects Roderic O'Gorman to be a more "strategic" party leader than his predecessor.The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has been confirmed as the new leader of the Green Party - having received 984 votes from the party's electorate compared to 912 for Senator Pippa Hackett.The role o…
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The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has apologised to female former international players, and trainees on a FAS soccer training course, who experienced alleged unwanted or inappropriate sexual advances from FAI coaches in the 1990s. A joint Sunday Independent / RTE Television investigation detailed alleged unwanted or inappropriate sexual ad…
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Sergi Mora specialises in one-to-one coaching sessions to help young adults (18-35 years old usually) to find direction and their purpose in life. At the end of this month, he will have his first public talk in Killaloe where he will discuss the the four keys to master well-being and to live a fulfilling life.The talk will be at the local library o…
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Comhaltas Seisiún offers a distinctive traditional entertainment event at more than 50 venues across Ireland during July and August. The show features Irish music, song, dance, and storytelling, followed by an interactive session where audience members can participate and join in on the floor. This year, Cois na hAbhna will showcase various Seisiún…
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Ireland’s traditional crafts and trades will be showcased during the 2024 Culture & Crafts Fair at Craggaunowen on the 13th and 14th of July.Visitors will have the opportunity to engage directly with artists, crafts and tradespeople, storytellers, musician, and dancers from across Clare. To find out more, Peter O' Connell was joined by Pauline Leni…
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Upon learning that over 1,200 children are waiting for an autism diagnosis, Shirley Conway felt compelled to share her family's story.Shirley's youngest 2 boys are twins Joe and Charlie. They are in the CDNT (children's disability network team) services in Ennis, which she claims are almost non existent. She is fighting to get them assessed as they…
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Clare FM’s Therese McInereny took a trip to Miltown Malbay to the Willie Clancy Summer School.The Willie Clancy Summer School is a week-long summer school in traditional music and set dance held annually at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.Catch up on day two of the Willie Clancy Summer School on Tuesday's Morning Focus.…
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In recent years, a searching national conversation has called attention to the social and racial injustices that define America’s criminal system. The incarceration of vast numbers of people, and the punitive treatment of African Americans in particular, are targets of widespread criticism. But despite the election of progressive prosecutors in sev…
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Clare County Council has unanimously backed a resolution calling for tougher sentences for perpetrators of gender-based assaults. It's after 22 Year-Old Ardnacrusha based soldier Cathal Crotty received a fully-suspended sentence for an unprovoked attack on Limerick woman Natasha O'Brien in 2022, which left her unconscious. Crotty's sentence is now …
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Beauty standards evolve over time, often influenced by social media. While beauty is typically associated with femininity, men are also subject to these pressures. Enter looksmaxxing, a new trend on TikTok where men strive to meet certain beauty standards, often to dangerous extremes. This trend, which borders on the masculinist movement, involves …
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Brits have just experienced the hottest June on record, according to the Met Office. The average mean temperature across the UK was 15.8°C, nearly a full degree higher than the previous record. July is also expected to be hotter than average, and a heatwave isn’t out of the question. So it’s important to be prepared for high temperatures, especiall…
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Ready to revolutionize your business strategy? Dive into exclusive sneak peeks from "Beyond Business As Usual: Leading in the Digital Era" – the ultimate guide for executives and college professionals seeking to dominate the digital landscape! In these engaging snippets, discover game-changing insights on operational and digital transformation, str…
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The Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin was in Clare on Friday to attend Ennis Chamber's annual President's Lunch at the Inn at Dromoland. The event, at which the Tánaiste was a special guest, coincided with the launch Ennis Chamber's new report entitled 'Ennis - A Socio-Economic Profile'. The report has b…
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The manager of Moneypoint Power Station says he expects sites for offshore wind developments to be zoned "very soon".He was speaking at an event held by Ennis Chamber, during which Tánaiste Micheál Martin spoke of the importance of developing renewable energy infrastructure in this region.Published one year ago today, the Shannon Estuary Economic T…
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It's claimed competition among buyers in Clare's housing market is driving up property prices.Myhome.ie's report for the second quarter of the year which has just been published today shows the median asking price for a home in this county is now €275,000.Between April and June though, the number of properties available for sale in Clare increased …
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It's claimed a database is urgently needed in Clare and the MidWest to warn of offenders with a history of domestic and gender-based violence living in the area.It comes as three separate motions are set come before the July meeting of Clare County Council this afternoon, calling on the local authority to declare it's support for Limerick assault v…
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A Clare member of the Oireachtas Transport Committee is defending a recommended increase for taxi fares as a necessary move to secure a livelihood for drivers.It comes as the National Transport Authority has suggested a maximum 9% hike for taxi journey's nationwide.The decision was made as part of the NTA's two-yearly review of industry charges ami…
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Doorknockers Theatre Company are presenting three one-act plays by Lady Gregory in the Hall in Mountshannon this week, on Tuesday the 9th and Wednesday 10th. The performances are preparatory to a tour to Switzerland, where they will be presented at an international drama festival.For more on this, Peter O' Connell was joined by Paul Brennan, the Di…
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This September, musician, podcaster, and mental health advocate, Niall ‘Bressie’ Breslin, alongside a small group of friends, is set to embark on a remarkable fundraising journey to raise funds for the award-winning youth mental health charity; A Lust For Life, co-founded by Breslin in 2017. Following the success of their 2023 expedition, which saw…
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As weekends go, this one was quite remarkable. The Clare hurlers have joined the ranks of their predecessors from 1914, 1932, 1995, 1997, 2002, and 2013 by advancing to the All-Ireland hurling final.To discuss the match, Peter O'Connell was joined by Clare FM's Sports Editor Derrick Lynch and Mayor of Clare, Alan O'Callaghan, on Monday's Morning Fo…
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Ennis Chamber claims a new report proves the need for investment within the county town in order to create local jobs. A socio-economic profile of Ennis produced by People & Place Consultants in partnership with Ennis Chamber was launched on Friday at an event attended by Tánaiste Micheál Martin. The report shows that of the 12,204 Ennis residents …
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Have you ever found yourself laughing at a completely inappropriate moment? If so, you know just how embarrassing it can be. And it gets even worse when you make eye contact with someone else and they start laughing too. It then becomes twice as hard to stop. Much like a strong flu, a powerful and genuine laugh can quickly spread to an entire group…
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Social media has been part of our daily digital lives for nearly two decades now, and while there are plenty of positives associated with it, there’s also an undeniably dark side. Recent years have brought to light the sometimes traumatic work experience of social media moderators who have to review content that’s flagged as potentially harmful or …
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A Clare tourism company is looking forward to putting a three-year ordeal behind it, with the arrival of its new-purpose built boat.Dolphinwatch Carrigaholt, which offers tours along the coast of Clare as far down as Kerry, has been unable to operate since before the pandemic due the delayed arrival of its new vessel.The boat, which is called Murúc…
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