The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE2024 candidates chat we talk with Patricia Stephenson, who is the Social Democrats General Election candidate for Carlow-Kilkenny. Her route into politics took her from Belfast to East Africa, on to Dublin, before finally settling down in Carlow-Kilkenny. Her human rights background and experience makes her a candidate well worth your consideration. Even if I doubt her Coddle bona fides. The Neasa Hourigan podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-115493314 The Polling and Projections Podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-115656727

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Dr. Yipeng Ge is a primary care physician and public health practitioner who has witnessed the atrocities in Gaza firsthand as a humanitarian medical volunteer. He shares with the PalCast co-hosts his experience of being in Gaza as a medical worker during the ongoing genocide. He tells us how hungry people were so kind to him and his colleague, going so far as to share their meals, and although the medical system in Gaza was destroyed by Israel, and many medical professionals were targeted by Israel, Palestinians still maintained a sort of social structure to survive. He also sadly outlines how the deaths are much higher than many people think and how hospitals became a target. Listen to hear heartbreaking stories from Gaza. We must bare witness. Donate to Dignity for Palestine:https://www.patreon.com/posts/112598735 The US Election Reaction Pod is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-115480043

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Next up in our candidates series is Labour Party Cllr for Rathfarnham-Templeogue, and employment rights solicitor Ciarán Ahern. He outlines his local ambitions for a national agenda, talks about his background and civic minded work and why he’s adapted his career in law to pursue his career in politics. A terrific candidate. The US Election Reaction Pod is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/115480043

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this, the first of our GE 2024 Candidate podcasts, we talk with PBP candidate in Dublin South Central, Hazel De Nortúin. She talks about her route into politics, how her family shaped her values and how her love of the Irish language has made her class conscious. To access the full list of candidate interviews so far click here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/115017828

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this podcast the hosts of Shrapnel, Gareth and Sam join the eejits from Echo, Tony and Martin to talk about everything NI. We discuss politics, culture, the function and dysfunction of Stormont, how the lack of mental health supports are hurting communities and much, much more. Part 2 of this podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-114926112 The GE 2024 Candidate Podcasts are here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/115017828 Donate to Dignity for Palestine:https://www.patreon.com/posts/112598735

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Media can't make the news. But it can frame it. Rejoining us on the podcast is Stockholm-based journalist, Philip O'Connor, and he's got a lot to say about the lack of diversity of opinion within Irish media, especially when it comes to Sinn Féin. We discuss the self-selecting biases, the impartiality fallacy and ask you to consider 3 important questions as you are consuming news in the runup to General Election 2024. The GE2024 Candidate Podcasts are available here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-114872281

Joined by Constantin Gurdgiev, a Russian-Irish economics professor, the discussion dives into the chaotic landscape of the upcoming U.S. elections. They analyze voter dynamics, contrasting Republican support in different states. Gurdgiev critiques the American economy's 'freak show' nature amid innovation stress, detailing inflation concerns and political polarization. The conversation also challenges the oversimplification in modern politics, with insights on the Ukraine crisis and a nuanced perspective on optimism versus pessimism in societal change.

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic we talk once more to award winning journalist and podcaster with the Guardian, John Harris about the tensions, achievements and neoliberal technocracy of the new Labour Government in the UK. We dig into the disconnect between the big parties and ordinary people. We also talk about autism, disability and the waste of energy that are the culture wars. Finally John tells us about his new book that'll be out early in 2025. The GE 2024 Candidate Pods are here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/114681387 Donate to Rory's marathon for Gaza:https://www.patreon.com/posts/112598735

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Abubaker Abed is a sports journalist in Gaza but since October last year he had to change his scope to cover an ongoing genocide by Israel in the Gaza Strip. He opens up to PalCast hosts about the trials and tribulations of existing in Gaza today. He says, despite the unbearable atrocities has he seen, he has not lost hope because he insists on being a human every day. In fact he demands that we all do. Abubaker calls on people all over the world to speak up to end the genocide in Gaza and call out their complicit governments. What we have seen is beyond a genocide, he repeats. As he speaks, gunshots and noise are heard in the background from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital where Palestinians were burnt alive by an Israeli airstrike last week. Rory's Dublin Marathon for Gaza:https://www.patreon.com/posts/112598735

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Thousands of Irish people head to the Canaries for their holidays. Most are blissfully unaware that the waters they swim in are arguably the deadliest to migrants anywhere in the world. Rejoining us in the tortoise shack is Madrid-based journalist, Eoghan Gilmartin, who visited the area and brings us up to date on what Fortress Europe is doing in our name. Read more from Eoghan here:https://bylinetimes.com/2024/10/02/canary-islands-el-hierro-migrant-crossings/ Journalist Abubaker Abed joined us from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital where Palestinians were burnt alive by an Israeli airstrike last week. That podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-114494103