In this pod Sparky sits down with musician, photographer and community music activist, Dave Hingerty. Dave as well as drumming with the likes of the Frames, Kíla and Josh ritter, spearheads the Side4 collective which is just unreal, trust us. They chat about drumming, rock n roll, some resentments, being on the road and touring America. This is a long one, but so worth it!

Two quick question: how many of didn't know that you as members get a private RSS feed that you can add to your podcast app of choice and listen to the podcasts as they are published?

And if you do know have you had problems using it?

Thanks

Tony

In this episode Sparky is joined by musical artist Colm Quearney for a chat that goes on a magical mystery tour. They talk about music, friendship, family, the new Ireland they'd like to see and how we can enjoy our old songs while writing new stories.

Ruwaida Amer is an award winning film-maker and producer from Gaza, yet she trained as a teacher. War has a way of turning everything upside down.

She now dedicates her time to telling the stories of people in Gaza and the children who she cares deeply for. She joins us to speak about how the destruction of her family home as a child by Israel made her the journalist she is now and how the ongoing genocide motivates her to tell more stories.

Please watch One Day in Gaza here:https://youtu.be/SxgZsNb7z4o?si=v19PiOmpiTtr6vZV

In this podcast we are joined by irishelectionprojections.com’s Harry McEvansoneya to talk Fine Gael tanking, Sinn Féin’s rise and then we get stuck into some of the stories of the week and how they were (or weren’t) covered. A little spicy.

In this Reboot Republic Rory and Tony take a critical eye to the big issues of the week discussing Rorys idea on a state savings scheme to build affordable homes, the emotional pain of Gaza and solidarity, what does the latest poll tell us about the state of the parties and how the government is u turning again on commitments this time on living wages & workers protections

We've been desperately disappointed by the mainstream western coverage of the genocide in Gaza since it began over 555 days ago. So when we read the piece Omissions, caveats and false balance: How media is failing Palestinians, the international order and our profession, by reporter with The Currency, Niall Sargent, it felt like FINALLY!

Niall rejoins us for the first time in a good while to talk about why he wrote it, what he learned while putting it together and his feeling that journalism, with some notable exceptions, has let itself down over the last 18 months.

The piece is available outside the paywall now here:https://thecurrency.news/articles/184892/youre-scared-of-doing-the-right-thing-because-the-right-thing-comes-with-a-price/

In this two-part podcast Martin talks RTE redundancies with Matt and then Groves comes off the bench to talk AI Art, Media Class Discrimination, The Ditch rumour mill and the problem with liberal brain rot.

In this Echo Chamber Podcast we have something very rare for you all. Apparently it’s called “good news.”

We won’t spoil it. We’ll let TUD lecturer Dr Ciarán O’Carroll do that.

Kidding COC, thank you for all you have done!

In this very special PalCast we are joined by Abeer Barakat, who is a lecturer in the University of Applied Sciences, Gaza and a PhD candidate of English at the University Putra Malaysia.

She joins us from Gaza to talk about displacement, the difficult decision to send two of her children outside Gaza to continue their education and the day to day difficultly of living 550+ days under the Israeli war on her home.

Abeer is a remarkable educator and while she shares her personal story of loss, she also shares uplifting stories of working with her students and her friendship with Dr Reefat Alareer.