We talk to comedian, author and political activist, Tadhg Hickey on growing up in Cork, his battle with addiction and his work on Irish reunification & solidarity with Palestine.

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Hamza Tzortzis from The Sapience Institute debates Dr Mark Humphrys from the Ireland Israel Alliance.

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In the last episode of Series 1, we speak to former Hunger striker, Author & Playwright, Laurence McKeown. Laurence spent seventy days without food in the 1981 Hunger Strike that claimed the lives of his ten comrades.

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This week we speak to Colin Harvey. Colin is Professor of Human Rights Law in the School of Law at Queen's University, Belfast, Director of the Human Rights Centre, a Fellow of the Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, and an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Irish Studies. He was appointed by the President of Ireland to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in July 2023.

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We speak to Sinn Féin's Martina Anderson about her former role in the European Parliament, her advocacy work on behalf of the Palestinians and her time in jail in England.

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We speak to Andrée Murphy, a tireless advocate for human rights in Ireland. André is Deputy Director of Relatives for Justice, an organisation that supports bereaved and injured victims & survivors of the conflict

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We speak to Human Rights lawyer, Niall Murphy about where victims now stand on the latest legacy bill as well as some of the cases he now works on.

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We talk to Pat Magee who was jailed for the Brighton bombing in 1984. Pat talks about his time in jail and his journey to peace.

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We talked to former RUC member, Sam Thompson. He experienced the loss of a number of colleagues and friends and saw numerous killings and bombings during the conflict. Sam retired in 2008 and expanded his love of history through writing a history of the Second World War where he now lectures on the subject.

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We talk to former British soldier and peace activist, Glenn Bradley about his career and activism with 'Veterans for Peace''.

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