The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

In this very special Echo Chamber podcast we are rejoined by adjunct professor of public health at UCC, Dr Niall Conroy. If you’ve been with us a good while you’ll know him as the public health expert who was helping Australia during the Covid pandemic. What you didn’t know is that he has spent years working in Sierra Leone building paediatric, maternity and neonatal care facilities.

In this podcast we talk about the amazing work of the team he’s been involved with and the importance of little victories. Honestly, listen to this. I loved this conversation and I promise that you will as well.

Constantin Gurdgiev on Trump v Zelenskyy and DOGE is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-123623938

Support Dignity for Palestine here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/ramadan-mubarak-123298347

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

The UK is, let’s face it, stuck in the shit economically, socially and now most worryingly geopolitically. The change of management from Sunak to Starmer hasn’t changed very much for the ordinary citizen, except maybe for the branding and the louder drumbeats of war.

Rejoining us to talk about it all is listener favourite, outspoken commentator and now Professor Emeritus Richard Murphy. We need a new song.

Richards YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@RichardJMurphy

The Lynn Boylan MEP on her deportation from Israel pod is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-123381157

New Reboot Pod with Rory and Louise Bayliss is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-123311633

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack.com

In this PalCast - One World, One Struggle, Yousef and producer Tony are joined from Gaza City by lecturer, researcher and educator, Dr Ahmed Junina.

Ahmed talks about his and his family’s decision not to join the displaced during the Israeli brutal campaign on Gaza. He describes the challenges they faced and talks passionately about ‘home’, education, purpose and the need for the International education community to step up and help Palestine students, educators and researchers. This is courage, real courage.

The Matt Carthy on Sinn Féin's immigration policy is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-123157069

Donate directly to Palestinian medical student Rajeh via PayPal:[email protected]

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

In this Echo Chamber Podcast, Solidarity-PBP TD Paul Murphy, talks Gaza and the Occupied Territories Bill, the Governments broken promises and lies to the public, his legal case against the junior-super-super-junior minister fudge and much more.

The Ukraine with Lesia Vasylenko is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-122993693

Sinn Féin on immigration with Matt Carthy is out here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-123157069

Donate directly to Palestinian medical student Rajeh via PayPal:[email protected]

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

Joining us on this podcast is Soc Dem Deputy Leader, Cian O'Callaghan, to discuss the rollercoaster of the last few months, Lowrynomics, the broad left cooperation, Owen Hayes, topping the poll in his constituency and much more.

The Shamim Malekmian and Harry McEvansoneya podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-122869715

Donate directly to Palestinian medical student Rajeh via PayPal:[email protected]

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

In this very special PalCast - One World, One Struggle episode, Yousef and Tony are joined by educator, academic (from a longline of Palestinian educators and academics) , Dr Ahmed Nehad, who has a PhD in Sustainable Development.

Ahmed, who is working with others in planning the reconstruction of the Gazan education system, was a friend and colleague of Dr Refaat Alareer. He talks about the obligation of universities and schools around the world to support Gaza’s education system, his commitment to building infrastructure beyond bricks and mortar and shares some stories about our late friend, Refaat.

To support Gazan Medical Student, Rajeh, please, if you can, donate directly via PayPal to [email protected]

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

In this episode of Sparks Will Fly (with a side of Echo Chamber Pod), Ray is joined by the voice of so many in Ireland's locked-out generation; the politically outspoken punk and thoroughly decent fella, Meryl Streek. They discuss his music, his persona vs himself, how anger can be directed into creative work, sobriety after life on the road and so much more. Yup!

The UK in Disarray Pod with Prof Richard Murphy is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-122032679

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

Activist-artist, Adam SpiceBag Doyle has done some amazing things over the last few years and he will, no doubt, continue to do so. But in this podcast he talks less about art and more about his fundraising for Gaza, Trump 2.0, the apathy of our new-yet-ever-present Irish government and the state of the opposition as the Dáil pantomime ramps up again and the worsening Irish housing crisis. Have a listen. It's more fun than it sounds.

The Latest Reboot Pod with Rory Hearne on the Rent Pressure Zones is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-122261383

Get your Palestine Jersey here:https://spicebagmerch.bigcartel.com/product/ireland-palestine-solidarity-jersey?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZfVWQL3yo7JO2Ay1m5gfN9_FJLpIhRGMj9bMvn_Qv03WXGc988gJLbkmk_aem_wW5Bo8_iH2VdHYt8m4-PxA

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

Rajeh Al-Kahloot is a Gazan medical student who is currently in Istanbul. His medical studies were disturbed by the genocide when his parents lost their home and businesses. Now, so close to completion, he is forced to look for support himself to survive. Rajeh will return back to Gaza to contribute to his community when he is qualified, and he highlights the role of medical workers and students in sustaining the community and in the rebuilding of Gaza.

Please, if you can, donate directly via PayPal to [email protected]

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

2025 and Speaking Power to Truth

In this Echo Chamber Podcast, solicitor, Data Protection expert and writer of thegist.ie Simon McGarr, rejoins the shack for a chat about our data rights in the age of Trump 2.0, his terrifically observant Gists, the Sinn Féin conundrum and a lot, lot more.

Thanks Simon for coming over. We always appreciate your time and insights.

The SpiceBag Podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-121574544

The Gaza fundraiser is here:https://spicebagmerch.bigcartel.com/product/ireland-palestine-solidarity-jersey?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZfVWQL3yo7JO2Ay1m5gfN9_FJLpIhRGMj9bMvn_Qv03WXGc988gJLbkmk_aem_wW5Bo8_iH2VdHYt8m4-PxA