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Ballymun native, Celine Burke, aka Lily, talks about her experiences with anxiety and severe agoraphobia during her teens and how she navigated her way out to the other side. Come on the journey.

In this podcast, Gulf of America/Colorado-based professor of economics, Constantin Gurdgiev, joins us to talk Trump 2.0, the Tariff wars, housing inequality as the key driver of political polarisation and the fires that swept California.

Late last night our friend, Gazan journalist, Mahmoud Mushtaha, joined us to talk about the details of the Ceasefire Agreement, that is almost word for word the same deal Israel rejected last summer, and what will likely happen next. He talks about the need for accountability for those who perpetrated war crimes, justice for those that have been killed and the sobering reality that a ceasefire wit...

In this tortoise shack exclusive we reveal that RTE Director General, Kevin Bakhurst told staff at a townhall meeting last year that despite In this tortoise shack exclusive we reveal that RTE Director General, Kevin Bakhurst told staff at a townhall meeting last year that despite acknowledging their rogue employer practices, RTE cannot repay them what they are entitled to because that would "bank...

As reports of a ceasefire deal were emerging, we are joined on the PalCast by Dr Ayesha Khan, who is an Emergency Medicine physician and has recently returned from Gaza, where she worked in trying to hold together the crumbling medical facilities. This is a first-person account of the reality on the ground by a remarkable woman who has helped build health system capacity in thirteen regions across...

In this Echo Chamber Pod we are joined by national organiser with the Independent Workers Union ( https://www.union.ie/) Alex Homits, to discuss how the State and many State services are currently outsourced to largely untaxed and unaccountable companies at a cost of tens of millions to us and very much to the detriment of workers. This is an eye-opening conversation about how "middle-man" Ireland...

Introducing new Echo Chamber Podcast cohost, Nartin NcMahon and his insights into all things news, politics, media and general disgruntlement.

In this special episode of Sparks Will Fly, Ray is joined by his Fresh Batch cohost and lifelong friend Dean Scurry. It's all love. Listen in.

In this podcast two-term Senator and candidate in the upcoming Seanad election, Lynn Ruane, sits down to talk about her work in Leinster House, her dedication to the people of her community and the importance of not giving up. This is a broad conversation about class, politics, society and yes, even a little bit of philosophy. But I know Foucault about that.

First of all, apologies for the delay. Big problems still unresolved with the broadband provider. Should have everything resolved by Thursday. But I'm hotspotting from a phone at the moment. Anyway.. ..In this podcast housing expert and lecturer, Dr Lorcan Sirr, joins us to talk about the housing bubble in the affordable housing market, the issue of homelessness as an acceptable feature of the "ma...

In this, the first Sunday Show of 2025, Martin and Tony talk about the horse loose in a hospital, MAGA at war, the Govt in hiding, homelessness as policy, nepo babies and whether Jolene should just take my man...

Apologies for the delay, but this is Pt2 of the Harry McEvansoneya and Shamim Malekmian 2024/25 podcast wrap. Settle it for me, in Thunder Road does Mary's dress sway or wave?

In this 2024 wrap we talk with Economist with NERI, Ciarán Nugent about the widening gap between Ireland’s on-paper prosperity and the lived reality of so many households. We talk workers rights, economic literacy and a lot more. Happy New Year, folks. Thanks for all your support!

Dr. Nour Nafez Hammad is a Palestinian educator and scholar who is engaged in the fields of literature and education. In this episode of PalCast, she speaks of personal loss, the role of storytelling and literature in creating a Palestine away from the control of Israeli narrative. She explains how the use of literature, videos and social media posts are a way of maintaining some sanity in what is...

Spanish politics has had everything this year, lawfare, corruption, love letters, natural disaster mishandling and a hard left that is eating itself. Rejoining us on the podcast is Madrid-based Prof Joe Haslam and (also) Madrid-based journalist Eoghan Gilmartin. This is very broad and we get into the issues of immigration, housing and the rise of the far right in what should be a warning for us in...

In this short podcast Martin and Tony talk about the DCC plans for the soup kitchens that so many of our fellow citizens rely on, how the tender for 2,000 new "bed spaces" means that the Govt are planning on increasing homelessness and then we talk Media vs Gaza and RTE's ridiculous use of the IDF's narrative. Jelly Roll says Let Her Cry. Keep the cover recs coming!

In this wrap of 2025 special we are joined by Our Man in Stockholm, Philip O’Connor, to discuss how the missed opportunities of 2024 can be seen as learnings for 2025. We talk politics, media and the need for a more combative opposition within both areas. Then Philip makes the case for moving beyond solidarity to what he calls Active Compassion. Please have a listen. And get him a job hosting an I...

Listeners will know Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Mushtaha has the brave reporter who would update the world from Shifa Hospital during the Israeli attacks. You might also recall his reports on hunger and having to eat animal food. Today he’s in the UK, studying at University, still advocating for the end of the war and the rights of his people. He’s also now a published author and is working on...

Banias is a wonderful a 8-year old child living in Gaza, now displaced in Al-Zawayda. She joins us to speak of the dreams that she still carries and the life that she left behind in her home, now destroyed, in Gaza city, Banias shares her hopes for the new year, talks about rebuilding Gaza, wanting to visit New York, her favourite Christmas film, Home Alone, and how much she wants to see an end to...

In this wrap of 2024 we skip over the Irish Sea to talk with listener favourite, Prof Richard Murphy, about the UK’s year of turmoil and the stability of having a politics of not very much ambition. Richard talks about how the Labour Party had continued to impose rules upon itself under the guise of fiscal prudence, whilst offering a seat at the table to some of the biggest capitalist predators in...

In this wrap of 2024 we are joined by the dream team of Shamim Malekmian and Harry McEvansoneya, to look back over 2024, share a few laughs and worry about the direction of travel in too much of global politics. We talk heroes, villains and the stories that included both of those. All Hail the Bike Shed. Happy Christmas from Donna Blitzen! 

Listeners will remember Ann Marie Flanagan from our No on the Care Referendum podcast. Well she’s decided that the best way for to see the promises made after the referendum is for her to be at the table where the legislation gets written and negotiated. So she’s running for the Seanad and joins us to talk all about her ambitions for the work and representing the disabled community as a member of...

In this review of 2024 we sat down with journalist with El Pais in Mexico City, Nicholas Dale Leal, who brought us on both a geographical and ideological tour of the continent from Milei’s anarcho-capitalist Argentina to Sheinbaum’s socially-democratic-with-a-side-of-cartel Mexico and everything in between. The great breakdown of Latin America that you didn’t know you needed to hear. Happy Christm...

Dr. Mahmoud Alhirthani is an Associate Professor of Translation and Intercultural Studies at Alaqsa University, Gaza. Author of Utopia of Existence: Prospects of the One State Solution in Palestine (in Arabic), Alhirthani is also a translator with specific focus on International Law and Human Rights in Palestine. His Arabic translation of Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law (2022) wo...

In this episode of Sparks Will Fly, Ray is joined by Mark Healy of Irish Indie-Electro band SKANGER to talk love, art emerging post-pandemic, music we want to leave for our kids, the streets of San Fransico and making a holy show of themselves at music festivals. Listen to Change the World here: https://skanger1.bandcamp.com/