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As a political nerd, I'd heard of Scott Moore before. But I had no idea who Scomo was until C@n0r McGr€g0r got into a battle rap with him on twitter. Turns out that the former Alliance Party candidate Scott Moore is the battle rapper known as Scomo. So we decided to ask him who is Scott Moore? The answer is a lot more fun, complex and interesting than anything that had to be deleted by that other...

George Issac Siman, a Palestinian-Colombian activist explains how the streets are with Palestine, noting that the amount of solidarity with Palestine after the Gaza genocide has been remarkable. He also delves into the history of each. Delving into why in Chile there is a strong Palestine support, which has 500,000 people of Palestinian origin, while this is not fully the case in Colombia, Hondura...

There has been a lot of nonsense by people who frankly haven’t a clue about the far right, their operations and ways to counter them. Our guest, researcher in global politics and online extremist subcultures, Joshua Molloy, ain't one of them. Josh wrote a fascinating piece recently about far right telegram channels, Irish nationalism, Sinn Féin‘s rise and the ‘gap in the market’ for a US/UK style...

In this Reboot Republic Podcast, Rory talks about the increase in anti-immigrant politics, but also the positive work being done to welcome and support refugees and real solutions that can build homes and provide asylum seeker accommodation with Tanya Ward of the Children's Rights Alliance and Dr Lorcan Sirr, Senior Lecturer with TUD.

In this unique and emotional episode, PalCast host Dr. Yousef Aljamal and pals Tony Groves and Helena Cobban share memories of Dr. Refaat Alareer, the beloved Gaza teacher and mentor who was killed  by Israel on December 7 along with six of his family members. Yousef, Tony, and Helena speak of the breadth of Refaat's wisdom, humanity, love of literature, and sense of humor, and concluded that he l...

Since 1996, David Blevins has been the senior Ireland correspondent for Sky News, covering news stories north and south of the border. When the news happened, we heard it from him. In this episode he talks to Gareth and Sam about reporting some of the traumatic and momentous events in recent history in NI, why the golden age of journalism may not be over and how we need more time to hear stories,...

as if things weren't cold and miserable enough, we decided we needed to catch up with Colorado-based, Irish-Russian Prof of Economics, Constantin Gurdgiev. We're kidding. We love the man, even if when we disagree. We talk the gap between the booming US economy and the lagging society. The Sleeper vs the Creeper Presidential Campaign and the unfolding commercial property crash that no one wants to...

Starvation is being used by Israel in Gaza as a weapon of war. After two months of little or no food supplies, Palestinian families of seven in the south received only three sacks of flour. An increasing number of Palestinians have been posting that they no longer can find food in the south, let alone the north of Gaza. Famine and starvation have been used as a weapon of war in Ireland and in the...

Yes, a Martin and Tony paywall forever chat. But we don't swear or shout. In fact there's even some good news stories discussed. I promise. No-confidence votes, Paschal IMF Donohoe, the Spring Election we want for Christmas, the Abandon Biden campaign and more. 

Younes Elhallaq is a 24 year who was completing his Degree in the now destroyed Islamic University of Gaza. Over the last 57 days he has lost his home, his friends and his future. But he remains determined.  He joined me as the tanks were beginning to close in on where he is sheltering in Khan Younis, to talk about the current state of things in Gaza, the Israeli military offer of 'displacement or...

In Episode 6, host Dr. Yousef Aljamal and pals Tony Groves and Helena Cobban are joined by the former deputy head of the UN human-rights agency in Palestine, Saul Takahashi and the Bethlehem Palestinian justice activist Baha Alhilo. As Israel resumed its fierce bombardment of the people of Gaza and continued its campaigns of terrorizing the Palestinians of the West Bank, Alhilou traced many dimens...

Hi folks, At 6:20am this morning I received a series of messages from people in Gaza. One of them, Irish citizen, Zak Hania, included pictures that clearly showed that Israel had resumed it's bombardment of Gaza.  Zak rejoined me a few minutes ago to talk about the cruelty of restarting the "war", the continued lack of food, clean water and electricity and the despair he and his fellow citizens ar...

Nothing About Us, Without Us In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory hears from Gillian Kearns, a co-founder of NeuroPride Ireland and secretary of Disabled Women Ireland, and Maryam Madani from Disability Power, who explain what is in the Green Paper on Disability reform, how the proposals have failed to listen and include the voices and perspectives of disabled people, the upset this has caused, h...

(Note: This is one of those very member-only podcasts. But Martin asked me should we put it out everywhere. So I said I'd let you all have a listen and get your feedback. So please let me know) We have a cathartic chat/cut at everything from Tucker Carlson to Internet Regulation and everything in between. We discuss Musk, Brolly and McGregor and ask what is worse: inviting JcGuirk on to your show...

It was a great pleasure to be rejoined by some of the amazing people behind Families for Reform of CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services). Hannah, Jenny and Eimear discuss the latest developments in their campaign to get a systemic reform of CAMHS, the work to get in the door and how they are hoping that a seat at the decision making table will help. Pragmatic optimism. Our children d...

This PalCast podcast episode discusses the two terms, and what they imply in Gaza. Humanitarian pause suggest a resumption of hostilities soon and the question of Palestine and Gaza are never humanitarian, they are political. There should a political proposal so that Gaza is not destroyed again. What we need in Gaza is a full ceasefire now and the means to rebuild homes, communities and lives. We...

In the second episode of Fragments Sam and Gareth answered some interesting questions from listeners. Topics addressed included youth subcultures in 2023 Belfast, remembering , forgetting and historical research, "peace" walls and Scottish independence.

We were joined by Professor of Economics in University of Limerick, Stephen Kinsella. Stephen and Martin discussed the implications of the Karshan Supreme Court decision and what it means for the 'Gig' economy. Martin traces the origins of the 'Gig' economy in Ireland back to Sandra Mahon, who was a demonstrator in supermarkets whose employment status came before the Supreme Court in 1998, Stephen...

In this Reboot Republic Podcast, Rory and Tony talk to Professor Shane Darcy, Deputy Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights in the School of Law at NUI Galway.  Professor Darcy provides an overview of international humanitarian law including the International Criminal Court, and how Ireland could be doing more to pressure Israel to stop its war crimes against the people in Gaza, such as bri...

We said we'd return to the horrific attack on Parnell Square that injured several people and left a 5 year old child in critical condition, and the subsequent chaotic scenes that played out in Dublin city centre. So here it is. Our podcast with the best immigration reporter in the country, the Dublin Inquirer's Shamim Malekmian, Green Party Cllr and former Dublin Lord Mayor, Hazel Chu and our bast...

It was a great pleasure to be be rejoined on the podcast by listener favourite, Prof Richard Murphy to chat about his new role as Minister for Anti-Woke*, the Tory's tax cut that is hiding creeping austerity, the lack of vision from the Labour Party, the rise of alternative media and the politics of Palestine in the UK. as always with Richard, the conversation goes in different directions and this...

In this episode PalCast co-hosts, Yousef and Helena speak with Irish TD Richard Boyd Barrett from People Before Profit about his involvement and activism for Palestine and the role of mass movements across the globe in bringing about change in Gaza and granting the Palestinians their right to self-determination.  They discuss and highlight other struggles such as Ireland and South Africa, and role...

If you read the piece by 20 year old Literature Student, Noar Diab, then you'll be familiar with her experiences of the last 49 days. If you haven't then you can read it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-to-all-noar-93352128 Noar joined us hours before the temporary ceasefire began to tell us about her story, her plans to travel, her passion for performing and her love/hate relationship wit...

This week we were joined by Alana Cahoon who is the PR Officer from the Ulster Young Unionists, and ‘One Young World’ delegate. She is also an Ambassador of TBUC (Together:Building a United Community). We discussed Unionism from the upcoming generations viewpoint, not conforming to lazy stereotypes and why some leave Northern Ireland and do not return. We also talked about transgenerational trauma...

My sister is in Gaza: Ireland-Palestine Solidarity with Fatin Al Tamimi In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory talks with Fatin Al Tamimi, who is a Palestinian/Irish human rights activist and a director of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Fatin talks about her worry for her sister and family who are in Gaza and had to leave their home and are now in a shelter with no water. Fatin also tal...