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Soliman Hijjy is an award winning visual journalist from Gaza. He’s also the fella in the group who keeps everyone smiling, even in the most difficult moments. He joins us from Khan Yunis only 7 minutes after another deadly Israeli attack. We talk about his work, the role of journalism beyond telling stories and how making jokes in moments of danger is an act of resistance.

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...

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...

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...

In this Echo Chamber Pod, Martin talks to Tony about what did and didn't happen yesterday in the High Court with regards to the An Post - Postmasters case. Then we take a look at RTE's new Clarity Project via their internal memo and parse it with an eye to their coverage on Gaza and other important stories.

In this Echo Chamber Podcast we are rejoined by economist with NERI, Ciarán Nugent to discuss the Trump Tariffs, our Pharma vulnerability, the potential impacts on the tax haven and killing false economic narratives like "austerity saved the economy."

In this Echo Chamber Pod

Matt and Martin discuss the upcoming An Post Bogus self-employment coming up in the High Court on Tuesday 8th April. This is another seismic case on the abuse of employment status by yet another semi-state business. An Post has everything to lose, so do the Revenue Commissioners. The EchoChamberPod is the only media with full access to the legal arguments in advance. #Postmasters 

This week I have my mate Ro Byrne with me in the (wall to wall communist) shack. Ro was the guitarist with Dublin band Lir and one of my firm firm favourites Earthquake Hair. We chat about the magic of music, ups, downs and lots more.

Short member-only podcast on the Trump 30% Tariff on people who holiday in west cork, the disgraceful treatment of the Mothers Against Genocide protesters and the latest important update on An Post, their postmaster’s and the battle against bogus self employment.

Matt McGranaghan joins Martin on the EchoChamber pod to discuss ongoing bogus self employment cases they are representing in the WRC and the implications for all RTE workers and taxpayers. Martin and Matt lay bare the corruption, the criminality and the gargantuan cost of decades of bogus self employment in RTE and how RTE is aided and abetted by Revenue and the Department of Social Protection.

In this PalCast, Yousef and Tony discuss the latest news out of Gaza, the rapidly spreading famine and the way in which the international community has largely disgraced itself in standing by as the genocide restarted. We also talk Mothers Against Genoicide and

A test of Martin's new broadband. But it contains traces of web summit, Lowry, Trump tariffs and a few more points of disagreement.

Martin had a long chat with his co-conspirator, Matt McGranaghan, in relation to the two cases they are currently working on with RTE staff in the workplace Relations Commission. This also a good insight into where the political landscape is when it comes to protecting workers in the face of systemic corruption.

Content Warning: This podcast contains topics that some people may find upsetting. Maram Mohammed Hammo is a 4th year medical student in Gaza. In high school, she was one of the top students nationally, with a GPA of 99.6%. Her aunt, who was her biggest supporter, was killed along with 17 members of her family and her medical studies were understandably interrupted. She still dreams of finishing h...

In this Reboot Republic, Rory is joined by producer Tony Groves to talk the continuing fallout from the Lowry Lackeys, the Ceann Comhairle's role, the ESRI housing report and then take your (frankly excellent) questions.

In this episode we are joined by PBP TD Paul - Shame, Shame, Shame - Murphy to talk about the Dáil speaking rights row, Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy's (no relation) role in the debacle and why the picture of Michael Lowry giving the two fingers to Paul is emblematic of this new government. There's also an appearance from Martin to discuss RTE at the WRC...

In this echo chamber pod we are rejoined by data protection expert, solicitor and regular troublemaker, Simon McGarr, to talk about ChatControl, digital surveillance, State silos and the problem of paper clip maximisation. Read more here: https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-a-bad-state-of-affairs/