Rebel Matters Podcast

This week I chat with Calvin James Sweeney who formed the SCOOP foundation with his brother Andy in 2009, and has been over and back from Syria 18 times to date.  https://scoopfoundation.org/about/

This week I sat down with recent All Ireland hurling championship winner and Tipperary hurler Seamus Kennedy. 

This week is a recording of my rambling thoughs and self-chats as I made my way to Coumshingaun Lake in the Comeragh Mountains, Co Waterford. 

This weeks marks 50 years since the British soldiers landed in Belfast and Derry, and 6 years since ACLAÍ opened its doors for business. In this episode I talk about checking in with my own mental and physical health, ACLAÍ, and share some chats that I had with my Granny about what it was like back in the 40s, 50s, and 60s during some of the most turbulent times in Belfast. 

The full recording of an interview I did recently with the Middle East Monitor. Article interview can be read at link below. Short surprise at the very end after the outro music! https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190711-were-trying-to-find-a-gap-in-israels-walls/  

This week we look at the stories behind 2 ballads. Joe McDonnell, and The Ballad of Mairéad Farrell. Links below for full songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybcgc8BQlQQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik3P9-1SQ9U&t=130s   Mairéad Farrell interview clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2TyzlQVL4o

This week's episode comes from the kitchen of Lankum's Radie Peat. We talked about how Radie ended up as a professional musician, Lankum, Dublin, Pullin the Devil By the Tail, and the Sopranos, among other things. 

This week is another solo run where I discuss some of the basics of starting and running a small business using the last 6 years of ACLAÍ as an example. A nice listen for anyone in a craft business, startup business, or interested in how ACLAÍ developed over the last 6 years. 

A solo run with Ainle Ó Cairealláin that includes an update on the Palestine Community Gym, the impact of positive and negative social infrastructure, and deconstructing the 'fitness industry'. 

A fantastic conversation about hip hop, Ireland, RTÉ, folk music, fashion, punk, and buying skunk from a local drug dealer. 

A conversation with the founder of the Cork Sexual Violence Centre (formerly known as the Rape Crises Centre). 

A casual conversation with DJ Lish Oh on the best way to have a great time at festivals from what to bring, how to look out for each other, and how to give yourself the best oppiortunity of having a smashing time! 

Executive Director of the Sexual Health Centre in Cork Martin Davoren on breaking down the stigma around sexual health, sex work, and the services provided by the Sexual Health Centre in Cork. 

This weeks episode os a chat with Mohammad Alazza. Mohammad is a refugee from the village of Beit Jibreen who was born and lives in Aida Refugee Camp. He is a photographer, film-maker, and director of the Arts & Media Unit of Lajee Center in Aida Refugee Camp, Palestine.

This week is a solo run with host Ainle Ó Cairealláin on birthdays, age as a social construct, people as consumers, and pain management. Support Rebel Matters on Patreon. 

This episode is based on a talk I gave in Headway to a group of stroke and acquired brain injury survivors, and covers some of the philosophy behind ACLAÍ as well as quite a personal reflection about exercise, health, nutrition, and gratitude. A few special audio treats are included in this episode too! 

This week I spoke to counsellor, and coach John Fleming on his work in the area of mental and sexual health, and transactional analysis. 

  Shuí mé síos le m'athair Gearóid Ó Cairealláin san eagrán seo agus phlé muid cúrsaí Gaeilge i mBéal Feirste agus saol Gheaóid mar gníomhaí. 

I sat down with Alex Homits of the Connolly Youth Movement at the Connolly Barracks in Cork, and discussed the liberated building that the CYM are currently occupying, as well as capitalism, socialism, and Ireland today. 

Today's episode looks at the amount of exploitative advertising and marketing in the health and fitness world, a run through some basic principles of nutrition that are ethical, sustainable, realistic, and effective, goal setting, and how you can eat well and still have a social life! 

In conversation with Séanna Breathnach, ex POW and current Belfast City Councillor for Sinn Féin. The main part of this episode is in Irish, with a 20 minute extended introduction by me in English. 

Today's episode is with Dan Lambert from the Bang Bang Café in Phibsborough Dublin. This episode was recorded before KNEECAP performed a daytime gig in the café to raise money for our West Bang Gym Project. We talked about where Bang Bang came from and how to have a business that has a net positive effect on the community in which it is based.  http://bangbang.ie https://www.facebook.com/bangbangD...

This week is a discussion with Fatin Al Tamimi (chair of Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign), that was recorded at the IPSC office in Dublin. I also share details of our West Bank Gym Project / 

This weeks episode is with Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap from KNEECAP who are making waves in the hiphop world over the last year or so. KNEECAP picked up 5 awards at the Gradam Ceoil Nós, have been described as 'hip hop gold' by Nialler9, and have been banned from RTÉ. Check them out on Spotify, Youtube, Instgram (KNEECAP32), Facebook, and Snapchat.  You can now support the Rebel Matters Podcast by bec...