The Village Oak Tree

This week, I bring everyone my interview with a local woman who is running for the local school board in district 4, here in Richmond, Virginia. She is a job coach and works a bit in social services, while juggling a family and running her business. I wanted to interview her to try and showcase people who are working hard in the local communities where I live. This applies to all communities aroun...

This short podcast is another weekend commentary about current affairs and my take based on facts, such as they are from the news feeds, that affect ordinary people who are struggling to make ends meet on a daily basis. I invite anyone who finds this to offer their opinions by liking, replying and subscribing to this channel. We can't make change unless we know what is going on and we won't know w...

Once more, my friends and I get together and talk about the things that matter most to us. From home repairs to current events. The trouble is, we recorded the show before the events of last Saturday night and the world has dramatically changed in just four short days. I invite you to watch the video anyway as a way to try and understand that we are just like all of you. Ordinary people, dealing w...

This another Sunday edition that I bring up current affairs affecting everyone in the United States right now, today and going forward. I offer my own analysis based on the news feeds I have found and my own personal military experience. Also my thoughts on all of this election rhetoric and navigating through the crap being flung everywhere. At the end, I read Michael Campi's part 4 of The Priest...

This is the controversial interview with Dr. Maurer about CRT. He talks about why and a little history behind CRT. I leave it to the audience to decide whether the viewpoints here are right or not. If anyone wishes to leave a message, I can be contacted at www.crann-na-beatha.com.

I wanted to get ahead of my upcoming interview today to talk about CRT and my thoughts on all of this business of perceived racial superiority and white European exceptionalism. There is no such thing other than in certain people's fevered minds. My guest has a choice word for those who try to promote CRT in public which I won't repeat here. Wait for the interview coming up this Wednesday. Listen...

My two friends and I get together and have a roundtable discussion about the major current events in the news feeds from last week. Things like the cluster bomb that, supposedly, was accidently knocked off course and killed several people, including five children on a beach in Sevastopol, Crimea. The Julian Assange drama and what that may mean for journalists around the world. The big one, the dis...

I am starting to make more and more videos and podcast audio files regarding the failing government of the United States. I have been writing about it and posting videos for a few months now and I will be sharing them here with anyone who cares to listen around the world. The U.S. is in big trouble as everyone but the Americans will tell you if asked. As you the audience, what little there is is h...

I made a minor announcement about the minor loss of my partnership with MBR Radio over artistic difference. No great loss as I explain. The rest of this short video is my way of stating the quiet part out loud. We are all tired of the corruption in the U.S. government, the lies they are telling us and about the coming recession and how bad it may get. Then I also tell everyone about how the cat 3...

In this episode, I interview a disabled veteran of the wars in Afghanistan, wounded by a suicide bomber in Kandahar, Afghanistan several years ago now. I asked him about his journey through the military medical system and crossover to the Veterans Administration, and his journey into his current vocation as a public speaker as an inspiration to other veterans, wounded our otherwise. His media comp...

This episode is another in the series about the end of the United States empire. This week, I offer a prelude short story about what can happen if you try to become a god. Then I get into some of the top stories of the weekend. The cluster bombs that killed innocent Russian vacationers in Sevastopol, Crimea Russia, Israel's refusal to the ceasefire, and the hubris in their thinking that they can t...

I have another discussion amongst friends today, this time with an addition to the commentary team. Not only do I have my friend Mitch back again, (I think this is going to be a very regular thing), I have our new friend, Ms. Frances Chiu, a very astute political analyst and noted Bernie Sanders fan. We mostly focus on U.S. politics in our first get together and deal with some minor IT technical i...

Once again, my friend Mitch and I sit down together and discuss the things that are foremost on our minds. His plumbing issues, my minor house repair issues up to global politics and a possible economic recession. We are your every man/woman kind of people with normal weekly struggles and thoughts on what our government leaders are doing against our wishes. Come join us as we discuss his lack of a...

I have for everyone a discussion between longtime friends about the things that matter most to average Americans right now. From broken air conditioners to politics. We spend an hour today in a discussion that is more like two friends hanging out, much like any other front yard talk between neighbors and friends. Mitch expressed how much he enjoyed our talk together in this our first talk together...

Céad Fáilte A thousand welcomes to The Village Oak Tree for May 29th, 2024. I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill, and I extend my gratitude to everyone tuning in once again. I anticipated another interview for this week, but my guests, who requested to appear on the show, are taking their time to schedule a date and time. So, until they join us (hopefully next week), I'll present another commentar...

This conversation, which lasted over an hour, was aimed at understanding the perspective of a younger individual and the sentiments of his community and peers. We discussed my background and the experiences that have shaped my views on the United States and the world at large. We also touched upon the direction the country should take, considering the student protests and the questionable actions...

This little over half hour commentary is part of the continuing series of the failing empire of the United Staes. In this segment today, I read a satirical article that describes how commercial the U.S. has become. I read a transcript of the first amendment of the U.S. constitution and offer details on how bad the U.S. looks on the global theatre. The U.S. has made a lot of bad decisions in the la...

I have an hour long interview with a young man who wrote a book debunking the Christian Bible and to a degree, the Jewish Torah, the old testament chapters to be more precise. We talk about his book and theology as it applies to the Christians around the world in all of their variations of this religious faith. We delve into some ancient history and an encouragement for students of Christian theol...

First, I can't apologize enough for missing my deadline on Wednesday. This week has been an absolute scheduling nightmare. Now that my Mea Culpa is out of the way, let me tell you what happened and a little about this week's show. I had originally planned to have an interview with someone about his book that debunks the bible but at the last minute (after a couple of previous tries), he postponed...

Today, I offer you my commentary on the state of the American empire. How it is fading away into the history books, like the empires of old. The Romans, Persians, Ottomans and so on. The U.S. has dug itself a deep grave and, with this latest business of supporting the genocide in Gaza, is now preparing itself for a funeral. Unless the voters can effect some major changes in November, the U.S. will...

I hosted Mark Alsip, an author who wrote Journey to Reason. A book about his journey away from Christian fundamentalism. We talk about religious fundamentalism across the world, politics, and other related topics. Come in and give us a listen. I did have some audio issues, which I apologize for. Now corrected for any future shows.

I am bringing more agitation towards the western world over their treatment of the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank again. I bash the United States in particular but I also bash the U.K. and the EU for sucking up to the U.S. and enabling Israel to continue with their ethnic cleansing. I decided to talk about this after the events in the news last week over all the furor when the IDF killed t...

Today, I interviewed Mr. Eugene Williams Jr., a noted author and educator who has agreed to talk to me today about some of the fuss over DEI or the lack of it in some schools and how that and other divisive government programs, or lack thereof, may be having on minority or economically challenged students.

In this week's show, I interview Russell K. Jack, who wrote "Is MAGA a Terrorist Movement?" We talk about his background and why he wrote the book. Also, I ask him about portions of the book as it applies to U.S. voters ahead of November's elections. Come in out of the rain and watch the show to get an idea of what's going on and what, as a voter, you can do to prevent an autocratic takeover of th...

A thousand Welcomes to The Village Oak Tree for March 20th, 2024 My name is Terrance Ó Domhnaill, and I am returning again to your village this week with more observations of our chaotic world. Today, I want to talk about poverty in the U.S. and how it continues to get worse by the month for a lot of people now. I also talk about the MAGA situation and how that will affect the country and the worl...