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[PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: The EU Presidency vs Our Crises: What are the Priorities?

In this wide-wide-ranging Reboot Republic episode, Rory and Tony delve into Ireland's political landscape, our housing crisis, the EU Presidency priorities, and the influence of big tech on democracy. They explore the failures of government policies, the impact of social media regulation, and the urgent need for systemic change beyond tinkering on the edges. They also get into Indo journalist, Fionnan Sheehan's unkind words about Rory...
Jun 26

[PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: Ethnic Erasure - The Reality in Occupied Palestine

Leila Warah is a Palestinian American multimedia journalist currently based in Palestine. Born and raised in the United Arab Emirates, she holds a degree in Journalism and Media and has significant experience in reporting across digital platforms. Through her social media (@leila.shw on Instagram), Leila creates videos that stay true to the Palestinian question, breaking it down for an international audience to better understand what life under Israeli occupation in the West Bank looks like. Her content delivers on-the-ground visual storytelling, tailored for an international audience, that humanizes the headlines, shedding light on Palestinian identity, resistance, and the everyday realities of communities often overlooked by mainstream media. Zena Tahhan is a journalist with over ten years of experience in journalism and human rights organizations. She holds a BSc in Journalism from Northwestern University in Qatar and an MA in Middle East Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As a writer and TV reporter, she focuses on exposing the realities of Palestinian life under Israeli occupation, covering issues such as killings, settler attacks, land confiscation, military raids, political prisoners, and forced displacement. Alongside field reporting, she also produces political analysis and opinion pieces. Her expertise spans Palestine’s political history, settler colonialism, and international human rights law, with a particular focus on how Israel’s system of military occupation operates through laws, courts, and policies that undermine basic freedoms. They both joined me in the Shack. Thanks to Pau Garcés for his help in making this pod happen.
Jun 16

[PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: I Don't Want To Write Tragedies

Sondos Sabra is a Palestinian writer from Gaza and co-author of Voices of Resistance, currently pursuing a master’s degree in Creative Writing in the UK. She joins us to discuss her experience of the genocide, the harsh reality of the famine she endured, the loss of several of her family and the heartache of planning for a future when everything is stuck in a worsening present.
Jun 7

[PREVIEW] The Iran crisis #24: Jeffrey Sachs

On June 5, JWE president Helena Cobban sat down with the renowned economist and UN advisor Prof. Jeffrey Sachs to assess the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, and the long-running Israeli genocide in Gaza on global governance and the global economy. In this convo Sachs was forthright in his denunciation of the stupidity of the Trump-Netanyahu decision to launch the war against Iran. He noted that while the war and the naval blockade that Washington set up around Iran's ports was inflicting mounting economic costs on most of the peoples of the world, a few bodies have been making super-profits off the war's continuation, including big U.S. oil companies and military production entities across the U.S. and Israel. He also shared several crucial observations about the currently poor state of the UN's effectiveness and the degree to which the body is hobbled by the actions of the U.S. president (as well as by Israel.) Listen to the whole of this super-informative conversation! It is the latest episode in Just World Ed's continuing series on the Iran Crisis. Find the multimedia records of this episode and all the others in this series at this Online Learning Hub on our website.
Jun 2

[PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: Episode 1,600 accidentally with Liam Cunningham

In this short member-only podcast a milestone is reached in the company of actor and activist, Liam Cunningham. Thank you to each and every one of you all for your support. It means the world. Tony
May 30

[PREVIEW] JWE: Elijah Magnier on the Impact of the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran at Week 13

On May 29, JWE president Helena Cobban sat down with the strategic analyst Elijah Magnier to assess the impact of the first 13 weeks of the (still somewhat ongoing) U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Early on in this Just World Ed project, Magnier had been both the first and the fourth contributor to this this project, both just before and just after the U.S. and Israel launched their assault on Iran on February 28. In this latest convo, he and Ms. Cobban revisited many of the key judgments he had made on those occasions. Magnier also assessed the likelihood of the "framework agreement" that's currently being discussed between Tehran and Washington leading to a real ceasefire-- as well as the impact this war has had so far at both the West Asian regional level and globally.
May 28

[PREVIEW] A Doctor in Gaza: The Silent Medical Emergency No One Is Talking About | Dr. Musallam Abu Khalil

Editors Note: Our friend with Dignity for Palestine and Ionad Hind Rajab, Dr Musallam Abukhalil, sent me this podcast he did recently to share with you all. What does it mean to practice medicine in Gaza amid mass displacement, collapsing hospitals, untreated chronic illness, hunger, trauma, and relentless uncertainty? In this episode of The Thin Veil, I speak with Dr. Musallam Abu Khalil, a physician in Gaza and founder of United for Dignity Alliance (UFDA), a Palestinian-led humanitarian organisation providing emergency aid, chronic and cancer care, psychosocial support, education, and storytelling initiatives in Gaza. Dr. Musallam joins me from Nuseirat in central Gaza for a powerful firsthand conversation about survival, medicine, community resilience, and the often invisible “silent emergency” facing Palestinians living through catastrophic health system collapse.
May 17

[PREVIEW] Patron Exclusive: The By-elections Special

As promised, Mr irishelectionprojections.com Harry McEvansoneya is back to make sense of the Galway West and Dublin Central by-elections. Sense is maybe a bit of a stretch... Enjoy.

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Tortoise Shack
Years Active

2026
Episodes

811
Rating

Clean
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