Tangents Philip Meaney
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- Society & Culture
Chats
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Me and Charlotte Phillips
In this episode I had a chat with Charlotte Phillips. Charlotte is an amazing young woman, who is wise beyond her years. She is the Palestinian National team goalkeeper and recently played in the historic friendly vs Bohemians, which took place on Nakba day. We talk about the team's experience in Ireland, the importance of sport in highlighting issues, the match itself as well as Charlotte's childhood and family history. Enjoy!!
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Me and Chris Quigley
I have a chat with Chris Quigley about Feile Na Greine, his life as an audio nerd, Steve Albini, and then an exclusive track by track preview of the amazing debut album by his band The PVP. Enjoy!
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Me and Tamar
In this episode I chat with Tamar Nejem. Tamar is a Palestinian student studying in Limerick and she tells me about her life growing up in Gaza, how he ended up in Ireland and the horrors her family are going through right now. Tamar is seperated from her family and their biggest wish is too see each other again. If you can help please donate to her gofundme or share it.
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Me and Fonda
I sat down for a chat with Liam and Paul from the brilliant Fonda. The lads take the ultimate Fonda quiz, talk about the different iterations of Fonda, lots of beach talk, and they tell me about how the debut album is coming along. Enjoy!
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Me and Zoë Lawlor
In this episode I have a chat with Zoë Lawlor. Zoë is the chair of the Ireland Palestine Solidairty Campaign(IPSC) and does incredible work as an activist and organiser to bring awareness to the injustices the Palestinian people face. Zoë tells me about her 1st protest(bulldozing a house) getting arrested by the Israeli's, we talk about Nick Cave breaking our hearts, the work the IPSC do and much more. Enjoy, and remember to keep talking about Palestine.
Links:
https://www.ipsc.ie/
Artists Pledge:
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Me and Gregg Deal
Gregg Deal is (amongst other amazing things) an artist, activist, disruptor, and lead singer of Dead Pioneers. Gregg's art is informed by his Native identity and critiques American society, culture, politics etc. We had a great chat about Native portrals in movies like Killers of the Flower Moon. Gregg talks about his childhood, his art, punk music, and answers some fan questions. Enjoy the podcast and check out Gregg's work.