1051. Michael D. Higgins, Modern Economic Teaching & What Not to do With All That Money – with Stephen Kinsella | The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack Podcast

1059. Jenin Under Attack – Mahmoud Mushtaha reports: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack So far the Israeli Defense Forces attack on the West Bank camp of Jenin has killed 10 people and injured at least 50 more. We've also witnessed attacks on medical treatment facilities and people's homes; mak... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

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1045. If You’re Not At The Table, You’re On The Menu: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The budget talk is like the Brown Thomas Christmas Shop, it gets earlier every year. Joining us to discuss the kites flown by government and what should really be done, by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

48 min listen

1068. We Need To Talk About The 12th: Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Thank you to human rights and healthcare activist, Seana Grant and cohost of Shrapnel, Sam Mcilwaine, for joining us to dive into the contentious issue of the July 12th celebrations. by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

50 min listen

1060. The Public vs Private Water Wars – Prof Richard Murphy: The Failed Privatisation of Water Should be a Warning for us in Ireland Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Rejoining us on the tortoise shack was listener favourite and one of the founders of the Green New Deal, Prof Richard Murphy, by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

46 min listen

1107. The Barbarians are at and Inside the Gates: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack For the last few years we've done a member-only wrap of the week Sunday Show for our members. This week we've decided to lift the paywall and share the madness with you all. by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

47 min listen

1080. The Alternative to Eco-Austerity: Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Terms like "just transition" have been adopted by the capitalist system as a branding exercise and it has lost all meaning. But what if we could take steps to re-democratise workplaces and local communities in ways... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

47 min listen

1088. Ecuador, El Salvador and the Bitcoin Bro Autocrat: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack It's a few weeks since we talked South and Latin America, but with a Presidential election candidate assassination in Ecuador, an aspiring Bitcoin Bro dictator making moves in El Salvador and a far right mad... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

42 min listen

1067. Spain on a Knife Edge: Please join us at pateeon.com/tortoiseshack This Sunday, Spain goes to the polls in what is an election that‘ll see either a broad left coalition govern or usher in the return of fascism in government. At this stage, reading the polls, by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

45 min listen

1092. ‘They fired on us like rain’ – Nadia Hardman on the massacres at the Yemen-Saudi Arabian border: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack You might have seen the reports on Monday that Saudi Arabian border guards/soldiers had killed hundreds of Ethiopian asylum seekers who were trying to cross the border from Yemen. Read:https://www.hrw. by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

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1044. Pride Still Means Protest: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack A few months ago we spoke with schoolteacher, podcaster and sound out Corkonian, Padraig Wilson McCarthy, about the fact that the rents he was seeing in Dublin were more than his monthly salary. by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

52 min listen

1040. Luke Ming Flanagan on Mental Health: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (TW: Contains references to suicide) A couple of weeks ago MEP, Luke Ming Flanagan, posted a few tweets in which he addressed his own mental health struggles and his frustration with the governments lack of... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

40 min listen

1025. The Murder of Rafael Moreno: Please join us at patreo.com/tortoiseshack “If you have to kill me, kill me. But I am telling you to your face: you won’t silence me.” Those are the prescient words of Colombian journalist, Rafael Moreno, by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

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1051. Michael D. Higgins, Modern Economic Teaching & What Not to do With All That Money – with Stephen Kinsella: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We've ended up doing an accidental economic series within a series and what better way to wrap it up than with Head of Economics in UL, Stephen Kinsella. We discuss the President's comments and why Stephen r... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

48 min listen

1058. Sinn Féin – Preparing for Power?: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Editors note: Recorded and released to members on July 4th) Following yesterday's show and the discussion relating to Sinn Féin's position on immigration, it was timely to be rejoined on the podcast by tha... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

35 min listen

1087. Landlords Are Not Fleeing the Market: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The CSO vs the RTB We've been hearing for what seems to be years now that landlords are fleeing the market and we've been constantly told that any criticism of the rental market is "demonising mom and pop l... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

38 min listen

1063. What Ireland Thinks and Who is Asking the Questions: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Most weeks we get a sprinkling of political polling across the newspapers, but what is interesting (at least to me) is how the sausage is made and who decides to lean into certain controversial topics, by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

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1065. The Dáil Summer Report Card – a Left Perspective: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Editors Note: Today is the first anniversary of the death of our dear friend, Dr Vicky Conway. Our thoughts are with all who knew and loved her.) Rejoining us on the tortoise shack for an end of the Dáil ... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

25 min listen

1104. Micheál Martin in Israel and Palestine: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Longtime listeners would know journalist and friend of the pod, Hannah McCarthy, for her previous podcasts with us from Afghanistan, Lebanon and Ukraine. Well this time in a rare treat she was back in Dublin... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

42 min listen

1075. Hurlers on The Ditch – Live at the Sugar Club: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack As promised here's part 2 of our recent live show in the Sugar Club. You'll hear from Martin and Tony about the strain in their pod marriage and then they're joined by the journalists behind the Ditch websit... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

39 min listen

1061. The Iceland Workers – Inside the Talbot Street Store: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack On Friday I went into the Iceland Store on Talbot Street to speak with some of the workers who are currently occupying it as part of an ongoing and nationwide dispute with their employer over unpaid wages an... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

28 min listen

1048. Still Fighting – Senator Tom Clonan: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack One of the first people we spoke with on the Echo Chamber Podcast was former Army Captain, whistleblower and disability rights activist, Tom Clonan. He later added the Senator ;) by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

44 min listen

1074. Farming, the Far Right and Climate Action with Pádraic Fogarty: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Editors note: Before Listening I recommend that you read this short thread - https://twitter.com/whittledaway/status/1683040346740072448?s=20) Pádraic Fogarty loves nature. His nature-themed writing, by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

42 min listen

1084. The Mental Health Crisis – We are Abandoning our Young People: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack - TW: This podcasts contains subject matter that some people may find disturbing It was a great pleasure to be joined by some of the amazing people behind Families for Reform of CAMHS (Child and Adolescent ... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

51 min listen

1081. The Dublin Drug Zones Posters with SpiceBag, Pattern Up and Daithí Doolan: Please join us on patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Editors Note: Recorded Monday Aug 7th for members) Art is supposed to provoke and with their Designated Crack and Heroin Zone posters, activist artists, SpiceBag and Pattern Up have certainly done that. by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

52 min listen

1069. We Want to be in Government – Holly Cairns: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Rejoining us just as the Dáil shuts down for it's 18 month summer holiday and for the first time since she became her party's leader, is Soc Dems, Holly Cairns. We had plenty to catch up about. by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

45 min listen

1079. Whistleblower Shane Corr – Live at the Sugar Club: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack As promised here is the 3rd and final part from our Tortoise Shack Live at the Sugar Club show from Thursday July 20th, and it's a bit special. Dept of Health civil servant (currently suspended) whistleblowe... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

39 min listen

1082. The Portuguese Do It Better: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Longtime listeners will be familiar with Deputy Vice Leader of Portugal's Socialist Party, Joao Pina and his devout socialism in what is their 8th year in Government. by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

36 min listen

1101. Don’t Drink the Water – Lough Neagh: Join us and keep the mics on at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Lough Neagh is one of the largest lakes in Europe and provides 43% of the drinking water for Northern Ireland. Yet it is in such a terrible state ecologically that wildlife are dying from drink... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

44 min listen

1099. Wealth Taxes – Theory vs Reality with Prof Richard Murphy: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The have's and the have not's. Wealth inequality is the rat that has chewed up the social contract, but is a wealth tax going to address it and if not then how do we pull on the levers available in our curre... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

49 min listen

1089. Queens University Belfast and the Tory’s “hostile environment” for Asylum Seekers: Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson, recently said that Asylum Seekers disgruntled with the inhumane conditions of so-called Floatels should "fuck off back to France" and his Party backed... by The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

21 min listen

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