The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack
The Irish independent news, politics and culture podcast that doesn't take itself too seriously. Join hosts Tony Groves and Martin McMahon and a wide range of guests as the tackle everything from twitter to the Taoiseach. There will be shenanigans!
Cover art by @Ciaraioch
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 174
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
The Final Evacuation
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Sara Awad is an English literature student, writer, and storyteller based in Gaza. Passionate about capturing human experiences and social issues, Sara use…
Sara Awad is an English literature student, writer, and storyteller based in Gaza. Passionate about capturing human experiences and social issues, Sara use…
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Support Our School Secretaries and Caretakers!
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In this podcast we are joined by two School Secretaries, Luisa Carty and Noreen O'Callaghan, to discuss the reasons for their upcoming indefinite strike ac…
In this podcast we are joined by two School Secretaries, Luisa Carty and Noreen O'Callaghan, to discuss the reasons for their upcoming indefinite strike ac…
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Justice for Coalmines and Don’t Drink the Green Water
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Journalist and now author, Tommy Greene, rejoins us to talk about the plucky coalmine that is using the investor courts (remember CETA folks?) to sue the B…
Journalist and now author, Tommy Greene, rejoins us to talk about the plucky coalmine that is using the investor courts (remember CETA folks?) to sue the B…
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Gaza, When The War Ends
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Nadera Mushtaha is a poet and writer from Gaza and a former student of Dr Refaat Alareer. She talks of losing her family home in Shujayia, her friend Malak…
Nadera Mushtaha is a poet and writer from Gaza and a former student of Dr Refaat Alareer. She talks of losing her family home in Shujayia, her friend Malak…
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Thu 21 Aug 2025
‘I Support Palestine Action’
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We've just seen Keir Starmer's government threatening Irish writer, Sally Rooney and many western governments have decided to take more action against peop…
We've just seen Keir Starmer's government threatening Irish writer, Sally Rooney and many western governments have decided to take more action against peop…
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Gaza, On Grief and Going On
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It was a great pleasure to be joined by Shahd Alnaami, who is a 21-year-old writer, poet, and translator from Gaza, Palestine. In this PalCast episode, she…
It was a great pleasure to be joined by Shahd Alnaami, who is a 21-year-old writer, poet, and translator from Gaza, Palestine. In this PalCast episode, she…
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Trump vs The Internationale
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without doubt the maddest, but best chat we've had the best-maddest US-Based Irish-Russian economist there is, Prof Constantin Gurdgiev. Tariffs, Trumpism,…
without doubt the maddest, but best chat we've had the best-maddest US-Based Irish-Russian economist there is, Prof Constantin Gurdgiev. Tariffs, Trumpism,…
Wed 13 Aug 2025
A Ballymun Blend
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Adam Mohamed is someone who we love and admire in the tortoise shack. His new project, A Ballymun Blend, is a written, spoken and sung history and stories …
Adam Mohamed is someone who we love and admire in the tortoise shack. His new project, A Ballymun Blend, is a written, spoken and sung history and stories …
Sat 09 Aug 2025
Writing our Stories – Taqwa Al-Wawi
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Taqwa Al-Wawi is a 19-year English literature student at the Islamic University of Gaza. She is also writer out of Gaza, who has published dozens of articl…
Taqwa Al-Wawi is a 19-year English literature student at the Islamic University of Gaza. She is also writer out of Gaza, who has published dozens of articl…
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Thu 07 Aug 2025
You Can’t Hate Up Close
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Daniel Ennis is what you might call an accidental life-long politician, even if what he works on is not typically part of the political curriculum. He's al…
Daniel Ennis is what you might call an accidental life-long politician, even if what he works on is not typically part of the political curriculum. He's al…
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Fri 01 Aug 2025
Gaza and Loss on Every Level
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Dima Al-Madhoun is a translator in Gaza and joins us from her displacement tent in Al-Mawasi. She speaks of losing her home, moving from place to place, th…
Dima Al-Madhoun is a translator in Gaza and joins us from her displacement tent in Al-Mawasi. She speaks of losing her home, moving from place to place, th…
Thu 31 Jul 2025
Fighting Class War is Proper Climate Action
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It’s a lot at the moment. So rejoining us to wallow in the misery is lecturer at TUD, Dr Ciarán O’Carroll, and to be honest this assessment of where we are…
It’s a lot at the moment. So rejoining us to wallow in the misery is lecturer at TUD, Dr Ciarán O’Carroll, and to be honest this assessment of where we are…
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Gaza versus Western Journalism
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The Self-Critical Columnist - Colin Sheridan
Colin Sheridan is a writer, journalist and columnist with the Irish Examiner. He is also a former Irish Army O…
The Self-Critical Columnist - Colin Sheridan
Colin Sheridan is a writer, journalist and columnist with the Irish Examiner. He is also a former Irish Army O…
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Sat 26 Jul 2025
They Are Deliberately Starving Us
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Ahmed Al-Najjar is a Palestinian journalist and academic based in Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip. He is reporting on the ongoing Israeli genocide and rap…
Ahmed Al-Najjar is a Palestinian journalist and academic based in Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip. He is reporting on the ongoing Israeli genocide and rap…
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Gaza and the Cracks in Western Imperialism
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In this Echo Chamber Pod we’re joined by economist, author and editor of the Irish Marxist Review, Dr. Brian O’Boyle to discuss how, even now, in the depth…
In this Echo Chamber Pod we’re joined by economist, author and editor of the Irish Marxist Review, Dr. Brian O’Boyle to discuss how, even now, in the depth…
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Gaza and a Smile of Hope
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Huda Skaik is a writer from Gaza, who was displaced 12 times during the ongoing genocide. After being under siege in Gaza City for 9 unrelenting days, the …
Huda Skaik is a writer from Gaza, who was displaced 12 times during the ongoing genocide. After being under siege in Gaza City for 9 unrelenting days, the …
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Fast Fashion and the Bonfire of Human Rights Regulations
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In this Echo Chamber podcast Soc Dem Senator, Patricia Stephenson joins us to discuss the EU’s ongoing drive to undo the human rights and environmental pro…
In this Echo Chamber podcast Soc Dem Senator, Patricia Stephenson joins us to discuss the EU’s ongoing drive to undo the human rights and environmental pro…
Thu 17 Jul 2025
1481. Starmer’s Annus Horribilis and Why Democracy is a Participatory Sport
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In this Echo Chamber Podcast, the peerless Emeritus Prof Richard Murphy rejoins us to talk about the Labour Party's first year in Government in the UK, the…
In this Echo Chamber Podcast, the peerless Emeritus Prof Richard Murphy rejoins us to talk about the Labour Party's first year in Government in the UK, the…
Tue 15 Jul 2025
69. Israel Killed my Mother Twice
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Journalist Ahmed Aldremly joined us from Gaza to discuss the latest massacres at the so-called Humanitarian Zones, Israel’s latest concentration camp plan,…
Journalist Ahmed Aldremly joined us from Gaza to discuss the latest massacres at the so-called Humanitarian Zones, Israel’s latest concentration camp plan,…
Sun 13 Jul 2025
1480. Gaza, Glastonbury and Cultural Capital with Lexi Alexander
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It was an fantastic to be rejoined by Academy Award nominated filmmaker, former stuntwoman and fellow troublemaker, Lexi Alexander, to discuss the role of …
It was an fantastic to be rejoined by Academy Award nominated filmmaker, former stuntwoman and fellow troublemaker, Lexi Alexander, to discuss the role of …
Thu 10 Jul 2025
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