The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

Ireland’s original independent left leaning news, politics, and culture podcast that doesn’t take itself too seriously and still punches well above its weight. Join critically acclaimed & derided hosts, Martin McMahon and Tony Groves as they delve into th

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645. Sam Mcilwaine on the NI Protocol, Partition Commemoration and Our Shared Island

Posted October 28, 2021 • 00:35:19

Last week as the 100 year Commemoration of the Partition of Ireland took place in Armagh, we were chating again with socialist Unionist, Sam Mcilwaine....

644. Economic Inequality and Orthodoxy with Economists Seamus Coffey & Ciaran Nugent

Posted October 26, 2021 • 00:46:56

Tortoise Shack twitter followers might've seen a thread/debate recently involving UCC Economist and former head of the fiscal advisory council, Seamus...

8. No Acceptable Deaths, Plus an Exclusive Interview with Nadim Hussain

Posted October 24, 2021 • 00:51:50

This week in front of our live Tortoise Shack Members we recorded a very different, difficult, enraging and at times hopeful Sunday Special. We were...

624. Scoliosis Care – An Irishman in Finland

Posted October 20, 2021 • 00:29:05

This was recorded for our patreon members on Sept 17th. But given the Tánaiste's recent and unhelpful comments on scoliosis we're posting it now here...

641. Anti-Science Ideology, Reducing Rents, Balanced Budgets, Tax & UBI with Ronan Lyons

Posted October 19, 2021 • 00:55:50

Last week Economist at Trinity College Dublin, Ronan Lyons, rejoined us on the tortoise shack to dig into housing policy and the supply challenges....