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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1428. Trump, Zelenskyy and the DOGE’ing of Democracy

Posted March 10, 2025 • 00:59:31

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this very special Echo Chamber pod we are rejoined by cohost Martin McMahon and US based professor of...

1426. ‘Where did Sinn Féin f@ck up, Matt?’

Posted March 6, 2025 • 00:55:23

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The Sinn Féin reshuffle resulted in TD for Cavan-Monaghan, Matt Carthy, becoming the party's spokesperson...

1423. Boe Conroy in Bo, Sierra Leone

Posted March 4, 2025 • 00:59:41

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this very special Echo Chamber podcast we are rejoined by adjunct professor of public health at UCC,...

1421. There’s Money for War, Just Not the War on Poverty – Prof Richard Murphy

Posted March 2, 2025 • 00:45:43

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The UK is, let’s face it, stuck in the shit economically, socially and now most worryingly geopolitically....

52. Gaza – ‘We Stayed Knowing That We’d Either Live Together Or Die Together’

Posted February 27, 2025 • 00:37:35

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack.com In this PalCast - One World, One Struggle, Yousef and producer Tony are joined from Gaza City by lecturer,...