Best Barbarians At The Gate Podcasts (2023)

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The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

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1107. The Barbarians are at and Inside the Gates 47:26

4d ago47:26

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackFor 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. Joining us is Shrapnel cohost and future leader of lefty Irish twitter, Sam Mcilwaine. We talk libraries unable to buy books, the Sto…

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1108. There Is No Hope – Mahmoud Mushtaha in Gaza 27:16

2h ago27:16

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackListeners would be aware of one of our regular contributors, the young journalist in Gaza, Palestine, Mahmoud Mushtaha and his reports on the events in the area. He rejoined us to bring us up to speed on the latest impacts of the conflict, the growing problem of food insecurity (40% don't know where their …

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Leader Of Canadian Freedom Convoy SPEAKS OUT 1:16:15

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Benjamin Joseph (BJ) Dichter was a leader in the 2022 Canadian convoy protest. He is a truck driver, author, and podcaster from Toronto, Canada. Dichter was the candidate for Toronto Centre-Rosedale in the 2014 Toronto municipal election, and the 2015 Conservative candidate for Toronto-Danforth. He has been noted for criticisms of partisan divisive…

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Captain Roy's Rusty Rocket Radio Show: THE UK Geek Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Classic Doctor Who Podcast

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CRRRRS 503 Happy Birthday Me 28:36

18h ago28:36

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Happy Birthday Me, Blue Beetle, The Winter King, Cursed, Audio-Technica Sound Burger AT-SB727 Turntable, Concorde Went Translantic Fifty Years Ago Today, Why Add to the Overall Buggeration by Worrying too Much?

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1104. Micheál Martin in Israel and Palestine 41:53

2d ago41:53

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackLongtime 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 and joined me in the tortoise shack to tell us all about her recent trip accompanying Tanaiste Mich…

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Police Whistleblower Shares Horrific Story - Maggie Oliver 1:09:13

3d ago1:09:13

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Maggie Oliver is an English former Detective Constable with the Greater Manchester Police. She is known as a whistleblower for exposing the poor handling of the Rochdale child sex abuse ring case by her own force. Maggie was a consultant on Three Girls, a BBC drama based on the scandal, in which she was portrayed by Lesley Sharp. She is the author …

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Captain Roy's Rusty Rocket Radio Show: THE UK Geek Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Classic Doctor Who Podcast

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CRRRRS 502 Unrelenting Bastardry 59:39

6d ago59:39

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Lonely Old Wizards, The Spine of Night, Last Voyage of the Demeter, The Boogeyman, Godzilla Minus One, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Changeling, Ahsoka, BIOS, Raspberry Pi 4 B 8GB, You Need a PC for Punch and Roll, Facebook Marketplace, Facebook Dating, Facebook Friends, Dead or Arseholes, Real World Singles Club, Death Threat, Activity Versus D…

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Have We Lost Trust in Science? - Neil deGrasse Tyson 1:17:41

7d ago1:17:41

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Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University and was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. Since 1996 he has been the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space i…

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1099. Wealth Taxes – Theory vs Reality with Prof Richard Murphy 49:24

8d ago49:24

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackThe 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 current system to do so and perhaps most importantly, what are the implications for social cohesion if we…

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Why Diversity Programs Need to Be ELIMINATED - Christopher Rufo 58:40

10d ago58:40

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Christopher Rufo is an American conservative activist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. He is an opponent of critical race theory and has worked to bring about its regulation in the school system. In January 2023 he was appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to the board of trustees of New College of Florida. Ruf…

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1101. Don’t Drink the Water – Lough Neagh 43:49

11d ago43:49

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Join us and keep the mics on at patreon.com/tortoiseshackLough 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 drinking from it. So what gives?We spoke to journalist Tommy Greene, who covered this slowly unfolding di…

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1095. NAMA 2.0 and the Trumpometer 1:13:21

13d ago1:13:21

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackGrab a beverage of your choice and settle in for a long but very, very good one with Irish-Russian Denver Colorado-based Prof of Economics, Constantin Gurdgiev, who returns for a chat about Housing and the Banks. But because it's Constantin and us it goes a lot broader than that. We talk about the climate …

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Trump Must Win to Avoid Prison - Scott Adams 1:06:50

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Scott Adams is an American author and cartoonist. He is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, and the author of several nonfiction works of business, commentary, and satire. In 2023, Dilbert was dropped by its distributor and numerous newspapers after Adams published a controversial video about race relations. He has just released a new book, ‘Re…

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1097. The Mental Health Crisis – Have Sinn Féin got a Plan? 41:41

15d ago41:41

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackJoining us in the tortoise shack is Sinn Féin TD and his party's spokesperson for Mental Health, Mark Ward. We discuss his accidental route into politics, his treatment for MS, what he believes can be done right now to improve access to mental health services and what he thinks Sinn Féin would do if they w…

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NBA Champion: Players Hide Their True Feelings About Social Justice 1:05:21

17d ago1:05:21

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Andrew Bogut is an Australian former professional basketball player. Born into a family of immigrants who had fled Croatia to escape socialism, he worked his way up to the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 7-foot center was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the first overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft. He earned All-NBA Third Team honor…

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1082. The Portuguese Do It Better 35:47

18d ago35:47

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackLongtime 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. We talk about their recent exit from the Energy Charter Treaty (Ireland needs to follow suit), their struggle to get on top of the housing c…

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Captain Roy's Rusty Rocket Radio Show: THE UK Geek Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Classic Doctor Who Podcast

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CRRRRS 501 It Pinged My Zeitgeist 52:24

20d ago52:24

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There's a Lot to Say, Beyond the Black Rainbow, 65, Hypnotic, The Spine of Night, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Wednesday, Ahsoka, Secret Invasion, Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art, TMZ, Quest for the Legendary Bronze Key of Bog, Russell Square Gardens Picnic, Diabetes Prevention Course, COVID-19, Death Threat, Michael Parkin…

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1091. RTÉ is Broke and Broken – Can We Fix It? 26:41

23d ago26:41

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIt is clear that RTÉ is in business terms insolvent and as Martin said on the Sunday Show, it can't continue on in its current guise. So what next?Our guest on the tortoise shack is Solicitor, data expert and historian of RTÉ hobbyist, Simon McGarr, has an idea! He outlines a way to decouple the National B…

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MURDER TRIAL JUDGE: Why Normal People Do Evil Things 1:10:56

21d ago1:10:56

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Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC was a judge at the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, which deals with only the most serious crimes in the nation. Having recently retired, Joseph has written a book about her experiences, focussing on six particular murder and manslaughter cases. The book, ‘Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murd…

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Captain Roy's Rusty Rocket Radio Show: THE UK Geek Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Classic Doctor Who Podcast

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CRRRRS 500 The 500th Episode 28:34

22d ago28:34

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Happy 500th Episode!, Avatar: The Way of Water, India Lands on the Moon, Samsung A14 4G, Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 8GB, Laptop Versus Desktop CPU, Vim, Long Live This Podcast!

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1088. Ecuador, El Salvador and the Bitcoin Bro Autocrat 42:18

26d ago42:18

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIt'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 man on the rise in Argentina, we had to get our friend in the region, journalist with El Pais, Nich…

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Captain Roy's Rusty Rocket Radio Show: THE UK Geek Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Classic Doctor Who Podcast

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CRRRRS 499 Doctor Who: Terminus 32:26

24d ago32:26

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How the Media Creates Delusional Tribes - Tim Urban 59:48

24d ago59:48

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Tim Urban is a blogger who writes about a wide range of topics, from science and technology to psychology and philosophy. He is known for creating minimalist stick-figure illustrations to help explain complex concepts in a simple way. His musings are collected on his website, ‘Wait But Why’, and featured in his newly-released book, ‘What's Our Prob…

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1079. Whistleblower Shane Corr – Live at the Sugar Club 39:21

27d ago39:21

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackAs 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) whistleblower, Shane Corr, joined Roman and Eoghan from the Ditch onstage to talk about the treatment meted out …

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What's Next for TRIGGERnometry? 1:00:20

28d ago1:00:20

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To celebrate reaching 600K subscribers, Francis and Konstantin sit down to discuss everything that’s happened in the last year and their exciting plans for the future! SPONSORED BY: EasyDNS - domain name registrar provider and web host. Use special code: TRIGGERED for 50% off when you visit https://easydns.com/triggered/ Become a Premium Member to …

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1092. ‘They fired on us like rain’ – Nadia Hardman on the massacres at the Yemen-Saudi Arabian border 25:24

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackYou 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.org/news/2023/08/21/saudi-arabia-mass-killings-migrants-yemen-borderThe lead researcher and author of the …

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An Honest Conversation with a Marxist - Aaron Bastani 1:08:08

1M ago1:08:08

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Aaron Bastani is a British journalist and writer. He co-founded the left-wing media organisation Novara Media in 2011, and has hosted and co-hosted many of its podcasts and videos. He has written for The Guardian, London Review of Books, UnHerd and Vice, and is the author of Fully Automated Luxury Communism (2019) the title for which is a term coin…

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The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

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1080. The Alternative to Eco-Austerity 46:39

1M ago46:39

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Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackTerms 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 that would benefit the majority and help make climate action more than rhetoric? Joining me from An…

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PSYCHIATRIST: How the Transgender Movement Happened 1:08:24

1M ago1:08:24

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Miriam Grossman MD is a psychiatrist and specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry. Her practice currently focuses on gender-distressed young people and their parents. Dr Grossman features in the Daily Wire’s ‘What Is A Woman?’ documentary. She is the author of five books including ‘You’re Teaching My Child WHAT?’ - a critique of modern America…

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1087. Landlords Are Not Fleeing the Market 38:12

1M ago38:12

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackThe CSO vs the RTBWe'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 landlords."But that's not really true, at least not according to the CSO. Joining us is the Dublin Inqu…

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A Career of Change Making: A Conversation with Isabel Nepstad of BellaTerra Consulting 41:48

1M ago41:48

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Isabel Nepstad’s passion for nature, food, and agriculture can be traced back to her childhood growing up in Belém, a city on the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil. Her connection to China dates to Isabel’s experience studying Chinese at the Beijing Foreign Studies University and economic development and environmental science at Yunnan University…

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Gender Clinic SHUT DOWN: Journalist Breaks Down Investigation 1:14:52

1M ago1:14:52

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Hannah Barnes is an award-winning journalist based in London. She is Investigations Producer at the BBC's flagship news and current affairs programme, Newsnight. Having led Newsnight’s investigative coverage of the controversial clinic, Barnes went on to write ‘Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Ch…

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1089. Queens University Belfast and the Tory’s “hostile environment” for Asylum Seekers 20:43

1M ago20:43

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackDeputy 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 himNow, thanks to our guest, Professor of Green Economy and member of the UCU at Queens University …

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1084. The Mental Health Crisis – We are Abandoning our Young People 50:44

2M ago50:44

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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackTW: This podcasts contains subject matter that some people may find disturbingIt was a great pleasure to be joined by some of the amazing people behind Families for Reform of CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services). Hannah, Anne, Jenny and Eimear discuss their personal experiences of seeking su…

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