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Chatter #64 – Katie McQuillan on Creativity and Exporting the Northern Irish Identity

By Josh Hamilton July 1, 2020July 1, 2020

Our guest on today’s show was Katie McQuillan, a photographer and videographer from Belfast Northern Ireland whose work has been chosen by the World Health Organization to front their entire worldwide coronavirus campaign. Katie is also a former classmate of mine so it was a pleasure to catch up and discuss creativity, her development as […]

Chatter #63 – Sjaak Lucassen on Travelling the World By Motorbike

By Josh Hamilton June 25, 2020June 25, 2020

Sjaak Lucassen was my guest on today’s show. Sjaak is a world famous motorcyclist who has been around the world twice and wrote the fantastic book Life on Two Wheels (not available on Amazon unfortunately) about his second world trip. We got into discussions on fear, travel, time wealth, motorcycle repair, and what he learnt […]

Chatter #62 – Gerry Carroll on Socialism, Student Activism, and Stealing Seats From Sinn Fein

By Josh Hamilton June 18, 2020June 18, 2020

In this episode we have got a champion of socialist politics, a man crazy enough to steal seats from Sinn Fein in West Belfast and the Stormont canteen: People Before Profit MLA, Gerry Carroll. We get into everything from student activism and the climate strikes to the threat of People Before Profit and other grassroots […]

Chatter #61 – Richie Prynne on Creativity, Busking and the Breakup of CC Smugglers

By Josh Hamilton June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Richie Prynne, the former lead singer of CC Smugglers, was our guest on this episode of the show. CC Smugglers broke up at the end of last year after they lost over £20,000 borrowed from Richie’s Dad’s pension fund used to record their last album. They had recouped all the money using the crowd funding […]

Disaster Capitalism and Corona Virus

By Josh Hamilton June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Disaster capitalism, vulture capitalism, crisis capitalism, misery profiteering, or just human greed. Every time we’re confronted with crisis in the modern world the vultures of corporate world are soon circling their next prey. In her seminal book, The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein plots the history of the 21st century as a struggle of populations against […]

Chatter #60 – Matthew Thompson on Podcasting and Best of Belfast

By Josh Hamilton May 29, 2020May 29, 2020

Matthew Thompson, the host of the podcast Best of Belfast, was our guest on today’s show. Best of Belfast see’s Matthew interview Northern Irish celebrities and people of note from within our wee country. It’s the first time that I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing a fellow podcaster from Northern Ireland so I was overflowing […]

Chatter #62 – Gerry Carroll on Socialism, Student Activism, and Stealing Seats From Sinn Fein

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Chatter #59 – Sam McBride on Burned and the Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI) Scandal

Chatter #58 – Peter Reynolds on CLEAR and the Campaign For Cannabis Law Reform

Chatter #57 – Tatton Spiller on the Growth of Simple Politics and the UK’s Pandemic Response

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Chatter #62 – Gerry Carroll on Socialism, Student Activism, and Stealing Seats From Sinn Fein

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Chatter #59 – Sam McBride on Burned and the Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI) Scandal

Chatter #58 – Peter Reynolds on CLEAR and the Campaign For Cannabis Law Reform

Chatter #57 – Tatton Spiller on the Growth of Simple Politics and the UK’s Pandemic Response

Chatter #64 – Katie McQuillan on Creativity and Exporting the Northern Irish Identity

Chatter #63 – Sjaak Lucassen on Travelling the World By Motorbike

Chatter #62 – Gerry Carroll on Socialism, Student Activism, and Stealing Seats From Sinn Fein

Chatter #61 – Richie Prynne on Creativity, Busking and the Breakup of CC Smugglers

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