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…
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Chatter #59 – Sam McBride on Burned and the Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI) Scandal
Sam McBride, the political editor of the Newsletter and author of the book, Burned, was our guest on today’s show. Burned tells the story of Northern Ireland’s “cash for ash” Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI) scandal. It’s a fantastic piece of journalism that helps you to understand some of the major issues within the…
Chatter #58 – Peter Reynolds on CLEAR and the Campaign For Cannabis Law Reform
Peter Reynolds, the President of CLEAR Cannabis Law Reform was our guest on today’s show. CLEAR have been campaigning for years to try to get the government to reform the way we treat cannabis. Momentum has been gaining over the past few years in this area. More than half of the states in…
Chatter #57 – Tatton Spiller on the Growth of Simple Politics and the UK’s Pandemic Response
Tatton Spiller of Simple Politics was our guest on today’s show. This is Tatton’s second appearance on the podcast – you’ll find a link to the original episode below. Simple Politics was created to help explain the world of politics to those who don’t know the difference between common law and the House…
Chatter #56 – Robyn Vinter on the Business of Running an Indie News Site
Robyn Vinter, the founder and editor of The Overtake, an independent news and commentary site. For anyone interested in the ins and outs of running a media company, especially an independent one. We got into the economics of independent media, the different ways in which they have funded the site since it’s conception…
Chatter #55 – Ryan Hoey on How Coronavirus Vindicates Austerity
Ryan Hoey, a politics student at Queen’s University Belfast. I got in touch with Ryan after he wrote a piece for https://www.challengesni.com/ entitled “Coronavirus Vindicates Austerity”. I was curious to explore the arguments he laid out in his piece, especially given the noise coming from the left about how the spending commitments made…
