Mel Corry from Trademark Belfast was my guest on today’s show. Mel is a self-described retired hell raiser, banjo player and Communist. His work with Trademark is focused on going into workplaces and confronting our Northern Irish habit of employing a trifecta of politeness, avoidance, and denial to stop us confronting our sectarian past, the…
James Orr from Friends of the Earth NI was my guest on today’s show. We had an incredibly vast conversation that includes the destruction of our local environment and quality of food by industrial farming, the push by those in private industry to industrialise Northern Ireland’s agriculture, systems thinking in our food production and our…
Dave Elliott, the Northern Irish comedian, was my guest on today’s show. Dave has become in his own words, almost an elder statesman of the Northern Irish comedy scene, having been around for 7 or 8 years now. He’s completed his first big tour entitled Dad (a rip off of Michael Jackson’s Bad album) and…
Professor John Barry of Queen’s University Belfast was my guest on today’s show. John was my favourite professor whilst I was at University, I took his class on the politics of sustainable development and was almost immediately captivated by his passion for green politics. It was a real pleasure for me to get to interview…
Pól Torbóid from Lasair Dhearg was our guest on today’s show. We talked about the founding of Lasair Dhearg, their desire to bring Ireland together in a 32 country socialist republic, the need for governments to admit that socialism works, and how their year of activism has been disrupted by covid-19. If you haven’t already…
Thomas Copeland, one of the founders of Challenges NI was our guest on today’s show. We had a fantastic, wide ranging conversation that included his Brexit debate with Eddie Izzard and Sammy Wilson, the Northern Irish identity, the intergenerational differences in our society, and much, much more. PRE ORDER BREXIT:THE ESTABLISHMENT CIVIL WAR HERE Get…
