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…
Category: Northern Ireland
Chatter #94 – Dave Elliott on the Art of Comedy and Life as a Comedian
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…
Chatter #90 – Professor John Barry on the Northern Ireland Paradox and the Global Climate Movement
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…
Chatter #75 – Pól Torbóid on Lasair Dhearg and Building a 32 County Socialist Republic
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…
Chatter #65 – Thomas Copeland on Northern Irish Politics, Inter-generational Differences, and Giving Youth a Voice
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…
Chatter #62 – Gerry Carroll on Socialism, Student Activism, and Stealing Seats From Sinn Fein
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…
