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…
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Chatter #64 – Katie McQuillan on Creativity and Exporting the Northern Irish Identity
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…
Chatter #61 – Richie Prynne on Creativity, Busking and the Breakup of CC Smugglers
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…
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 #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 #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…
