The Shrapnel Podcast

The Shrapnel Podcast


Latest Episodes

2. Shrapnel Live @ Imagine! Belfast
March 25, 2024

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The lads did their second live show as part of the Imagine! Festival of Ideas and Politics at Belfast's Crescent Arts Centre. We were joined by a panel of t

Shrapnel Live – Wild Colonial Boys
February 22, 2024

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We were delighted to be joined by author and academic Paul Burgess for our inaugural live show. Paul discussed his new book Wild Colonial Boys (Manchester U

A Wasted Year? – The 2023 Review
January 01, 2024

Please support us in 2024 by clicking: patreon.com/tortoiseshack Welcome to our end of 2023 special. In this episode the lads chatted to two former guests: one from series 1 and another from series 2.

The Lost Opportunity with Tony Novosel
December 29, 2023

Help us keep going in 2024 by clicking on patreon.com/tortoiseshack Tony Novosel is the author of 'Northern Ireland's Lost Opportunity: The Frustrated Promise of Political Loyalism' and has been a fre

Ed Moloney, a Life Less Ordinary
December 22, 2023

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Ed Moloney is one of Ireland's most famous journalists and the author of a number of books about the conflict in Northern Ireland. In this episode he talks

David Blevins – The First Draft of History
December 15, 2023

Help us keep going in 2024, join the shack at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Since 1996, David Blevins has been the senior Ireland correspondent for Sky News, covering news stories north and south of the b

Shrapnel Fragments – Ep.2
December 03, 2023

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In the second episode of Fragments Sam and Gareth answered some interesting questions from listeners. Topics addressed included youth subcultures in 2023 Be

Building a United Community – Alana Cahoon
December 01, 2023

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack This week we were joined by Alana Cahoon who is the PR Officer from the Ulster Young Unionists, and One Young World delegate. She is also an Ambassador of

David Adams
November 24, 2023

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack David Adams is a former loyalist politician who as a leading member of the Ulster Democratic Party was hugely influential in negotiating the Good Friday Agr

Dirty Linen with Martin Doyle
November 17, 2023

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Martin Doyle is the books editor of The Irish Times and author of Dirty Linen: The Troubles In My Home Place (Merrion, 2023) In this episode Martin talks to