Turning Earth

New series begins on DDR, Wednesday 7th December, 4PM

New bi-monthly series begins 4pm, Wednesday 7th December on Dublin Digital Radio

RTÉ tell us "The Truth Matters". The Washington Post carries the tagline "Democracy Dies In Darkness". What do these statements mean? How much do our actions align with our values? How does the news work?

An interview with William Hederman from Futureproof Clare. William explains the dual threat of Liquified Natural Gas and the runaway construction of data centres in Ireland. We are facing a future of energy shortages and catastrophic climate change. The Irish government, instead of tackling the issues, are trying to preserve business as usual and sacrificing our stability and safety in the process. Have a listen to this episode, to hear from just one of the groups resisting this lunacy. https://www.facebook.com/futureproofclare

A short episode exploring the ecological and social issues surrounding the construction of data centres in Ireland.

This episode is an interview with independent researcher and activist Mark Malone. We take a look at how the far right use social media to organise, and how social media platforms benefit from hosting extremist content. https://farrightobservatory.medium.com/remembering-the-utoya-massacre-as-facebook-hosts-calls-to-kill-irish-president-cf10790af67a

The Principle of Charity is based on the idea that 'arguments should aim at finding the truth, not winning the fight.' We can use it as a tool: to fully understand the opinions and feelings of people we disagree with, and to fully understand our own worldview. To challenge and refine our own views and opinions, to keep an awareness of what feelings they are based on. Ultimately, to get closer to the truth. But it's not applicable to every situation. Sometimes someone is just so full of nonsense that they'll have you wound up like a spring before you know what's going on. Join me for a wee while as I try to suss this out. https://ethics.org.au/ethics-explainer-the-principle-of-charity/

"The heartbeat of critical thinking is the longing to know - to understand how life works." - bell hooks Thinking is an action. Thinking about the world and how it works is a practical act. Thinking about how we think will make us better thinkers. Every child is born with this wonder in their minds and somewhere along the way life beats it out of us. We lose our ability to ask questions and we associate it with drudgery and punishment. We get stuck. We can get unstuck. Part 3 of Psychic Self Defense: how we can train our mind to be a better truth-seeker and avoid getting fooled, the differences between criticism and critique, the education system doesn't want us to be active thinkers, logical fallacies, identifying ideologies.

Moving deeper in to Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World, we'll have a think about how we can use the scientific method to tell if we're being lied to. Who's telling us the most real story of reality, or who's trying to confuse us, to lead us astray, or to exploit us?

An audio essay, some sonic rambles and worried mumbles, wondering about how do we know the truth, who can we trust, who's being a nonsense-merchant and who's pointing us in the right direction? Guided by Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World, I'll try to drown out some of the noise with some mostly sensible sense.

The first episode in a new series, where we'll be thinking and talking about forests. In this episode we talk about monoculture, the many ways that it's jeopardising the basis for life on earth, and what we can do about it. This episode features excerpts from an interview with Natalia Beylis from the campaign group Save Leitrim: https://www.facebook.com/saveleitrim/ Music by Woven Skull: https://wovenskull.bandcamp.com/ Imagery by Gareth: https://www.instagram.com/probablygareth.art/ Production: https://lovelynoises.com/

This is part two of the first episode in a new series, where we'll be thinking and talking about forests. In part two we delve a little deeper into the ideology behind the practice of monoculture, and what role government and big companies play. We also explore the alternative approaches and responses we can make as communities. This episode features excerpts from an interview with Natalia Beylis from the campaign group Save Leitrim: www.facebook.com/saveleitrim/ Music by Woven Skull: wovenskull.bandcamp.com/ Imagery by Gareth: www.instagram.com/probablygareth.art/ Production: lovelynoises.com/

More from Sean, Peter and John of the Greencastle Peoples Office on, among other things, how much of a fucking head-melt it is to stand up to the power of the extractive industry.

Are you fed up of greedy cunts wrecking the buzz? Me too. Have a listen to this first of two episodes on gold mining and the many problems wrapped up with it. Music provided by the not-gold-but-still-glittering Woven Skull, taken from their album The Lair of the Glowing Bantling: https://wovenskull.bandcamp.com/album/lair-of-the-glowing-bantling-3 Image drawn by Gareth Curtis.

Joined this time for the Joint Committee by Rachael from Not Here, Not Anywhere. NHNA are a campaign group organising against any and all new oil and gas infrastructure in Ireland and internationally. At the same time Fine Gael, the leaders of the minority government, are using technicalities to block bills that are passed by majority vote. Guess what bills they target? Workers rights, environmental justice and housing are all in the firing line. Have a listen and find out how.

More moaning about things that are bad. Election ennui. Media nonsense-merchants. We've got the lot.

The first in our new, bare-bones series of current events and news analysis podcasts! Join Tommy and Eric having the chats about Extinction Rebellion, local elections, the notions of radicalism, the recent victory of the Waorani tribe in protecting their part of the Amazon from destruction aaaaaand loads more probably. BANTS NOT RANTS!

This time Eric and Tommy get deeper into the separation of humanity from the rest of nature. Tommy also talks to Lucy O'Hagan from Wild Awake about getting back in touch with our roots. As usual there's a decent amount of lefty belligerence. Bakin' n' snowflakin'. Music: Wild Rocket - Blowholes [ wildrocket.bandcamp.com/ ] Illustration: Gareth Curtis [ probablygareth@gmail.com ]

Food Sovereignty: The right of peoples to define their own food, agriculture, livestock and fisheries systems. This time Tommy and Eric have a good ramble about food, where we get it from, how it's produced, how we as a species have become separated from the life systems that sustain us. Tommy had a chat with Fergal Anderson from Talamh Beo and Food Sovereignty Ireland. Also includes some moaning about politics, so watch out for that. Music: Wild Rocket - Blowholes [ wildrocket.bandcamp.com/ ] Illustration: Gareth Curtis [ probablygareth@gmail.com ]

Our second anniversary! Kind of. In this episode we give a run down of the the year 2018 with all it's highs and lows, we also got to catch up with some of the issues we missed out on covering throughout the year. Extinction, pollution, habitat loss, government corruption, corporate psychopathy, the death of the oceans. It can all be stopped, and it will be. The movement is growing. Music: Wild Rocket - Blowholes [ wildrocket.bandcamp.com/ ] Illustration: Gareth Curtis [ probablygareth@gmail.com ]