Racism

It's common in Ireland to see a sign saying 'soup and sambo offer' or 'tea and sambo'. In Ireland this doesn't raise an eyebrow but for people from other countries it is a really strange thing to see. The word 'sambo' is an old - fashioned…

These last few weeks have seen widespread protests across the US in response to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. In addition to and in response to the protests, many people have come together online to stand in solidarity…

On this week’s episode we discuss the colourism tweets that went viral this week. We also discuss cancel culture and what age should people be held accountable for their tweets/views. We hope you enjoy it! #PintsOfMalt Make sure to…

On the latest PODAROONEY, Joe chats to Shazia Mirza. Shazia was born in Birmingham, England—the eldest daughter of Muslim parents who moved from Pakistan to Birmingham in the 1960s. About a year into her comedy career, after the…

Versatile’s debasement of hip-hop should have firebombed the project a long time ago. Their writing is preposterous – a Gatling gun delivery of god-awful one-liners punctuated by moments of extreme racism and misogyny. These attempted jokes…

Even if you don’t know it, there’s a good chance you know somebody who’s struggling with a dependency on drugs. Or maybe you knew somebody who had a drug problem, but through intense self-reflection and some help from their family and…

"The Grand Experiment," — these are the words founding father Alexander Hamilton used to describe the United States’ Democratic Republic. That was in 1788. Were you to compare what constitutes a "progressive" political idea in 2019 to the…

The question: who gets to call themselves Irish? The disgrace: not everyone born on this island. As our British cousins race to apply for their Irish passports to unlock the benefits of EU citizenship that their body politic seems hell-bent…

Watching Neil LaBute’s suburban crime thriller ten years on, one can’t help but ask one crucial question: why is it called Terrace when the action clearly takes place on a cul-de-sac? (The answer is that Lakeview Terrace is a suburban…

Elsie Nwaora, Nomaxabiso Maye and Florence Eriamantoe are three women who’ve survived Direct Provision; "a place of punishment," as Elsie calls it. "You can see it", she says, "but you don’t know what to do." While a few years ago you…