‘The Global Thread’- A new radio series from Comhlámh
Comhlamh have a new 4 part radio series out next week. ‘The Global Thread’ will start broadcasting weekly on NearFM beginning on Tuesday 7th April at 7pm.
Produced in partnership with Near FM, this series will focus on gender equality and reproductive rights; the global architecture of extraction and fracking industries and an increasingly networked community defenders; deinstitutionalisation of orphanage/residential care; and how tax structures and debt agreements contribute to local and global poverty and inequality
After broadcast, the series will also be available to those subscribe to our Focus podcast.
The series was co produced by Mark Malone (Comhlámh) and Sally Galiana (NearFM). We would like to thank Sally, Paul and all the team at Near FM for their support.
If you haven’t already subscribed today, you can do so at the links below. You can listen back to previous podcasts and be automatically updated with new episodes come out.
What is Focus podcast?
Focus: is an audio project from Comhlámh, the association of returned development workers and volunteers. Produced and hosted by Mark Malone, Focus is a mix of documentaries and and interviews. Over time it takes a varied look at issues and themes around global inequality and talks to people involved in different ways in challenging inequality and injustices wherever they are.
Previous Podcasts
- Todays guests are Lorna King, Conor McCabe and Sean McCabe. What are the kinds of things we need to think about […]
- Three Comhlámh staff members, Sive Bresnihan, Caoimhe Butterly and Mark Malone asked if it were possible to have radical hope and […]
- We headed to Achill island for the the second International Health and Development Training for Healthcare Workers. Organised for people interested […]
- Focus dropped into Donabate-Portrane Educate Together National School (DPETNS) and PEPY Empowering Youth during an exchange visit to speak about the […]
- Focus has a chat with Dr Eilish Dillon, exploring some of the ideas, assumptions and practices underpinning much of the work […]
- This episode is an edit of an panel discussion on “Civil Disobedience and Social Change” that took place in the Teacher […]
- It is estimated that around 80% of children and young people living in orphanages and other institutional settings, have at least […]
- In the time of late capitalism, growing inequality and increasing awareness of causes and impacts of climate crisis, what does it […]
- In this episode Conor McCabe chats to Eilish Dillon, head of The Department of International Development Maynooth to discuss latest book […]