Episode 217 w/ Sam Millar Part 1
13 May - 1 hour 16 mins explicit
Podcast Series
Talking Bollox Podcast
We went all the way to Belfast for this episode and nearly missed our train home because we couldn't stop talking to Sam.
Sam Millar is a former member of the IRA, having joined when he was just 15 after Bloody Sunday and seeing the brutal murder of his best friend for being Catholic. Sam spent 8 years in the H Blocks on the blanket and no wash protests and he told us what it was like to live those conditions and why he didn't want to come off the protest in the end. The torture Sam endured at the hands of the prison guards was horrific and it's hard to understand why he kept fighting until you hear him explain it.
Sam's story doesn't stop there though, after his time in prison, Sam snuck...
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