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TEACHING THE TROUBLES - Professor Tony Novosel
Episode 127
Monday, 20 July, 2026
Send us Fan MailDr. Tony Novosel (Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences) is a historian and educator at the University of Pittsburgh and has dedicated decades to the study of the Northern Ireland conflict and particularly loyalism and political loyalism.Tony discusses the IRA split of 1969, how the conflict should be characterized, the UVF, Gusty's Spence's influence as well as that of Ian Paisely.I asked Tony about whether the violence that broke out was inevitable, the common misconceptions surrounding the subject, teaching in the age of ChapGPT and much more.PLEASE HELP OUT THE SHOW IF YOU CAN SPARE IT.. THANK YOUhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/goodlistenerpodcast CONTACT THE SHOW: thegoodlistenerpodcast@gmail.comTIMESTAMPS00:00 Who “won” the conflict ?07:00 United Ireland Vote ?9:00 Tony’s Path 14:50 Comparisons to other conflicts 19:20 Characterizing the conflict 23:45 Ian Paisley’s Influence 32:20 Was The Violence Inevitable ?38:30 UVF & Gusty Spence 52:40 IRA 57:40 The original P.I.R.A Army Council 58:30 Ending Abstentionism1:21:40 Common misconceptions about the conflict 1:27:00 Films/TV shows about the troubles 1:39:30 AI in universities
