Episodes
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Bits & Pieces Podcast : Feb 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Welcome to our roundup of clips and snippets that have caught our attention this month - enjoy!
Key themes
00:00:40 Covid enquiry or witch hunt?
00:04:37 #ceasefireNOW
00:09:31 A step closer to a united Ireland?
00:17:52 Yes for EU association agreement workshop
00:24:00 Westminster Tories blooper reel
00:35:58 Welcoming our new ministers
00:44:41 Budget home truths
00:49:50 Indypodcasters day oot
00:53:49 Westminster questions
00:58:44 Who is better for the economy?
Watch our tour of the Holyrood parliament building here
Watch the Yes for EU workshop here
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Friday Feb 16, 2024
Scotland in the EU
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Campaign group Yes For EU held a very successful workshop in Edinburgh to consider various themes about Scotland's future in the EU, including Association Agreements for candidate countries, the alternative option of EFTA. We also discussed areas where Scotland is at risk of diverging from the EU and where we will need to realign or create new arrangements such as borders, currency options, EU energy policy and the farm payment scheme.
If you would like to take part in the discussion topics, you are welcome to do so. You can also feed any thoughts, comments or questions to Yesforeu@gmail.com
Key points in the broadcast are:
00:02:05 Opening remarks and welcome
00:04:49 Heather Anderson on EU or EFTA
00:12:42 Kirsty Hughes on Association Agreements
00:30:23 Discussion question 1
00:30:51 Introduction to Borders topic
00:36:35 Discussion question 2
00:36:51 Introduction to Currency topic
00:39:52 Marla Dukharan on currency unions
00:44:53 Discussion question 3
00:45:07 Heather Anderson on farm payments scheme
00:53:13 Discussion question 4
00:53:22 Introduction to EU energy strategy topic
00:59:00 EU renewables strategy by Wind Europe
00:58:10 The future of interconnectors by National Grid
01:00:17 Discussion question 5
01:00:27 Key messages from the workshop
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Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Changing the face of Scotland - Revive Coalition
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
We were at the very successful Revive Coalition conference in Perth in November. In this week's podcast we chat with Revive Coalition Campaigns Manager Max Wiszniewski, share some of the presentations from the conference on grouse moors, muirburn and raptor persecution and then we take a look at the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill currently making its way through Holyrood.
Key topics include:
00:02:12 - introducing our guest Max Wiszniewski
00:06:34 - Chris Packham's opening address
00:17:21 - Max on joint working to solve complex problems
00:19:55 - Robbie Marsland explains grouse moor Circles of Destruction
00:22:05 - Max on giving evidence to Holyrood
00:26:27 - Dr Helen Armstrong explains muirburn
00:34:39 - Dr Ruth Tingay explains golden eagle tagging
00:45:10 - Gillian Martin on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill
00:49:39 - Max - land reform and Scottish Independence
Find out more about Revive at www.revive.scot
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Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Feb 02, 2024
John Maclean's Legacy 100 Years On
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Henry Bell, author of the biography "John Maclean - Hero of Red Clydeside", examines some of the life, times and core principles that John Maclean represented. He asks if these still relate to the world today - a century after Maclean's tragic and untimely death.
Hosted by the Scottish Socialist Party, this is the 3rd Annual Jim McVicar Memorial Lecture .
Key chapters:00:00:44 Welcome and opening remarks by Richie Venton00:12:03 Lecture delivered by Henry Bell01:07:27 Closing remarks by Richie Venton
Scottish Independence Podcasts are grateful to the Scottish Socialist Party for allowing us to record their event.
You can also watch the video version on our youtube channel here
Find more info and publications etc from Scottish socialist party https://scottishsocialistparty.org
Find author Henry Bell's website https://henryjimbell.com/
John Maclean - Hero of Red Clydeside is available from Pluto Press https://plutobooks.com
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Friday Jan 26, 2024
Bits & Pieces Podcast January 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Welcome to our roundup of topical clips and snippets for January 2024. Main themes covered this month are:
00:00:53 Calling out war crimes
00:05:47 Covid enquiry
00:09:35 Scottish budget
00:15:48 Holyrood snippets
00:21:15 UK General Election
00:34:59 Westminster hot topics
00:40:23 Horizon scandal
00:44:57 Lesley Riddoch chats with Jim Byrne
00:51:02 Indypodcasters out and about
00:54:02 Time for Scotland by the Singing Councillors
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Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Scottish poetry podcast #31 Burns Night Special
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
A selection of poetry for Burns Night:
Rabbie Burns by Angus Shoor Caan
To A Country by Lynne Dougan
A Wee Mouse by Angus Shoor Caan
Boreas by Sheila Nichols, read by Fiona McGregor
Rabbie by Angus Shoor Caan
The Man O' Words by Paul Colvin
Scots Wha Hae by Rabbie Burns performed by Lorraine Sinclair
Music on Scots Wha hae: Hidden Past by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Breakup of Britain: What next for SNP and Labour?
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
One of the many excellent and fascinating panel discussions held at the Breakup of Britain conference. This discussion poses the question what next for SNP after Sturgeon and Labour under Starmer. The discussion is chaired by Maggie Chapman, main topics are:
00:00:45 Intro by Maggie Chapman
00:01:40 Jamie Driscoll, Independent Mayor of North of Tyne
00:12:55 Frances Foley, Deputy Director of Compass social justice campaign
00:22:35 Joyce McMillan, columnist and theatre critic
00:41:00 Alyn Smith, MP
00:55:55 Audience Q and A
The Breakup of Britain conference was held in Edinburgh in November as a tribute to Tom Nairn, who died in January 2023. Tom was an essayist, political theorist and academic. He supported Scottish independence and believed that the breakup of Britain is inevitable.
Note: the sound quality on the original recording via the venue's sound system is a little "clicky" in places, but hopefully this doesn't detract from the content of the discussions
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Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Is Scotland being cheated? Denmark definitely isn't ...
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Award winning broadcaster Lesley Riddoch joins us to chat about her new film Denmark: the State of Happiness. The film is currently on tour all around Scotland with a Q+A session with Lesley at each screening.
For details of dates, times, venues and to book tickets, go to www.lesleyriddoch.com/events
This is the 5th film in Lesley's series looking at the Nordic countries, you can find all her other films at www.lesleyriddoch.com/films
key points include:
00:00:54 Dan Jorgensen - happiness is important
00:01:34 Welcome to Lesley
00:02:15 Losing an empire
00:05:34 Audience reactions
00:10:20 Not just for indy supporters
00:16:18 Danish Education system
00:17:07 Larissa Albus - taxes are a good thing
00:19:38 Jannick Marshall - Efterskole
00:22:49 Samso islanders fuel bills cut
00:25:04 cause for optimism?
00:28:28 national self confidence
00:30:47 issues based conversations
00:31:41 cultural summer school and other ideas
00:38:01 the future for indy media
Also mentioned in our discussion is Independence Centre Stage from our Mibbes Aye series which you can watch here: or check out our website here
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Music: "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod
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