Scottish Independence Podcasts

A Taste of Burns

Burns Night 2025 is fast approaching and we've been out and about collecting poetry and stories to create a celebratory podcast episode.
Featuring:
00:02:17 To A Louse - performed by Marlene Halliday
00:05:36 Oh Tibbie, I hae Seen the Day - performed by Susi Briggs
00:08:07 Tibbie's Reply - written and performed by Susi Briggs
00:11:31 The Flyting O' Bruce and Red Comyn - written and performed by Susi Briggs
00:18:15 Scots Wha Hae - performed by Lorraine Sinclair
00:22:03 The Stirling Lines - performed by Fiona McGregor
00:25:40 Tam O'Shanter - performed by Billy Kay
You can watch the livestream of the whole Believe in Scotland event on their Youtube channel here https://www.youtube.com/live/a90mQdD4rkA?si=THPYYe2mOPGCp7sg
Believe in Scotland's website is www.believeinscotland.org
Other podcast episodes mentioned are: Telling Scotland's Stories with Mairi Sutherland https://youtu.be/QXeNMDvSN6k
Tickets for the special screening of Mairi's film The Red Rose can be booked here https://www.odeon.co.uk/films/red-rose-20th-ann-plus-qa/HO00006676/
A Man with a Plan https://youtu.be/kMqxAA1zmVY
Cool Scot with Greg Moodie https://youtu.be/tXZPI9BNw-I
#burnsnight #scottishpoetry
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The Big Land Question

Fiona and Marlene share their highlights from the Big Land Question conference.
In November the Revive Coalition held their biggest conference yet bringing together organisations and individuals with a shared interest in Scotland's land. Who owns it? What do they do with it? Is there a better way? These, and many more questions were covered on the day and you can watch the full day's event on  @IndependenceLive  's channel.
This podcast covers our favourite bits from the following speakers: 00:01:43 - Lesley Riddoch introduces the event
00:07:42 - Kevin Cumming, Scottish Rewilding Alliance
00:16:07 - Josh Doble, Community Land Scotland
00:28:19 - Kirsty Jenkins. Onekind
00:30:32 - River Roding Interspecies Council
00:36:22- Jenny Barlow, Tarras Valley Nature Reserve
00:44:27 - Mhairi McFarlane, Diffley Partnership
00:51:09 - Donna Smith, Scottish Crofting Association
00:57:03 - Lesley Riddoch, Intro to part 2
01:02:03 - Robin McAlpine, Commonweal
01:09:41 - Mike Russell, Scottish Land Commission
01:14:05 - Max Wiesnowski, Revive Coalition
Further info: Community Land Scotland https://www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/
Scottish Rewilding Nation Charter https://www.rewild.scot/charter
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Respect Scottish Sovereignty

Greater Glasgow Pensioners for Independence invited guest speaker Andy Anderson to share some new ideas for a strategy to overcome the barriers created by Westminster and the UK supreme court using the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.  
Andy's website is https://respectscottishsovereignty.scot
You can find out more about the Covenant here https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights
#scottishindependence #sovereignty #UNCPR
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The Myth of the Union Dividend

TNT Show host John Drummond interviews data analytics expert Stuart Donald about the insights we can gain from his research into electoral systems, Brexit and the Scottish Constitutional question.  Topics include:
00:02:06   Is the Union killing people?
00:05:28   Inequality and the FPTP system
00:07:41   The Myth of the Union Dividend
00:16:17    Slapstick Accounting
00:19:00    Faulty stats drive faulty narratives
00:20:37    Scottish "dividend" based on English needs
00:21:57    How much should Scotland get?
00:26:40    Starmer's Labour continuing inequality
00:30:33    Why can't UK have PR?
00:37:47    Labour elected on sufferance 
00:40:00    Falling prey to the Far Right
00:44:53    England needs a national conversation
00:49:24    Building Messaging
Stuart's website containing his research is www.sdonald4pr.com
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Scottish Budget Scorecard

As Westminster's Labour government continues to unravel, discarding election promises with careless abandon, we take a look at the Scottish government's budget proposals for 2025/26. 
Beginning with John Swinney setting out his vision for Scotland and followed by Shona Robison's presentation of the draft Scottish budget we consider how well the two speeches match up.  Does the action match the aspiration?
After hearing both speeches we award marks out of 10.  Do you agree with our score?  Let's find out!
00:00:55  John Swinney aspirations for Scotland
00:20:15  Shona Robison draft Scottish budget 2025-26
00:47:57   Indypodcasters Scorecard
#scottishbudget2025 #johnswinney #scorecard
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Owning Our Futures Q and A

The Owning Our Futures event held in Edinburgh in October was a great opportunity to see our quest for independence in the context of other nations and regions across Europe who share similar aims.  The delegates took  part in three Q and A panels and brought their wisdom, experience and fresh thinking to the table.  Organised by the Scottish Independence Convention and the International Committee for European Citizens and chaired by Lesley Riddoch, this was a positive and uplifting event.
Panels and speakers :00:01:51  Panel 1 questions00:02:06  Begotxu Olaizola Elordi, Basque Country00:03:53  Alessandro Cucci, Sardinia00:04:44  Anna Arque i Solsona, Catalonia00:10:13  Panel 2 questions00:11:16  Nick Peeters, Flanders00:15:13  Paul Descarli, South Tyrol00:16:53  Aka Hansen, Greenland00:20:09  Bjort Samuelsen, Faroe Islands00:27:59  Panel 3 questions00:28:47 Gwern Gwynfil, Wales00:33:07  Isobel Lindsay, Scotland00:37:17  Richard Walker, Northumbria00:38:28  Kerron O'Luain, Ireland00:43:51   Lesley Riddoch closing remarksYou can watch our previous episode with highlights from the delegate presentations here: https://youtu.be/A4J1hE04Y2M?si=dcpBUvxXvhdwCbnaYou can also watch the full livestream of the event on  @IndependenceLive  
#scottishindependence #icec #conferencehighlights
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Owning Our Futures - Highlights

The Owning Our Futures conference was held in Edinburgh on 5th October 2024 and brought together representatives  Autonomy Movements and Self Government campaigners from 14 nations and regions in Europe. Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene were there - these are our highlights!
00:02:09  Intro: Greg McCarra SIC
00:02:27  Basque:  Begotxu Olaizola Elordi
00:09:05  Catalonia:  Anna Arque i Solsona
00:15:10  Sicily: Anthony Graziano
00:20:04  Sardinia: Alessandro Cucci
00:26:17  Greenland: Aka Hansen
00:37:20  Flanders: Nick Peeters
00:39:41  Wales: Gwern Gwynfil
00:42:13  Ireland:  Kerron O'Luain
Organised by: The Scottish Independence Convention (SIC) www.independenceconvention.scot and the International Commission for European Citizens (ICEC) www.icec.ngo
Our episode with Prof Alf Baird which was mentioned in the discussion can be found here https://scottishindypod.scot/mibbes-aye-show/doun-hauden/
Livestream coverage of the full event is available on @IndependenceLive Youtube channel.
#scottishindependence #democracy #europe 
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Telling Scotland's Stories with Mairi Sutherland

We meet independent film maker Mairi Sutherland who has  been making independent Scottish films for more than 20 years.  Mairi has credits as Producer, Director, Screen Writer including the award winning film Red Rose, about the life and mysterious early death of Robert Burns at the age of 37.  Mairi tells us about the making of the film back in 2004 and the changes she has seen in the film industry in Scotland and Hollywood since that time.  The film is celebrating its 20th anniversary and Mairi is looking to arrange showings in cinemas, theatres and other venues to share the story and take part in audience discussions.
The film is available on Youtube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mntIL0HhciY and is also available on DVD.
#robertburns #scottishhistory #redrose
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