Scottish Independence Podcasts

The Locker room

A packed show tonight as Michael and Matthew cover the Scottish Cup, take a flutter on the Scottish Grand National, catch up with the World Snooker championships, women's Six nations rugby AND basketball!
Phew, thank goodness we're listening from the comfort of the couch!  

James E Saturday show Interviews #08 Karma Surround

Fife based musician KarmaSurround chats with James E in this extended interview from the James E Saturday Show.
You can catch KarmaSurround's music at soundcloud.com/karmasurround and buy the latest album from karmasurround.bandcamp.com
Indylive.radio supports new Scottish music.  If you would like to have your music considered for play on the James E Saturday Show, email details and an Mp3 sample to James.saturdayshow@gmail.com

Changing Minds, Looking Forward #2: Wellbeing Economics

The whole topic of Wellbeing Economics is hugely important now for Scotland and for the independent country we aspire to become.  In this programme, Shona Robison MSP and Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp from Believe in Scotland share their thoughts and answer questions from the audience at an event organised by SNP Sidlaw.
Measuring the success of your country and population based on wellbeing rather than GDP could be a real game changer!
 

The Nation Talks with Jim Fairlie

This week our host John Drummond chats with Jim Fairlie, SNP candidate for Perthshire South and Kinross in the upcoming Scottish Parliament elections

The Week in Holyrood - election special 2

Charles Fletcher from Caledonia Media brings us another week of the Holyrood elections, as the leaders of the parties hit the campaign trail in earnest

Twa Auld Heids chat with Alex Salmond

Twa Auld Heids Dave Lewellyn and Mike Fenwick have an exclusive chat with Alex Salmond following the launch last week of his new party Alba.  
 

The Locker Room 090421

this weeks sporting action from the Locker Room including the Grand National, news on the women's six nations and the return of fans to this year's snooker

Changing Minds, Looking Forward #1 Resetting Scotland's Drugs Policy

A new show on https://indylive.radio on Wednesdays at 11am , Changing Minds, Looking Forwards takes the debate beyond the process for achieving independence and looks towards the kind of independent country we can become.  There are many issues which need to be tackled and which will benefit from having the freedom to do so.
This first episode comes form a recent online conference on the subject of resetting Scotland's drugs policies which took place on 21st march 2021.  In a wide ranging discussion, the panel bring their lived experience to bear and suggest a number of ways of tackling the subject more effectively.
With an introduction from Angela Constance, MSP and Minister for Drugs, the panel includes Ronnie Cowan MP, Vice Chair of the all party parliamentary group on drugs policy at Westminster, Peter Krykand, drug policy campaigner,  Darren McGarvie,  (Loki) author and social commentator , Simon McLean LEAP and Anne Marie Ward, CEO of  Faces and Voices of Recovery UK.