Yes Cowal Scottish Independence Podcast

MPs John MacNally and Martyn Day are joined in their Westminster offices by guests  Bert McLennan and  Calum Cooper to discuss different kinds of democracy and electoral systems to be found in USA and Ireland.  There are also some fascinating predictions for the outcome of the Republican presidential candidates - which may need to be updated now that Trump has been indicted! You can watch regular video broadcasts of this series on Independence Live's Youtube channel when Westminster parliament is in session.   Music: Motivational Upbeat corporate by Rinkevich Music The Indypodcast team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts and don't forget to subscribe! Contact: indypodcasters@gmail.com  Visit scottishindypod.scot for blogposts, newsletter signup and more episodes Check out our Youtube channel @scottishindypodExtra for video footage and clips

An update on progress from Wilma and Judith, the irrepressible pair from InverYess who are masterminding this ambitious project.  Find out how it will work and how you can get involved. Check out the Chain of Freedom Facebook page for registration forms and downloadable content.   You can watch the video version of this interview on our Youtube channel Scottish Independence Podcasts: Indypod Extra here 

Apart from half a dozen tourists watching the event on the big screen in Princes St Gardens, Coronation Day in Edinburgh was a very muted affair - unless you were up on iconic Calton Hill where Our Republic were holding a Rally for a Scottish Republic. In this episode we have collected up the best of the speeches from the rally. Chapters:  00:00  Intro 1:52    Our Republic 4:24     Tommy Sheppard MP 13:23    Maggie Chapman MSP 19:19    Connor Beaton RIC 23:11    Cllr Graeme Campbell 25:55    Cllr Ross McKenzie 30:04    Malini Chakraborty 38:12    Round up  

Our monthly round up of topical clips for May 23. 00:00:08  Intro 00:01:15  George Gunn poem on Calton Hill 00:04:16   Royal privileges petition 00:09:23   Jim Cassidy and Ann Mullin at AUOB 00:15:47   Tommy Sheppard interview Calton Hill 00:18:34    Westminster urgent question Public Order Act 00:26:42    Stephen Flynn at PMQs 00:29:38    Illegal migration bill HoL 00:34:34     Plain speaking about Overseas Territories 00:40:35     Kemi Badenoch gets told off 00:43:39      Rosebank and energy company profits 00:45:40      Men behaving badly at FMQ 00:49:10      John Curtice - what polling is telling us 00:54:54      Starmer and the SNP 00:57:30      End   Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence  

We talk to film maker Jane McAllister about her documentary film To See Ourselves. The film looks at the run up to the 2014 Scottish Independence vote and follows the tireless campaigning efforts of her activist father. The ambition, frustration, heartbreak, joy and hope of those days are captured in the film. You can watch the trailer for the film here  If you would like to help support this ambitious project there is a Kickstarter campaign which you can contribute to  here   Watch the video version of our chat with Jane on our Youtube channel Indypod Extra here 

Most Scots seemed largely indifferent to the Coronation which was certainly not reflected in the wall to wall obsequiousness of the mainstream media offering. Instead we decided to escape the TV to join more than 20 thousand pals on a wee jaunt through Glasgow.  Marlene and Fiona battled the elements to create an outdoor podcast recording with, it has to be said, mixed results, but here are all the best bits of the day! Obviously we can't bring the spectacle and colour of an independence march to an audio podcast, but you can watch clips and the video version of this podcast on our Youtube channel Scottish Independence Podcasts Indypod Extra Chapters: 0.00   Intro 4:41   The excitement builds 9:18   A flavour of the march 11:49  Inside the studio tent 15:38  Lesley Riddoch's speech 22:52  More from the tent 25:54  Alex Salmond's speech 28:20   Rainy reporting 30:50    Joanna Cherry's speech 33:37   Post march reflections 35:20   Yes stones brilliant tally 39:39   Heading home 42:59    End   music:  Upbeat cor

Who wants a Scottish Republic?  Our podcast team had a day out in Edinburgh recently to attend a meeting called For A Scottish Republic, with a panel including the Lorna slater and Patrick Harvie, co-leaders of the Scottish Greens, John Hill from Our Republic and French journalist Assa Samake-Roman. Along with our guest Marion Robertson, Fiona and Marlene share our favourite moments from the event and discuss the ideas which really hit home with us. You can also watch the video version of this podcast on our Youtube Channel here: You can watch the whole event on Youtube here  Michael D Higgins speech to Holyrood is here

On the eve on the coronation, this week's podcast comes from a national forum meeting of the Radical Independence Campaign.  Topics on the agenda include the preparations for the Not My King demonstration on Calton Hill in Edinburgh on 6th May, the Declaration of Calton Hill, thoughts on the role and focus of the RIC going forward and some ideas to strengthen the local group structure. Pull up a chair, and let's get radical! Find out more about RIC on their website RIC.Scot Read/Sign the Declaration of Calton Hill on caltonhill.scot Find out more about the Not My King event and the Our Republic group at their website  ourrepublic.scot  Our thanks to RIC for letting us attend their meeting. Music: Motivational Upbeat Corporate by RinkevichMusic https://soundcloud.com/rinkevichmusic Video Link: https://youtu.be/U78mgVaM12M  

April's round up of topical clips from the world of Scottish politics.  Regular host Fiona is joined by guest co-host James as we catch up on events at Holyrood, Westminster and further afield.  We also turn the spotlight on the mainstream media and how to come out on top. Check out our Youtube channel for videos and extended video versions of some of these clips.   Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence".

#MMT - Modern Monetary Theory - is the topic for this month's Mibbes Aye episode. Our guest is Jim Byrne who writes a series of economics articles for Bylines Scotland. Jim's articles give clear and accessible information about how Modern Monetary Theory works. In this episode, Fiona and Marlene get our heads around the basics of the theory and dig a little deeper into the implications of MMT for an independent Scotland. Please like and share this episode with anyone you think would be interested in understanding more about MMT, particularly if they are not yet persuaded about the economics of independence! You can find Jim's articles here: https://bylines.scot/author/jimbyrne/... Music: "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod

An update on our previous show on Land Justice, with Loch Lomond once again under threat by a planning application which the locals are united against. Listen to our original Land Justice episode here  You can also watch the video version of this podcast episode on our Indypod Extra Youtube channel. Music "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod "Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence". #lochlomond

Introducing Aye Matters - podcast edit of a discussion hosted by two of our Scottish MPs  - Martyn Day and John McNally covering their experiences at Westminster as well as an insight into activities in their home constituencies.   You can watch the video version of the show on Independence Live's Youtube channel where it will be aired on Mondays whenever parliament is in session.

Iain Bruce talks to Mary Church of Friends of the Earth Scotland about the Scottish government's new Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan - does it need to go further?  Faster?  Are hydrogen and carbon capture the solutions we need?

Another stormer of a month in Scottish politics, with the SNP leadership contest finally leading to the appointment of a new First Minister. Join us for a round up of this and all the other highlights of the month   "Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence".    

...or a pirate's dream come true? With our guests Prof Alf Baird, Mike Robertson and Geordie Sandison, we explore the background, concept and complications of freeports.  We also ask whether the Scottish concept of "Greenports" is really any better? Includes a short extract from Ep 153 of the Commonweal Policy Podcast, you can listen to that whole episode here or wherever you get your podcasts. Music: Motivational Upbeat Corporate by RinkevichMusic https://soundcloud.com/rinkevichmusic Video Link: https://youtu.be/U78mgVaM12M "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod "The Buccaneer's haul" by Silverman Sound Studios includes information licenced under the Scottish Parliament Copyright  licence   

John Drummond chats with Judith Reid, one of the team organising the Scottish Chain of Freedom event, an ambitious plan to have 75k people all holding hands all along the central belt canal system.   Find out more from their facebook page and register interest in taking part. Music: Motivational Upbeat Corporate by RinkevichMusic https://soundcloud.com/rinkevichmusic Video Link: https://youtu.be/U78mgVaM12M

Yes Glasgow South Side held a zoom event with Craig Dalzell,  Head of Policy at Commonweal and also co-author of this remarkable new book "Sorted - a handbook for a better Scotland" Craig gives an overview of the main chapters and then takes Q and A from the audience You can purchase the book Sorted from Commonweal.scot  Music: Motivational Upbeat Corporate by RinkevichMusic https://soundcloud.com/rinkevichmusic Video Link: https://youtu.be/U78mgVaM12M

We thought February might be a quiet month politically - how wrong we were! We start the extraordinary month's round up at the Time for Scotland torchlit march and rally to mark the anniversary of the Brexit debacle, we mull over options for plebiscite referenda, then mid month, the bombshell announcement that Nicola Sturgeon is resigning as FM and leader of the SNP.   Then, following the big announcement we more or less return to normal day job politics, while the SNP leadership contest plays out against a backdrop of Uk media feeding frenzy and interference.    

All you ever wanted to know about ferries but were afraid to ask!  Ignore all the unionist dog whistle politics where the word "ferry" is shorthand with failure and incompetence.  We have to be able to have open and honest discussions about our infrastructure, what it is like right now, how can we overcome any problems and just how good could it be? In this week's podcast, presenters Fiona and Marlene are delighted to welcome guests Mike Robertson and Geordie Sandison from Yes Orkney and Professor of Maritime Business , Alf Baird to help us get to grips with ferries, catamarans, river boats and much, much more! OK, we did get a bit excited towards the end, but that's what happens when you look at the positive future that awaits an independent Scotland. You can see Alf's slide show on our Youtube channel here  Music is Inspired by Kevin MacLeod and Upbeat Corporate by RinkevichMusic https://soundcloud.com/rinkevichmusic Video Link: https://youtu.be/U78mgVaM12M Footage from the Net Zero Committee 31st Jan 2023

Climate Justice show Rising Clyde is our guest podcast this week.  Host Iain Bruce has a conversation with three activists in Glasgow about the state of the various campaigns around the cost of living crisis and how they can combine with the climate justice movement - in the words of one of the activists "connecting the end of the world with the end of the month"! Jess Galloway of Power to the People, Stu Bretherton of Fuel Poverty Action and Chia Harrington from Together Against Debt share their experiences over recent months and discuss the way forward. Scottish Independence Podcasts have covered several of the Power to the People demos, including an interview with leader Frances Curran - find them on our website here