Our Glasgow

Hi Everyone,

After a short hiatus we're back with an update on what's happening with the podcast and a retrospective look at all our episodes so far.

We also give a shoutout to some of our friends and favourites who you can go and support.

We hope you all enjoy and have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

In this episode we speak to Sean from Mara, an independent streetwear brand from Glasgow with a focus on high end wearable, sustainable & ethical pieces. 

We talk to Sean about how Mara got started and where the idea came from along with the challenges of setting up a sustainable production line. Mara are working towards being a zero waste company and some of the interesting new techniques they are looking at to reduce the waste they produce.

Again, we hope you enjoy this episode! 

On this episode of Our Glasgow we speak to Lisa from Dear Green.

For those who don't know, Dear Green are independent Coffee Roasters from Glasgow and have been at the forefront of the "artisan" coffee scene in Glasgow for a number of years and they have just recently hosted a modified version of their ever popular Glasgow Coffee Festival.

We speak to Lisa about pioneering the new coffee shop culture in Glasgow along with how and where their coffee is sourced. We also talk about how ethics and doing the right thing play a big part in their business model. 

After last night's Scottish football triumph what better way to celebrate than to talk about beer with a fellow Glasgwegian.

On this episode we talk to Ciaran from Acid Brewing Cartel. Being beer geeks, this is probably one of our favourite episodes. If you want to learn more about all things brewing or even if you're not then you will still enjoy this chat all about the Glasgow beer scene and the interesting techniques used by Ciaran.

You can find Acid Brewing in Brewdog from 19-21st October as part of the Brewdog colabfest and his latest beer Industrial Farmhouse is on shelves now. Perfect carry oot to celebrate the football with! 

This week we have Sophia from the brand new Seven One Seven in Strathbungo. 

Previously a Climate Change Consultant, after taking a break from work Sophia saw an opportunity to set up an old skool community greengrocers that would serve her local community. 

Listen to us talk about setting up a new business in the midst of a global pandemic and what challenges that brings and the hopes for the future of Seven One Seven.

This week we have the wonderful Milk Cafe with us for a chat. Milk are a Social Enterprise Cafe from the Southside of Glasgow who focus on empowering Refugee and Migrant woman and helping them integrate into the local community. 

We talk to them about how Milk got started and all the good work they've done so far as well as touching on the unfortunate impacts of the global pandemic.

We hope you enjoy

OOFT! Yaldi! We've got the Big Yins from Overtone on the Podcast this week.

Overtone are a brilliant brewery based in Glasgow and we were lucky enough to chat with James and Dan about all things beer while tasting some of their excellent new line up. 

We hope you enjoy as we get progressively more drunk throughout the episode!

This week on Our Glasgow we have Tom from Sprigg, who serve up the most Instagramable meals in Glasgow.

Listen to us to talk to Tom about Sprigg's journey from inception to where we are now. We discuss both the highs and the lows of starting a small business and Tom gives some great advice for anybody thinking about doing this themselves.

Hope you enjoy!

This week we have the hilarious Justin from Nanika. Nanika is one of our favourite restaurants in Glasgow and serves up some of the most delicious Asian inspired food you will ever taste. Listen to us talk all about how the restaurant got started and all about the current scene in Glasgow and how we would revolutionise things!