Musician, author and journalist Pat Kane is our guest in this episode when we discuss why over 65s are still not convinced by independence.

Pat suggests the answer might lie in our musical influences - are former hippies, punks and post punks more likely to challenge the status quo?

Themes included in our discussion are:

00:02:43 Musical influences on attitudes

00:04:47 Post-war British consensus

00:06:24 Rise of Scottish music and culture in the 80s and 90s

00:07:10 Social class component shaping attitudes

00:09:26 Sterlingisation and continuity

00:10:28 Climate crisis and security

00:12:02 Community resilience and the role of elders

00:13:49 The long haul to indy

00:14:56 Cosmo - localism

00:16:16 War time experiences

00:19:45 Hippies, punks and post punks

00:23:17 Citizen self determination

00:25:40 Spirit of 2014

00:30:05 Community development

00:38:10 Project fear revisited

00:43:20 Our Third Act

Pat's think tank - https://www.thealternative.org.uk/

More about Pat Kane https://www.patkane.global/who-is-pat-kane

You can watch the video version of this podcast at https://youtu.be/dKRGiOhcbSU 

The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts.

Remember to like and subscribe!

Contact Us: [email protected]

Visit our website https://scottishindypod.scot for blogposts, newsletter signup and more episodes

Subscribe to our Youtube channel @scottishindypodExtra for more of our video footage and clips

Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod