Scottish Greens Podcast

In the latest podcast from the co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party, Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie MSP discuss how they are adapting to loc-down, what the party has been up to and the challenges of the crisis for politics and society.

(Note: this podcast was recorded via video conferencing to ensure health and safety)

In this episode - the first in a series exploring the impact of the corona virus on daily lives - Scottish Greens Co-Leader Lorna Slater chats with Green activist John Nichol about his employment role as an "essential worker", as well as his role within the party.

(NB: this podcast was recorded via Skype to comply with social distancing and lock-down requirements).

It's been a while, but the Patrick and Lorna are back with the first Scottish Greens Co-Leaders' podcast of 2020. In this episode, they discuss a to of the developments - both positive and negative - which have happened so far this year, including the Irish Greens success in their elections, the recent Green budget at Holyrood and they talk about the party's plans for the Scottish Parliament elections in 2021.

Ross Greer MSP talks with Larry Sanders, brother of US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, about their shared history of radical politics, how to tackle the climate crisis, and why Larry chose to join the Greens.

In this episode, Scottish Greens Co-Leader Lorna Slater chats to Ariane Burgess, lead candidate for the Scottish Greens in the Highlands and Islands region in the upcoming Scottish Parliament elections in May 2021. We get to hear Ariane's story and they chat about a post-consumer society.

After the General Election, Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie MSP discuss the challenges we face from the climate crisis, Brexit and living under a Tory government and ask whether referendums are the way forward for Scotland.

In this episode, co-leader of the Scottish Greens, Lorna Slater, chats to Elaine Gallagher, recent general election candidate for Glasgow Central, about sustainable building and 'building to last' and the role this plays in a low carbon future.

In the final episode before General Election 2019, Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater chats to Mags Hall, candidate for Dunfermline and West Fife as well as co-chair of the SGP Council. Mags and Lorna discuss how the Scottish Green Party works and the challenges and opportunities of making food and farming more  'green'.

Scottish greens co-leader Lorna Slater chats to Carolynn Scrimgeour and Laura Moodie about combining motherhood and politics, being activists and candidates.

Co-leaders of the Scottish Greens, Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie MSP, discuss the general election and the role the climate crisis is playing in this, as well as chatting about COP 25 in Madrid and what this means for the climate conference when it comes to Glasgow in 2020.