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Scottish Independence Podcasts episodes

September 01, 2023 Climate Camp vs Scotland’s worst polluter
This episode was recorded at Climate Camp Scotland in Grangemouth by Iain Bruce, host of the climate Justice show Rising Clyde.
The year's most important gathering of climate justice activists from different movements across the country, took on the giant INEOS oil refinery and petrochemical plant which spews out close to 3 million tons of CO2 equivalent every year.
Iain talked to Kenny Alexander, a former oil worker who is from Grangemouth, Jessica Gaitan Johannesson, an organiser with Climate Camp, and Duncan Harbison from the Stop Rosebank campaign. about the aims of the camp and the challenges ahead for the climate justice movement in Scotland.
If you would like to watch the video version of this episode you will find it on Independence Live's Youtube Channel in the Rising Clyde playlist.
Music: Upbeat Corporate by Rinkevitch music
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34 min
August 25, 2023 Bits and Pieces Podcast August 2023
Regular presenter Fiona is joined by guest presenter Lynne Dougan for a round up of interesting snippets from August 2023. Themes covered are:
00:00:33 - Glasgow UCI championships
00:09:58 - Bibby Stockholm scandal and the "othering" of asylum seekers by the right wing press
00:21:15 - Hugh Grant takes down the UK press
00:22:07 - Junior doctors pay settlement - BBC vs STV versions
00:27:23 - It's GERS week with Richard Murphy
00:30:33 - SNP MPs standing down, Mairi Black owns Oliver Dowden
00:33:20 - EU or EFTA? Views from Philippa Whitford, Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp and Keir Starmer
00:38:28 - energy policy and economic strategy, Humza Yousaf, Ian Blackford and Gordon M-K
00:56:40 - Corrie Wilson on uniting Scotland
01:03:00 - Dust If You Must (RIP Irene Hamilton)
01:04:26 - upcoming events
01:06:11 - sign off

Ian Blackford's paper "Roadmap for a Scottish Green Industrial Strategy" can be downloaded from his website

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1 hr 7 min
August 18, 2023 Independence Centre Stage
An afternoon of live performances took place at the Roxbury Central Festival Fringe venue in Edinburgh this June. The event was created by Australian New Scot Jasmine Lindemann and was inspired by the contribution that the National Collective made to the 2014 independence campaign.
The Indypodcast team were invited along to record the event and we had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.
This week's podcast starts with an interview with Jasmine, who shares her refreshing and positive perspective on Scotland with the eyes of a newcomer.
We then showcase the performances from the event. Performers were:
Poet Myra Ross reads some of her poems on the theme of social justice and independence.
Author Cathy McSporran reads an excerpt from her novel Cold City in which she imagines two parallel but very different fates for Scotland
Glasgow based theatre group Action Theatre Scotland perform a scene from their play Alba, which has just finished a run at the Gilded Balloon as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Glasgow Comedy Festival hit The Sad Girls Club give us a hilarious glimpse into one of their club meetings
Photographer Richard Prow discusses his distinctive photographs from marches and events from his FB page Photies by Rick
Yes Stones and Yes Slates activists - and occasional podcast guests- Lynne Dougan and Neil Haston discuss the value of art as a non confrontational way to start independence conversations.
We are grateful to Jasmine and all the performers for sharing their work with us.
You can watch the video version of this podcast episode on our Youtube channel @scottishindypodExtra
Music: Upbeat corporate by Rinkevitch Music
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59 min
August 11, 2023 A Wellbeing Economy for Scotland with Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
What do we mean by a "wellbeing economy"? Is it more important to focus on a range of measures including health, happiness and the environment as well as economic growth? Are Scots ready for this new approach?
Economist and Chief Executive of Business for Scotland Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp gave a presentation on the wellbeing economy. He shared the effect this discussion can have on polling including support for Scottish independence.
This presentation comes from the AGM of the campaign group Yes for EU. We are grateful to the Yes for EU for sharing the audio with us.
You can also watch the video version of this presentation on Yes for EU's Youtube channel.

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Music:
Motivational Upbeat corporate by Rinkevich Music

1 hr 3 min
August 04, 2023 Media Politics: A journalist’s eye view
Media politics has a huge influence on our ability to get our messages across.
In this episode our guest is Laura Pollock, a journalist with the National newspaper.
We explore her experience of working on the only independence supporting newspaper in Scotland and explore ways to get our perspective out there.
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Music: Upbeat Corporate by Rinkevitch Music
32 min
July 28, 2023 Dr Philippa Whitford: Scotland - A European Nation
We are grateful to campaign group Yes For EU for sharing this excellent presentation by Dr Philippa Whitford, SNP MP and Spokesperson (Scotland).
Dr Whitford covers all the contentious areas such as borders and EU v EFTA with her trademark clarity and common sense. There is also a short Q+A session at the end.
You can watch the video version of this event on Yes For EU's Youtube channel
You can also find out more about Yes For EU, including how to join or get involved in their campaign activity on their website

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Music:
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53 min
July 25, 2023 Freeports: Who Benefits?
We first looked at Freeports, and the Scottish Green Freeport idea, in an earlier episode of Scottish Independence Podcasts (link below).
Since then, we have been following developments with interest and we are delighted to have had the chance to chat to an acknowledged expert in the field of Customs Law Enforcement, retired customs officer Peter Henderson.
Peter was the creator of the "six requirements" or tests, which SNP conference overwhelmingly adopted as a safeguard against the risks posed by Freeports.
In this episode, Peter explains the thinking behind the tests and shares some of his vast store of experience from his 40 years in the field.
Listen to our previous Freeports episode here:
You can find the related blogpost on our website here:
You can also watch the video version of this podcast on our Youtube channel here
Music is The Buccaneer's Haul by Silverman sound studios and Upbeat corporate by Rinkevitch music

45 min
July 21, 2023 Rising Clyde - Net Zero protest - Scottish Land Reform
This week's podcast episode is a double bill from our environmental justice show Rising Clyde.
In the first half of the show, host Iain Bruce interviews some of the activists protesting outside of Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh about the Uk government's Net Zero strategy, which they describe as "not zero, not new".
In the second half Iain chats to guests Ails Raeburn from Community Land Scotland and Alan McCoombes from the John Muir Trust about the challenges, history and future direction for Scottish Land Reform.
You can also watch video versions of these topics on Independence Live's Youtube channel.
Music:
Motivational Upbeat corporate by Rinkevich Music

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54 min
July 14, 2023 Discovering our history - Loudoun Hill
Many Scots of a certain age complain of how little of our own history we were taught in school.
In this episode we discover the Battle of Loudoun Hill, which took place in 1307 and was decisively won by Robert the Bruce. What is particularly interesting about this battle is Bruce's use of the landscape as part of his battle strategy, a tactic which also proved decisive in the later Battle of Bannockburn. Was Loudoun Hill a practice run? And how come William Wallace's name appears on the map of the battleground when he had been killed two years before?
Find out all about it with the help of our guests, Random Scottish History's Jenny Eeles and our roving reporters Neil Haston and Lynne Dougan who attended the anniversary celebrations at Loudoun Hill last month.
See more information and a plan of the battle here
Watch the video version of this episode on our youtube channel Scottish Independence Podcasts Indypod Extra plus footage of the commemoration and a rendition of Scots Wha Hae by the William Wallace Society Scottish Independence Podcasts Indypod Extra
Music:
Motivational Upbeat corporate by Rinkevich Music

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32 min
July 07, 2023 Fraser McAllister on TNT Show
TNT Show host John Drummond chats with Fraser McAllister about the part he played in the new documentary called "To See Ourselves", which was filmed by his daughter Jane McAllister and tells the story of the 2014 campaign.
You can listen to our interview with Jane McAllister on our website scottishindypod.scot or watch it on our Youtube channel Scottish Independence Podcasts Indypod Extra

Music:
Motivational Upbeat corporate by Rinkevich Music

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50 min