Dublin based academic and former journalist Dr Paul Gillespie was the guest speaker at two indy events, organised by Grassroots Oban and Glasgow Pensioners for Independence.

Our podcast this week takes a selection of questions from both events and Dr Gillespie shares his perspective of likely futures for Scotland, Ireland, the Uk and EU in this fascinating discussion.

More perspectives on the Claim of Right and other Constitutional matters were covered in the TNT show.  Host John Drummond chats with guest Sara Salyers.  

Guests Jenny Eeles and Dr Elliot Bulmer help us look at the options for an independent Scotland's constitution.  

Listen to last month's episode here: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-quwcf-1212be8

Welcome to our monthly round up of topical snippets from Scottish politics, history and culture 

This month's selection of interesting snippets includes:

• 01:05  Time for reflection in Scots

Links mentioned in the podcast are:

IndyJigsaw show "Scot's Leid"  https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-n7cmw-11b9ca9

Indyjigsaw show "A constitution for Scotland" https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-quwcf-1212be8

also, check out our website https://podcasts.independencelive.net

This podcast contains information licenced under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence

Special update edition.

Bill Ramsay from Scottish CND joins us for an update on the position of Scotland and NATO in the light of the war in Ukraine.

Bill also sets the record straight following recent remarks made by MP Stewart McDonald who is the SNP spokesperson on defence.

We looked at how the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons can help Scotland get rid of Trident in the January 2022 edition of our Indy Jigsaw show . 

You can listen to that podcast here https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9mp6b-119abc3

Also check out our "defence" playlist on our Scottish Independence Podcasts website https://podcasts.independencelive.net

Craig Dalzell and Bill Johnson in conversation with members of Glasgow Pensioners for Independence on the topic of Scotland's ageing population.  Topics include ageing well, pensioner poverty and pensions, older people as a national resource to be valued and much more.

Bill and Craig will be sharing ideas from their book All of Our Futures which is available from the Commonweal shop: 

https://commonweal.scot/shop/publications/all-of-our-futures-scotlands-ageing-population-and-what-to-do-about-it-in-2021-2045/

The Mibbes Aye Show is a monthly broadcast and podcast by the Indylive Podcast Team and is aimed at providing useful, accessible information for people still making their minds up about independence.  If you, or anybody you  would find this episode of interest, please share it as widely as you can.  

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Presented by Iain Bruce. Guests are Maggie Chapman, Scottish Green Party MSP, and Ryan Morrison, Transition Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Scotland.  This episode of Rising Clyde, the Scottish Climate Justice Show considers the impacts of the war in Ukraine on energy costs and some potential solutions

You can watch the video version of this show on Independence Live's Youtube channel

With guest Mike Russell, this week we look at the benefits of a written constitution for an independent Scotland.   Mike tells us about the work being done with grassroots groups to develop an interim constitution.  We also have a look at the Icelandic example of a crowdsourced constitution and take to the streets to hear from the citizens of Milngavie, Glasgow

Icelandic clip comes from the Nation series of films from Phantom Power and Lesley Riddoch, you can see these on Phantom Power's Youtube channel. 

The article about the Icelandic constitution which we mentioned in the podcast is: https://grapevine.is/mag/feature/2020/11/09/where-is-the-new-constitution/

You can watch the video versions of the Indy Jigsaw Show on Independence Live's Youtube channel 

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THANKS FOR LISTENING

In Episode 3 of Rising Clyde our guests are Roza Salih and Aaron McDonald, both candidates in this week's Scottish local elections, and Ellie Harrison, a campaigner with Get Glasgow Moving. Host Iain Bruce asks them how much the climate is an issue in local politics.

Topical titbits that caught our eye this month are:

• 00:51  - Ukraine war - sanctions

We hope you enjoy this month's selection - please share with anyone you think would find it interesting.

You can also see video clips of some of these items on our Youtube Channel Indylive Extra.

We also have a website https://podcasts.independencelive.net

This podcast contains information licenced under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence