Scottish Independence Podcasts

June's round up of topical clips from the world of Scottish politics and culture presented by a rather croaky-voiced Fiona (thanks to a touch of hayfever) and guest presenter James.  Topics covered this month are:

00:00:24  A written constitution for Scotland

00:06:27  A legal opinion on flaws in the Supreme Court Decision

00:11:43  Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp on the impact of a wellbeing economy on polling results

00:20:48  Lesley Riddoch on local government and community action

00:33:11  Alister Jack stirring up trouble

00:40:32   DRS woes continue

00:46:57   Report confirms Johnson is a liar

00:52:40   US presidential candidate nominations

00:58:17   Sign off

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Lesley Riddoch gives a fascinating presentation to launch her new book Thrive: The Freedom to Flourish.

Hosted by the Perth Yes Hub at the Bell Library in Perth, Lesley reads excerpts from the book and shares a selection of  anecdotes.

She draws inspiration from our Nordic neighbours and those Scots who have decided to get on with whatever needs to be done to allow their communities to thrive.

You can order a copy from Lesleyriddoch.com or all good bookshops

Music: Motivational Upbeat corporate by Rinkevich Music

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All Scottish Independence supporters know that the weight of UK media is against us. The BBC deploys subtle - and not so subtle - tactics on a daily basis to undermine what it sees as a threat to the increasingly DISunited Kingdom. In this episode we chat to our guests about their experiences and how they find ways to get their message across.

Our first guests are Jane Davidson and Sylvia Willmot who started a conversation in Facebook which turned into an invitation onto our show. You can watch the extended version of this conversation on our  @ScottishIndyPodExtra  channel

Our second guest is Professor John Robertson who runs the very popular blog called Talking Up Scotland. You can find out more about the blog on the website talkingupscotlandtwo.com

Music: "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod

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First Minister Humza Yousaf held a short press conference to launch the publication of a  paper on  proposals for a written constitution for an independent Scotland. 

This is the fourth in the Building A New Scotland series of papers.  You can find all the papers on the Scotgov website here 

You can also find previous press conferences and discussions on Scotland's future written constitution on our website ScottishIndyPod.Scot

Music:

Motivational Upbeat corporate by Rinkevich Music

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MPs John MacNally and Martyn Day are joined in their Westminster offices by guests  Bert McLennan and  Calum Cooper to discuss different kinds of democracy and electoral systems to be found in USA and Ireland. 

There are also some fascinating predictions for the outcome of the Republican presidential candidates - which may need to be updated now that Trump has been indicted!

You can watch regular video broadcasts of this series on Independence Live's Youtube channel when Westminster parliament is in session.

Music:

Motivational Upbeat corporate by Rinkevich Music

The Indypodcast team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts and don't forget to subscribe!

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An update on progress from Wilma and Judith, the irrepressible pair from InverYess who are masterminding this ambitious project.  Find out how it will work and how you can get involved.

Check out the Chain of Freedom Facebook page for registration forms and downloadable content.

You can watch the video version of this interview on our Youtube channel Scottish Independence Podcasts: Indypod Extra here 

Apart from half a dozen tourists watching the event on the big screen in Princes St Gardens, Coronation Day in Edinburgh was a very muted affair - unless you were up on iconic Calton Hill where Our Republic were holding a Rally for a Scottish Republic.

In this episode we have collected up the best of the speeches from the rally.

Chapters: 

00:00  Intro

1:52    Our Republic

4:24     Tommy Sheppard MP

13:23    Maggie Chapman MSP

19:19    Connor Beaton RIC

23:11    Cllr Graeme Campbell

25:55    Cllr Ross McKenzie

30:04    Malini Chakraborty

38:12    Round up

Our monthly round up of topical clips for May 23.

00:00:08  Intro

00:01:15  George Gunn poem on Calton Hill

00:04:16   Royal privileges petition

00:09:23   Jim Cassidy and Ann Mullin at AUOB

00:15:47   Tommy Sheppard interview Calton Hill

00:18:34    Westminster urgent question Public Order Act

00:26:42    Stephen Flynn at PMQs

00:29:38    Illegal migration bill HoL

00:34:34     Plain speaking about Overseas Territories

00:40:35     Kemi Badenoch gets told off

00:43:39      Rosebank and energy company profits

00:45:40      Men behaving badly at FMQ

00:49:10      John Curtice - what polling is telling us

00:54:54      Starmer and the SNP

00:57:30      End

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We talk to film maker Jane McAllister about her documentary film To See Ourselves.

The film looks at the run up to the 2014 Scottish Independence vote and follows the tireless campaigning efforts of her activist father.

The ambition, frustration, heartbreak, joy and hope of those days are captured in the film.

You can watch the trailer for the film here 

If you would like to help support this ambitious project there is a Kickstarter campaign which you can contribute to  here  

Watch the video version of our chat with Jane on our Youtube channel Indypod Extra here 

Most Scots seemed largely indifferent to the Coronation which was certainly not reflected in the wall to wall obsequiousness of the mainstream media offering.

Instead we decided to escape the TV to join more than 20 thousand pals on a wee jaunt through Glasgow.  Marlene and Fiona battled the elements to create an outdoor podcast recording with, it has to be said, mixed results, but here are all the best bits of the day!

Obviously we can't bring the spectacle and colour of an independence march to an audio podcast, but you can watch clips and the video version of this podcast on our Youtube channel Scottish Independence Podcasts Indypod Extra

Chapters:

0.00   Intro

4:41   The excitement builds

9:18   A flavour of the march

11:49  Inside the studio tent

15:38  Lesley Riddoch's speech

22:52  More from the tent

25:54  Alex Salmond's speech

28:20   Rainy reporting

30:50    Joanna Cherry's speech

33:37   Post march reflections

35:20   Yes stones brilliant tally

39:39   Heading home

42:59    End

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