Scottish Independence Podcasts

Host John Drummond chats with historian and author Jenny Eales, whose Random Scottish History website contains an accessible collection of pre 1900 Scottish Literature, History, Art and Folklore , including newspaper articles from the time of the Treaty of Union.  Some fascinating comparisons between the discourse of the day and present day debate. 

Who would have thought that, in highlighting the democratic deficit inherent in the UK Union, today's Independence campaigners are using same the arguments as the 18th century Unionists!

Jenny's website is  https://randomscottishhistory.com/

Her books are available on Amazon and she also has a Youtube channel  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1aQ3L_3eGNSbsHXFxMEpQQ

Audio clips of Jenny's readings of the original Treaty of Union articles are also featured in Indylive.radio 's History Hour on Tuesdays at 11am 

Welcome to the January 22 round up bits and pieces that have caught our attention this month!

Including:

Lesley Riddoch - A good place to start

AC Grayling - Scotland in the EU

Mike Russell - What will the border look like

Leah Gunn Barratt - A currency factsheet

Mark Drakeford - Covid Press conference

Dr Philippa Whitford - Creeping privatisaton of the NHS

David Hope Jones - Scotland's distinctive international approach

Kate Forbes - GERS

Stephen Flynn _ AUOB speech

Charlotte Ahmed - AUOB speech

Dr Pelle Gustafson - admiration for Scottish NHS

Kairin and William list and discuss their favourite economics books. 

1. The Divide by Jason Hickle

2. Less Is More by Jason Hickle

3. Free Lunch Thinking by Tom Bergin

4. Rentier Capitalism Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It? by Brett Christophers

5. The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton

6. Doughnut Economics by Kate Rolworth

7. The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944 by Ed Conway

8. The Globalization Paradox by Dani Rodick

9. Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano.

10. And finally, the one we didn't have time to read in 2021! The New Economics: A Manifesto by Steve Keen

Building the Scottish State Show: Series 1 - Episode 18 - Prof Alf Baird

On this week's show, Dr Mark McNaught is joined by Prof Alf Baird

He has published more than 200 research articles, plus delivered over 150 conference papers, many as invited speaker at major maritime industry events, also winning several international prizes for his applied research work and development of applied theoretical and analytical frameworks in areas such as port privatisation, strategic management in shipping, container transshipment, and shipping service feasibility studies. He developed his own Masters’ module on ‘Strategic Management in Maritime Transport’ which was taught to postgraduate students at several of the major maritime universities in Europe and further afield. He has advised international ports, shipping lines, governments, and parliamentary committees on a range of maritime matters with emphasis on shipping markets, maritime policy, and seaport planning and development. 

Alf began his maritime industry career in the 1970s working as a shipping clerk and ship agent in the port of Leith during what were the formative days of containerisation, ferry, and cruise shipping, after which he joint-owned and managed a transport logistics and freight forwarding business, prior to entering the academic/research sphere where he continued with an emphasis on maritime business research and in particular strategic management in shipping and seaports. 

In 2020, Alf published a research-based academic textbook on the subject of Scottish independence: 'Doun-Hauden: The Socio-Political Determinants of Scottish Independence', available from: Doun-Hauden: The Socio-Political Determinants of Scottish Independence: Amazon.co.uk: Baird, Alfred: 9798634652320: Books

William and Kairin are joined by Diana Finch from the Bristol Pound to discuss how a local currency can empower a local community. 

00:20 Overview of a local currency

If you are interested in supporting a community payment platform like Bristol Pay please get in touch with Diana.

https://twitter.com/BristolPound or

Host John Drummond's first guest for 2022 is the very popular SNP MP Dr Philippa Whitford.  In this fascinating discussion, the conversation ranges from the creeping privatisation of the English NHS and the threat to our Scottish NHS,  the need for a wellbeing economy to rebuild our society after Covid, how the Scottish Conservatives will fare in an independent Scotland, when the referendum might take place and a wee detour to check out Sir Keir Starmer wrapped in his union flag!

You can watch the TNT Show every Wednesday at 7pm on Independence Live's youtube channel.

William and Kairin are joined by Dr Craig Dazell to discuss the meaning and the practicality of a just transition for the Scottish economy from a fossil-fueled economy to a green economy.

While away a dark January day with this very interesting interview from October 2021 with Professor AC Grayling, chatting to host John Drummond about Brexit, Scottish Independence and more.

https://www.acgrayling.com

In the final episode of our series of conversations with climate activists, host Marlene Halliday chats to two Buddhist members of Extinction Rebellion about the Buddhist perspective on the climate emergency and their experiences at COP26.

Music is by Scott Buckley

This month's roundup of topical news, views and interesting clips includes:

• The scandal of national grid charges with Alan Brown and Craig Dalzell

Wishing all our listeners and contributors a very Merry Christmas!  We will be back in January with the next roundup of jigsaw pieces.  You can also catch our weekly show on Indylive.radio at Noon on Tuesdays