The Scottish Independence Podcast

For the 89th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast I spoke to David Mitchell, founder of the website Hour Scotland - 60 minutes to hear the case for an independent Scotland. No politicians, just people who care.

We spoke about David's inspiration for the site and how it seems to be working.

We also got a little reaction to Salmond's debate with Darling.

As ever, I also asked him reasons for supporting Indy.

Hope you enjoy…

LINKS
http://hourscotland.org/
http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/mgreenwell

The ScotIndyBook series features audio book versions, full books or selected pieces, fiction and non-fiction, of some of the books being written about the independence referendum, or using it as a theme.

All the books in this series have been given by the kind permissions of their authors.

It’s time for parts 10, 11 and 12 of Mark Frankland‘s Indyref thriller Toxic (part 1 here, 2 and 3 here 4&5 here 5 & 6 here) .

It is also read here by the author.

Hope you enjoy..

The ScotIndyBook series features audio book versions, full books or selected pieces, fiction and non-fiction, of some of the books being written about the independence referendum, or using it as a theme.

All the books in this series have been given by the kind permissions of their authors.

For the 88th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast the guests were Aimee Chalmers, Lissa Herron and Katharine MacKinnon.

Along with others they've been involved in a rather unusual project in the run up to the Independence Referendum.

I'll let them speak for themselves on what it is all about.

Hope you enjoy…

The ScotIndyBook series features audio book versions, full books or selected pieces, fiction and non-fiction, of some of the books being written about the independence referendum, or using it as a theme.

All the books in this series have been given by the kind permissions of their authors.

It’s time for parts four and five of Mark Frankland‘s Indyref thriller Toxic.

It is also read here by the author.

Hope you enjoy..

For the 87th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast the guest was Sergio Casci.

Sergio was a journalist for many years but is now a screenwriter, writing things such as American Cousins, River City, and much more.

Aside from that, he's been very active in the Independence Debate.

We talked firstly however, about the experience of the Italian community in Scotland, which is bigger than you might think, before we got down to the gritty business of the referendum itself.

So here it is, your pre Salmond V Darling aperitivo.

Hope you enjoy...

LINKS
https://twitter.com/SergioCasci
https://twitter.com/mgreenwell
http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/

For the 86th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast the guest was Stephen Paton.

You've probably been watching Stephen's Indyref Weekly series, and if you haven't I'd suggest you start. Reaching 1000s with every episode, they are well worth the watch.

We talked about Stephen's project and had a more general natter on indyref, the Commonwealth Games and much more.

As an aside, my attempt at recording the intro outside to experiment with that natural feel was quickly abandoned as I feel you already all know what the wind sounds like.

Hope you enjoy, and tell your friends, family and assorted quadrupeds…

LINKS
http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/stephenpaton134
https://twitter.com/mgreenwell
https://www.youtube.com/user/stephenpaton134/videos

"Blossom is an account of Scotland at the grassroots through the stories of people I've had the good fortune to know – the most stubborn, talented and resilient people on the planet. They've had to be. Some have transformed their parts of Scotland. Some have tried and failed. But all have something in common – they know what it takes for Scotland to blossom. We should know too."

The ScotIndyBook series features audio book versions, full books or selected pieces, fiction and non-fiction, of some of the books being written about the independence referendum, or using it as a theme.

All the books in this series have been given by the kind permissions of their authors.

This time it is part of Blossom, by Lesley Riddoch (who was also on the other podcast just before christmas).

I'm sure you know who Lesley is but in case you aren't sure...

An honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, president of the student union in 1981, founded and directed a feminist magazine known as Harpies and Quines, contributing editor of the Sunday Herald and assistant editor of The Scotsman. She was editor of a special one-off edition of The Scotsman known as The Scotswoman produced by the paper's female staff.

Writing columns for The Sunday Post, The Scotsman, and occasionally The Guardian, shortlisted for the Orwell prize. From 1989 to 1994 she presented the BBC Radio Scotland programme Speaking Out and was one of the presenters of Radio Four programme You and Yours. In 1993 Riddoch won a Cosmopolitan woman award for Communication and in 1994 for the best talk show award. Her programme Speaking Out took the Silver Quill Law Society award that same year. Between 1999 and 2005 she had her own daily radio programme the Lesley Riddoch Programme on Radio Scotland.

8392802340_fea0d5a957_zRiddoch presented TV programmes of which include The Midnight Hour on BBC2, and The People's Parliament and Powerhouse on Channel 4, runs her own independent radio, podcast and TV production company known as Feisty Ltd.

Riddoch was involved in the buyout of the Isle of Eigg by the local community. She assisted in putting together the buyout plan and later became a trustee of the Isle of Eigg Trust. The trust bought the island in 1997.

In 2008, Riddoch served as a member of the Scottish Prisons Commission. In 2009, she acted as Chair in Task Force, set up by the Scottish Government, to transfer the island of Rùm into community ownership from Scottish Natural Heritage.

So there you have it. And she's donated part of her book, so here it is...

Hope you enjoy...

There are so many Independence and Yes events going on around the country now that it is very hard to keep track of them. MP3s and youtube videos are going up all the time.

The 85th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast is the third in a series of podcasts under the title Out & About featuring some of the best ones to give you the chance to hear them without searching too far.

Each one will have different speakers, from independent independents, people in the different parties, people in the groups you find at these events and, well, people who’ve had something excellent to say on the matter.

In this third episode the contributions again come from a wide variety of sources.

The first is writer and actor Julia Taudevin and is something a bit different from the majority of indyref material you're likely to listen to.

The second is Tommy Sheppard, who isn't just a labour supporter who is now supporting a Yes vote, he is someone who was very high up in the party.

The third is Patrick Harvie, leader of the Scottish Greens, who has been consistently great all the way through the debate.

Last up is Carolyn Leckie explaining the importance of getting a Yes vote by women in Scotland, and the importance of a Yes vote for women

Hope You Enjoy, and tell your friends, family and assorted quadrupeds…

The ScotIndyBook series features audio book versions, full books or selected pieces, fiction and non-fiction, of some of the books being written about the independence referendum, or using it as a theme.

All the books in this series have been given by the kind permissions of their authors.

It’s time for parts four and five of Mark Frankland‘s Indyref thriller Toxic.

It is also read here by the author.

Hope you enjoy..