Delighted to announce the beginning of a new companion podcast to the Scottish Independence Podcast.

The For A' That podcast isn't an interview format, it's more of a discussion of the week's events, issues, rants, ramblings & absurdities relating to the upcoming referendum and Scottish politics more generally. We'll try to put them out every Sunday.

In this first episode it is myself with Andrew Tickell or Lallands Peat Worrier.

We chat about the legal kerfuffle over EU membership, the prisoners voting issue and touch on the rules that are going to be laid down regarding the financing of the campaigns.

Hope you enjoy!

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http://lallandspeatworrier.blogspot.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/PeatWorrier
https://twitter.com/mgreenwell

Did you know that home insurance premiums in Scotland are artificially high because Scotland is part of the union?

I didn't.

You can find out why and much more by listening to ScotIndyPod episode 10 where I talk with (Dr) Rebecca McKinlay about the possible environmental benefits of an independent Scotland.

We also talk about fisheries, The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and many other things besides.

We also had a few words about Donald Trump but I'm sure you have said much worse about him at home (I know I have).

Relevant links...
https://twitter.com/DrRMcKinlay
https://twitter.com/mgreenwell
http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/
http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/

This time I speak with former Scottish Socialist Party MSP and founder member of Women For Indy, Carolyn Leckie.

We talked about the Women For Indy group and what its origins and aims are and how people can get involved. We also talked about her time as a Member of the Scottish Parliament and the opportunities provided and frustrations caused by being involved in the political process on that side of things.

Thanks also to Karine Polwart for allowing us to use her song What Are You Waiting For.

Hope you enjoy it.

Relevant links...

https://twitter.com/carolynleckie

http://www.womenforindependence.org/

https://twitter.com/WomenForIndy

http://www.karinepolwart.com/

Scottish Independence Podcast 8 with Professor David Miller.

We talk about the BBC as an institution and where some of the attitudes and opinions it likes to pretend it doesn't have come from.

There is also a contribution from BBC Scotlandshire itself.
http://www.bbc.scotlandshire.co.uk/

And the final song is by David Rovics and is called Evening News.

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http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/
http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/
https://twitter.com/bellacaledonia
https://twitter.com/ScotlandshireGB
http://www.bbc.scotlandshire.co.uk/

In this episode I speak with James Maxwell about some of the strategic issues surrounding the referendum, his father's book and much more.

The sound quality is not the best in parts of this, problem has been fixed for future episodes (the two before this prove that!).

https://twitter.com/jamesmaxwell86
https://twitter.com/mgreenwell

In this episode I speak with Mike Small of bellacaledonia.org.uk . We speak about media strategy for the Yes campaign, Johann Lamont, the concept of Universalism, and JK Rowling even gets a look-in.

http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/
http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/mgreenwell
https://twitter.com/bellacaledonia

This episode is the second part of the discussion with Donald Adamson, who teaches political economy at the University of Cambridge. We discuss, amongst other things, immigration, social democracy, demographics and what Donald will do given a Yes vote.

Dick Gaughan also kindly gave us permission to use one of his songs.

This is episode 4 and it is just a little 10 minute chat with James Maxwell who is a Scottish Political Journalist who occasionally appears in the New Statesman and on Bella Caledonia. We talk about Johann Lamont's recent speech.

This episode also features our first report from BBC Scotlandshire.

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https://twitter.com/jamesmaxwell86
https://twitter.com/ScotlandshireGB
http://www.bbc.scotlandshire.co.uk/
http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/

This episode is a mix of the speeches from the Rally For Independence in Edinburgh on the 22nd September 2012

This is the 2nd episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast.

In this one I am speaking to Andrew Tickell aka Lallands Peat Worrier. We talk about some of the legal aspects of the referendum, some of the differences in voting intention by gender and social grouping and generally have a laugh.

https://twitter.com/mgreenwell
http://lallandspeatworrier.blogspot.co.uk/

Twitter hashtag is #scotindypod