Scottish Independence Podcasts

#MMT - Modern Monetary Theory - is the topic for this month's Mibbes Aye episode. Our guest is Jim Byrne who writes a series of economics articles for Bylines Scotland. Jim's articles give clear and accessible information about how Modern Monetary Theory works. In this episode, Fiona and Marlene get our heads around the basics of the theory and dig a little deeper into the implications of MMT for...

An update on our previous show on Land Justice, with Loch Lomond once again under threat by a planning application which the locals are united against. Listen to our original Land Justice episode here  You can also watch the video version of this podcast episode on our Indypod Extra Youtube channel. Music "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod "Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copy...

Introducing Aye Matters - podcast edit of a discussion hosted by two of our Scottish MPs  - Martyn Day and John McNally covering their experiences at Westminster as well as an insight into activities in their home constituencies.   You can watch the video version of the show on Independence Live's Youtube channel where it will be aired on Mondays whenever parliament is in session.

Iain Bruce talks to Mary Church of Friends of the Earth Scotland about the Scottish government's new Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan - does it need to go further?  Faster?  Are hydrogen and carbon capture the solutions we need?

Another stormer of a month in Scottish politics, with the SNP leadership contest finally leading to the appointment of a new First Minister. Join us for a round up of this and all the other highlights of the month   "Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence".    

...or a pirate's dream come true? With our guests Prof Alf Baird, Mike Robertson and Geordie Sandison, we explore the background, concept and complications of freeports.  We also ask whether the Scottish concept of "Greenports" is really any better? Includes a short extract from Ep 153 of the Commonweal Policy Podcast, you can listen to that whole episode here or wherever you get your podcasts. Mu...

John Drummond chats with Judith Reid, one of the team organising the Scottish Chain of Freedom event, an ambitious plan to have 75k people all holding hands all along the central belt canal system.   Find out more from their facebook page and register interest in taking part. Music: Motivational Upbeat Corporate by RinkevichMusic https://soundcloud.com/rinkevichmusic Video Link: https://youtu.be/U...

Yes Glasgow South Side held a zoom event with Craig Dalzell,  Head of Policy at Commonweal and also co-author of this remarkable new book "Sorted - a handbook for a better Scotland" Craig gives an overview of the main chapters and then takes Q and A from the audience You can purchase the book Sorted from Commonweal.scot  Music: Motivational Upbeat Corporate by RinkevichMusic https://soundcloud.com...

We thought February might be a quiet month politically - how wrong we were! We start the extraordinary month's round up at the Time for Scotland torchlit march and rally to mark the anniversary of the Brexit debacle, we mull over options for plebiscite referenda, then mid month, the bombshell announcement that Nicola Sturgeon is resigning as FM and leader of the SNP.   Then, following the big anno...

All you ever wanted to know about ferries but were afraid to ask!  Ignore all the unionist dog whistle politics where the word "ferry" is shorthand with failure and incompetence.  We have to be able to have open and honest discussions about our infrastructure, what it is like right now, how can we overcome any problems and just how good could it be? In this week's podcast, presenters Fiona and Mar...

Climate Justice show Rising Clyde is our guest podcast this week.  Host Iain Bruce has a conversation with three activists in Glasgow about the state of the various campaigns around the cost of living crisis and how they can combine with the climate justice movement - in the words of one of the activists "connecting the end of the world with the end of the month"! Jess Galloway of Power to the Peo...

Nicola Sturgeon caught us all on the hop with her surprise resignation. In this special episode, John Drummond chats with journalist Lesley Riddoch and Believe in Scotland CEO Gordon MacIntyre Kemp about the impact on the Yes movement and where we go from here. Whatever your views on her achievements as a politician and campaigner, nobody can deny that she has put in one hell of a shift as First M...

If you are in Glasgow at noon on 23rd Feb and you are aghast at the blatant attack on our democratically elected parliament by the Uk Tory administration, then head along to the Pensioners for Independence demo outside of the UK government hub at 1 Atlantic Square. In this bonus Tuesday podcast, Mary McCabe from Pensioners 4 Indy chats to fellow member Marlene Halliday about the background and the...

Still trying to find a path through our constitutional woes, this week's podcast is an episode from the TNT show in which host John Drummond chats with Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Anniversary Chair in Law at Queen Mary University of London.  The discussion ranges from current state of the British constitution to some interesting parallels between Scotland's current struggles and the situatio...

Bonus Tuesday episode! Podcast version of the latest press briefing from FM Nicola Sturgeon where she answers journalists questions on topics of their choosing.  Topics covered include: alcohol advertising consultation deposit return scheme GRA bill sec 35 challenge teachers strike council budgets FMs tax returns recent opinion polls maternity health services in the NE Liz Truss returning to polit...

Our monthly round up of topical clips from the world of Scottish politics and culture.  Host Fiona is joined by guest presenter and Scottish Independence Podcast team mate James to discuss the goings on at Holyrood and Westminster where the assault on Scottish democracy continues.   Please check out our website https://podcasts.independencelive.net for previous podcast episodes and our regular blo...

Women for Independence's latest AGM tackled the topic of the cost of living crisis, its impact on women and how Scotland could address the situation differently now and as an independent country. This podcast brings you two of the speeches from the event. The first speaker is Sue Lyons who is involved in the Highland third sector.  She is an activist, a PhD student and a political blogger.  She is...

This bonus Tuesday episode comes from an "ask me anything" press briefing held by the First Minister yesterday. Topics range from the cost of living crisis, public sector pay deals, bullying in schools to Alister Jack's continuing assault on Scottish democracy.   This kind of direct broadcast from the FM proved very popular during the Covid pandemic and it will be interesting to see if it becomes...

The Supreme Court decision confirmed that the UK is NOT a voluntary union.  So how do we leave?  That is the topic under discussion in this episode. We are grateful to Yes Glasgow South Side for sharing their zoom Q+A event with Professor Aileen McHarg, prof of public law at Durham University.  In this podcast episode we have taken selected questions from that event and spliced them together with...

Marlene and Fiona were delighted to be guests on the Radio Yes Cymru podcast hosted by Sion Jobbins.  The recent Supreme Court case and the latest soaring polls for Scottish independence have not gone unnoticed in Wales and it was a pleasure to chat about our respective campaigns.   Find out more about Yes Cymru from their website https://yes.cymru and you can watch the Youtube version of our inte...

Think and do tank Commonweal have just published their new book "Sorted" a beautifully illustrated handbook to create a better Scotland for everybody who lives here. We dropped into the book launch event in Glasgow to hear from some of the people who worked on the book, including architect Malcom Fraser, Commonweal Director Robin McAlpine and head of policy Craig Dalzell. "Sorted" is an inspiratio...

Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Our final podcast for 2022 includes some of the response to the Supreme court ruling, the Time for Scotland events and we get a taste of things to come with a new SNP leader at Westminster.  We also look at some tetchy points of order and finish with a positive outlook for 2023 - there are reasons to be cheerful! You can order your cop...

An episode of our Rising Clyde environmental show with host Iain Bruce talking to two activists based in South America about the legacy of COP27 and what happens next, particularly in relation to Colombia, Brazil and the Amazon rainforest.

Support for the Monarchy is lower in Scotland than the other parts of the Uk especially amongst younger people.  This week's podcast is a meeting chaired by Alan Armstrong from the Radical Independence Campaign and is on the subject of a possible response to the Coronation of King Charles on 6th May 2023.   Taking part in the discussion is a panel including Maggie Chapman from the Scottish Greens,...

Looking at the impact of war on women, this is a discussion between Maggie Lennon of Women for Independence and Ohla Maksochka.  Before the Ukraine war, Ohla was a regional leader in Ukraine's leading feminist organisation.  Now based in Scotland, she contributes her views of the war from a feminist perspective. This discussion took place at the AGM of Women for Independence.  Look out for more fr...