The Common Weal Policy Podcast

Episode 15 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode directly here . Common Weal's Campaign's Officer Jonathon Shafi returns to the Policy Podcast with Head of Policy & Research Dr Craig Dalzell. This week, they discuss the Scottish National Investment Bank . The SNIB is Common Weal's flagship policy win and Craig and Jonathon tell the story of Common Weal&...

Episode 14 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode directly here . Common Weal's Head of Policy and Research Dr Craig Dalzell is joined by Max Wiszniewski, Campaign Manager for the Revive Coalition . Craig and Max discuss recent news of the disappearance of two eagles over a Perthshire grouse moor as well as a pattern of similar disappearances there and over other moor...

Episode 13 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode directly here . Common Weal's Head of Policy and Research Dr Craig Dalzell is joined by Ellen Höfer, Creative Director of EU Citizens for an Independent Scotland. Scotland is currently having a discussion about electoral franchise and the rights of people resident in Scotland. From Common Weal's policy paper on Sc...

 Episode 12 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode directly here . Common Weal's Head of Policy and Research Dr Craig Dalzell is joined by Ellen Höfer, Creative Director of EU Citizens for an Independent Scotland. They first discuss a trip to an exhibition of Ai Weiwei in Düsseldorf where themes of refugees and of government repression were explored. Leading on from t...

Episode 11 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode  directly here . Common Weal's Campaigns Officer joins Head of Policy and Research Dr Craig Dalzell to discuss one of the policy papers in our library. Social Security For All Of Us explores the potential for Scotland's social security policies post-independence. Amongst the options discussed in the paper are the...

Episode 10 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode directly here . Common Weal's Head of Policy & Research Dr Craig Dalzell is joined by volunteer researcher Lewis Akers to discuss the EU election results and the Scottish Government's new Referendums Bill. They look at the collapse of the establishment parties in the UK and elsewhere in Europe and the rise of...

Episode 8 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode directly here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/264906/1178882-episode-9-ulex-and-the-un-poverty-report.mp3 Common Weal's Head of Policy & Research Dr Craig Dalzell is joined by volunteer researcher Lewis Akers to discuss Common Weal's trip to Catalonia and recent policy news. The Common Weal team spent last week in...

Episode 8 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode directly here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/264906/1079198-episode-8-the-snp-spring-conference.mp3 Common Weal's Campaigns Officer Jonathon Shafi and Head of Policy & Research Dr Craig Dalzell discuss the outcome of the SNP Spring Conference The big debate was, of course, on currency and the Growth Commission. Jonatho...

Episode 7 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode directly here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/264906/1052998-episode-7-special-guest-robin-mcalpine.mp3?client_source=small_player&download=true Common Weal's Campaigns Officer Jonathon Shafi is joined by special guest and Director of Common Weal, Robin McAlpine They discuss Common Weal's latest policy paper "...

Episode 6 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode directly here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/264906/1043797-episode-6-special-guest-peter-ryan.mp3 Common Weal's Head of Policy & Research Craig Dalzell is joined by special guest Peter Ryan, a financial systems expert and repeat contributor to Common Weal's policy library on matters to do with currency. In his la...

Episode 5 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode directly here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/264906/1035269-episode-5-special-guest-george-kerevan.mp3 Common Weal Campaigns Officer Jonathon Shafi and Head of Policy & Research Craig Dalzell are joined by special guest George Kerevan - economist and former SNP MP - to discuss his views on the Growth Commission, the need fo...

Episode 4 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode directly here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/264906/1012803-episode-4-financial-regulations.mp3 Common Weal Campaigns Officer Jonathon Shafi and Head of Policy & Research Craig Dalzell talk about Financial Regulations and why independence offers the change for Scotland to create something new and better - an economy that wo...

Episode 3 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast You can download this episode directly here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/264906/1003336-episode-3-how-to-start-a-new-country.mp3 Common Weal Campaigns Officer Jonathon Shafi and Head of Policy & Research Craig Dalzell talk about Common Weal's book How to Start a New Country which offers a blueprint for how to prepare for Scottish independence in...

Episode 2 of The Common Weal Policy Podcast. Common Weal Campaigns Officer Jonathon Shafi and Head of Policy & Research Craig Dalzell discuss more about the Sustainable Growth Commission's approach to currency in an independent Scotland as well as their proposals to debt and liabilities in the form of their Annual Solidarity Payment. They also discuss the newly launched Campaign for an In...

Common Weal is piloting a new weekly Policy Podcast which will explain our policies, discuss the impact we're having in Scotland and comment on policy news going on during the week. You can download this podcast directly here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/264906/982714-episode-1-pilot-currency-and-the-growth-commission.mp3 In this first episode, Campaigns Officer Jonathon Shafi and Head of Poli...