Yes Cowal Scottish Independence Podcast

Holyrood returned from recess for the second time to update on Covid regulations and Charles Fletcher was there to bring us a  summary of events in the second of his two summer specials.  

Our weekly Scottish sports podcast look back at this weeks European action and preview this weekend's football.  There is also an update on the British Lions tour and the Olympics. You can follow and contact the Locker Room team on twitter @LockerRoomIndy The team desperately needs some women's voices to take part in the discussion, so get in touch if you've always fancied being a sports presenter on an online radio station!

Indyliveradio team is grateful to the Aberdeen Independence Movement for sharing their excellent event called A Global Blueprint for Scotland with guest speaker Anthony Salamone tackling some excellent questions from the audience  

James E interviews Scottish author , Scots language advocate and sociologist Colin Burnett about his first book "A Working Class State of Mind" . The central character Aldo has been described as "Begbie for the twitter generation"  and the book is written in Scots. A Working Class State of Mind is published by Leamington Books and is available at all good bookstores.  

Dr Mark McNaught's guest for this episode of Building the Scottish State is Dr Tim Ridout who answers questions from the audience on the subjects of Scottish Currency, Modern Monetary Theory , the relative merit of EFTA vs EU membership and much more.   This is the podcast version of a Youtube video which is also available to watch in the "Building the Scottish State" playlist on our Youtube channel

The Indylive.radio team is grateful to Aberdeen Independence Movement for sharing their event on the vexed question of "what's next for the fishing industry?" Recorded in Feb this year, Karen Adam (now) MSP is in conversation with Elaine Whyte of the Clyde Fisherman's Association and taking a range of questions from the audience

This week's Commonweal Policy Podcast called Building for Folk First Find out more about Commonweal's work including how to support them on their website at www.commonweal.scot  

James E interviews Evelyn Laurie, a Scots singer who is bringing a jazz twist to some Scottish classics. Evelyn's new album I know where I'm going is out on 5th August 2021. You can listen to Evelyn's music on spotify here https://open.spotify.com/artist/6MSbN... Find out more about Evelyn from her website here https://www.evelynlaurie.com/ #evelynlaurie #scottishsinger #jazz

For fans of Scottish sports, the Locker Room is back from their summer break - and this time, they're LIVE!!

Indylive.radio team are grateful to GrassRoots Oban for sharing their fascinating event with Dr Paul Gillespie from University College Dublin considering the similarities and differences between Scotland and Ireland as we stand on the brink of independence.  

Inflation is useful as a way to stimulate an economy. But too much inflation and real-world harm can be done. So should we all still fear inflation? Or has the modern economy changed so much that it is no longer an issue? In episode FOUR of SCOTONOMICS we speak to John Harvey "the Cowboy Economist" https://twitter.com/john_t_harvey? John T. Harvey is an English-American professor of economics at Texas Christian University. Links to articles mentioned in the post: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnthar... https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnthar...

We are grateful to the Clean Currency Group for allowing us to feature one of their meetings in our Yes Group Spotlight programme today.   As we know, currency is one of the hot issues for debate as we approach the next indyref and in this meeting the Clean currency group are taking stock of progress to date and next actions required. If you have any comments or suggestions for this group, please let us know at studio@indylive.radio and we will be happy to pass them on.

This week Dr Craig Dalzell discusses timing and tactics with Gillian Mair and Alison Watters, the co-conveners of Now Scotland, a members-led, grassroots organisation campaigning for Scottish Independence as soon as possible. Find out more, including how to join at www.nowscotland.scot You can find all of Commonweal's podcasts on www.commonweal.scot/podcast #indyliveradio #commonweal #NowScotland

The guests on this week's Friday daytime show are artist and writer Terry Howson chatting about her new book and much more, and Lorna Robertson, discussing her many years involvement with the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee in the wake of the tragic Piper Alpha disaster, which happened 33 years ago this month. #IndyLiveRadio #ScottishAuthor #PiperAlpha

In this third chat with author and broadcaster Frank McGroarty, the discussion covers How Do You Get the Donkey Up the Stairs, the final book in the Butlins, Ayr trilogy. A former ballroom dancer as well as Butlins Redcoat, Frank also went on to develop a career as a full time print journalist writing for major news publications.  He is also to be found on Indlive.radio hosting his weekly music show The Late Lunchtime Experience which you can listen to every Tuesday at 4pm on indylive.radio, or listen on demand on our Mixcloud channel.

James E interviews Tommy from North Dakota band The Negatrons, who have just released their debut album Stumblebum which has been 22 years in the making! James E finds out why it took so long and what's next for the Negatrons. #indyliveradio #theNegatrons #jamesEinterviews   www.thenegatrons.com

Something a little different this week with the second episode of our cultural exploration of indigenous people around the world - Tus! This episode Adhamh MacLeoid chats with Dr Hana O'Regan from the Kai Tahu tribe of Te Waipounamu/ South Island Maori, New Zealand. TÙS is an hour-long chat about life, language and lore. Each month, we'll welcome an indigenous guest from somewhere else on Planet Earth and learn about how they and their people see the world. Hosted by Scottish Gael Àdhamh MacLeòid. #TÙS #Maori #NewZealandIndigenous Support TÙS: TÚS is brought to you by Dòrlach (SC050162) in partnership with Independence Live Please consider supporting Dòrlach's Gaelic dialect and lore work at: http://dorlach.scot/  

We are grateful to Glasgow North West for sharing their excellent event with Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp discussing the Wellbeing Economy and Winning Indyref 2. #indyref2 #indyliveradio #wellbeing

A summer special episode from Charles Fletcher

A wonderfully musical daytime show this week, as Val and Marlene chat to Big Noise orchestra volunteer Jane Mallinson and we hear about Sistema Scotland, an initiative which originated in Venezuela which brings the experience of playing music to children in deprived areas #indyliveradio #sistemaScotland #BigNoise