Yes Cowal Scottish Independence Podcast

The weekend of 11th Sept saw two party conferences.  Here is the closing speech from Alex Salmond at the Alba conference held at Greenock Town Hall.  

James E chats to Joy McNaughten, mother of Olympic Champion swimmer Duncan Scott about the making of a champion, the cost and the frustrations of the lack of media coverage for a sport in which Scotland excels. Scots are 8% of the Uk population yet make up 14% of the British Olympic Team, 21% of the Olympic swimming team and achieved 25% of the medals. Yet the sport barely gets any coverage in mainstream media. Next on the sporting calendar is the International Swimming League which you can follow on youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBoEDuW0Lg7AmCkts1j8LyQ  and next year will be another busy year with European Championships and Commonwealth Games. You can find out more about the Scottish Swimming team here https://www.scottishswimming.com/compete/swimming/national-squads.aspx Duncan Scott is the ONLY British Olympian to win 4 medals in a single games and he is still only 24 .  He is also an ambassador for the Learn to Swim programme - an essential life skill for Scottish children in a country with 90

In the week collectively known across Scotland as "GERSmas", when the estimated accounts of Scotland as an administrative region of the UK are published,  Dr Craig Dalzell urges us to think outwith the box.   This week, Craig talks to SNP Policy Development Convenor Chris Hanlon and Agnes MacAuley from SNP Greenock & Inverclyde about the latest GERS figures and what they mean (and don’t mean) for Scotland, independence and the post-pandemic recovery. They then discuss up and coming motions to the SNP conference that have been influenced by or based on Common Weal policies including one for a National Transport Company designed to help decarbonise our cars and other vehicles. Finally, they discuss the role of non-party think tanks in Scottish politics and what they can do that party affiliated policy groups cannot. You can find out more about Commonweal, including access to all the policy papers in their policy library on their website   https://commonweal.scot/    

This week's episode of the Locker Room including Olympic action, swimming and yet more football

Hi, welcome to the Indylive.radio team' audio newsletter for July and August!  Find out what we've been up to as Covid restrictions start to ease and meet some new team members.  Also, hear about our plans for the next few months Get in touch with us studio@indylive.radio if there is anything you would like us to cover in the next issue You can also see the video version of this newsletter on our Youtube channel if you're curious about the faces behind the voices!

Very important discussion on the impact of the newly published IPCC report on the climate emergency hosted by Dr Craig Dalzell, head of Policy Development at Commonweal #climateEmergency #commonweal #IPCCreport

This week's Changing Minds discussion is on the sensitive, but very important topic of dignity in dying. The Indylive.radio team is grateful to SNP Commonweal group for sharing this discussion with us.

We are grateful to the Women for Independence organisation for sharing this event with us, focused on the experience of women in politics and how we can better support each other to reclaim that space #WFI #indyliveradio #scottishpolitics

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.