Yes Cowal Scottish Independence Podcast

This week our host John Drummond chats with Jim Fairlie, SNP candidate for Perthshire South and Kinross in the upcoming Scottish Parliament elections

Charles Fletcher from Caledonia Media brings us another week of the Holyrood elections, as the leaders of the parties hit the campaign trail in earnest

Twa Auld Heids Dave Lewellyn and Mike Fenwick have an exclusive chat with Alex Salmond following the launch last week of his new party Alba.    

this weeks sporting action from the Locker Room including the Grand National, news on the women's six nations and the return of fans to this year's snooker

A new show on https://indylive.radio on Wednesdays at 11am , Changing Minds, Looking Forwards takes the debate beyond the process for achieving independence and looks towards the kind of independent country we can become.  There are many issues which need to be tackled and which will benefit from having the freedom to do so. This first episode comes form a recent online conference on the subject of resetting Scotland's drugs policies which took place on 21st march 2021.  In a wide ranging discussion, the panel bring their lived experience to bear and suggest a number of ways of tackling the subject more effectively. With an introduction from Angela Constance, MSP and Minister for Drugs, the panel includes Ronnie Cowan MP, Vice Chair of the all party parliamentary group on drugs policy at Westminster, Peter Krykand, drug policy campaigner,  Darren McGarvie,  (Loki) author and social commentator , Simon McLean LEAP and Anne Marie Ward, CEO of  Faces and Voices of Recovery UK.

As always, we are grateful to Edinburgh Pensioners for Indy for sharing their fascinating discussion with Dr Kirsty Hughes for our Yes Group Spotlight feature. Entitled EU, Scotland, England and the Brexit Deal, this event was originally recorded in February 2021 

Charles Fletcher from Caledonia Media brings more coverage of  pre election activities in Holyrood and beyond

Host John Drummond's guest this week is Dr Allen Kennedy, lecturer in history at the University of Dundee and Consultant Editor of bi-monthly magazine History Scotland (www.historyscotland.com) and Project Manager of Scottish Privy Council (www.privycouncil.stir.ac.uk)

In the Locker Room tonight - a preview of this weekend's Scottish Cup 3rd round, news on basketball and looking at this weekend's women's six nations game.

This week's Yes Group Spotlight shines on Glasgow Pensioners for Indy who as luck would have it, held a zoom discussion with Tony Grahame about the issue of both votes SNP or not - an hour after the launch of the Alba list party!!  Naturally this featured in the discussion.  As always, we are grateful to Pensioners for Indy for sharing their event with us.   If you are putting on a n event and you would like us to help you reach a wider audience, just get in touch with us :  studio@indylive.radio

Podcast versions of Articles of the Treaty of Union between Scotland and England, as ratified at Edinburgh, 16th January, 1707 by kind permission of Jenny Eeles of  Random Scottish History   You can follow Jenny on Twitter https://twitter.com/FlikeNoir You can become a Patron and support the Random Scottish History work  here : https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=941750   Treaty of Union Articles on RSH.scot - https://randomscottishhistory.com/new...  For the hardback, paperback or kindle edition of 'Treaty of Union Articles' (2019), illustrated by Alex Eeles - https://randomscottishhistory.com/201...  Charles Waddie's 'How Scotland Lost Her Parliament' (1891) on RSH.scot - https://randomscottishhistory.com/how...  For the paperback or kindle edition of Waddie's 'How Scotland Lost Her Parliament' (2020 reprint) - https://randomscottishhistory.com/202...     

This month's Clacks WFI podcast takes a sneaky peek at the opposition to reveal No Voter tropes, Anti-Nat tactical voting and polling insights. We balance this up with a positive dose of coffee zoom, a look back at International Women's day , some tips on how to change minds and some powerful music from Infraction called "politics".    

Another storming week in Scottish politics with the end of the parliamentary session at Holyrood and the creation of a new independence supporting party led by Alex Salmond - Charles Fletcher brings us the details. You can hear the Week in Holyrood every Sunday at 10am on https://indylive.radio  

A wonderfully cultural edition of the Daytime Show this week, as hosts Val and Marlene interview singer and Scots language campaigner Iona Fyfe, Scots writer Colin Burnett, and Singing for an Independent Scotland campaigners Frances McKie and Cathy Hannaway, plus some poetry from Lorraine Sinclair and James Elliott    

Michael and Matthew this week take a look at the Scotland game last night, up and coming Scotland games, preview tonight's Six Nations game, also news on the Women's Six Nations and Horse Racing - it's all happening in the Locker Room!

Podcast versions of Articles of the Treaty of Union between Scotland and England, as ratified at Edinburgh, 16th January, 1707 by kind permission of Jenny Eeles of  Random Scottish History   You can follow Jenny on Twitter https://twitter.com/FlikeNoir You can become a Patron and support the Random Scottish History work  here : https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=941750   Treaty of Union Articles on RSH.scot - https://randomscottishhistory.com/new...  For the hardback, paperback or kindle edition of 'Treaty of Union Articles' (2019), illustrated by Alex Eeles - https://randomscottishhistory.com/201...  Charles Waddie's 'How Scotland Lost Her Parliament' (1891) on RSH.scot - https://randomscottishhistory.com/how...  For the paperback or kindle edition of Waddie's 'How Scotland Lost Her Parliament' (2020 reprint) - https://randomscottishhistory.com/202... 

To mark the decision of the EU Parliament to strip immunity from Catalonian MEPs, Valerie Gauld and Marlene Halliday interview a selection of guests who have been very involved in the Catalonian campaign for independence, including Sandra White MSP and Amer Anwar, civil rights lawyer.

Fascinating discussion with new Scot Dr Suzanne Zeedyk, speaker, trainer, researcher, agitator on how to build a society that is trauma-informed and which meets the emotional needs of our children from babyhood through nursery and school and into adulthood. An inspirational glimpse at the kind of country we could become. Find out more about Suzanne's work at https://suzannezeedyk.com 

Round up of this week's political action at Holyrood from Charles Fletcher of Caledonia Media

James E Saturday Show interview with up and coming Alternative/indie rock band from Ayrshire - The Frontiers.   Find out more about the Frontiers and their music on their Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/thefrontierrs or Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjOG9C1pfYrfdgEVldhBqbA Indylive.Radio supports new Scottish music.  If you are a band or musician who would like to be featured on the James E Saturday show, please get in touch and send a sample of your music to James.saturdayshow@gmail.com