Yes Cowal Scottish Independence Podcast

Cat Boyd chairs this post Holyrood election discussion with a panel of guests including Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, Cllr Graham Campbell and Hollie Cameron

Our guest podcast this week is Voices for Scotland, here discussing Universal Basic Income 

We are grateful to Pensioners for Indy for sharing their event with speaker Isobel Lindsay on the topic of Security and Defence in an independent Scotland.  

The election is over, Parliament has been sworn in, now we need to elect a First Minister.  Which of the three candidates will it be?  Only joking, it's obvious who is going to be FM, but thanks to Willie and Ross for the entertainment value. The Week in Holyrood, with Charles Fletcher

Host John Drummond chats with Prof David Edgerton,  English historian and author of "The Rise and Fall of the British Nation" and reveals some very interesting insights from the perspective of someone living outside of Scotland. 

Scottish sports podcast with hosts Michael and Matthew, this week covering the Scottish Cup finals, looking at the Scotland squad for the Euros and news on ice hockey and shinty

The second of James E's interviews with author Ethyl Smith, this time talking about books 3 and 4 of her series set in the time of the Covenanters, entitled Broken Times and Desperate Times. Ethyl's books are available from Thunderpoint Bookshop, plus all the usual booksellers.  Her facebook page is @changedtimesscottishhistoricalfiction and you can contact Ethyl at Ethylmarion@gmail.com or by twitter @ethylsmith If you missed our first interview covering books 1 and 2, you can hear it again here: https://yescowal.podbean.com/e/guest-podcast-of-the-week-james-e-interviews-scots-author-ethyl-smith/

The election is over, the new Scottish Parliament has been sworn in at Holyrood.  Here's Charles Fletcher with a roundup of the political news of the week

In our favourite sports show Michael and Matthew preview the last weekend football action in the league also news on tennis and more

We are grateful to the National Yes Registry for sharing their excellent event with Stephen Gethins, discussing his new book entitled "Nation to nation", looking at Scotland's Place in the World and taking questions from the audience.  

The Voices for Scotland podcast is back with hosts Michael and Allan this week reporting on the fallout from the Hamilton Report and Committee Inquiry, plus discussion on the Social Care Review

In this week of crucial elections for the independence movement, John Drummond chats with Richard Haviland, a former senior civil servant who voted "No" in 2014.  Richard is now a Scottish independence supporter and active in the European Movement in Scotland.  In this frank discussion, Richard explains that deciding to vote Yes comes with a heavy heart, because he feels that the Uk has left him no choice.  Insightful discussion into the issues that arise in the struggle to move from No to Yes.  

Indylive.radio is delighted to support up and coming Scottish musicians and artists.  Recently on the James E Saturday Show, James E. had the pleasure of chatting to Dundee based Rhuari Campbell about life, his music and his future plans.   You can hear a selection of Rhuari's music on his Soundcloud channel , on spotify and Bandcamp

Two of the guests in the Daytime Show on 30th April were Ipsos Mori pollster Mark McGeoghegan and writer and commentator Gerry Hassan.  Here, both give their views on the state of the election campaigns as we enter the final week before polling day on Thursday.    

with less than a week left before the Holyrood 2021 elections, Charles Fletcher reflects on the leadership debates and the sleaze emanating from Westminster

This week in our series Changing Minds we are grateful to Grassroots Oban for sharing their excellent event on the potential to use a system of Annual Ground Rent as a replacement for all taxation and as a support for universal basic income.  In this question and answer session, Graham McCormack, the author of the Annual Ground Rent proposal, is joined by finance minister Kate Forbes as they consider the possibilities and challenges of finding a replacement to the tax system.  

Another weekend round up of Scottish sporting action, including a look back at the basketball season and much more from your hosts Michael McEwan and Matthew Lingard

Host John Drummond continues to put listeners questions to our politicians as the Holyrood 2021 election draws ever closer. This week, Keith Brown MSP and deputy leader of the SNP     Indylive.radio supports ALL independence parties and organizations and will be bringing you interviews with a broad spectrum of indy supporting people.

Welcome to the April edition of Indylive.Radio Team Talk - all the news from behind the scenes as we do our best to bring you the latest new Scottish music, politics and culture.   This month we hear from Michael and Matthew our sports show presenters, we have a video chat with daytime show hosts Val and Marlene about their experience of interviewing Alex Salmond and others in the election run up, James E shares his latest projects, Steve B tells us about life on the ocean wave as a Radio Caroline Pirate, we drop in on the Audio Levels crew chat and finally, Gerry shares some of our scheduling secrets - phew, it's been a busy month!   You can also check out our New Scottish Music Spotify playlist for April here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1UY...​   Listen to us 24/7 on https://indylive.radio​ SHOW LESS

Host Charles Fletcher interviews the party leaders as the Holyrood2021 election campaign enters its final fortnight.