Yes Cowal Scottish Independence Podcast

As the all important Holyrood 2021 election enters its final fortnight, Daytime show hosts Valerie Gauld and Marlene Halliday's guests this week included two of our leading pollsters, Scotland goes Pop blogger James Kelly and political scientist Prof. Sir John Curtice from the University of Strathclyde.   Both guests bring valuable insight to help us assess what exactly the polls are telling us and what the chances are that those polls are correct.  What will it all mean for Holyrood and ultimately for the independence movement. You won't want to miss this one! 

This week's packed episode of the Locker Room includes a preview of the Scottish Cup, also news on the Rainbow Cup, the Olympics and more 

This week's guest Podcast on Indylive.radio is an interview with author Ethyl Smith, covering the first two of her series of books from 17th Century Scotland - the Covananters era.   Entitled Changed Ties and Dark Times, the books are written in Scots and in the interview Ethyl explains how and why she set about writing this particular series.  We look forward to covering the rest of the series in future podcasts. 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  

We keep hearing about those troublesome "hard borders", so it is great to hear Customs and Borders expert Bill Austin explain clearly and convincingly why that term is a complete red herring, and what an exciting opportunity an independent Scotland has to introduce an effective customs system that facilitates trade and collects revenue for us.   You won't want to miss this one!

Indyliveradio supports ALL independence parties, we do not endorse any particular party.  Over the last few weeks and months we have had guests from SNP, Greens, ISP, AFI and this week it was the turn of the newest independence party - Alba. In this fascinating programme, hosts Valerie Gauld and Marlene Halliday chat to two Alba candidates from the Glasgow list, Ailsa Gray, Michelle ferns and party leader Alex Salmond.  

A packed show tonight as Michael and Matthew cover the Scottish Cup, take a flutter on the Scottish Grand National, catch up with the World Snooker championships, women's Six nations rugby AND basketball! Phew, thank goodness we're listening from the comfort of the couch!  

Fife based musician KarmaSurround chats with James E in this extended interview from the James E Saturday Show. You can catch KarmaSurround's music at soundcloud.com/karmasurround and buy the latest album from karmasurround.bandcamp.com Indylive.radio supports new Scottish music.  If you would like to have your music considered for play on the James E Saturday Show, email details and an Mp3 sample to James.saturdayshow@gmail.com

The whole topic of Wellbeing Economics is hugely important now for Scotland and for the independent country we aspire to become.  In this programme, Shona Robison MSP and Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp from Believe in Scotland share their thoughts and answer questions from the audience at an event organised by SNP Sidlaw. Measuring the success of your country and population based on wellbeing rather than GDP could be a real game changer!  

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...     

A selection of poetry for Burns Night: Rabbie Burns by Angus Shoor Caan To A Country by Lynne Dougan A Wee Mouse by Angus Shoor Caan Boreas by Sheila Nichols, read by Fiona McGregor Rabbie by Angus Shoor Caan The Man O' Words by Paul Colvin Scots Wha Hae by Rabbie Burns performed by Lorraine Sinclair Music on Scots Wha hae: Hidden Past by Kevin MacLeod