Scottish Independence Podcasts

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Scottish Independence Podcasts is a weekly podcast about Scottish politics, culture and chat. We passionately support Scottish Independence. New episodes every Friday. Our website: https://scottishindypod.scot

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Let Them Eat Cake

Jan 30 2025 52 mins  
This month's livestream of clips and chat covering a range of topics including:00:00:42 Charles visits an Alloa foodbank00:05:41 Colin Fox's prediction comes true00:08:00 Dave Doogan calls out Starmer00:10:16 Labour MP Brian Leishman finds out he has NO influence00:14:43 The power of "devalation"00:18:29 The cost of Scotgov mitigation00:24:15 Patrick Harvie explains the "hoover up"

Great British Debt - All A Big Con?

Jan 27 2025 54 mins  
Our guest this week is William Thomson from the Scotonomics show. In this episode we challenge William with our questions. He tackles those and shares his own thoughts on independence, Modern Monetary Theory and the economic situation in general. Main topics:00:02:00 Q1: Can Scotland afford to be independent?00:06:38 Q2: But what about inflation?00:11:37 Q3: What about the Deficit?

A Taste of Burns

Jan 23 2025 40 mins  
Burns Night 2025 is fast approaching and we've been out and about collecting poetry and stories to create a celebratory podcast episode. Featuring: 00:02:17 To A Louse - performed by Marlene Halliday 00:05:36 Oh Tibbie, I hae Seen the Day - performed by Susi Briggs 00:08:07 Tibbie's Reply - written and performed by Susi Briggs 00:11:31 The Flyting O' Bruce and Red Comyn - written a

The Big Land Question

Jan 16 2025 75 mins  
Fiona and Marlene share their highlights from the Big Land Question conference. In November the Revive Coalition held their biggest conference yet bringing together organisations and individuals with a shared interest in Scotland's land. Who owns it? What do they do with it? Is there a better way? These, and many more questions were covered on the day and you can watch the full day

Respect Scottish Sovereignty

Jan 09 2025 46 mins  
Greater Glasgow Pensioners for Independence invited guest speaker Andy Anderson to share some new ideas for a strategy to overcome the barriers created by Westminster and the UK supreme court using the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Andy's website is https://respectscottishsovereignty.scot You can find out more about the Covenant here https://www.ohchr.org/en/instrumen

The Myth of the Union Dividend

Jan 02 2025 50 mins  
TNT Show host John Drummond interviews data analytics expert Stuart Donald about the insights we can gain from his research into electoral systems, Brexit and the Scottish Constitutional question. Topics include: 00:02:06 Is the Union killing people? 00:05:28 Inequality and the FPTP system 00:07:41 The Myth of the Union Dividend 00:16:17 Slapstick Accounting 00:19:00 Faulty stats d

Scottish Budget Scorecard

Dec 26 2024 50 mins  
As Westminster's Labour government continues to unravel, discarding election promises with careless abandon, we take a look at the Scottish government's budget proposals for 2025/26. Beginning with John Swinney setting out his vision for Scotland and followed by Shona Robison's presentation of the draft Scottish budget we consider how well the two speeches match up. Does the actio

Owning Our Futures Q and A

Dec 19 2024 48 mins  
The Owning Our Futures event held in Edinburgh in October was a great opportunity to see our quest for independence in the context of other nations and regions across Europe who share similar aims. The delegates took part in three Q and A panels and brought their wisdom, experience and fresh thinking to the table. Organised by the Scottish Independence Convention and the Internatio

Owning Our Futures - Highlights

Dec 12 2024 51 mins  
The Owning Our Futures conference was held in Edinburgh on 5th October 2024 and brought together representatives Autonomy Movements and Self Government campaigners from 14 nations and regions in Europe. Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene were there - these are our highlights! 00:02:09 Intro: Greg McCarra SIC 00:02:27 Basque: Begotxu Olaizola Elordi 00:09:05 Catalonia: Anna Arque i So

Telling Scotland's Stories with Mairi Sutherland

Dec 05 2024 42 mins  
We meet independent film maker Mairi Sutherland who has been making independent Scottish films for more than 20 years. Mairi has credits as Producer, Director, Screen Writer including the award winning film Red Rose, about the life and mysterious early death of Robert Burns at the age of 37. Mairi tells us about the making of the film back in 2004 and the changes she has seen in th