Scottish Independence Podcasts

First Minister Humza Yousaf held a short press conference to launch the publication of a  paper on  proposals for a written constitution for an independent Scotland. 

This is the fourth in the Buildi…

MPs John MacNally and Martyn Day are joined in their Westminster offices by guests  Bert McLennan and  Calum Cooper to discuss different kinds of democracy and electoral systems to be found in USA an…

An update on progress from Wilma and Judith, the irrepressible pair from InverYess who are masterminding this ambitious project.  Find out how it will work and how you can get involved.

Check out the…

Apart from half a dozen tourists watching the event on the big screen in Princes St Gardens, Coronation Day in Edinburgh was a very muted affair - unless you were up on iconic Calton Hill where Our R…

Our monthly round up of topical clips for May 23.

00:00:08  Intro

00:01:15  George Gunn poem on Calton Hill

00:04:16   Royal privileges petition

00:09:23   Jim Cassidy and Ann Mullin at AUOB

00:15:47…

We talk to film maker Jane McAllister about her documentary film To See Ourselves.

The film looks at the run up to the 2014 Scottish Independence vote and follows the tireless campaigning efforts of …

Most Scots seemed largely indifferent to the Coronation which was certainly not reflected in the wall to wall obsequiousness of the mainstream media offering.

Instead we decided to escape the TV to j…

Who wants a Scottish Republic? 

Our podcast team had a day out in Edinburgh recently to attend a meeting called For A Scottish Republic, with a panel including the Lorna slater and Patrick Harvie, co…

On the eve on the coronation, this week's podcast comes from a national forum meeting of the Radical Independence Campaign. 

Topics on the agenda include the preparations for the Not My King demonstr…

April's round up of topical clips from the world of Scottish politics. 

Regular host Fiona is joined by guest co-host James as we catch up on events at Holyrood, Westminster and further afield.  We a…

#MMT - Modern Monetary Theory - is the topic for this month's Mibbes Aye episode. Our guest is Jim Byrne who writes a series of economics articles for Bylines Scotland. Jim's articles give clear and …

An update on our previous show on Land Justice, with Loch Lomond once again under threat by a planning application which the locals are united against.

Listen to our original Land Justice episode her…

Introducing Aye Matters - podcast edit of a discussion hosted by two of our Scottish MPs  - Martyn Day and John McNally covering their experiences at Westminster as well as an insight into activities…

Another stormer of a month in Scottish politics, with the SNP leadership contest finally leading to the appointment of a new First Minister.

Join us for a round up of this and all the other highlight…

...or a pirate's dream come true?

With our guests Prof Alf Baird, Mike Robertson and Geordie Sandison, we explore the background, concept and complications of freeports.  We also ask whether the Scot…

John Drummond chats with Judith Reid, one of the team organising the Scottish Chain of Freedom event, an ambitious plan to have 75k people all holding hands all along the central belt canal system.  

Yes Glasgow South Side held a zoom event with Craig Dalzell,  Head of Policy at Commonweal and also co-author of this remarkable new book "Sorted - a handbook for a better Scotland"

Craig gives an ov…

We thought February might be a quiet month politically - how wrong we were!

We start the extraordinary month's round up at the Time for Scotland torchlit march and rally to mark the anniversary of th…

All you ever wanted to know about ferries but were afraid to ask!  Ignore all the unionist dog whistle politics where the word "ferry" is shorthand with failure and incompetence.  We have to be able …