Podcast appearances and mentions of bella caledonia

Scottish Independence Podcast - YesCowal and IndyLive Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 61:38

In this episode we focus entirely on Ukraine. The escalation of Russian actions, the reaction of the EU to the crisis, and whether the UK's rhetoric is matched by action.Lesley reflects on the experience of Finland's relationship with the former Soviet Union , and now Russia, post the invasions in the aftermath of the Winter War. Will Putin risk another Afghanistan if dragged into an unexpected war of attrition or will he look for a "Finlandisation" settlement?Meanwhile the EU is taking unprecedented measures to support Ukraine militarily, welcome refugees, and is even considering fast tracking them into full membership. The UK ,while working with the EU,USA and Canada,on excluding Russian banks from SWIFT, seems stronger on rhetoric and self promoting visuals than assistance to Ukrainians fleeing the war.We also evaluate what impact if any the blows to the Russian economy, through the extension of sanctions, will have on Putin's policies.The conflict has also revealed significant racism not only in terms of the treatment of black and Asian refugees trying to escape Ukraine but also in the coverage of the conflict by major news outlets.The Tory Party and its relationship with Russian donors with strong links to the Putin regime has been thrown into sharp relief yet again by recent events. Will there be a clean up of the sewer of Russian influence on UK politics?Alex Salmond has suspended his show on Russia Today. RT is currently under investigation by OFCOM over its coverage of the Ukraine invasion. Lesley believes suspension isn't enough, quitting RT is the only moral decision to make.Bella Caledonia has just published an anthology containing "some of the best writing from Scotland in the last fourteen years combining new and established writers. It includes some classic contributions from 2014 that went viral at the time of the independence referendum as well as reflecting the themes and obsessions that have been our focus since then."It's genuinely well worth the read, and the contributions are as relevant now as they were then.https://leamingtonbooks.com/bella-caledonia★ Support this podcast ★

The Big Indy Debate

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 80:33

Organised by the Edinburgh Yes Hub, the Big Indy Debate took place at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh on 21st September. It was an excellent evening's entertainment with music and satire as well as debate. The core of the event was a debate panel chaired by Lesley Riddoch. Panel members were Robin McAlpine from Commonweal, Colin Fox from SSP, Michelle Thomson SNP MSP, Gillian Mackay Scottish Green MSP, Selma Rahman Edinburgh WFI and Mike Small from Bella Caledonia. This podcast focuses on the questions for the panel and their answers. The whole event is available to view on Independence Live's Youtube channel.

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SCOTONOMICS Ep Six. Food Sovereignty

Scottish Independence Podcast - YesCowal and IndyLive Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 19:51

William Thomson and Kairin van Sweeden talk to Mike Small, Editor of Bella Caledonia and Author of "Scotland's Local Food Revolution" about Scotland's food security and food sovereignty. 00:12 Scotland has such huge food resources so why are we not food sovereign? 00:58 Obstacles to food sovereignty in Scotland 02:02 How do we improve matters - and the "Fife diet" 03:23 A need for more connection between farmers and the community in Scotland 04:25 Breaking down food sovereignty 06:00 The impact of the IPCC report and the opportunity to do things differently 06:57 Can we really double the size of the Scottish Food and Drink industry in Scotland? 08:30 Export powerhouse Scotland can't square the circle with net-zero Scotland 09.25 Can Scotland really have food sovereignty without independence? 11:00 The hugely negative role and impact of supermarkets in Scotland 13:00 The need for more connections between farmers and the community in Scotland (part two) 14:00 We have an artificial food chain 14:45 The link between provenance and carbon 15:20 How we build more food sovereignty 16:10 Mike's book Scotland's Local Food Revolution Book https://www.amazon.es/Scotlands-Local... 17:45 How do we confront landed power? 19:25 BREXIT and COVID have highlighted Scotland's lack of food resilience and lack of food sovereignty.

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Legacy iScotland Panel Debate 2013

Aye Right Radio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2020 45:28

Legacy iScotland Panel Debate 2013 An ‘as live’ recording by ‘3 Men In A Blog’ Behind the camera Stewart Lochhead… Featuring… Kevin Williamson ( Rebel Inc, Bella Caledonia, Neu Reekie ), Duncan Hothersall ( Labour Hame, New Statesman, Business) , Iain McGill ( Conservative Politician, Street Soccer, Business), Norrie Stewart ( Aye Right Radio, Leith FM, Artist/Cartoonist, Business). Note the date and the balance on the panel between YES and NO.

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#5 The Forfar milk thief (Get Duked)

Krusty's Third Nipple

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 83:46

A feast of recommendations for dark comedy fans as our first guest Connor Beaton shares his Kintsugi attempts, Kieran cracks open the Christmas jukebox and Tarig takes on Darren to debate the Snyder Cut in ‘Don in 60 Seconds'. For the main event, we grab our extremely sharp forks and hallucinogenic rabbit droppings as we delve into the 2019 film Get Duked and Connor recalls his interview with director Ninian Doff. In this episode, we discuss: Guilt https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0009qm4/guilt Rake https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/70301553 Diego Maradona https://www.channel4.com/programmes/diego-maradona Attack the Block https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478964/ What we do in the Shadows (film https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3416742/ and TV series https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7908628/), Restless Natives https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089904/ The Great Hip Hop Hoax https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1464783/ Kieran's Christmas jukebox choice is Little Drummer Boy from the Dandy Warhols https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuaiLIUQz5M Connor's Bella Caledonia article can be read here: https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2020/09/04/get-duked/ Get in touch with us via Twitter @KrustysNipple with any questions or film suggestions and we'll give you a mention in the next episode. Our main topic next time is Connor's choice of Sorry to Bother You https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80240589?source=35 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krustysnipple/message

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The lies have it

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 57:25

In this week's episode we begin, inevitably, with the biggest story of the political week, the Dominic Cummings affair. Just how will it play with the swathe of new,northen English,Tory voters? In Scotland,even before Cummingsgate, Nicola Sturgeon's ratings sored in polls over her handling of the Covid crisis to over 80% while Boris Johnson's plummeted to 30%. Will this prove the Rubicon for previous opponents of Scottish independence. Plus, has the coverage of Cummings by both the BBC and ITV revealed the all too cosy relationship between polticians and lobby correspondents? Care homes have been at the centre of excess deaths during the pandemic. Have they been left too long in the hands of shadowy off shore conglomerates and will this be a wake up call for reform up here? We return to the Andy Wightman amendments on rent freezes which we discussed last week. Sadly they fell. George Kerevan's article in Bella Caledonia suggests that the Scottish government is putting the interests of corporate Build to Let landlords over those of their tenants. Along the way there's also Call Kaye and my dodgy front teeth.

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Special Edition – The Price of Life

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 11:24

Since the last episode of Notes From Underground was published, a lot has happened in the world. As the Coronavirus pandemic reaches into all of our lives, this special episode is a reflection on the encounter to which it is bringing us – a collective encounter with parental mortality on a planetary scale.Notes From Underground began in November 2019 as an essay series and podcast in which Dougald Hine (co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project) explores the deep roots of the new climate movements, the dark knowledge of climate change and the initiatory journey into which people are increasingly drawn by the encounter with this knowledge.The regular series of Notes From Underground is produced in collaboration with Bella Caledonia. This episode is a one-off collaboration with the Dark Mountain Project.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

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010 – The Cost of Knowing

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 59:13

The climate art of Cape Farewell, Ian McEwan's novel Solar and the oil industry connections of Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand all come under scrutiny in episode 10 of Notes From Underground.This is a series of essays from Dougald Hine (co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project), exploring the deep context of the new climate movements. The first six episodes traced a series of lines from the moment of Extinction Rebellion and the school strikes, back into the longer history of industrial society and its unacknowledged consequences. In the sequence that began with episode seven, the theme is 'knowing what we know': the encounter with the knowledge of climate change, not as a set of facts that can be held at arm's length, but an experience of knowing that leaves us changed.Notes From Underground is produced in collaboration with Bella Caledonia. You can support the making of this series by going to:https://www.patreon.com/dougaldSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

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009 – Crossing the Threshold

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 36:25

Even when we know the facts of climate change, we don't seem to act as if we know – that's the observation from the sociologist Kari Norgaard which starts this week's essay in the Notes From Underground series. The theatre maker Chris Goode suggests that the difficulty might be that we lack 'a living-space in which to fully know what we know'. And the similarity between these two thoughts sets us on a journey across the threshold from knowledge to knowing.It's a journey that takes in the history of written language, the persistence of indigenous ways of knowing in the face of systematic cultural destruction, and the way that modern science tangles with all of this.In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project) invites listeners into the darkness of knowing a thing like climate change and the ways this knowledge changes us. The first six episodes of the series followed different threads into the labyrinth, starting from the new wave of awareness and activism around the climate crisis that emerged over the past eighteen months. Now, in the second part of the series, we're headed deeper into the strangeness of 'knowing what we know'.Notes From Underground is produced in collaboration with Bella Caledonia. You can support the making of this series by going to:https://www.patreon.com/dougaldSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

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008 – The Lab and the Play

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 20:54

This week's essay looks at the production of scientific knowledge about climate change and what we do with that knowledge. It's about the history of the relationship between science and the environmental movement, and it's about my own experiences when I was commissioned to collaborate with a climate scientist on writing a play.In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project) invites listeners into the darkness of knowing a thing like climate change and the ways this knowledge changes us. The first six episodes of the series followed different threads into the labyrinth, starting from the new wave of awareness and activism around the climate crisis that emerged over the past eighteen months. Now, in the second part of the series, we're headed deeper into the strangeness of 'knowing what we know'.Notes From Underground is produced in collaboration with Bella Caledonia. You can support the making of this series by going to:https://www.patreon.com/dougaldSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

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004 – Emergency Democracy

Last Born In The Wilderness

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 17:10

'When you organise politically to demand a declaration of emergency, you cannot avoid the question of democracy. If such a declaration means anything, then it marks a fork in the road. It says that our existing political systems have failed, that they have been no match for the scale of the crisis, and this seems hard to refute. But having acknowledged their failure, two paths remain: more democracy, or less.'This week's episode of Notes From Underground is a reflection on what it means to call for a declaration of climate emergency, one of the distinctive demands of the new climate movements. Just last week, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary declared 'climate emergency' their word of the year, one marker of the extraordinary momentum which has gathered around this language over the past twelve months. So this is an invitation to think harder and speak more clearly about what it means to organise around such a demand.In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project) invites us to go deeper into the context of the new climate movements and what they tell us about the moment in which we find ourselves. This is a weekly series, running through the winter of 2019/20. You can read the essays at Bella Caledonia, watch them on YouTube, or listen to them as a podcast.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

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Dougald Hine: Dark Passage

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2019 8:59

This is a segment of episode #222 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Dark Materials: They Didn't Want You To Panic w/ Dougald Hine.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWhine Read Dougald’s ‘Notes From Underground’ series at Bella Caledonia: http://bit.ly/2Ds76r6 In this segment of my discussion with Dark Mountain Project co-founder and writer Dougald Hine, we discuss his new writing series ‘Notes From Underground,’ published weekly at Bella Caledonia, that explores "the deep context of the new climate movements that have surfaced since mid-2018." As Dougald notes in his article ‘Al Gore Didn’t Want You to Panic,’ the first of his series at Bella Caledonia: “What kind of process is it, then, that has been underway this past year? Here’s what I’ve been picking up from the people I meet, the audiences I speak to and the stories that come back to me: on a scale not seen before, people are having an encounter with climate change not as a problem that can be solved or managed, made to go away, or reconciled with some existing arc of progress, but as a dark knowledge that calls our path into question, that starts to burn away the stories we were told and the trajectories our lives were meant to follow, the entitlements we were brought up to believe we had, our assumptions about the shape of history, the kind of world we were born into and our place within it.” (http://bit.ly/34lnMwl) In this discussion, we explore this uncharted territory that we have collectively entered into, to which Dougald has rightfully defined as “some kind of initiatory process.” What does it mean, in a time of compounding and accelerating crises (climatologically, ecologically, socially), to undergo a process of initiatory rites? For those of us that are cognizant of the general spirit of the times we are in, what can we do to provide the resources, spaces, and structures to further grapple with the “dark material we were carrying all along?” Dougald Hine is the co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project, and the founder of Spacemakers. In the summer of 2019, after ten years with Dark Mountain, Dougald handed over his editorial and organizational responsibilities. He is currently focusing on writing and his latest project ‘a school called HOME,’ made in collaboration with his partner Anna Björkman. Dougald grew up in the north-east of England, and is now settled in central Sweden. WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior [Music: "Miguk'asha" by Eijra Woon, from the album Fae: https://eijrawoon.bandcamp.com]

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#222 | Dark Materials: They Didn't Want You To Panic w/ Dougald Hine

Last Born In The Wilderness

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 131:17

[Intro: 11:55 | Outro: 1:31:02] In this episode, I speak with Dark Mountain Project co-founder and writer Dougald Hine. We discuss his new writing series ‘Notes From Underground,’ published weekly at Bella Caledonia, that explores "the deep context of the new climate movements that have surfaced since mid-2018." As Dougald notes in his article ‘Al Gore Didn’t Want You to Panic,’ the first of his series at Bella Caledonia: “What kind of process is it, then, that has been underway this past year? Here’s what I’ve been picking up from the people I meet, the audiences I speak to and the stories that come back to me: on a scale not seen before, people are having an encounter with climate change not as a problem that can be solved or managed, made to go away, or reconciled with some existing arc of progress, but as a dark knowledge that calls our path into question, that starts to burn away the stories we were told and the trajectories our lives were meant to follow, the entitlements we were brought up to believe we had, our assumptions about the shape of history, the kind of world we were born into and our place within it.” (http://bit.ly/34lnMwl) In this discussion, we explore this uncharted territory that we have collectively entered into, to which Dougald has rightfully defined as “some kind of initiatory process.” What does it mean, in a time of compounding and accelerating crises (climatologically, ecologically, socially), to undergo a process of initiatory rites? For those of us that are cognizant of the general spirit of the times we are in, what can we do to provide the resources, spaces, and structures to further grapple with the “dark material we were carrying all along?” Dougald and I explore this territory in this episode. Dougald Hine is the co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project, and the founder of Spacemakers. In the summer of 2019, after ten years with Dark Mountain, Dougald handed over his editorial and organizational responsibilities. He is currently focusing on writing and his latest project ‘a school called HOME,’ made in collaboration with his partner Anna Björkman. Dougald grew up in the north-east of England, and is now settled in central Sweden. [The episode also features a discussion between Elliot Robinson (the question featured in the introduction), social anthropologist Dr. Khalil Avi (featured in episode #220: http://bit.ly/LBWavi), and permaculture designer Tao Orion (author of ‘Beyond the War on Invasive Species’: http://bit.ly/2DE8WFA). This discussion can also be found here: http://bit.ly/elliot-tao-avi] Episode Notes: - Read Dougald’s ‘Notes From Underground’ series at Bella Caledonia: http://bit.ly/2Ds76r6 - Learn more about his work at his website: http://dougald.nu - Learn more about his project ‘a school called HOME’: https://aschoolcalledhome.org - Learn more about The Dark Mountain Project: https://dark-mountain.net - The songs featured in this episode are “Birds of Paradise” and “Steps and Numbers” by The Appleseed Cast from the album Low Level Owl, Vol. 1. WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

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003 – Is There Hope?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 14:50

'If there is any hope worth having, in a time when we are rightly haunted by the thought of an "uninhabitable Earth", then I don't believe it lies in the triumph of reason, nor in the recovery of an imagined past. If I have any clue where it lies, I'd say it's in the difficult work of learning to feel and think together again...'This week's episode starts in Stockholm in the autumn of 2017, as two prominent Swedish professors meet to debate the question: 'Is there hope?' The rhetoric used that night sets off strange echoes of an old argument about the history of English poetry – and sparks thoughts about what happens when science and reason are elevated into objects of faith, and how this laid the ground in which the poisoned seeds of climate denial could grow.In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project) invites us to go deeper into the context of the new climate movements and what they tell us about the moment in which we find ourselves. This is a weekly series, running through the winter of 2019/20. You can read the essays at Bella Caledonia, watch them on YouTube, or listen to them as a podcast.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

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002 – Pulling Out the Tablecloth

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 11:26

'The need for economic growth is a social construct, not a law of nature, but this construct is the tablecloth on which our current society has been arranged. The question we face, as the 2020s come around, is whether we can pull the tablecloth out fast enough without smashing all the plates and glasses?'In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project) invites us to go deeper into the context of the new climate movements and what they tell us about the moment in which we find ourselves. This week's episode asks what happens when the incompatibility of economic growth and ecological viability becomes speakable in the corridors of power.Notes From Underground is a weekly series, running through the winter of 2019/20. You can read the essays at Bella Caledonia, watch them on YouTube, or listen to them as a podcast.To support the making of this work, go to Dougald's Patreon page.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

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001 – Al Gore Didn't Want You To Panic!

Not Another Fake NewsCast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 14:08

The last time the climate crisis was getting this much attention, it was Al Gore striding on stage to talk us through the high-end PowerPoint presentation of An Inconvenient Truth. From Greta Thunberg to Gail Bradbrook to Jem Bendell, the strange collection of public figures at the centre of the new climate movements have little in common with Al Gore. They don't have a neat story about how it can all be OK. Their voices are powerful because we can hear their fear.In Notes From Underground, Dougald Hine (co-founder of The Dark Mountain Project) invites us to go deeper into the context of these movements and what they tell us about the moment in which we find ourselves. This first episode traces a route from Stockholm in August 2018, through the advice that Extinction Rebellion didn't take from climate communications experts, to the question of what an Alcoholics Anonymous for a whole culture would look like.Notes From Underground is a weekly series, running through the winter of 2019/20. You can read the essays at Bella Caledonia, watch them on YouTube, or listen to them as a podcast.To support the making of this work, go to Dougald's Patreon page.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/dougald)

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NAFNC - Interview with Mike Small from Bella Caledonia on Scottish politics

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2018 72:50

A very special episode of NAFNC where we discuss the Independence movement with one of the most recognised proponents from the last 10 years. Mike Small is the Chief editor and the driving force behind Bella Caledonia which is a highly acclaimed contributor of pro Independence media in Scotland. we discuss where the movement is going and what current politics in the UK means for Scotland. you can find us as ever on social media @PGMcast and contact us directly via email on info@notanotherfakenewscast.com have a look at our website for previous episodes and articles from guest writers at www.NotAnotherFakeNewsCast.com

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A little night musing

Cominciamo Bene - Le interviste

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2018 48:11

This day early podcast is brought to you courtesy of my gallivanting off to Wales tomorrow(Thursday) morning. Lesley returns to the continuing story of land ownership in Scotland and the rights (or lack of them) of tenant farmers. Labour's Scottish conference in Dundee and the potential rebellion of Kezia Dugdale and Ian Murray leads us down the byways of speculation over Brexit, Labour's squaring of electoral circles north and south of the border and allotments (trust me it made sense at the time). Plus, I have my say on Labour voting independence supporters, like Cat Boyd. A beautifully written article in Bella Caledonia by Clare Galloway allows us to discuss the role, impact, and cost of alcohol in Scotland. We ask will Sky come to regret its poll on the most influential women in British history as Nicola Sturgeon and Mhairi Black lie first and third with only two hours left to vote? Tomorrow is International Women's Day and we finish with reflections on Mhairi Black's passionate, articulate, and deeply personal speech on misogyny at Westminster earlier today.

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Mike Small | Scozia, uscire dal Regno Unito per rimanere nell'Unione europea | 23-03-2017

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2017 9:16

Mercoledì 29 marzo comincerà il percorso di uscita del Regno Unito dalla Comunità europea.In quella data, infatti, Londra invierà a Bruxelles una lettera, firmata dalla premier Theresa May, nella quale si chiederà l’attivazione del meccanismo previsto dall’articolo 50 del trattato sull'Unione europea, che, secondo la definizione ufficiale, «prevede un meccanismo di recesso volontario e unilaterale di un paese dall'Unione europea».Mike Small, editor della rivista scozzese Bella Caledonia e curatore di Scotland 2021, un libro che prova a tracciare l’immediato orizzonte scozzese all’inizio del prossimo decennio, racconta che «il 62% degli abitanti aveva votato per rimanere nell’Unione europea, e l’avvio del processo di Brexit viene vissuto come un nuovo deficit di democrazia contro gli scozzesi. Nei prossimi due giorni a Edimburgo il parlamento scozzese discuterà e voterà per tenere un nuovo referendum».

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Mike Small | Scozia, uscire dal Regno Unito per rimanere nell'Unione europea | 23-03-2017

Cominciamo Bene - Le interviste

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2017 9:16

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ScotIndyPod 132 - Danny McGregor

Apolitical - a Scottish politics podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2016 30:38

For the 132nd episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast, I got in touch with Danny McGregor.Danny is a member of the Scottish Greens and is campaigning for Indyref 2. He also recently wrote an article for Bella Caledonia in which he talked about the various possibilities for the timing of the second independence referendum. There are those that think we have to seize the moment of uncertainty that exists now. Others suggest that we have to wait until the polls are steadily showing a large lead for yes.These are difficult options to juggle, and they were the main focus of our discussion.Also, if you remember episode 129 in which I interviewed lots of people at the March for Indy, I found some interviews that were accidentally not included in that special episode (they were in a different folder), and wanted to put them on one of the shows, so they are in this one. Those interviews include one Bob Duncan, who you may know from BBC Scotlandshire.Hope you enjoy.LINKShttps://twitter.com/dannym_1984https://twitter.com/mgreenwellhttp://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2016/08/15/unleashing-scotland-resisting-the-chorus-of-caution/http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast

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#36: Robin McAlpine

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2016 80:52

In Episode 36 of Apolitical we welcome Robin McAlpine as our fifth guest of Season 2. Robin is the Director of Common Weal and has written for a variety of publications, including Bella Caledonia and CommonSpace, on a wide range of topics. Amongst the topics we discuss with Robin on the podcast are: • His introduction to […] The post #36: Robin McAlpine appeared first on Apolitical Podcast.

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#36: Robin McAlpine

Apolitical - a Scottish politics podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2016

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Lorna Miller

Drawn Out Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2015 38:20

In Episode 5 we chat with Lorna Miller. Lorna’s recent work focuses on editorial cartooning and can be seen in Private Eye, Morning Star, Bella Caledonia and on the new investigative journalism site ‘The Ferret‘. Other outlets for Lorna’s work include cartoons drawn for Hastings Independent Press and for the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom. […] The post Lorna Miller appeared first on Drawn Out Podcast.

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Lorna Miller

Drawn Out Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2015

In Episode 5 we chat with Lorna Miller. Lorna's recent work focuses on editorial cartooning and can be seen in Private Eye, Morning Star, Bella Caledonia and on the new investigative journalism site ‘The Ferret‘. Other outlets for Lorna's work include cartoons drawn for Hastings Independent Press and for the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom. […] The post Lorna Miller appeared first on Drawn Out Podcast.

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Critics Mark Fisher and Neil Cooper on Edinburgh 2015

British Theatre Guide podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2015 28:04

BTG's Philip Fisher talks with theatre critics Mark Fisher and Neil Cooper about their picks of this year's Fringe and International Festivals. The productions discussed include 887 by Robert Lepage and The Encounter by Simon McBurney in EIF and, in the Edinburgh Fringe programme, the Jennifer Tremblay Trilogy at Assembly Roxy and Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour at the Traverse. Mark Fisher is an Edinburgh-based freelance journalist and critic specialising in theatre and the arts who writes for The Guardian, Scotland on Sunday and The Scotsman. He is the author of The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide: how to make your show a success and How to Write About Theatre: A Manual for Critics, Students and Bloggers. Neil Cooper is an arts writer and critic based in Edinburgh who currently writes for The Herald, The Quietus, The List and Scottish Art News and has written for Bella Caledonia and Product. He has contributed chapters to The Suspect Culture Book and to Dear Green Sounds: Glasgow's Music Through Time and Buildings.

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ScotIndyPod 109 - Dr Iain Black

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2015 30:29

For the 109th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast I spoke with Dr Iain Black of Heriot-University and also of Yes Edinburgh North & Leith. Iain has been conducting some research which you can take part in online either on Bella Caledonia or at Common Space.http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2015/06/29/yes-campaign-survey/https://commonspace.scot/articles/1823/professor-launches-online-study-into-motivations-of-scottish-independence-activist-groupsAs the page on Bella Caledonia says, the research is..."an academic survey to capture who took part in the Yes campaign, what they did and why they took part. The results will be published widely and shared with the main Yes supporting groups to help them understand their volunteers and to understand who changed politics in Scotland."Our conversation took in the academic work, his personal feelings on the matter of Scottish Independence and how he keeps the two things separate.Oh and he passed up an open goal as well, but you'll have to listen to find out what that was.Hope you enjoy…http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/

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ScotIndyPod 107-Chris Cairns&Greg Moodie

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2015 39:16

For the 107th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast I spoke with Chris Cairns & Greg Moodie. Chris and Greg have come to prominence in recent years with their cartoons and illustrations depicting the various actors and their activities on the Scottish and UK political stages, and you'll probably have seen their work on Wings Over Scotland, Bella Caledonia and many other places.I asked them both if they became politicised before beginning their artwork or if it was the other way round. We talked about where the inspiration for the work comes from and whether it is fair to kick someone when they are down. Chris had something to say about the downplaying of the electoral earthquake that hit us a month or so ago too.We also threw in something about Steve Bell.Finally, as usual, I asked them why they support Scottish Independence.Hope you enjoy…

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2014 Review - A to F

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2014 34:29

This special series of @lesleyriddoch podcasts tries to cram the year into A to Z. This one concentrates on A to F; from MPs in boiler suits to villages with big impacts. We also learn why Brian Cox is a sweet heart and which MEP Lesley went to school with. Alloa, Bella Caledonia, Commonwealth Games, Co-op Farmers and more are here in the first of this series of holiday break podcasts.

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ScotIndyPod 65 - George Gunn

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2014 38:56

"I believe there's a space in Europe, it's an empty space, and it's shaped like Scotland."For the 65th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast I spoke with George Gunn and if you want another juicy quote from it try the following..."The real labour party doesn't exist. That's a kind of Anti-Brigadoon that we could live without."George is a poet and playwright who, amongst other things, has also produced for BBC radio, writes over at Bella Caledonia and has been a deep sea fisherman and a north sea oil worker.We talked about his new play 3000 Trees, which will be on at the festival this summer, and its relevance to the indy debate. There's some pretty worrying material in there.Secondly we talked about worrying material, notably the nuclear stuff being dumped all around Scotland, but particularly near his neck of the woods.We got on to the festival itself and the Scottish cultural scene and some of the problems therein and finally we talked about why George supports Independence for Scotland and some of what he would hope to see happen in the new independent country.Hope You EnjoyLINKShttp://3000trees.com/http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/https://twitter.com/mgreenwell

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Are we invisible?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2014 34:50

Scotland is the midst of a constitutional debate and our near neighbours seem to have no opinions, according to Lesley in Newsnet Scotland. We discuss some of the reasons. One of the ideas to enliven the debate was a TV Debate. If David Cameron won’t face Alex Salmond for a variety of reasons, are there better choices? How about lining up celebrities? Eddi Reader, Eddie Izzard, Kevin Bridges, Jim Davidson, Brian Cox and George Galloway are the names in the frame. We also touch on a great piece by Pat Kane in the excellent Bella Caledonia ( as ever ) and discover a new leftish movement out there; Mair nor a rock wind.

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ScotIndyPod 40 - Stewart Bremner

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2013 33:16

For the 40th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast I spoke with Stewart Bremner, who is a graphic artist, illustrator and designer. He's been involved in the Scottish independence debate in a number of ways, making posters for Bella Caledonia, making an excellent short video called When I Was A Child (it's at the start of the podcast too).We talked about his work and why they don't often stress the historical and cultural angles in the debate.We also talked about the political poster as an art form. Has it had its day?Hope you enjoy…LINKShttp://www.stewartbremner.co.uk/http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/https://twitter.com/stewartbremnerhttps://twitter.com/mgreenwell

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For A' That 30 - Full Frontal

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2013 45:24

For episode 30 of the For A' That podcast I was joined by former Scottish Socialist Party MSP and member of Women For Indy, Carolyn Leckie and New Statesman contributor and co-editor of Bella Caledonia, James Maxwell. Andrew wasn't with us as he had some wetlands to vex.Our discussion started with the accusations this week that all is not as it seems with Labour For Indy. Is it a front group, is the hand of the SNP behind it? Carolyn and Jamie seemed to feel the whole story says more about our media than it does about the group itself.We moved on to the Unions and their reticence to get involved officially so far.Salmond's interview on Russia Today provoked a little discussion, and not just about what he actually said.We discussed the form of democracy Scotland should take after Indy. For example, should there be further referendums on issues like monarchy and currency? Should the parliament be unicameral or bicameral. If there is a second chamber, how could that be organised?Finally, we spoke about James' recent article in which he suggested that aside from damaging (or not) the Yes campaign, the campaign of Better Together is just generally damaging.

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For A' That 28 - Dons, Docus & Duress

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2013 41:35

So we're back from our two and a half week break and this time we had Callum McCormick as guest. Callum is a contributor to Bella Caledonia and a PhD student.Up for discussion were the SNP and Mark McDonald's victory last night in the Donside by-election. What can we take out of this? Good news for the SNP? What does it say that the turnout was as low as 38%? Did UKIP do well or badly?Secondly we had a chat about the Road To Referendum documentaries that have recently been shown on STV. A good attempt or were there important omissions from the narrative?Finally, William Hague came up to Edinburgh yesterday to tell everyone how lovely and spiffing every else seems to think the UK is. Did you find him convincing?

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ScotIndyPod 23 - Jonathon Shafi

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2013 29:12

For episode 23 of The Scottish Independence Podcast I spoke with Jonathon Shafi. He is a co-founder of the Radical Indy group and a contributor to different sites, including Bella Caledonia.We talked about the opportunities that the left see in Independence, more specifically, how an Independent Scotland could not only improve things for the people that lived there, but also be a beacon to other nations.We got on to what sometimes seems a confused position from some on the left, on the responsibility groups in one nation have towards one another and how best they could support each other.And of course we obviously got on to the Radical Indy group itself and how it got started, how it organises and how in some ways it dovetails with the official Yes campaign and in other ways no.LINKShttps://twitter.com/Jonathon_Shafihttp://radicalindependence.org/https://twitter.com/Radical_Indyhttps://twitter.com/mgreenwellhttp://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com

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ScotIndyPod 21 - Alan Bissett

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2013 43:39

Yesterday, for episode 21 of the Scottish Independence Podcast I spoke with Scottish writer Alan Bissett.Alan is the author of numerous books and plays but made an entrance onto the political scene, and in particular the debate surrounding the Independence Referendum, with the publication of his poem Vote Britain, which almost immediately went viral.Since then he has been speaking at many campaign events as well as writing for websites such as Bella Caledonia and National Collective.In our conversation we mulled over why Alan supports Indy, how Vote Britain was written and the reaction to it and about the difficulties that expressing things in a way that might be considered too Scottish might bring for a writer or artist. This neatly led us on to the manufactured hullaballoo regarding Alasdair Gray's comments on the lack of Scots leading Scottish cultural institution and some ideas on James Kelman too.Furthermore, we talked about Alan entering into some debates on the subject of feminism and how this can be tricky territory for those born with a y chromosome.Finally, we talked about what Alan has coming up at the Edinburgh festival in the summer.Hope you enjoy…LINKShttp://alanbissett.com/http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.comhttps://twitter.com/mgreenwellhttps://twitter.com/alanbissett

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ScotIndyPod 16 - Clare Galloway

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2013 40:15

Back after the little break over the period, episode 16 of the Scottish Independence Podcast is here.This time I spoke to Clare Galloway who is an artist that has been involved in some notable projects, at home and abroad.About a year ago she wrote an article for Bella Caledonia called Lilliput Nation that began to cause a little bit of a stir and it is fair to say to she is quite an outspoken person, in fact, she says it herself in the interview.We talked about what she sees as some of the problems in the Scottish psyche and how these might be mended. There is a discussion about what could be seen as a new growth in positivity and creativity that has come with the independence debate. We also talked about her current project in Italy and why it might be easier to do such a thing there rather than in Scotland as it currently is.Hope you all enjoyLinkshttp://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/01/14/lilliput-nation/http://nationalcollective.com/2012/10/01/clare-galloway-it-is-time-that-scotland-shifted-up-a-gear/https://twitter.com/claregallowayhttp://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/https://twitter.com/mgreenwell

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For A' That 7 - Creative Recountancy

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2012 64:37

Another quartet for this week's For A' That podcast.This time the group comprised Andrew (or “him”), poet, activist and Bella Caledonia co-editor Kevin Williamson and Rory Scothorne who was a co-founder of the National Collective.We discussed the ongoing problems with Creative Scotland. This became a larger discussion about the cultural scene in Scotland and even the British Isles. We didn't think Jack Straw knows what he is talking about. We also had a word about how some artists and writers have been choosing sides in the indy debate and why some may feel reluctant to do so.Nicola Sturgeon's speech from this week was a topic and seemed to meet with broad approval. We discussed some of the interesting themes the speech brought up.Our last topic was the announcement that more than a million pounds will be given to various academics to study the possible effects of independence.I cannot of course talk about this episode without mentioning Andrew's flabbergasting suggestion about what should be done with unionists.http://lallandspeatworrier.blogspot.co.uk/http://nationalcollective.com/https://twitter.com/williamsonkevhttps://twitter.com/ScotlandThinkshttps://twitter.com/mgreenwellhttps://twitter.com/PeatWorrierhttp://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/

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For A' That - Episode 5 - All Aboard!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2012 41:57

For the fifth episode of the For A' That podcast we have ventured into a new area for us in that we had a 4-way discussion.Joining myself and Andrew this time were former Scottish Socialist MSP Carolyn Leckie and Mike Small the editor of Bella Caledonia.We discussed the goings on at the Radical Indy conference in Glasgow last Saturday and some of the media coverage thereof, the idea of voter registration campaigns before the referendum and the murky world of funding gets a look in again. We also discussed the necessity of having a serious dialogue about gender in Scotland. We also briefly discussed THAT flier. All Aboard!Linkshttps://twitter.com/carolynleckiehttp://bellacaledonia.org.uk/http://lallandspeatworrier.blogspot.co.uk/http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/

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ScotIndyPod 4 - Maxwell and Lamont