Podcast appearances and mentions of billy kay

Send us a textEarlier this week, the programme for the Portobello Book Festival was launched. Throughout the first weekend in October, the library will be buzzing with writers launching new books, talking about them, discussing the work of others and laying bare what it means to be an author. This is the 16th Festival and is probably alone in the UK for being free. Tickets will be available from Monday but to get a feel for what will be on offer, David Calder spoke to Joanne Baird and her daughter Grace, now both trustees of this popular event.

A show chiefly in the Scottish dialect this week as we head to the Boswell Book Festival to talk to writer, broadcaster and language activist Billy Kay about his book Born in Kyle; poet, Scots language and mental-health advocate Len Pennie reads us some Poyums and we hear from the prolific author and now Knight of the Realm, Sir Alexander McCall Smith, plus, in the spirit of the festival, we find some memoirs in the RNIB library.

Welcome to Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 102.  Today, Pat chats with Billy Kay – writer, broadcaster, multi-award-winning producer and promoter of the Scots language. Billy has a new book called 'Born in Kyle: A Love Letter to an Ayrshire Childhood.' I recommend it wholeheartedly; we attended a recent event at Glasgow University where he read from it and regaled us with many hilarious tales from his childhood. Check out Billy's website for his full biography, more great books, and details about upcoming events. Links Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End Billy Kay Music by Jim Byrne  

An absolute treat in store for our latest episode as author and broadcaster Billy Kay joins some of the regulars on the podcast.  John, Charlie, Josh, Krys and Scott J are on as we reflect on Scotland's friendly against Netherlands and look ahead to our friendly against Northern Ireland. There is chat about selection issues as we get close to Euro 2024 and our recent form. Billy shares with us some stories of going to World Cups in the past watching Scotland with him being lucky enough to go to three tournaments in the 70s and 80s. He talks about his first Scotland game and being fortunate enough to see us defeat the auld enemy on a few occasions. We're privileged to hear billy read out a passage from the chapter, 'Valley Boays' from his book, 'Born in Kyle' which came out towards end of 2023. There is also some chat about how he became a Dundee United fan including derby day moments, European games and his thoughts on the current title race. The podcast concludes with some fun questions and one of best stories ever shared on the podcast about how an icon of the game took a fancy to one of his daughters. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Football Scotland league for the third season running. You can find them on Twitter Supernova Terracewear or Instagram @supernovaterracewear Tweet us @sffpodcastInstagram - sffpodcastFacebook - Scottish Football ForumsMastodon - @sffpodcast@mastodon.scotEmail - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

An absolute treat in store for our latest episode as author and broadcaster Billy Kay joins some of the regulars on the podcast.  John, Charlie, Josh, Krys and Scott J are on as we reflect on Scotland's friendly against Netherlands and look ahead to our friendly against Northern Ireland. There is chat about selection issues as we get close to Euro 2024 and our recent form. Billy shares with us some stories of going to World Cups in the past watching Scotland with him being lucky enough to go to three tournaments in the 70s and 80s. He talks about his first Scotland game and being fortunate enough to see us defeat the auld enemy on a few occasions. We're privileged to hear billy read out a passage from the chapter, 'Valley Boays' from his book, 'Born in Kyle' which came out towards end of 2023. There is also some chat about how he became a Dundee United fan including derby day moments, European games and his thoughts on the current title race. The podcast concludes with some fun questions and one of best stories ever shared on the podcast about how an icon of the game took a fancy to one of his daughters. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Football Scotland league for the third season running. You can find them on Twitter Supernova Terracewear or Instagram @supernovaterracewear Tweet us @sffpodcastInstagram - sffpodcastFacebook - Scottish Football ForumsMastodon - @sffpodcast@mastodon.scotEmail - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

I was delighted and excited to chat to Billy Kay: writer, broadcaster, multi-linguist, and champion of the Scots language - most notably through his book 'The Mither Tongue', which is quite rightly regarded as a classic of contemporary Scottish culture. Billy is a much-honored individual but, for many people, he came to prominence recently for his address to the Scottish parliament - the first ever to have been presented in Scots. Scots in the Scottish Parliament - heaven forbid! In this episode we chat about Billy's early life in his beloved Galston in Ayrshire, his education, his love of the Scots language and his passion for Scottish independence, which, as he sees it, is the only route to saving the language and culture of Scots. With his deep knowledge of Scottish history he effortlessly roams across several centuries of Scottish witers and characters: Burns, Sir Walter Scot, James Boswell, the painters JD Ferguson, Allan Ramsay and more. The thing about Billy is that - just talking to him - made me feel more intelligent than I am. that's a talent! Enjoy. Links Billy Kay. Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End. @glasgowswestend @billykayscot   Music by Jim Byrne

The local elections are upon us and we ask how democratic Scottish local government actually is.When compared to our Nordic and European neighbours the answer is, not very. Lesley reflects on this and wonders if the SNP is not just  missing an opportunity to create genuine local democracy but fertile ground for independence.https://www.nordichorizons.org/powerful-pint-sized-democracy-nordic-style/?fbclid=IwAR0bjcfd-SQtmLXZTFESU87tiAsjgNY5c-7fbOKkAEqGSGxsEDFwY0uTtCk We examine the performances of Sir Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar and question their electoral strategies both in Scotland and England. Likeability in Scotland,and being neither Boris Johnson nor Jeremy Corbyn in England, seem to be the tactics. Will this be enough to ensure any form of electoral success on Thursday?Billy Kay's recent address in Scots to the Scottish Parliament kicked off a storm over his use o the Mither Tongue. What is it about Scots that so upsets so many unionists?We also look at the ongoing non coverage by the BBC of the Michelle Mone PPE Medpro investigation and Andrew Marr's belief that unilateral nuclear disarmament is a vote loser if and when we get to indyref2.★ Support this podcast ★

Pro Wrestling Never Stops! Jakob & Josh are discussing The Recent NXT Releases, How Harland Should Have Been Booked, Previewing Wrestlemania Backlash, Billy Kay & Peyton Royce Leaving Impact Wrestling, Extremely Early Money In The Bank Predictions And Much More! Subscribe! SHXX

Steve Delaney – has created one of the funniest Radio & TV Sitcom Characters the UK has seen since David Brent.Count Arthur Strong dominated my TV in lockdown 2, Nina & I binged the lot… On todays show I talk to Steve about his favourites on TV & Radio growing up as well as inspirations for the Count including Steve's own Godfather and neighbour Billy Kay.We talk about his woodwork prop workshop at Leeds Playhouse and The Grand as well as the writing process for the radio and tv shows, working with Graham Linehan and Graeme Duff, Barry Cryer and Rory Kinnear.I loved hearing about his grafting on the Royal Mile at the Edinburgh Festival, you can hear the passion Steve has for Arthur and he has worked his heart out to bring Arthur Strong to our stage, screen & radio shows.He has turned down corporate bookings because of the love of his character and he's not the only one who loves this Variety Star who is slightly wrong in many ways but those ways are very very funny. Welcome to Eyes & Teeth Steve Delaney

Episode 119 of the Common Weal Policy PodcastYou can download the episode directly here.This week, Craig is joined by Susanne MacDonald who is the Policy Officer for Cultarlann Inbhir Nis, a charitable organisation attempting to create the first immersive Gaelic Language Hub and cultural centre in Inverness. They discuss the success of similar hubs in Ireland and Wales and how they can be used to revitalise and secure Scotland's Gaelic language amongst existing speakers while introducing it to non-speakers.You can find out more about Cultarlann Inbhir Nis at their Facebook page here.For more on Scotland's indigenous languages, you can listen to Craig's conversation with Billy Kay about the Scots language here.Common Weal's work is only possible thanks to our generous supporters who regularly donate an average of £10 per month. If you would like to help us build our vision of an All of Us First Scotland, you can do so here: https://commonweal.scot/product-category/support-us/The Policy Podcast would like to discuss all of Common Weal's policy papers in detail as well as other major policy stories in and around Scotland so if there are any topics that you would like to see covered or if you have an interesting policy story to tell and would like to be a guest on the show, please contact Craig at craig@common.scotYou can also find us on iTunes, Spotify, Castbox, Stitcher, Tunein, iHeart Radio and other major podcast aggregators.You can also add the podcast to your RSS feed using this link: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/264906.rssTheme"Hiding Your Reality" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Support the show (http://commonweal.scot/about/donate)

Episode 113 of the Common Weal Policy PodcastYou can download the episode directly here.This week, Craig is joined by Billy Kay. Writer, broadcaster and author of Scots: The Mither Tongue which has recently been released as an audiobook on Audible.Scots is the second largest of Scotland's extant indigenous tongues with over 1.5 million speakers across Scotland and more in the broader Scots diaspora.Once the primary language of court and law in Scotland it has been significantly eroded in use and prestige over several centuries both passively and by acts of deliberate repression.However, recent years have seen a revival of interest in the language and Billy tells us how we can promote it in the public sphere and, most importantly, to speak and write it with the same pride as anyone would use any other language we know.Common Weal's work is only possible thanks to our generous supporters who regularly donate an average of £10 per month. If you would like to help us build our vision of an All of Us First Scotland, you can do so here: https://commonweal.scot/product-category/support-us/The Policy Podcast would like to discuss all of Common Weal's policy papers in detail as well as other major policy stories in and around Scotland so if there are any topics that you would like to see covered or if you have an interesting policy story to tell and would like to be a guest on the show, please contact Craig at craig@common.scotYou can also find us on iTunes, Spotify, Castbox, Stitcher, Tunein, iHeart Radio and other major podcast aggregators.You can also add the podcast to your RSS feed using this link: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/264906.rssTheme"Hiding Your Reality" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Support the show (http://commonweal.scot/about/donate)

At the height of the annual celebrations of the life and work of Scotland's national bard, Robert Burns, Alex speaks to Scots language campaigner Billy Kay and the former MP for Burns Country in South Ayrshire, Jim Sillars, about the impact of Burns on political radicalism in Scotland and across the world.

Stuart and Eamonn are joined by writer and broadcaster, Billy Kay! This week - the cancellation of cultural events in Scotland, a news story about an Afghan family living in Scotland, reactions to the release of new JFK files and a listener question about social media. At the end of the show, Stuart, Eamonn and Billy share their personal media recommendations. To listen to the full hour-long episode, and for the list of media recommendations, join the Talk Media Club (99p per week + VAT): patreon.com/talkmedia After I've joined the club, how do I listen? Download the Patreon app (iOS/Android) and login with your account details. For more information about Talk Media, go to: www.thebiglight.com/talkmedia

On this edition of The Alliance Pro Wrestling Network Podcast, I discuss Carmela expressing her frustrations with the WWE's women's division, Andrade's 1st post WWE match against Alberto Del Rio, QPW's SuperSlam III which features big stars from the AEW, ROH and NJPW including Jon Moxley, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Will Ospreay, and EC3. Also- Aaron Henare the next NJPW superstar and Billy Kay gets a new name.

On this edition of The Alliance Pro Wrestling Network Podcast I discuss Quinn McKay making her ROH in ring debut May 8 against Angelina Love. Also - Could we see Peyton Royce and Billy Kay in Impact Wrestling?

This week Jason and Michael react to the recent releases of WWE superstars Billy Kay, Payton Royce and Samoa Joe. We also give our takes on things that happened this week on WWE and AEW Television. Join in on the conversation. Tweet us @LivYourGimmick

The Alliance Pro Wrestling Network discusses Samoa Joe, Kalisto, Peyton Royce, Billy Kay, Bo Dallas and the many others that were released today from the WWE. Also, I talk about which promotions we may see these new free agents end up.

Another early Dano film this time around as we talk L.I.E. with Amélie Thomas from the erotic thriller podcast, Fatal Attractions. L.I.E. stars Paul Dano, Brian Cox, Billy Kay, Bruce Altman and Walter Masterson. Our boy PFD won Best Debut Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards for his role as Howie Blitzer. You can find Amélie on Twitter (@TheOnlyCleoLuna). She co-hosts one of our favourite podcasts, Fatal Attractions along with Paul Costello, Matthew Turner and previous guest, Leslie Byron Pitt. Please drop us a Five Star Review us at Apple Podcasts. Find us on Twitter and Instagram (@ispauldanook), and drop us an email at ispauldanook@gmail.com  

Our host John Drummond's guest this week is Maria Joao Kay.  Originally from Portugal, Marie has lived in Scotland for over 40 years.  She teaches at St Andrews.  She is married to author Billy Kay and they have three children.  In this fascinating discussion she compares the relationship between Spain and Portugal to that of England and Scotland and describes what life was like before the revolution in Portugal which overthrew fascism and afterwards.  An eloquent, heart warming discussion.   

The Alex Salmond Show celebrates the birthday of Scotland’s national bard Robert Burns by featuring an upcoming book on Scottish working class hero Jimmy Reid, leader of the “work in” at Upper Clyde Shipbuilders 50 years ago. Reid was one of many world figures greatly influenced by the work of Burns. Alex interviews the author of the book, Brian McGeachan, and well known Burnsians broadcaster Billy Kay and Scottish singing legend Sheena Wellington.

WWE Royal Rumble 2021 is this Sunday! Ahead of the most exciting pay-per-view of the year I got to chat with Peyton Royce! In this interview we chat about the upcoming Women's Royal Rumble match, which is only her second, and how her journey has been like since the break up of the IIconics, plus she also shares her thoughts on what her former partner Billie Kay is doing over on Smackdown. Towards the end of this interview Billy Kay plays a round of the lightning round game, where she answers 10 random questions about herself. #PeytonRoyce #RoyalRumble --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/denise-salcedo/support

Thackrey tries to get some sleep and Bryan and Nick both have big plans for Billy Kay.

On this week's episode you get our Three Count of our favorite factions. We also talk about Legends night on Raw, The AEW Brodie Lee tribute show, as well as NXT and Smackdown. Stephen discusses his problems with the main event of Raw, and I lament the return of Goldberg. Billy Kay makes us laugh and WWE gives us more of a good thing with more Sasha/Carmella and Owens/Reigns. All this and a few predictions of what we think may happen this year in professional wrestling.Credit for Intro Music."All Things are Possible" by EvilDMThttps://sampleswap.org/mp3/song.php?id=756Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/positively-wrestling. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sorry about the delay! Hurricane Sandy put us down for a week BUT The Go Home Heat KId Rae and KP are back! Rae sits in for Justin this week as Smackdown and Raw are discussed! Roman is the head of the family! Jey gives the promo of his lifetime! Alexa turns to red! Seth infiltrates the mind of a Mysterio! Billy Kay could be your representative! And more! Listen Up!

Host John Drummond interviews Scottish writer, broadcaster and language activist Billy Kay in the latest episode of TNT: The Nation Talks This is the Indylive Radio podcast edit of the original Independence Live livestream Hear the next edition on Sundays at 11am, Tuesdays at 6pm A new voice for a new Scotland

The whole gang is here to deliver more wrestling goodness! Daniel, Andy, and Bonesaw breifly discuss the New Japan Cup, followed by an in depth look at Aew Double or Nothing (yeah we know it was a couple weeks ago, sue us) and NXT Takeover In Your House. Also, Backlash, I guess? Drew was totally there the entire time!

The 185th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast is a talk by Broadcaster, writer and activist and former guest on the show, Billy Kay, about Scottish identity.Have you ever noticed when you go abroad that the locals always seem to know what happened in 1437 in every wee nook and cranny of their town. Have you also noticed that this often isn't the case in Scotland? Why would that be? Kay explores this idea in the talk, but also provides some great stories from Scottish history, and there are a few revelations as well. For example, which UK Prime Minister may well have supported Scottish Independence?  Which SNP MSP alledges that she was followed around the Houses of Parliament in the dark by Scottish Labour MPs.Also, there's something about the special branch meddling in the Scottish Independence Movement.All that and more, hope you enjoy.http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/https://twitter.com/billykayscothttps://twitter.com/mgreenwellhttps://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast/http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6_LfMf1z6erDXSCHfw6_Bw/videos

On the 700th anniversary of the declaration of Arbroath, the Alex Salmond Show looks at Scotland’s very own independence declaration and discusses with professor Ted Cowan, singer Sheena Wellington and author Billy Kay how this medieval letter from the community of the realm of Scotland has impacted European and world history.

It's an outside broadcast this week as Lesley takes advantage of the sunny weather to join me from the back step of her cottage. Saturday saw the launch of the Declaration of Arbroath movie made by Lesley and filmmaker Charlie Stuart. This in the deafening silence surrounding the 700th anniversary from national  broadcasters,with the notable exception of Billy Kay's three part series on Radio Scotland. We try and pick apart why this lack of enthusiasm for such a seminal event at all levels of Scottish civil society. We rarely, in fact never, show much sympathy for Boris Johnson but his recent admission to an ICU with Covid 19 made us both reflect on the pernicious nature of the virus and what, if any, impact this experience may have on Johnson and his premiership. Sunday night saw the resignation of Scotland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Catherine Calderwood in controversial circumstances. Was this a case of, do as I say not as I do,hypocrisy or of a valuable public servant being unjustifiably hounded out of office? Keir Starmer has been elected as Labour Leader and reappointed Ian Murray as Scottish secretary. Jackie Baillie also defeated Matt Kerr to become Scottish Deputy Leader.Is this Labour going backwards to the future? As always there's all the other stuff and nonsense to be going on with as well.

Game of Spoilers The biggest series finale of the year happened last night and Frank can't wait to spoil it for you! Also, so many dumbasses we added a bonus segment! Also, we meet Billy Kay, our elderly listener who hates it when we make fun of elderly people....but we have a feeling he'll forget about it in a minute.  Support the show: https://podcave.app/subscribe/the-world-famous-frank-show-4eehjczc See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vick the Villain is joined by Old School Joel, Myzchief, and JP Savage as they recap the goods of this weeks' T.V, and also discuss the best feuds in the business in a chopped and screwed edit! Intros - :54 Raw - 2:20 Kurt opens the show - 2:56 Jinder & Owens vs Roman Reigns & Seth - 3:38 Lashley sister promo - 4:47 Ember Moon vs Bliss - 6:56 B Team on a roll - 8:02 Rousey's title shot - 9:22 Gable vs Ziggler - 16:03 Ellias vs Roode - 19:34 Strowman vs Balor - 19:45 Smackdown - 22:00 Miz TV - 22:01 Lana vs Billy Kay - 27:07 Cien Almas - 27:20 Styles Nakamura segment - 27:27 The Usos vs The Club - 28:45 Naomi vs Deville - 29:34 Jeff Hardy vs Daniel Bryan - 30:55 Fueds! - 32:18 HPC Top 5 - 1:00:45 CLOSING - 1:02:46

So NXT's sucess hasn't shyed away since its existance and has payed the main roster dividends by leaps and bounds with the amount of alumni now invading WWE's main roster's of Smackdown Live and WWE Raw. Also I Brian Rails reiterate how fun Pro wrestling revolver is going to be in Clive Iowa!

On this Wrestling 2 The Max: WWE Smackdown Live Review Brandon Biskobing and Elizabeth Pugliese discuss part 2 of the Superstar that occurred on the blue band.AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan take on Rusev and Aiden English in a tag team main event. Jey Uso vs Luke Harper. Jeff Hardy joins SDLive taking on Shelton Benjamin. Samoa Joe vs Sin Car! Asuka makes the save after Charlotte takes on Billy Kay. The Bar, NXT call ups and other trades announced.

On this Wrestling 2 The Max: WWE Smackdown Live Review Brandon Biskobing and Elizabeth Pugliese discuss part 2 of the Superstar that occurred on the blue band.AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan take on Rusev and Aiden English in a tag team main event. Jey Uso vs Luke Harper. Jeff Hardy joins SDLive taking on Shelton Benjamin. Samoa Joe vs Sin Car! Asuka makes the save after Charlotte takes on Billy Kay. The Bar, NXT call ups and other trades announced.

On this Wrestling 2 The Max: WWE Smackdown Live Review Brandon Biskobing and Elizabeth Pugliese discuss part 2 of the Superstar that occurred on the blue band. AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan take on Rusev and Aiden English in a tag team main event. Jey Uso vs Luke Harper. Jeff Hardy joins SDLive taking on Shelton Benjamin. Samoa Joe vs Sin Car! Asuka makes the save after Charlotte takes on Billy Kay. The Bar, NXT call ups and other trades announced.

NXT continues its dominance as new faces are now appearning on Raw and smackdown lvie.

The third edition of the Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast With Jason Powell features a discussion on the WWE Superstar Shakeup, the loaded Raw After WrestleMania 34, a newsworthy WWE Smackdown, and more with guest Brian Fritz of BetweenTheRopes.com (106:00)...

This week, it's me who's returned from a stravaig abroad. And you're about to find out more than you ever knew or wanted to know about the Vienna Settlers Movement, Red Vienna and the impact of them both on housing, culture, and democracy right through until the present day. What can it teach us about the relationship between popular movements and progressive local governments? We can't escape from Brexit, in so many ways, and Lesley ruthlessly dissects the recent Boris Johnson " Reach out to the Remainers" speech. She ignores his crass comments and focuses on the lack of content and blatant appeal to the emotions from Johnson and his band of Brexiteer Merrie Englanders. We speculate on Labour's recent policy statements on cooperative nationalisation and its potential appeal north and south of the border. The recent return of the in-proportion BBC weather map leads Lesley to discuss, well, weather forecasting. And, by various digressions, takes me to the Scottish visits of Corbyn, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and what links them.    All of the above plus, fungi, Billy Kay on Don Roberto, and two upcoming Nordic Horizons events.

IT'S WRASSLIN TALK!  We come after NXT Takeover with our thoughts on the show, and what is next for Royal Rumble. Picks, thoughts, the works.  We also lead into Wrestlemania with what we thing could happen as well. Were talking wrasslin, some come talk with us dammit!  1-347-857-1060.

Did you know that it isn't only Scotland that has "the cringe"? They have it in other places too, it just goes by a different name.For the 139th (sort of) episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast I spoke with Billy Kay, and the above is only one of the subjects we talked about.Billy has for years been writing, broadcasting and producing material on Scottish Culture and Scots language, for the BBC and internationally, and is often to be seen giving talks around the country. He also currently has a show you can listen to on the iplayer... Scotland's Black History.I asked him to come on because he is one of the best qualified people to talk about the importance of building confidence in Scottish culture, and how that plays into the campaign for Scottish Indepence.At the end of the episode there is also a little Robert-the-Brucie bonus, which regards this.Hope you enjoy.LINKShttp://www.billykay.co.ukhttp://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/https://twitter.com/billykayscothttps://twitter.com/billykayscothttps://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/on-russia-today/https://twitter.com/mgreenwellhttps://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast

Is it possible to think of Scotland outside Europe? Our special guest this week is author, presenter and social historian Billy Kay, who argues that our relationship with Europe is so intertwined with our history – stretching long before the Act of Union – that it would be unnatural to turn our back on the Continent. Billy points out that Scottish sea trade with the Baltic states, Scandinavia and Russia was crucial to our merchants long before the 18th century. We have long links with Russia and Poland, so much so that Scottish societies of merchants existed there in the 1500s. He points also to the influence of the Scottish Enlightenment on French educational history, and long links to Italian and French places of study. Today’s podcast is a valuable discussion that puts Scotland firmly in the European context. Billy and his host, Derek Bateman, discuss the prospects for next month’s EU referendum, its implications for Scotland, and even the impact of a “Brexit” vote on Scottish public opinion and European views of Scotland in that scenario. Billy remains of the belief that Scotland will be independent, although he accepts the referendum may be several years away. Here he explains why. Newsnet Radio podcasts continue to thank you for your subscriptions. If you can support them, and our news analysis service, please donate whatever you can afford.

Undermine has been nominated for the Hollywood Music & Media best rock single 2013 and Los Angeles Music Award best rock song 2013 & best rock album 2013 and recognized by the Rockwell Unscene magazine for being one of the top 400 musicians of 2013, one of the ten bands to look out for in 2014. It is with pride tht we will welcome guitarist Chaz Kay to the program 11:00 am PT. Billy Kay is a Long Island -born country western singer/songwriter who arrived in Tennessee by way of Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the Veterans Administration.  His music is solid country, with a strong, positive rock influence. Everything he does, from his own homeless lifestyle to his tours and cds, helps other people.   His new book, How to Double Your Music Sales Income: The Secret to Selling More Downloads And Making More Money from Each One  is now out.  

"...Labour ministers, culture ministers... one overheard, when she was asked if Scottish Studies should be part of the school curriculum replied 'oh no, I'm not educating a generation of nationalists"For the 49th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast I spoke with Billy Kay.Billy has for years been writing, broadcasting and producing material on Scottish Culture and Scots language, for the BBC and internationally.We talked about his output and much more including the effect that the dearth of Scottish culture and history in our schools may have had on the population, the Scottish Insurrection of 1820, the campaign for hearts and heads and other things besides.Hope you enjoy...

Billy Kay is an American Country songwriter and performer who holds the distinctions of being the most downloaded artist in Las Vegas and in South Carolina.  Now taking Nashville by storm, this homeless veteran  travels America writing, recording and performing with top musicians on his now-famous "Abject Poverty Tour". He donates a share of all royalties and merchandise sales to shelters for homeless people and battered women .  Billy organized 2011 "Country for a Cause" CD, which featured some of the most talented and award winning indie musicians in  country music.  He will play his breakout hit "Ready... Set... Gone!"  and other songs that have put him at the top and tell us what makes him go..   Maxton Waller and Chuck Riviera, aka, Handsome as Sin, join us Friday to kick off their debut album, Tell Me How You Died.  People call them alt. rock, bad-ass rock, just rock. Whatever you call them, they put on a hell of a show.  Based in LA, they make people listen and dance in the clubs and we get to find out how at 2:30 pm ET this Friday. Tell us who you want to hear on Music Friday.  Go to musicfriday.nationbuilder.com, click on "your choice" and tell us about the band you want us to interview.  If we like them, we will get them.  

The subjects of this week's Riddoch Questions were the continuing discontent with bankers, council tax and the Scots language.

In this week's Aftermath, Billy Kay, Susan Morrison and the Glenrothes posse pull their seats up close to the microphone and talk about Scots the language. As ever, the Riddoch Questions crew goes all over the place and reaches no conclusions.