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Scottish Island Adventures
Scottish Island Adventures - Tiree and Coll - with hosts Coinneach Macleod, the Hebridean Baker, singer-songwriter Natalie Galloway, and guest Rob Wainwright

Scottish Island Adventures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 36:18


Tiree and Coll Tiree and Coll are two nearby islands in the Inner Hebrides. Popular for watersports and the Tiree Music Festival, Tiree is also famous for its pristine beaches and traditionally thatched lime-washed houses. Just across the water, the tranquil Isle of Coll has a small community of 171 residents and boasts a rich variety of flora, fauna, and beautiful landscapes of thriving machair. Tiree Tea Local favourite Tiree Tea offers unique blends of tea inspired by the Hebrides for each and every occasion, and is served across the CalMac fleet. Try the strong “crofter” tea to start your day before exploring the island! Wild Diamond Watersports Wild Diamond Watersports offers windsurfing, kitesurfing, paddleboarding, surfing and kayaking on Tiree. The range of beaches on the island offer world class conditions to suit every level from beginner to expert and the strong Atlantic winds of the Hebrides have put Tiree on the map as a watersports destination - just ask surfing champion Ben Larg, who hails from the island. Tiree Music Festival The annual Tiree Music Festival happens in July against the backdrop of the island's pristine beaches. Drawing in visitors from near and far, the festival contemporary acts with traditional Scottish music. Thank you for listening to the Caledonian MacBrayne podcast. To find out more about Scotland's west coast islands and all topics discussed on this episode, visit the CalMac website.

NineDots: The DotCast
Episode 83: Tiree Dawson on going viral on TikTok, the rise in elopements and shooting hybrid!

NineDots: The DotCast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 76:05


In this episode, Rahul Khona is joined by award-winning Lake District wedding photographer Tiree Dawson. They discuss the rise of elopements, the benefits of shooting hybrid, and how incorporating video has helped Tiree's business flourish. Plus, Tiree shares the story behind one of her viral videos that brought in a flood of bookings—not just for her, but also for the hotel featured in the clip—along with plenty more insights!JOIN THE NINEDOTS MEMBERSHIPWe know that being a wedding photographer isn't just a job – it's your passion, your art, and your calling. That's why NineDots membership was created by photographers who understand exactly what you're going through, whether you're capturing a couple's first dance or building your dream business from the ground up.Here's how we support your journey:Learn From Those Who've Been There: Immerse yourself in hundreds of hours of heartfelt tutorials from photographers who remember exactly what it felt like to be where you are now. They share not just their techniques, but their struggles, breakthroughs, and the emotional wisdom they've gained along the way.Make Your Business Flourish: Get caring guidance on the parts of running a photography business that nobody teaches you – from pricing your work with confidence to attracting your ideal clients through authentic marketing.Find Your Photography Family: Connect with fellow photographers who understand your dreams and challenges. Share experiences, celebrate successes, and build lasting friendships at our intimate events and gatherings.Ready to transform your wedding photography journey? We'd love to welcome you into the NineDots family. JOIN HERE: https://nine-dots.co/join/ Join PicTime using the code 'NINEDOTS'  and new users will receive one bonus month when upgrading to any Pic-Time paid planSupport the showSupport the show

What We Do In The Winter
79 Allan and Cameron Maclean

What We Do In The Winter

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 63:46


This episode is a conversation with Allan and Cameron Maclean of Tobermory. Cameron and Allan are brothers, Cameron born in Tobermory and Allan on Tiree. I've wanted to speak these gentlemen for quite a time, so to finally get a moment to spend time together was very special. We talk about so much in this episode. Places of the past, people of the past of both Mull and Tiree, fishing practice and fishermen. There's a lot to take in. For episode notes and more please visit whatwedointhewinter.com Thanks for listening!

Girls On Film
Ep 184: Festivals special: Sea Change, BFI LFF and Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival

Girls On Film

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 44:37


In this festival special, Anna Smith island hops across some of the most unique film festivals of the season, taking listeners from Sea Change festival in Scotland's Tiree to the London Film Festival before ending in Mallorca to hear about the upcoming Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival 2024. First, Anna reports from this year's Sea Change Film Festival in the Inner Hebrides. She speaks with filmmaker Jeanie Finlay (Your Fat Friend, Seahorse) and festival-goers like Reclaim The Frame's Melanie Iredale about their time at Scotland's only annual festival dedicated to powering women in film. Next, she heads to the BFI London Film Festival to meet actor Deba Hekmat and writer Helen Simmons, whose film Last Swim has its premiere at this year's festival. This coming of age drama tells the story of Ziba, a young woman who celebrates her A-Level results with friends while grappling with a personal secret. With Anna, Deba discusses the authenticity of the film's dialogue, how it captured Gen Z sensibilities almost perfectly, and how she resonated with the character of Ziba. Helen reflects on working with a translator to capture an authentic Farsi that is spoken by Ziba and her mother in Last Swim, as well as speaking about the lack of representation of driven and intelligent young women in film. Anna also catches up with some friends of the podcast when she is out and about at LFF. Finally, it's off to Spain for a preview of the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival. Anna sits down with festival director Sandra Lipski to discuss some of her feminist festival highlights. Sandra gives us an insight into the 2024 lineup, including the festival's plan to welcome five time Academy Award-nominee Annette Bening to Mallorca's sunny shores. Films Mentioned: Last Swim (2024) Black Box Diaries (2024) Anora (2024) Conclave (2024) All We Imagine As Light (2024) Twiggy (2024) The Extraordinary Miss Flower (2024) Las chicas de la estación (2024) The Grifters (1990) The Outrun (2024) Endurance (2024) Emilia Perez (2024) Your Fat Friend (2023) Widow Clicquot (2024) Hoard (2024) Principal Partners: Vanessa Smith and Peter Brewer Our partners for this episode: Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival You can buy tickets for Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival from the 17th October 2024 via this link: https://www.evolutionfilmfestival.com/tickets Sign up to the Girls On Film newsletter below: http://eepurl.com/iEKaM-/ or email girlsonfilmsocial@gmail.com to be signed up. Become a patron of Girls On Film on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/girlsonfilmpodcast Follow us on socials: www.instagram.com/girlsonfilm_podcast/ www.facebook.com/girlsonfilmpodcast www.x.com/GirlsOnFilm_Pod www.x/annasmithjourno Watch Girls On Film on the BFI's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX…L89QKZsN5Tgr3vn7z Girls On Film is an HLA production. Host: Anna Smith Executive Producer: Hedda Lornie Archbold Producer: Charlotte Matheson Intern: Anna Swartz Audio editor: Benjamin Cook House band: MX Tyrants © HLA Agency

AWR- Voice wen dey ginger Hope
Family mata - God word wen we dey take grow

AWR- Voice wen dey ginger Hope

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 29:00


Tiree tins wen wife dem want make deir husband do for dem naim bi today tork. De message of Hope dey tell us say God rememba Joseph for all de suffa wen e suffa and God come do watin e promise Joseph.

Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West
Episode 71 - The Raasay

Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 56:44


Gary brings you highlights of the inaugural piping contest on the Island of Raasay, organised by Hamish Moore, sponsored by the Isle of Raasay Distillery, which celebrates the Gaelic cultural roots of piping.PlaylistField Marshall Montgomery with their Medley from the World Pipe Band Championships 1992 Decker Forrest with Tog Orm mo Phìob is Thèid mi Dhachaigh from The Raasay, September 2024, recorded by Mike Vass. Ailish Sutherland with Òran an t-saighdeir Ghàidhealaich from The Raasay, September 2024, recorded by Mike Vass. Ailish Sutherland with Taigh na Beairt aig Uilleam Ruadh, ⁠⁠Nam Bitheadh agam Trudar Bodich, Miss Ann MacKechnie,  ⁠⁠Nighean Bhàn a' Mhuilleir, The Flowers of Redhill and The Primrose Lass from The Raasay, September 2024, recorded by Mike Vass. Angus Nicholson with Lady in the Bottle, Old Joe's, The Goat Herd and the Shepherd and The Fiddler from The Raasay, September 2024, recorded by Mike Vass. Angus Nicholson with Guillean Geal Thu from The Raasay, September 2024, recorded by Mike Vass. Angus Nicholson with Lady Madelina Sinclair, Glen Tilt Lodge, O Mhisg a'chuir a Nollaig Oirnn, The Lads of Mull, The Gladstone Reel, Calum Finlay and Cpt Lachlan MacPhail of Tiree from The Raasay, September 2024, recorded by Mike Vass.Support the show

Cities and Memory - remixing the sounds of the world

"I moved to Scotland with my family around 10 years ago; a migration from England to North of the border. I had visited Scotland many times previously and always felt a longing to move here because of the sense of calm and freedom it gave me. Visits to the Hebridean Islands were central to these experiences, knowing the holiday had truly begun once the ferry had left port. I wanted my family to also experience this and so we now visit the Islands regularly. "This recording was made when we boarded the ferry from Scarinish on Tiree bound for Oban on the Scottish mainland. What can be heard really sums up the feelings of happiness and expectation I used to have coming to Scotland as a younger man. In the recording you can hear the ferry disembarking with sounds of the engine as well as the safety announcements over the tannoy. The authentic Scottish Islander accent of the female announcer followed by the Gaelic translation is of particular importance as it gives a true connection to place and community." Recorded by Simon Holmes. Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world's first collection of the sounds of human migration.  For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration

What We Do In The Winter
Side Special: John Pirie on Skerryvore

What We Do In The Winter

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 49:10


A conversation with John Pirie about Skerryvore and lighthouses. Dr John Holliday of the Hynish Trust and Alasdair Satchel of What We Do in the Winter talk with John Pirie, retired lighthouse engineer about Skerryvore lighthouse and the culture of working in manned lighthouses. Recorded at An Iodhlann, Tiree, June 2024 I'm putting this out as a side episode of What We Do in the Winter, so there's no introduction or music. Thanks for tuning in, happy listening!

AWR- Voice wen dey ginger Hope
Family mata - God word wen we dey take grow

AWR- Voice wen dey ginger Hope

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 29:00


Tiree tins wen konsign how husband no go work so tay e come forget hin family naim bi today mata De mesage of Hope dey tell us say God pawa wen dey hawa life dey give us peace even wen wahala dey.

Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West
Episode 53 - The Ceilidh King

Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 57:56


Gary pays tribute to the late Fergie MacDonald, the Ceilidh King, who passed away recently. There's more sets from this year's Wheel of Fortune competition, and a brand new award-winning pibroch from Regina's Iain MacDonald.PlaylistFergie MacDonald with Highland Jigs from The Ceilidh King Angus Nicholson with Cearcal a Chuain, Duncan Johnstone, Hag at the Churn, Humours of Whisky, Polka, Speeding in the Desert from the Wheel of Fortune 2024 Gary West with Kilworth Hills from The Islay Ball John Mulhearn with Hugh Alexander Lowe of Tiree, Cameronian Rant, Ca the Yowes from the Wheel of Fortune 2024Iain MacDonald with Salute to Sir Ian and Neville McKay - private recording Wolfstone with Battle from Pick of the Litter Calum Wynd with Miss Lisa Munro, Dora MacLeod, Lord MacConnell of Lough Earn and Lochend, An T-Eilean Muileach, As I Went Up on the Ice, Terry the Wrecker and Shelly's Jig from the Wheel of Fortune 2024  D-Day 80 Commemmoration Linkshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hrnp18 https://gofund.me/61b70044 https://www.d-day80beacons.co.uk/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/640a0ac2b261e5337f7adb4e/t/65ba95d21af31e773236a996/1706726867344/Pipers+pages+v03.pdf https://static1.squarespace.com/static/640a0ac2b261e5337f7adb4e/t/6582c7ec920e234db6b8ca07/1703069676969/Bill+Millin+page+v04.pdfSupport the Show.

Nature Tripping
Nature Tripping Episode 26 - Sounds from a Hebridean Coast

Nature Tripping

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 44:40


It's always a pleasure to hear from our listeners and on occasion people have asked for an episode dedicated purely to nature sounds. This is one such episode. It's a compilation of ambient field recordings made around the coastline of the Hebridean island of Tiree. Slow radio indeed, and we recommend listening on headphones. This is an energetic and vibrant landscape. You can immerse yourself in the elemental sounds of waves and wind, and experience a wide variety of birdlife. We begin the episode with the faint cry of sea eagles high in the sky, then move back to the seashore, plunging down to listen to the underwater sounds of a limpet steadily munching its way across a rock, and the popping and crackling of a forest of sea kelp. Back on dry land and a little way inshore a fulmar colony prepares for the 2024 breeding season on a small cliff outcrop, in the close company of nearby starlings. We also meet common gulls, oyster catchers and redshank going about daily life on the shore and as darkness falls pay a visit to a grassy shoreline field to hear the night-time activity of snipe and graylag geese, before finally returning to the waves.

Irish Tech News Audio Articles
Scottish Oil Beetle Hunt, to help Species on the Edge

Irish Tech News Audio Articles

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 6:07


Buglife's citizen science project, the Scottish Oil Beetle Hunt, needs your help. As part of the partnership programme, Species on the Edge, members of the public are asked to look out for these amazing beetles and record any sightings. Looking for the Scottish Oil Beetle Scottish records of oil beetles on iRecord more than doubled last year due to the combined effort of the Scottish Oil Beetle Hunt and surveying carried out by the Species on the Edge team. Survey work for Short-necked Oil Beetle in particular yielded over 100 records of individual beetles, with many new sites discovered for the species. The Black Oil Beetle was also confirmed from Scotland, following doubt about previous records due to issues with misidentification. In 2023, Short-necked Oil Beetle were found on Tiree for the first time by Ranger Hayley Douglas. Long thought to be present, this discovery is the latest new island site for the species, following on from populations found in North Uist in 2022, and Barra and Islay in 2021. Species on the Edge is an ambitious four-year programme for species recovery in Scotland that aims to take action for 37 declining and threatened species across Scotland's coasts and islands. It is a partnership programme of eight organisations, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The partnership consists of Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Bat Conservation Trust, Buglife, Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Butterfly Conservation, NatureScot, Plantlife and RSPB Scotland. One of these threatened species is the Short-necked Oil Beetle, which has only been found in a handful of locations within Scotland - the Isles of Coll, Islay and Tiree (Inner Hebrides), as well as Uist and Barra (Outer Hebrides). Classed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species is at high risk of extinction and therefore it's imperative that we learn more about this amazing beetle to help improve its fortunes. Oil beetles are eye-catching, charismatic beetles that are so-called because they exude a yellowish oily substance from their leg joints when threatened. They have been described as looking like they're wearing an ill-fitting waistcoat; the 'waistcoat' being the short wing cases that do not fully cover the beetle's abdomen. Oil beetles are under threat. Populations have declined due to the loss of flower-rich habitats owing to changes in countryside management. As oil beetles are nest parasites of solitary bees, declines in populations of wild bees has worsened their fortunes further as they depend on them for survival. Scotland has fewer oil beetle records than both England and Wales, so it's possible that oil beetles are under recorded in Scotland. To get a better understanding of their current distribution in Scotland, it's important we keep a look at and hear about all sightings of oil beetles. Sally Morris, Buglife Conservation Officer, explains: "Last year was great for oil beetles in Scotland, but we're still far behind England and Wales for records - it's time we catch up! Have you ever seen a shiny black beetle that may be an oil beetle? Please send us a photo and help us to learn more about these amazing beetles within Scotland." Oil beetles have an amazing life cycle, intricately linked to that of solitary bees. After hatching, oil beetle larvae (known as triungulins) make their way onto a flower head where they lie in wait for a solitary bee. Using specialised hooks on their feet, they attach themselves to the back of a visiting female bee and when the bee returns to its underground nest, the triungulin disembarks and continues its development underground, eating through the bee's stores of pollen and nectar. Depending on species, they then emerge in the same or following year, as an adult oil beetle ready to start the life cycle all over again. There are five species of oil beetle in the UK, only three are found in Scotland, these are the Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus), Violet Oil Beetle (Meloe violaceus) and Shor...

The Doric Express
A wee suppy stories from today's P&J on the 3rd of April 2024

The Doric Express

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 15:21


Thanks for listening to the Doric Express. In the days affa exciting episode; Politicians waste taxpayers money shock; Mair new hooses at Brig O Don; King's new neighbour wants a great big hoose; Dinna miss yer bowel tests plea; Be careful if you're driving in Tiree; Forget aboot new boss says Shinnie Affa rainy day in the shire, even Torphins Cheers, Allan

Wild for Scotland
Revisiting Stargazing on the Isle of Coll (+ Stargazing Tips)

Wild for Scotland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 28:38


Podcast de iPop Radio
Programa #10 - Los Ideales 14 Noviembre 23

Podcast de iPop Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 180:05


¿Existen tres horas de temas que catalogarías como IDEALES? eclectic_club nos propone una playlist enlatada de aproximadamente tres horas de duración con los temas más variados e ideales para un jueves. Esta es su segunda temporada y se emite quincenalmente de 17 a 20 horas y lo puedes escuchar en #podcast en #ivoox. ¡Tres horas selectas al cuadrado! 1) Squirrel Flower - Your Love 2) Charlotte Cornfield - You and Me 3) maxime. - ‎cherry ‎stems 4) Generationals - Dirt Diamond 5) Black Honey - OK 6) Arlo Parks - Impurities 7) M83 - Fantasy 8) SAULT - Let Me Go 9) Getdown Services - Cream Of The Crop 10) Mihail - No Men's Drive 11) Swimm - Talk To Me 12) Scrimmage - Bluebird 13) Pine Barons - Frantic Francis 14) Supertaste - Is It Enough 15) LA Priest - It's You 16) Alice Phoebe Lou - Shelter 17) Andy Shauf - Halloween Store 18) Heartworms - Consistent Dedication 19) dye-dye - Sllow 20) Fight Like Apes - Pretty Keen on Centrefolds 21) Joe P; K.Flay - Off My Mind (feat. K.Flay) 22) Fontaines D.C. - ' Cello Song 23) The Reds, Pinks and Purples - The Town That Cursed Your Name 24) The Get Up Kids - Home on the Range 25) Nickel Creek - Where the Long Line Leads 26) Gaz Coombes - Sonny The Strong 27) Boxed In - Foot of the Hill 28) Billy Nomates - vertigo 29) Baxter Dury; Étienne de Crécy; Delilah Holliday - Tais Toi 30) Hamish Hawk - Calls to Tiree 31) Whyte Horses - Empty Words 32) Rozi Plain - Painted The Room 33) 2nd Grade - Superglue 34) Craig Finn - Birthdays 35) Kiwi jr. - Unspeakable Things 36) Westerman - Idol; RE-run 37) Ratboys - My Hands Grow 38) The National - Tropic Morning News 39) Lala Lala - I Get Cut 40) Palehound - Cinnamon 41) Pynch - Karaoke - Radio Edit 42) Day Wave - Cold Like Me 43) bdrmm - Be Careful 44) Camp Blu - Bloody Kisses 45) Some Ember - Love Comes Quickly 46) NewDad - ILY2 47) Comet Gain - We're All Fucking Morons 48) Veronica Falls - Waiting for Something to Happen 49) Atlas Sound - Lightworks 50) The Proper Ornaments - Recalling 51) Eternal Summers - Pogo 52) The Brilliant Corners - Brian Rix 53) The Monochrome Set - The Jet Set Junta 54) She's In Parties - Cherish 55) GIFT - Gumball Garden 56) Laveda - Troy Creeps 57) THUS LOVE - Family Man


Helen gets a lesson in Scots Gaelic over a cup of tea and a piece of Ilse's wonderful chocolate at the Cheese Shop Cafe.  This bonus episode features my sister-in-law, Mabel Macarthur as the Gaelic lady, and was recorded on her dining table on the Isle of Tiree, in the Inner Hebrides during my recent mini break.Support the show You can leave a comment or review at www.amIoldyet.com/reviews, and donate towards our production costs at amIoldyet.com/support. @AmIOldYet2 The music featured in Seasons 6, 7 and 8 is from "In The Labyrinth" by John T LaBarbera, available on Bandcamp. https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1708289 Thanks for listening. Stay safe.

Stories of Scotland
Fireside Folklore: Island Whisky

Stories of Scotland

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 24:46


Join Annie and Jenny as they tell two short stories about whisky distillers on the islands of Mull and Tiree. We have a tale about smugglers and one about ghosts! For more information from our advertisers, on the UHI Culture and Heritage BA Hons course, contact ins@uhi.ac.uk or visit https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/ba-hons-culture-and-heritage/ It's an internationally accredited course from the University of the Highlands and Islands, available as an online course, learn on your own schedule from a yacht in the ocean, the top of a mountain or your spare bedroom! You can get a degree covering the language, heritage, archaeology, literature, landscape, identity, folklore and magic of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Independently made in the Highlands, Stories of Scotland is gratefully funded through listener support on Patreon. www.patreon.com/storiesofscotland Thank you all so much for listening to Scotland's most popular history and folklore podcast.

Stories of Scotland
Kelp: Scotland's Seaweed Industry

Stories of Scotland

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 49:38


Join Jenny and Annie as they don their waders and explore the kelp forests that surround Scottish shores. These astounding seaweed ecosystems are home to countless species. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the demand for kelp soared and the landowners of Scotland had an answer. Thousands of families were moved from their ancestral lands to the coastlines in order to burn kelp seaweed in order to produce the much sought-after kelp ash. The decades-long kelp industry on the Isle of Tiree is explored along with some traditional folklore from Benbecula. Independently made in the Highlands, Stories of Scotland is gratefully funded through listener support on Patreon. www.patreon.com/storiesofscotland Thank you all so much for listening to Scotland's most popular history and folklore podcast.

AWR- Voice wen dey ginger Hope
Family Mata - God word wen we dey take grow

AWR- Voice wen dey ginger Hope

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 29:00


Tiree of de five tins wen wife dem want make deir husband do for dem naim we tork today. De message of Hope na abat Gideon wen get strong mind, e no fear, e scatar juju shrine and de juju no fit do Gideon eni tin.

The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson
Will fishing ban save seas or ruin communities?

The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 30:33


We focus on the impact of one SNP policy as Humza Yousaf tries to reset the government. Tiree business owner Rhoda Meek gives a local view on Highly protected Marine Areas. We look at the latest polling for the SNP and opposition. The team discusses cracks in the SNP-Green coalition. And we look at devolution under attack.

The Florescence Podcast
S3:E12 Navigating Fitness & Training as a New Mum w/ Tiree Ballantyne

The Florescence Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 32:15


If I've learned one thing from recording this episode it's that the mum and parenting scene can be judgy as heck. If you prioritise your physical and mental health you're selfish, and if you don't you're not looking after yourself to be the best version of yourself for your child. Like with anything, no matter what you do, people will have something to say, so you might as well do what makes you happy right? In this episode, I'm joined by Tiree, a new Mum, and women's online trainer and coach. She teaches from experience, having realised the importance of structured and intentional training in her own journey of pre and post-partum. Tiree's Instagram & Website Click below to chat with us! Instagram & Facebook 

Good Morning Comrade
The Terrible Terrible New Orleans Justice System

Good Morning Comrade

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 57:29


So this is a good morning, Comrade show with Aaron. Robert. We tried to get Jeff in here cause Jeff's in Virginia doing his. His labor work, but due to limitations, there are a lot of limitations. self-imposed, limitations not anything to do with WHIV, but we can't get him in. So we'll try to get him in next week. I got to move my mic so it's going to sound ridiculous for a second. OK. That's the thing about the station. There's no delay. It's either hot, you're hot or not. Yeah, like that's just how it works. Yeah. So last week. We couldn't be live because I couldn't get to the station. We don't have bumper music again because I'm ill prepared because it don't. I have. What I need, like all the stuffs at home, I have a whole recording set up at home. That's why we don't have number music but some of my favorite podcasts don't. Have number music which? Ones, there's the one with the naughty word that's not around anymore. They broke up all the comics.  Oh, yeah, yeah, they were. They were notorious for being really well prepared for that.  They were just they would just come in and their levels would just be insane. They even joked. I remember. What's his face? Even jokes like the last episode should just be them lowering their levels lower and lower throughout, like the three hours until it just goes out. It's like that would be a good way to end the show. But yeah, I. Couldn't get in the studio last week because the key got demagnetized.  We had a fight before because I am notoriously late for everything. I was not going to be late for the show. I just want to maintain that Robert did think I was going to be late and we had a tiff about it.  Well, almost.  We couldn't even do the show.  We almost did the same thing this morning. You were like, why are you yelling at me to wake up and like nobody's yelling?  He was.  No, you were yelling, and then you wake up like. Every time you wake up, it's like you're having some kind of a. So it's like how am I supposed to wake you up like I? Can't wake you up any other way like but I didn't.  Yeah, I know. Wake. Up sweating. I really hate waking up.  I don't know if. That's the dog or.  But for you people, I am here. I made it. I'm doing great.  My goodness. I feel bad about this bumper music though. I paid for this bumper music for so I could use it everywhere. I paid for the license and can't even get it on our live radio show. But yeah, this is our our weekly I feel. Like we're kind. Of starting over without Jeff, and I feel like bye, Jeff. I feel like we just like, yeah, just reintroduce everybody. This is our weekly politics show where we talk. About how to end all wars and how.  We can not talk about how to add the words.  Communism will win.  I have no ideas. On how to add dollars that is like not.  I know I just read that off the wall. That's our mantra here at W. HIV and in the worst.  I want all wars to end, but I don't. Know how to do it? That's for.  You know you haven't figured.  That's for brighter minds than mine.  That out yet?  They didn't teach you that in two lane social works. We're supposed to be a master, a master of social work. Do they? Do they handle that in the doctoral program? Program or what?  Probably, yeah.  And ours. That's going to be your.  Too late, too. Lane is notorious for their progressive values.  Just make that your math when you go for your doctorate, you just.  Make that your thesis of my doctorate.  You're done with that now.  No, I'm. I'm not done with school. For those of you don't know, I'm a. Social worker and. And I'm thinking of going back to school to be a sex therapist. Just been thinking that for a while, very, I think I'd be good at it, but that's. Not my doctorate.  Just let her think that she's going to go do some work on a native reservation. That's the plan.  My God, you should probably say why. That's the plan.  Because you want to have an animal sanctuary.  Oh yeah.  That's a good way to do it.  That is not enough contacts Robert met with. An individual via his his job this week, who is from a reservation out in the Midwest to. You know. Shop talk shop. I don't.  He wanted to stop by because he was just he was here for, you know, he was just in New Orleans. A little casual visit to New Orleans to talk about the rape and sex trafficking and murder of indigenous women at a conference that they had so casual convo when it, you know, you can.  You know, just a little chitchat.  It just tells the story. He just drops about. Unfortunate daughter being raped and murdered. That's why he gives these talks and I I know I'm like I'm joking about the casualness of it, but like. I guess the way like he he tells the story so his brain doesn't fracture like he tells it that casually. And you're just like.  Oh yeah, it's it's rough trauma. Trauma really does a lot, but so Robert has decided that he is going to move out there to be tribal police, and then I will be a social worker on the reservation.  Yeah, absolutely.  Neither of us have any sort of tribal affiliation.  It's OK. So what is?  Apparently that's not needed.  No, I'll just do my current job. I'll just be public relations.  Yeah, further.  And for the for the people out there.  And I guess I will be a stand in for the state as a social worker.  It's gonna be in Minnesota, too.  Working in child production.  So you ready for those Minnesota winters?  Oh Lord now.  It's going to be great and get a Husky. We're going to make a a igloo for the Husky. That's where he'll live outdoors.  And I would just like a Husky, actually.  See see.  Alright, you're making it fine.  It's working on you.  OK, fine. All right. Hi everybody, we're.  It's it's terrific. We're. Going to Arizona, I mean, yeah, we're in Arizona. We're going to Minnesota. This guy was like, you know, he's a cool guy. Like, I hope to visit him again. I hope to go to their powwow this summer or. But he had like, the thickest, like, straight out of central casting Fargo like. Yeah, he had, like, a Minnesota accident. It was so wild. He sounded like Bobby generics, mom. From Bobby's world?  Oh yeah, yeah.  Don't you know? Straight out of Prairie home companion but. Yeah, but also tragic and terrible. It's it's it's. Yeah, it's really like it's a bunch of people. It was, it was amazing. We talked about the his reservation and we talked about New Orleans and like how similar. Like community, you know, everybody knows each other. I'm sorry. I was like, really away from the MIC. Let me get closer. Everybody knows each other like it's a small community. And they just have a lot of the same issues and trials that we have here in the small, big city of Noah.  Oh, I wonder if poverty has anything to do with it.  A lot, or capitalism?  Capitalism, poverty.  More like capitalism and stolen land?  Systemic disenfranchisement.  It's it's. When you try to rip away. People's culture and. Just make them act like they, you know, just take their culture away like they don't exist. You might have issues. Well, it's just honestly, like we talked about that at work. It's like this the stuff that's hitting, you know, everybody's like, let's take new ones for example. You know, crime in New Orleans is so bad. Drug and drug use in New Orleans is so bad. Homelessness is so bad. Yeah, like New Orleans is feeling it before a lot of other places, but like. These indigenous like populations have been feeling it for decades, and nobody cared. But now it's it's hitting all of us, you know, all all the, all the things that you know, capitalism and and, you know. I was trying to be cute, Pax Americana. The American Empire has, you know, all the suffering it's brought to its subjects is now coming to bear on all of us.  And I. Feel so something I think about with a lot of shame from high school is I had one teacher and I can't remember her name. She was a white woman. I don't know if she was tribal affiliated or not. But she was so she tried so hard to get all of us extremely privileged. AP Level white kids in this literature class to understand the play or how terrible the United States has been to natives in this country. Had half the books we had to read were had something to do with Native Americans. I remember she talked about Leonard Peltier. So much like so much, and Leonard Peltier, for those who don't know, is currently in jail for. Leonard Peltier is. I feel like I let me let me look it up. So I'm telling you the.  Do it, Google it, but I'll tell you why you do that.  Wrong the wrong information.  I tell you that everything you, you have more, you have more knowledge than I do. Because everything I know about, you know, indigenous communities is from, I saw the movie smoke signals as a kid. UM. I am on native TikTok, so that's nice. And then also Yellowstone. Which apparently the the guy I met, the guy who works the the guy from Minnesota, he says that Yellowstone is like the best show of all time. Like he he was like, I was like. Do you like this? And he was like, uhm yes, it's amazing. Because he said that the advisors that they have on it, it's like the episode about, you know, Indigenous women. Being you know. Being kidnapped and and raped and murdered from tribal land is like complete he's like, that's exactly how it happens. And I'm like what? I'm like that this seems exaggerated. Like this seems insane and he's like, Nope, that's that's what happens. And I'm like, that's crazy.  Statistically, it's like, really, really awful. And that's it's not interesting, but it's, you know, it's something because it's. Just the US problem, it's not just reservations in the United States. It's also reservations in Canada. So they have a huge problem with that, which is, you know it.  I think.  Just indicative of how terrible colonialization was for for this entire continent, just really awful. But yeah, I did OK. I was correct. I was going to give you all correct information.  Please tell us.  So Leonard Peltier, he could be considered a or is not to be considered, is a political prisoner. He was part of the American Indian movement. And he was kind of a Native American activist, and there was they had. A run in with the FBI, he was accused of shooting an FBI agent. You know, it's very controversial because it he probably didn't shoot the FBI agent. It was a very, very biased trial and he's been in prison for the last 45 years and I'm. I I want to say in the 90s, a lot of celebrities were like. Really, like really on the really on the Leonard Peltier train.  I've never heard of this man.  But I have not heard his name said in quite a long time. But except for that teacher, and we all just thought she was so weird. For caring so much, and now my little bleeding heart self as a 35 year old, I'm like oh damn, I would be the exact same way and and all those kids would have made fun of me in the exact same way. But like good for her, she was like living her truth and this was. In the early 2000s, when no. One was woke. What?  They made fun of her. Now, though, I wonder how kids are in school.  They wouldn't. They went in every movie. Yeah, cause like we things just. It was like the IT was the type of next bus. It was not a good time in the world you know.  We are in. I mean, I know that we're talking about stuff that's really dark right now and we're talking about stuff like normally we're talking about things that are just like. Serious issues and problems in the.  World but.  We do have to like sometimes take a step back and just realize we do live in the best moment in human history, like as bad as it is on a on a micro level. If you like.  It's pretty bad on a macro level too, but no, it's not as bad, but it's not great.  No, we really do live. And what I'm trying to do is I'm trying to give people some kind of hope. Our team is definitely winning like team justice, team social justice, you know, all social, all US social justice warriors out there. Like we're definitely winning like this is the last like people are going to suffer. People are going to die as as capitalism caves in on itself and it's not going to be in our lifetime, but we're definitely. Set the foundation we're we're we're winning. And that's why.  Yeah, I think Jen Z Jensen's going. To do it.  That's why you're hearing. That's why there's so much pushback against things that are have. I mean, you think about the things in American culture that have been normal. I don't mean. To jump all over the place. But the things that American culture have been normalized for since we were children. You know, we're middle-aged now and like drag shows, like all of a sudden there's this like thing about all the drag shows are grooming what like? Fractions have been around forever, but now reactionaries are bringing this stuff up because they're losing. They're grasping at straws. They're they're they're old. Worn out tiger with a broken tooth. You know, in a in, in a cage. And they're just like swatting at anything. They're they're they're a better. A better analogy is they're drowning in the middle of the ocean and everything looks like land, and they're just trying to greet. They're trying to reach out for something. And they're losing.  I'm I'm not fully off Twitter, but I I decided to take a step back because it was kind of ruining my life. Just I was just really mad all the time about everything and. I don't know why, but I've decided to substitute going on to the next door app instead. And just like just being very aggressively challenging to all of the the old white people in my neighborhood who have deeply strong feelings about how Zulu parks do.  I gotta get you on Ring 2. Hasn't that smoke?  There are events which for those of you not in New Orleans, we live and also the station is is very close to the Zulu headquarters, which is a a big, very influential black social crew here in the city. And when they have parties, they tend to park on the neutral grounds. The median for those. Not not. General area, which is technically illegal, but you can get permits to park there, so we don't know if they have park permits or not, like we don't know. We know the inner workings, but it's also quite likely because they are so influential that the city probably just turns a blind eye out of all the things going on. I don't really blame them. I don't. I don't care what other.  I just don't care.  I just don't care. But anyway. But people at next door care so deeply, so very deeply. And I just, it's just funny to me to. Make them mad. Yeah. And then you know that that sent me down a rabbit hole going down these other next door posts and some man was mad because his $1000 pressure washer got caught, got got stolen, and the police came and they had video footage and they knew who did it. And they just never prosecuted. So I responded to him that it cost $25,000 to bring a case. Fully to trial. And so it's just not a good use of public funds to prosecute him for his $1000 loss. And you would have thought I. You would have thought he called me a bad person who doesn't care about anybody else who is obviously not from here, and who is just really happy to see people suffer.  That's exactly it.  That's me. That's me and Michelle.  Happy to see people suffer.  I am not from here. So he he was correct on that. He was also not from here. And he did. This person did say median instead of neutral ground.  I am happy to see that I. Got suffered. I'm not.  Happy, but I don't care.  Ask them. There's a thing and there's. An order of operations.  I'm like, I'm just neutral about it.  So I don't care.  Like that sucks because that is a lot of money and I would be very upset if something of mine. Sure, it was $1000 but so. You know, I do try to walk the walk when it comes to my belief on abolition and so again, for those of you haven't listened. I am. I'm a abolitionist. I do not believe that our current prison system or court system or just really anything about the judicial system, is something that functions. But it's so signing to me that. You know these people, these reactionaries. It's like they have so much problem with their cause, you. I'll go in. I'll go into any conversation there because I I'm generally like a not confrontational person, and I also do believe in everybody can grow and learn. I was a I was a. I was gonna say a a bad word an S Lib.  Ohh yeah, they're the worst.  When I was in high school.  That was a bad word. Sorry for.  I was. I started the young Democrats at my high school. I've I volunteered for John Kerry's campaign like. You know I. I have grown as a person, so I'm willing to give other people that that space and time. But they get so angry when you suggest that. OK, well, we should probably be putting more money into to social, or let's not even say social programs. We should be putting money into replacing the lead pipes and paint in this city. We are all basically just mainlining lead into our bloodstream and it costs money and people get so mad at you when you suggest using. Public money for stuff like that. But then they expect the world to just bend over backwards when they personally have been inconvenienced because it's it's as if they don't think that the court system costs money. And yeah, likely OK a case like that of someone stealing $1000 pressure washer. It's not a misdemeanor anymore because the the amount that the pressure washer is. Makes it a felony, so theoretically that person would be arrested if they can't make bail, then the the city is now on the hook for paying for their room and board in jail. Then you have to pay. You know, judges make salaries. All the court staff make salaries. There's like 3 appearance hearings before they decide whether they accept the charges or not then. Once they've accepted the charges, then if the person can't pay, they have to pay a public defender. Then you know they have to. There's just so much money that goes into a court case that I think people don't understand, and it's like always these people who are so anti public money being used for anything that could possibly benefit someone who isn't them. But they are more than more than happy to have the money go towards locking up an individual which won't do anything. Help anybody else in the in the long run, because like a person's not going to get a long term sentence. For stealing something that was only $1000. And they're going to be out and both Robert and I have worked at the jail and can tell you that it is not a. Rehabilitative environment.  More. Yeah, almost. I'm away.  From the finish, we're good.  Oh yeah, so. And I think, you know, I think I know that Robert just had a pretty significant experience with the the court system recently that. Has been. Weighing on him.  It's pretty bad. But what I'm hearing you say is well before we get get into more of that, you're listening to one or 2.3 W HIV, New Orleans end all wars. So what I'm hearing you say is you, I'm use your therapist language. What I'm hearing you say is that you want to do the multi generational. Heavy lift of creating a society to where somebody doesn't feel incentivized to steal $1000 pressure washer. And that's the thing that people don't want to do. Like we were just having that we were having that talk at work the other day. About, you know, gun violence because you know, it's it's America. There's mass shooting every day. And they were like, well, it's mental health and I go. So did you vote for Bernie once or twice? Since you're so concerned about people's. Healthcare. Ohh you didn't. Ohh OK, so you really don't care about this? Because I'm not saying like Bernie Sanders was the NOBO obviously wasn't just like a Social Democrat, but I mean, like, I don't want to talk. I don't want to talk about things like mental health or like like like. If we're not going to create the society where people can get mental health like, that's not an excuse.  And also like people say that as and again they are so anti funding these social services and I'm like OK, so I make I've never made more than 30.  It's absolutely.  Years I never made even, even up to $30.00 in my career. So I'm saying for let's say I I've averaged about $25.00 an hour. So for $25.00 an hour I am supposed to fix the rampant crime in the city is what you're saying.  Yeah, you're supposed to take out all the trauma.  I'm supposed to be the one to fix it. And which is like a wild, wild thing to think, but. Yeah. Like, OK, so. A couple months ago we had a porch pirate and we have a ring and so. I my package got stolen. I was like. Oh man, that's.  We tell you, New Orleans, they don't. Care nothing about that ring.  They really don't.  Wave at it.  They will. They will. They really will.  But so yeah, if I was like, oh, wow, no big deal reordered my stuff.  We'll say hello to it.  It comes the same person stole my reordered package and I I'm not going to lie and say I did not have a breakdown over it because it felt like the universe was just like mad at me. For some reason. It was. It was the the. Camel that broke. The straw that broke the camel's back in a long. Time of like bad things but. Guess who I didn't call? The New Orleans Police Department, because number one, they would laugh in my face because, like, they would send an officer out like four days later, which, you know, they're very understaffed. And secondly, what am I getting? I'm going to send someone to jail for my American eagle bikini bottoms like that. I didn't actually need, no. No, I will not. No, I will not.  So we're not. Yeah, we end up having, like, a neighborly talk. And it was like a whole extenuating, extenuating circumstances. And it doesn't. It didn't happen again, actually sadly got that. I saw that guy get arrested. I saw the cops chase him down our block, and I was like, whoa, well.  Not not for us.  Not for us. We didn't call him.  And I'm assuming it's for something else because like there is zero chance anyone else. Peace officers, we're going to. Chase somebody's package.  I don't know. This guy looked like he looked very and I hate to be stereotypical, but he looked. Very like new like.  Oh, no. Yeah.  You know what I mean?  Like he was gung ho to, like, make a collar like so. Who knows? I don't. Know, but he he. Because like I went into somebody's backyard and that cop went to that backyard and like 5 minutes later. He like emerged with that dude in handcuffs, and I was like, Dang, yeah.  Damn well. You're back.  So it's not been that crazy, but. So over the past couple weeks. What Aaron alluded to was I had. I was on the trial, I was a juror on the trial of Kendall Barnes and Derek Groves. Who are. I guess when you say like, I feel like I'm. I don't.  Are you allowed to talk about it?  Ohh yeah, absolutely. I can talk about it. I'm just gonna ruin. I wish we had broad reach so I could just ruin everybody in New Orleans and like, nobody could could be during this trial again because, like, spoiler alert, it was another mistrial. And they'd have to, like, go out. Well, maybe that that. Would probably be the worst thing. For them, actually. But my point is like I'm trying to figure out how to tell this story, but I guess I'll just I guess I'll just start and tell it. They're already convicted of these murders, and I assume they were already Angola. I'm not 100% positive on that, but I didn't know that till after we all got kicked off the jury after there was a mistrial.  Yeah, their their first trial was. It happened. It was a non unanimous jury and and it was a non unanimous jury that that found them guilty. So they were in the appeals process when the the state voted to get rid of non unanimous juries. So because they were in the appeals process, it basically just kicked it back down.  To the regular. Oh, it doesn't activate that for everybody.  No, no, I don't.  I didn't know. That ohh wow.  I don't. At least I don't think that other.  Really, I didn't know, OK.  I think it's like moving forward. I think every other one was grandfathered in.  Alright, Yikes.  It is a. Yikes.  Ex post facto law. I know I'm saying that wrong, but I just remember that being a funny thing to say in. High school social studies, that's like ex post. Facto, it's like when there's when there's a law. You can't be convicted. When there's when there's a new law, you can't be convicted of it from past stuff you did or whatever, but yeah. So anyway, the point is so people who live here in New Orleans. And in 2018, there was a mass shooting. In the lower 9th Ward, you know when you cross the canal, you're on Saint Claude and you cross the canal and you go. I don't know. Maybe another mile down the road on Saint Claude. And there is an abandoned cleaners and abandoned gas station. Kendall Barnes and Derrick Rose were convicted of the state says that they they walked up to this party on Marty. There was a huge party, they. Walked into the party on Mardi Gras. And they they were trying to kill this one dude. And then it was spraying the whole crowd and like two people got killed or something. And the guy they were shooting at was busting back at them with his AK47 and they had AK-40 sevens and then somebody was shooting a 45 and then somebody was shooting A9 mil and. It's just a a huge mess and they were convicted 10/2. And so, like Aaron said, they we got rid of the garbage or garbage juries and then went to unanimous. Like a civilized society. And so they got kicked back and now they they have a retrial. I don't know any of this going into the trial, obviously, because I don't. I don't know them. I don't know of. That's why I was like a perfect juror. So anyway. So here's the deal with this trial. Jason Williams, our DA here, prosecuted himself our progressive DA and I was like, OK, well, this must be serious.  A progressive da.  Like, whatever. Let's let's do it. Brought a case before us where? In short, the state didn't have a murder weapon. Like I mentioned, all those guns that that were shot off, the only gun they recovered was the gun from the guy who got shot at. Who? The AK47 he shot back at them, but there's over 100 shell casings on site, so like a lot of rounds got squirrels off. But I understand they don't have. The murder weapons. I guess they don't have the the two, the two guns. They don't have any other guns except for that one. I get that right. You know, you throw them in the canal. You do whatever you get somebody to hold them, like, whatever. But so I understand that, but still it's a big deal. Don't have that. The only eyewitnesses they have that can confirm that they were there were the guy who got shot, who was already. Serving time for drug, a drug case and then by testifying for, you know, the state becoming states witness they become, they get their sentence lowered. I don't care about that. The the whole like, oh, you're turning state snitch witness like, whatever. That's fine. I know. That's that's just how it. Works that way. Tell the truth. So we got again, we got no murder weapon, we got state snitch. And then. No other physical evidence, right? Now the defense is going to produce a they produce a picture of the two defendants, the convict, the, you know, the convicts. They've already been convicted. The two defendants on Mardi Gras day. An hour before the killing on Bourbon Street. Now you can totally make it from Bourbon Street to the lower 9th in way less than an hour. The problem with that is, though, where did they park on Mardi Gras night? Because to get from Bert to walk from Bourbon Street to wherever they were going to park and then they would have to have, they would already have to have their guns in the car and then to drive to. The lower now that's a stretch. And then you've got NYPD detectives saying. Well, they that picture could be faked because they could have, you know, they they could have posted to an Instagram story and had it released later. And my first thought is, well, you're the detective. You have the metadata of the like. Where did the picture come from? Because the picture itself has metadata, so why? Why are we talking about this Instagram picture? You should be able to find where. The what phone? The picture came from. So right there, like when you have no physical evidence, you've got a snitch eyewitness, you've got the defense. Like with probable reasonable doubt of like they might not have been able to make it. And then you've got states witness of a. NYPD detective. Saying what the defendants could have done possibly like. Like we're in trouble. Like when you combine all that together. That's not guilty. That's your. Those guys are supposed to be walking down Tulane Ave.  So that's what we call a reasonable.  That's a reasonable doubt. So there were a lot of reasonable doubts. And so I'm sitting here in the jury just getting madder and madder by as days go by. Because I'm sitting here having to look at pictures of dead bodies and pictures of bodies that's torn apart by. By 762 rounds that come out, you know, assault rifle rounds. And I'm just like, why am? Why is this case going forward? Why am I looking at this case? Whatever. So. The first thing that happens is, oh, it's a 30. After I'm going to go ahead before we get into Chapter 2 here, I'll do a promo. We're going to do a PSA. 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But there's at least four other people. Including myself, who are just like this is terrible. Like unless unless they. The the state shows us something like these. There's no way we're convicting these guys.  Yeah, cause you can. You have to weigh like the conviction is you're sending them to Angola for life.  Angola's hard labor forever.  Yeah, no girl, so. I don't know if you all have been to Angola, whether for the rodeo or what, but it is not a good spot to be.  Right. So I mean, we were even and the ones who were like already, like myself were hard on like the not guilty side where we were sitting there just like. We don't even think they didn't do it. We're just like this case is awful. I don't understand why it's in front of us. They have a FBI agent that they bring in from Mississippi that used to work here at the field office over by. By Suno in the east and they start talking about the stuff that you know and they're like, oh, we've had them under surveillance for XYZ for like years now. Well, as soon as she says that, that activates mistrial because you can't talk about, you know, other crimes that they could have could or maybe haven't committed.  It's it's prejudicial.  Right, so they send us home Friday night. Stop the trial. Full stop. Do not you know, pass code cannot collect $200.00 they send us home Friday night. They're like, we'll call you, they. Call us Saturday being like you got to. Come in. So hey, so. What happened was, and I did. Still don't know any of this, but I know after the fact is that mistrial went up to the Louisiana Supreme Court. Louisiana Supreme Court kicked it back and said, Nah, y'all can trial is trying this case. So we're doing the case. OK. And then it comes out that one of the jurors has read news articles about the case. And so now miss trial sticks and trial over. So only after that do I find out when I'm so angry now. Like, why am I here? I'm here on a Saturday. I'm traumatized by this thing. Was, you know, this is awful. Why is this case in front of me? This is awful for, you know, the defendants is awful for the family of the victims. Well, I find out about the non unanimous juries. So now you've got. RDA you know Jason Williams is stuck having to try. He's he's stuck trying to having to try a trial, try a case that he didn't even bring forward.  Not stack. He could have chosen to not retry. It that's.  But can you though?  His. Yeah, that's.  That's the thing. But you can't. You can't. Not as an elected not. Like, there's no way. Like you can't just let those guys walk down too lane. Like you can't, like, would that be the thing to do to? Would that be the 100%? I understand what you're saying. Yeah, he totally has the power to do that. Yeah, and. Do you just? Say we don't have enough evidence. In this case, you know well, and then they go down to lane. Well, the first thing somebody's going to say is they had enough evidence back then. When they got a conviction.  With the non unanimous story.  Right. But they still got a conviction and then you can't just. You can't just let them stroll.  Well, so instead they are strolling and Oh yeah.  So now you've got to try the case. No, I'm not strolling.  They're in there, no.  JC right now awaiting another trial.  No. So that's really. Good, which from our time working at ojc the amount of people who were.  Oh yeah.  Incarcerated there. While still awaiting trial, so technically not having been convicted was wild. There was someone who was in there for 9 years without a conviction, which is.  Absolutely. Yeah, it's crazy.  If this was any other country, we'd be like there'd be like a very worried.  They would call it a gulag.  Order, yeah.  They would call JC A.  Yeah, just.  You can go in there, not.  The conditions are less, less than optimal here at ojc.  Yeah, you can go in there. And not even be booked. Yeah, and just get lost in there.  Oh, that happened to a friend. Of mine, yeah. He was like, yeah, not going up, not going up.  To the.  Tear to the tear cause like once you're. Up there, you're just lost. So one thing we want we talked about is because I was actually a little surprised at how hard you took everything just because, I mean, if I had to see sit on trial and see dead bodies, I would be a nightmare mess. I cannot. I can't even watch violence on TV. It's it's super super. Sensitive to that. But you. Grew up with LiveLeak. You've seen people beheaded, and so.  Have the heads. Cut off, yeah.  And when I say affected, I mean, I felt I was actually, I had a planned trip to visit my mom over the weekend, so I was gone for a little bit of this and you know. Talking to you on the phone was just. You know, you were really affected and it's, you know, in a way that you're not very frequently and so. I'm curious as to if you thought about that about because you went in kind of not thinking that this was going to be that big of a deal for you and. I mean not to like put your business out there, but you got back in therapy afterwards.  I didn't. I mean, I didn't think I'd be picked for one, but when I objectively like, take a step back, I am. I'm kind of the. Perfect. Drawer like I can separate and that's that. I think what you're going to ask me what I'm going to talk about. I don't want to steal your Thunder. Go ahead.  No, no, please.  No, because I was going to say. I think that's why it's hitting me. Lord, because I am kind of the perfect juror. The idea of I can separate. The thought of I don't think a lot of people can do. This not that I can like pat myself on the back or whatever, but I think my past of you know I was. It was a combination of things. My past of like I was in the Marine Corps and I did I, you know, was like a paralegal in the Marine Corps. And then also like. I was the the sheriff's deputy for, you know, New Orleans. So I know a lot about the legal system, and I can kind of like separate things in my head. So I think the idea that I could separate, I think these guys did this. I cannot. Send them away for the rest of their life. From what the what? The states given me. I that is what you're supposed to do. I don't think many people can.  Do that, yeah.  I don't think many people can do that, and it's the idea that I'm going to let I'm I'm going to sit here and fight. And give up my time and get emotional and argue. For people that I think are cold blooded murderers to go back on the street, it really kind. Of messes with.  You and this is, I think, a huge. Part of you know, I think there's a lot of I don't want to say, like cosplay leftists, but there's a lot of people who maybe haven't had a lot of life experiences and haven't had to really. You know, challenge their beliefs so.  Yeah, it does feel like my convictions slammed head head first into reality. And they got tested and I passed.  Yeah, it did, but it still it messes with you.  But yeah, it still weighs on me.  You know, I I've been an abolitionist for a really long time. And I remember. And I went into working at the jail with the belief that I don't. Think this jail should exist? I just like, don't think it's and I have my beliefs challenged in there because, you know, the vast majority of the people I met, I was like, yeah, you should be in jail. There's, like way better options. There was a few people. There was like 4 people in the time I worked there that I was like. Oh, we have to do something with you. You can't. You can't just be out. And that's like, you know, that actually did keep me up at night. So I was like this is really, I don't believe in incarceration. I don't believe that we should be like locking human beings up. But I also was like oh. You can't be my neighbor because. Like you would, there was a few people that I was like, just even in our interactions within the. Jail that I was, I had 100% certainty that if there was not a very solid door between us, that that person would hurt me and wanted. To hurt me.  That is the joke I always tell, like when we go to your friend and like, oh, yeah, you still like work in the jail. Like, how was that like blah blah? And I like. I'm barely joking. Like it's a joke. It's it's hyperbolic. But I'm barely joking because my my thing is, I say, OK, half the people in there are in there on dumb stuff and they need to. They need to leave tonight. We're letting, like, if I was. If I was Emperor of. New Orleans. So like we're letting half of y'all out tonight because you're in. Here for stupid stuff. I said now 40% of y'all I say and then 45% of y'all. Have done something really bad, but you're not bad people. You just need a time out from society.  And like we need. Something that's actually really rehabilitative, yeah.  Absolutely. And then I would and then I would say 5% of y'all summary execution tonight. We're just going sell. To sell and we're just shooting it up because. I'm I'm barely joking, because like what Aaron's saying is like, yeah, there's some people there's, like, there's nothing can be done with you.  And it's it's really hard and. It's, you know, I'm saying this stunt judgment.  Like I could never do if I was if I had that power to do that, I wouldn't. Do it like I can't. I can't like if I could hold if I got offered the Infinity Gauntlet, I would turn it away like I can't. I wouldn't wear. But you see the logic of what I'm saying.  Yeah. And and. It's just it really does test your. Beliefs and it's. You know, can you still when you're going to face with that like, oh, this I think with you with this trial is knowing that like OK, like by letting these people walk, quote UN quote, you know? It's am I then complicit if somebody else gets hurt and I think and that's, I think. And I think that's what's so insidious about our judicial system is that it does. And I understand this is like how the founding fathers intended it, which OK, like they owned people. So let's not. Not to be all and all, but it's it's placing the responsibility of another human beings life on 12 innocent people who don't know the person and who so. And because you were saying that, you know, everybody was trying so hard to get out of. Being in the jury. But once they were on the jury, they you were really heartened because they everybody. OK, so seriously.  Nuance has the best people, like I was terrified by the people who were like. Who were in the? Jury pool, but then actually, when the jury got picked, I was just like there were just twelve of the most diverse, like. Representations of our city. And there was just I I feel like a lot of people because, I mean, I don't know how to say it. There were a lot of like. Liberal are just kind of well to do, you know, white people who are just like, oh, I'm. A I'm a tax attorney or like stuff like that. Or I I, you know, I'm a. I can't think of a a, a therapist or whatever, and you know, and so one of the things that about the trial was we had a woman like salt of the Earth, you know, black lady. I can see her in my head right now. She's a she's a janitor and she, you know, she's missing out on work.  She was missing out. On time, yeah.  And like, it was awful. I felt so bad for her, but she had such insight like that woke these people up. It was just little things like. So they they pinged the the defendant cell phone as being near the scene. Around the time of the mirror, like after the murders and they were like, why? Well, why is that then? They were obviously in the area. They could have done this and they said the defense were like, well, we heard somebody, you know, our people text us or whatever and said like, oh, you know, someone so got shot and we went down there to see what happened and. People on the jury were like, why would you do that? Doesn't make any sense. They're lying. And the the janitor lady was like girl. I would do that. Are you kidding me? She's like I would go. Right down there. And I'm like, and they were like, what and? I'm like, yeah, that's what you do.  Yeah, I mean, and not even being a local here, there's been a couple of times when we've had shootings on, like somewhere near our block and tell me why.  I was like, yeah.  It's like. Once let's say like 3 minutes have gone by, there's no more shootings. We're all out at our front door. What's what's going on? What's happening? Like hell. Yeah, you would go see. It like, yeah. So it's just it's, it's the system. Where we're we're. You can go in with these convictions, which is what you went in there with, but then you also. Then you're now faced with the victims and you're faced with, hey, like we're going to show you the violent photos of this. Like, what could happen again if these people are let out because and it's just it's such a. It's it's. It's another way that we're we're kind of fracturing. Kind of the working classes and and the non elites because. Like, oh, quote UN quote, they say, oh, it's a jury of your peers, you know, whoever. Can get. On but like who really gets on a jury like, like, is Elon Musk gonna serve on a jury?  Oh, really good. Right.  No, Jeff Bezos, no, he's going to find a way to get out of it. It's not. It's never going to be the people like the elites who are going to be serving on these juries. And so it's you're essentially asking. People to. To be the judge and jury of, you know, their neighbors, and without an understanding of the law and without. You know, knowing all this stuff, it's like, you know you, we've all watched those crime shows. It's like how many times have they had to like sidebar with the judge and some like wild piece of exculpatory evidence is brought up.  That's exactly what's that's exactly this trial. It's like every 5 minutes.  But like because there's like a procedural issue, they can't introduce it. And so like you're having asking 12 people to sit. And decide the fate of the this other person without having all of the information. And it's just. Like it's. It's honestly so wild to me and. The fact that it's so normalized is like I feel like I'm losing it every time I think about it because I'm just like, how is this? A better like everyone's like. Oh, well, like the try like the. Justice has prevailed in all of that, and it's like, what, how is that justice like now, you just have 12 people who probably have, like, trauma now because of of what they've heard. Word and having to live with the fact that either they let quote UN quote let someone walk or, you know, put them in Angola, which is. I wouldn't really want.  The way I justify it is the way I in my head, and I even said this in bodour like when they're asking you, the judge and they're like, well, how do you feel? I'm like, look like you know about life sentences. I'm like, they shouldn't exist because life sentences make, you know, a dangerous for every everybody in the prison because you've got people that would know. Well, they have. No, they have no reason to to do right.  When you're talking.  About people who objectively you know, they're in this situation because they need a reason to do right. And it gives them no no reason to follow the rules or to to to to be a better person because they don't have any hope of leaving this place. And I said and go like, you know, you're it's the new slave state. Like you're up there, you know?  It's a plantation, yeah.  Having it's a plantation, you know you're doing hard labor for. The rest of your life. And that's not that's not an exaggeration.  For those of you who don't live in Louisiana, it is an act it it's an act of plantation.  Right.  They grow. Cotton. Yeah, you. You can look up pictures of the most.  Old Angola, Angola. As like a sick joke. Like, that's the whole reason it's called Angola. It's a it's a racist dogwhistle, but. You know, I'm thinking of that. And then I said. But here's the thing about it. That's not my concern right now. My concern is if if I get on the story, did they do it or did they not do it? If you get, I said and I look Jason Williams, right? Cause he was asking this question, I said I looked around and I said with all your power and all your all the power of. The New Orleans DA office, I said if you can't. Bring a case in front of me to where I don't have a reasonable doubt. Then they have to go, I said. But I have no I have no qualms about sending them to Angola. If they did this. And then after that I will, you know, become an activist, to change Angola. But this is the thing, collectively, that we've all decided right now. Like that conversation needs to, you know, is the criminal justice system, our prison system, our for profit prisons, you know, all this stuff. That that has to be sidebarred at this moment and we can pick it back up later. I have to focus on this. I can't bring any of that and they were like, oh, OK. And I know that's what put me. That's what got me on. For sure. But I mean it's fine, but it's true. Like that's the way I have to think about it. I think why this hit me so hard, you know, between like, all the violence I've been a part of and seeing throughout my life is that this one there was no separation like it was. This was on me, you know. And now you know, the best thing that could have happened was. If for me. Anyway, is if the state brings a case against these two, and it's just like this is all the evidence we have, this is ironclad evidence like they were. I'd be like, fine. OK, got him. But like you're bringing this in front of me, I'm. Like no way. And there was a woman on the jury. Like she's well. Meaning she wasn't doing it. But she's like, that's not fair. Like you haven't heard all the prosecution's evidence. Like you can't come to the I'm like, no, I'm like, this is exactly what you're supposed to do. You're supposed to walk in this room and be like they're walking out of here today. And then the prosecution is supposed to change your mind. I was. Like this is not a. Fair process. Like you're saying, it's not fair. It's not fair. It is. Skewed towards the defendant. So like, the scales are not bound like the scales start out where the defendant has all the weight.  It's meant it's meant to be. It's meant to be.  Yeah, it's meant to be like that.  It's good. It's, I think in reality, it's often not from what I understand, these two defendants had private attorneys, so they probably had, you know, a better chance anyway.  But that's what's supposed to happen.  But generally, when you think about it and you know I'm biased, I worked for the public defenders office. I did my field placement and you know you have. This extremely well funded DA's office that has. They have inspect inspectors, they have investigators, inspectors they have.  Yeah, I've got the FBI involved now that's.  Yeah, they have.  I'm thinking like the FBI, New Orleans DA.  Like, they have really, really comfortable relationships with law enforcement. They have, you know. Facilities that aren't broken down, and I don't know if if y'all know the history of of public defense here in in Louisiana, but been specifically in New Orleans before Katrina, it was they didn't have dedicated public defenders. They had. They basically would just call in random defense attorneys and they they kind of had to do their time as a public defender. Or not even defense attorneys, just other attorneys. You might have an attorney. That's not. Doesn't isn't used to doing criminal defense. Number one, they might be like a tax attorney sometime else. Then you also have these attorneys who, even if they are criminal defendants, they're going to. Be coming up. With these judges against these judges for their paid, their paid clients, so they're not going to want to do anything to to rock the boat on that and they didn't have dedicated the, the, the Public Defenders Office was technically inside the. And so, like, you'd have multiple attorneys trying to use the same copy machine at the same time, like it was just.  It's ridiculous.  It was wild for a city this big.  We had a thing too.  With this, yeah.  We couldn't have. Like, we couldn't even have trials for a hot minute because we didn't have enough public defenders, so it was unconstitutional.  Yeah, because the because finally the attorneys in the city just said this is unacceptable. Like this is not there was one attorney who got drafted to be a public defender and he was like, I do not have the time. To provide this person with their constitutionally. I cannot. I mean, he was honest about it, he said. I cannot do this like this cannot be. And so he refused to do it. And I think a bunch of other attorneys did as well. And then. So that's after Katrina. It got changed. We do have now have a dedicated public defenders office and some wonderful wonderful attorneys who work there, but it is not. It's not a cushion. And like I don't know why when I went in for my interview for my my to see if I was going to be working there for my field placement. I I've watched too many law shows and I I was in the middle of watching The Good Wife specifically, which was like, you know, it was about a cushy law firm and in Chicago. And I remember walking into the offices and being like, oh. This is not the vibe I was anticipating because it's, you know, they all had. They were all sharing offices, everyone was like, crammed in there. I didn't have a real desk. It was just a it was a card table, which not a big deal. But then, like you contrast it with the DA's office and it's wild and so. Yeah. Technically, the way that the court is set up, the procedures, it should be beneficial to the defendant. But in reality, the way all of the resources get distributed, it's never and, you know, especially if the the defendants are in jail. It's so hard, it's, you know, having both worked in the jail.  I have to give. Credit though, to the New Orleans Judith. System, you know, keeping. I'm saying keeping up my end of the bargain of like, I'm not gonna look at this trial. I'm not gonna, you know, as a juror, I'm not. I'm sequestering myself in my house. I'm not gonna look at social media. Stuff like that. I had no idea they were already convicted. They didn't have. I didn't know. I mean, I knew the best I can say is they're at, they're they're going home. I'm sorry to use that word. That's like a sacred word in prison. But like, they're going to OJ, I knew they're going to JC at night. They ain't making bail. Yeah, they're not on bail for this. But I had no idea they were already convicted. So I was like, wow, OK, like good job, because that's how you're supposed to run, you know, they were in street clothes every day. I assumed there was, like, a skirt around the table. I assumed they were maybe wearing a shock. You know, they may. They might have had their their leg shackled. I never saw him move around. They never took the stand. Because it was. A skirt around. I assume that, but just like. On the looks, I had no idea this. They had been convicted of this already. I just thought this was just, you know, a crime from 2018. That was just getting prosecuted, yeah.  Yeah, which is part of the course here. Yeah, I don't know the whole thing just is upsetting on so many levels. And that's why it's I get so frustrated when when people use the criminal justice system as like the arbiter. Whether you know and and I know we didn't really want to dwell into this just because you know it's it's a really sad story, but the, you know, unfortunate death of Tiree recently and and people are saying, oh, what a good, good thing it is that the the police are being prosecuted. And it's like, yes on one level. As it does show that the state is taking it. Seriously, but ultimately. You know the criminal justice system is not set up for justice. And and you know it's not. It it's not if if those police are are these officers are convicted, it's not, that's not going to be some like major win for you know the the Black Lives Matter movement or for really. Ending racism not to.  No, not at all.  And yeah, I guess.  But I think it can be like going back to our like original like, I don't know a theme, but my original thing of like we live in the best time.  It's just, it's just frustrating.  In human history. After this trial, like as traumatic as it was like, I do have hope that like. The both the prosecution and the DA picked, I mean both the the, the prosecute the state and the the defense got together through the sea of like terrible people. They got 12 people. Who were decent human beings and could come to like a fair, you know it really.  Yeah, that is nice.  It really made me helpful, so I I really think our judicial system can work. I just think we just. Is what you always talk about like it's the multi generational lift we need to go back. I feel like I'm one of the last generations that got decent education like social studies or social studies like I brought him up about the. Exo, EXO, type of thing.  Yeah, we're both. We both.  My dad.  Were out of school before. Or at least mostly out of school before. Child left behind.  Yeah, my dad sat me down as a kid for just cause. He thought it was a good movie and I and made me watch 12 angry men and I thought it.  We've watched that in school too.  I thought it was great, like as a kid, as a great movie and the thing. That I remembered. Going back, which gave me solace, with that movie being on this being on this trial. You never find out if the kid in that movie actually stabbed somebody and killed him, because that's not the point. That doesn't matter. What matters is the case was bad. So like and and they were able to come to that, you know, at the end of the day. And that's why I felt we were going to. So we're up against it. So we're going to get out of here. That was very therapeutic. Thank you, New Orleans for being my talk therapy today. And again, you're listen to one. 02.3 WHI. VF in new. Orleans good morning, Conrad. We are signing off.  P4 like complete and utter disaster if you ask me. I mean, like, if you're looking at if. You're essentially saying.   

AWR- Voice wen dey ginger Hope
Family Mata - God word wen we dey take grow

AWR- Voice wen dey ginger Hope

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 29:00


Tiree tins wen husband go do wen go make hin marrage tanda gidigba and hin family den hapi. De message of Hope dey tell us say wen we forlow God and do watin God tork, God go bless us yanfu-yanfu and worry go commot for hawa life.

Celtic View
Episode 18 | Martin O'Neill Exclusive Part 2 + Tiree Burchill special guest

Celtic View

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 43:06


Former manager Martin O'Neill is on for the second part of his exclusive interview with the Celtic View ahead of the release of his new autobiography. Last week's podcast brought Martin's stories of his early years and start to life at Celtic, while in the final edition, the Hoops great shares all about his time at Paradise. Celtic Women's player Tiree Burchill is in the Celtic View Podcast studio as our special guest. The 17-year-old has had a breakthrough year in Fran Alonso's side and she chats about her rise to the first-team and making it at her childhood club. Following in the footsteps of her dad Mark Burchill who also came through the Celtic Youth Academy in the 1990s, Tiree talks about her father's influence on her career. There's also all the chat about the women's side this season, with one final game this Sunday at home to Motherwell in the final match before the winter break. To end, Ryan Maher puts Tiree under the spotlight in the 60-second quickfire quiz, to see if she can beat Giorgos Giakoumakis's score of 8.

BBC Countryfile Magazine
172. A quest to hear the mysterious corncrake on the island of Tiree

BBC Countryfile Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 42:06


This week we're off to the Hebridean island of Tiree, a stronghold of one of Britain's rarest and strangest birds. Naturalist James Fair heads out into the wilds to search for the corncrake with local expert John Bowler of the RSPB. It's a bird not famed for its looks – but it's voice – well, that's a different matter.Back in the studio, the team enjoy a very eerie sound of the week – recorded deep in an ancient burial mound. Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: editor@countryfile.com. If read out on the show, you could win a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team.Visit the Countryfile Magazine website: countryfile.comPPA Podcast of the Year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BBC Countryfile Magazine
165. We preview season 14 – mindful rambles in nature

BBC Countryfile Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 5:38


Season 14 of the Plodcast is all about mindful explorations of wild places – so you can get close to nature and feel like you're walking in wild places, even if you're stuck at work or on the commute. Come with us to the wild islands of Seil, Tiree and Anglesey as well as the New Forest and the Welsh Borders. Plus we have special guests including Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Leif Bersweden as well as music from The Unthanks and the Proclaimers. So join the Plodcast team of Fergus, Jack and Hannah for a brief preview of the wonders to come. Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: editor@countryfile.comThe Plodcast is the nature and countryside podcast from BBC Countryfile MagazineVisit the BBC Countryfile Magazine website: countryfile.comPPA Podcast of the Year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nature Tripping
Nature Tripping Episode 19 - The Great Yellow Bumblebee

Nature Tripping

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 46:34


Join Jo and Cathy for a Gaelic adventure to find out more about one of Britain's rarest bumblebees – the Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus). We meet ecologist Janet Bowler on the dunes to discover more about what one small island has done to keep its special bee buzzing. Charlotte Vale and Molly Knowles contribute readings in Gaelic from Beataidh Banrigh Super-Bee, a story book created by the children of Tiree.

Let's Talk Health with Mairi
Is There a Link Between Artificial Sweetener Consumption and Cancer?

Let's Talk Health with Mairi

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2022 21:38


Hello everyone and welcome back to Let's Talk Health with Mairi! Today's podcast is coming to you from Tiree. We have been here a week now! How has your week been? Today's topic: artificial sweeteners and cancer risk. In this episode: What are artificial sweeteners?What is the hype and why are they used as an alternative to  sugar? What the research suggests about cancer and sweetener consumption - is there a link? Does artificial sweeteners cause cancer?Should we be consuming artificial sweeteners or sugar? Get in touch with me: Email: gardnermairi12345@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mairi_gardner/Tiktok: mairigardner57 Blog: aaahealths.com Prefer to read instead of listen to this topic? Check out this blog post: http://aaahealths.com/2022/07/20/is-there-a-link-between-cancer-and-sweetener-consumption/ References Gallus, S., Scotti, L., Negri, E., Talamini, R., Franceschi, S., Montella, M., Giacosa, A., Dal Maso, L. and La Vecchia, C., 2007. Artificial sweeteners and cancer risk in a network of case–control studies. Annals of Oncology, 18(1), pp.40-44.Andreatta, M.M., Muñoz, S.E., Lantieri, M.J., Eynard, A.R. and Navarro, A., 2008. Artificial sweetener consumption and urinary tract tumors in Cordoba, Argentina. Preventive medicine, 47(1), pp.136-139.Schernhammer, E.S., Bertrand, K.A., Birmann, B.M., Sampson, L., Willett, W.C. and Feskanich, D., 2012. Consumption of artificial sweetener–and sugar-containing soda and risk of lymphoma and leukemia in men and women. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 96(6), pp.1419-1428.Bassett, J.K., Milne, R.L., English, D.R., Giles, G.G. and Hodge, A.M., 2020. Consumption of sugar‐sweetened and artificially sweetened soft drinks and risk of cancers not related to obesity. International Journal of Cancer, 146(12), pp.3329-3334.

Let's Talk Health with Mairi
Let's Catch Up: Graduating, Tiree and Some Very Exciting News!

Let's Talk Health with Mairi

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2022 18:07


Hello everyone and welcome back to Let's Talk Health with Mairi! I hope you all had a wonderful week. This week has been exciting and full of memorable and enjoyable experiences. I also have some very exciting news to share with you all about what I have been up to these past three months (you're going to want to hear this)! Listen now and let's catch up! Get in touch with me: Email: gardnermairi12345@gmail.com Follow my blog and Instagram for updates and check out the amazing graduation pictures that Jacob and Jonathan took! Blog: aaahealths.com Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mairi_gardner/As always, thank you for listening! Mairi  

Working With Humans by Matt Phelan and friends
Work from Happy With Jason Lancaster

Working With Humans by Matt Phelan and friends

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 44:43


Creative Jason Lancaster discusses how reading the book Blink by Malcolm Gladwel changed the way he looked at the world forever. Following a chance visit to a remote Scottish Island Jason uprooted his London life and now lives full time among the sheep and crystal clean blue ocean. We discuss the impact of this move on his career, happiness and performance. This episode will make you stop and listen to your emotions. This is a story about the Isle of Tiree, this is a story about career happiness.

Let's Talk Health with Mairi
Let's Catch Up: Tiree, Fears and Hopes for the Future, Anxieties and Life After Uni.

Let's Talk Health with Mairi

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022 25:30


Welcome back to Let's Talk Health with Mairi! Episode 49! Can you believe it?! It is almost a year of Let's Talk Health with Mairi and next week I have a very special podcast for you that you can STILL get involved in. You don't need to do much to get involved (30 seconds to 2 minutes of your time). Get in touch with me if you would like to get involved (details below). This week's podcast is a chatty one and catch-up with you guys on life and everything that has been going on! I hope you enjoy the podcast! I am so excited for next week you have no idea! Get in touch with me: Email: gardnermairi12345@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mazzag57/Blog: aaahealths.com Podcast Links Are you Exercising for Longer than you Have to? Find Out Below: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1649854/9931850

Scottish Field
Scottish Field podcast episode 34

Scottish Field

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 18:30


Comedian Ed Byrne joins the Scottish Field podcast for a chat this week. A TV household name, Ed has been seen on pretty much every TV programme in the UK including Mock The Week, Top Gear, Have I Got News For You, The Graham Norton Show, Live At The Apollo, The One Show and The Great British Bake Off. He's returning to Scotland next month with his show If I'm Honest..., where he takes a long hard look at himself and tries to decide if he has any traits that are worth passing on to his children. Ed, who's one of the UK's finest observational comics, tells us why he's delighted to be back on the road with his biggest tour to date. If you're a fan of Ed, you may well have seen him at the festival in Edinburgh in 2019 when he debuted this show, but, thanks to the pandemic, it's been on hold for a long time. He will be in Stirling at the Macrobert Arts Centre on February 26, then in March, he'll be in Perth on the 9th, Motherwell 10th, Dunfermline 11th, Aberdeen 12th and Inverness 13th. You can find out more about his tour and where to get tickets from his website, which is www.edbyrne.com We also tell you about our February 2022 edition, in which we dangle from Scotland's sea cliffs with rock climbing enthusiast Guy Robertson, and meet one of the hardest working women on Tiree, local crofter Rhoda Meek, who has taken on Airbnb. We chat with Perthshire's Michael Yellowlees, who, with his four-legged friend Luna, completed a 5000-mile trek across Canada, and ask if the real Macbeth would please stand up. Having been made out to be a villainous, tyrannical king, there was much more to Macbeth than meets the eye. All this and much more is in the latest Scottish Field, priced £4.75. To find out more about how to subscribe, just visit www.scottishfield.co.uk/subscriptions

Scottish Field
Scottish Field podcast episode 33

Scottish Field

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 25:00


Scottish Field's podcast returns for its first episode of 2022 - and we're rambling on! This week, we're joined by actor Iain Robertson, who played Lex in cult Glasgow gang film, Small Faces, played Gash in Rab C. Nesbitt, and is currently Stevie O'Hara in River City. Last year, you may have seen two episodes of Iain Robertson Rambles, in which he tackled the West Highland Way. Now, the show has returned with a new six part series, this time tackling two long distance walks. First off, Iain takes on the daunting 215 mile challenge of the Southern Upland Way. Trekking Scotland from the west coast to the east he sets off from Portpatrick. Later in the series he takes on an extended version of the Speyside Way, from source to sea and tacking on a stretch of the Moray Coast Trail. We join Iain as he rambles his way through some of the most incredible scenery Scotland has to offer. He treats us to his unique and irreverent perspective and shares the sights and hidden gems he discovers, including remote and charming bothies and some diversions off the beaten track. You can find Iain Robertson Rambles on BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer HERE. We also tell you about our February 2022 edition, in which we dangle from Scotland's sea cliffs with rock climbing enthusiast Guy Robertson, and meet one of the hardest working women on Tiree, local crofter Rhoda Meek, who has taken on Airbnb. We chat with Perthshire's Michael Yellowlees, who, with his four-legged friend Luna, completed a 5000-mile trek across Canada, and ask if the real Macbeth would please stand up. Having been made out to be a villainous, tyrannical king, there was much more to Macbeth than meets the eye. All this and much more is in the latest Scottish Field, priced £4.75. To find out more about how to subscribe, just visit www.scottishfield.co.uk/subscriptions

Capture Caledonia - The Tracks That Take Us Back

Jamie MacDonald joins Ewan Petrie for this weeks episode of "The Tracks That Take Us Back". Jamie is the fiddle player in one of Scotland's most exciting folk/traditional bands, Eabhal. Formed whilst studying on Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Eabhal have already been nominated for "Up and Coming Artist of the Year" at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, as well as being long listed for "Album of the Year" for their debut album "This is How the Ladies Dance". A native of the Isle of Tiree, Jamie has grown up immersed in the music and culture of the island and plays with a distinct island style. Alongside Eabhal, Jamie also works for Tiree's annual music festival, TMF. Listen as Jamie and Ewan go on an adventure to the Inner Hebrides, Outer Hebrides and the mainland through the memorable choices of Jamie on "The Tracks That Take Us Back".

Let's Talk Health with Mairi
My Fitness Journey, Tiree, Mull, The Importance of Exercise you Enjoy, Runners High and Gut Feelings - Let's Chat!

Let's Talk Health with Mairi

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2021 28:29


Welcome back to Let's Talk Health with Mairi! I wanted to chat to you all this week and catch up! Lots of subheadings and thoughts in this weeks episode. I hope you enjoy listening! Let's Talk! Link to follow my blog (bottom of home page) - https://aaahealths.com/Instagram: mazzag57Email: gardnermairi12345@gmail.com 

Nature Tripping
Nature Tripping Episode 14 - The Corncrake

Nature Tripping

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2021 47:00


Jo takes a trip up the west coast to the Inner Hebrides to join Cathy who is helping with the RSPB's annual corncrake census on the Isle of Tiree. Locating these elusive birds involves listening for calling males in the dead of night. Join Jo and Cathy on a midnight journey to track them down, followed by an in-depth conversation with RSPB officer John Bowler who shares the story of the corncrake, why the Inner Hebrides remains one of the UK's last strongholds for these birds, and what is being done to look after future generations.

Postcard Academy Travel Podcast
Island Hopping In Scotland: Tiree, Islay, Treshnish, and More!

Postcard Academy Travel Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2021 42:41


Did you know that Scotland has around 790 islands? One has been compared to Hawaii; another is famous for its whisky; another is the perfect place to take photos of puffins.And we'll be talking about all of them today!One of my favorite previous guests is back to take us on a Scottish island hopping adventure.I'm joined by Kathi Kamleitner, whom you heard on the Glasgow episode. Kathi hosts the podcast Wild for Scotland. If you like whiskey, castle, art, animals, beaches, you're going to love this. Something for everyone in this episode! Hello! I'm your host, Sarah Mikutel. But the real question is, who are you? Where are you now and where do you want to be? Can I help you get there?Visit sarahmikutel.com to learn how we can work together to help you achieve more peace, happiness, and positive transformation in your life.Book your Enneagram typing session by going to sarahmikutel.com/typingsessionDo you love camping? I want to feature you on this podcast!I'm looking for camping aficionados who want to share their best camping tip. What's made your experience so much better? Or, share the best camping spot you've found in the world and why you love it. Leave me an audio message on Instagram under 2-3 minutes. Say your name, where you live, and your best camping tip or camping spot you'd recommend. Do you love camping? I want to feature you on this podcast!I'm looking for camping aficionados who want to share their best camping tip. What's made your experience so much better? Or, share the best camping spot you've found in the world and why you love it. Leave me an audio message on Instagram under 2-3 minutes. Say your name, where you live, and your best camping tip or camping spot you'd recommend.

CDDC Podcast
CDDC #51 - MD of The Tiree Whisky Company, Ian Smith

CDDC Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 50:10


MD of The Tiree Whisky Company, Ian Smith, talks to Greg & Chris about:   Covid on Tiree The history of distilling on Tiree The distilling ingredients and technique The future of the distillery  The Tiree Music Festival Traditional music and Trail West     Instagram  Ian - @smithytiree Tiree Whisky Company - @tireewhisky Greg - @gregcddc Chris - @chriscddc

Wild for Scotland
Lullaby - Isle of Tiree

Wild for Scotland

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 23:00


What does the Scottish west coast sound like? This episode of Wild for Scotland invites you on a journey to the Isle of Tiree.“Lullaby” tells the story of a day I spent on the Isle of Tiree exploring its different sounds and landscapes.The adventure begins at Glasgow airport with a flight on a tiny Twin Otter machine and sees me discover the nooks and crannies of the island by bike. We visit beaches, learn about the history of the island and meet some of the locals.After the story, I give you top 5 tips to visit the Isle of Tiree yourself.Are you ready? Great – let’s travel to Scotland! Helpful links for this episode:Book a flight to Tiree with Logan AirHire a bike hire from Tiree FitnessTry watersports with Wild Diamond or Blackhouse WatersportsStay at Mannal House B&B near HynishPlan a visit during Tiree Music FestivalBecome a patron and support Wild for Scotland.Join my Scotland Facebook group to find like-minded Scotland lovers.Transcript available from wildforscotland.com Credits:Written, hosted and produced by Kathi Kamleitner. Additional support by Fran Turauskis. Cover Art illustrated by Lizzie Vaughan-Knight. Musik by Bruce Wallace. Additional sound effects from Zapsplat, Pond5 and SoundBoard.  Support my show on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wild for Scotland
Preview: Lullaby - Isle of Tiree

Wild for Scotland

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 23:00


What does the Scottish west coast sound like? This episode of Wild for Scotland invites you on a journey to the Isle of Tiree.“Lullaby” tells the story of a day I spent on the Isle of Tiree exploring its different sounds and landscapes.The adventure begins at Glasgow airport with a flight on a tiny Twin Otter machine and sees me discover the nooks and crannies of the island by bike. We visit beaches, learn about the history of the island and meet some of the locals.After the story, I give you top 5 tips to visit the Isle of Tiree yourself.Are you ready? Great – let's travel to Scotland! Helpful links for this episode:Book a flight to Tiree with Logan AirHire a bike hire from Tiree FitnessTry watersports with Wild Diamond or Blackhouse WatersportsStay at Mannal House B&B near HynishPlan a visit during Tiree Music FestivalTranscript available from wildforscotland.com (from 9 March 2021)Credit:Written, hosted and produced by Kathi Kamleitner. Additional support by Fran Turauskis. Cover Art illustrated by Lizzie Vaughan-Knight. Musik by Bruce Wallace. Additional sound effects from Zapsplat, Pond5 and SoundBoard.  Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Braw and The Brave

The Braw and The Brave is a podcast about people and their passions. Episode 134 (and subsequently the first of 2021) is in conversation with lead singer and guitarist Alec Dalglish and piper and accordionist Martin Gillespie of Skerryvore. Founded on the Isle of Tiree this bunch of self-confessed ‘rascals' have been together for over 15 years, entertaining global audiences performing in more than 25 countries including China, USA and across Europe. With their unique contemporary Scottish traditional sound, the band have enjoyed great success with eight albums under their belt, a host of awards and a loyal, passionate fan base to boot. Enjoy! Website www.skerryvore.com Socials Facebook @Skerryvore Instagram @Skerryvore Twitter @Skerryvore YouTube @SkerryvoreTV TikTok @skerryvore If you've enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee via Ko-Fi to help support the production of future episodes. Thank you so much, Lisa #brawbrave https://ko-fi.com/thebrawandthebrave Follow The Braw and The Brave https://www.instagram.com/thebrawandthebravepodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/TheBrawandTheBrave https://twitter.com/BrawBrave See https://soundcloud.com/ for privacy and terms of use.

What We Do In The Winter
55 Iain MacKinnon

What We Do In The Winter

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 73:13


In this episode I talk with Iain MacKinnon of Tobermory. If you’re listening to this on its day of release, a very happy Christmas to you! Iain talks about his family roots here on the island, and connections to Tiree.
We talk about characters from the past, with Iain bringing their memory to life by telling stories that they told him. There are tales of the First World War, Ireland in the 20’s and more passed on from the mouths of MacGochan and others. 
We talked together one evening with Ishbel, Iain’s wife joining us for little bits of the conversation. It was so lovely to speak to both of them, I think I may have to chap their virtual door again some day soon to hear Ishbel’s tales, too! 
We caught up again a few days later to chat about Iain’s role in the Fire Brigade. So you’ll hear a bit of a leap as we talk about Gibby towards the end of the episode, which then leads us to talk about Iain’s long standing service in the Fire Brigade. There’s a couple of bits that I’ve not included in the episode, which I’ll put out as a short special at some point in the coming weeks, once the festive season has passed. 

At a couple of points you can hear bits of background noise in the recording, as we were recording over Zoom, due to the current situation. So please excuse this. 

 Back in episode 9 of the podcast Iain Performed a pitch invasion while I was talking to Janet MacDonald. I think I said “I’m coming to get you…” Well, 45 episodes later, here we are, at long last.
 For links and more information please visit whatwedointhewinter.com Thanks for listening! Have a lovely Christmas!

Hospitality Meets... with Phil Street
#050 - Hospitality Meets Phil Street - The Humble Podcast Icon

Hospitality Meets... with Phil Street

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 65:23


Happy 50th to us! We couldn't let our 50th episode pass without doing something a little different so to celebrate we've got an extra special guest.... Me! Otherwise known as the Co-Founder and Director of Momentum Hospitality Recruitment Ltd and the Founder and host (Normally) of this podcast. But don't worry, you don't have to listen to me interviewing myself. I enlisted 2 wonderful ex guests, from episode 4, Robert Richardson and from episode 7, Katherine Price. We get through loads including The isle of Tiree, learning ethics, management, common sense, travel, P&O Cruises, lessons, being honest with yourself, being curious, recruitment, Motorbike crashes, the stretch zone, hospitality - the career of choice and the industry of dreams!, legacy, Hmmmm and of course my general story. A massive thank you to everyone who has been on the show far and to those that have agreed to be in the future. There is no show without you all so lets keep raising the bar on the sending positive messages about our incredible industry. Enjoy! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Support this podcast

Current Show
Alastair Campbell - Music, Mind and Bagpipes

Current Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 55:10


Lorne is joined by Alasdair Campbell, ex Labour government advisor and spokesman, ahead of releasing his new book on his experiences of mental health and how music, bagpipes in particular, can help.  He discusses his work, his late brother Donald, his Tiree connections and a special technique he uses to fight off depression.

CDDC Podcast
CDDC #18 Jamie MacDonald

CDDC Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 56:39


Fiddle player from Scottish traditional music group Eabhal speaks to Greg and Chris about his musical roots, life on Hawaii of the north (Tiree) , the Tiree Music Festival and how the recent pandemic has hit people on the Scottish islands.   Jamie MacDonald's Instagram - @jamietiree Eabhal's Instagram - @eabhalmusic www.eabhal.com Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvONo3HJsjxQltMnmB5XSxA     CDDC Instagram - @cddcpodcast CDDC Twitter - @podcastcddc   Greg - @gregcddc Chris - @chris_shields67

Sail-World.com - The Global Sailing Network
Happy Hour with Stretch and Stirfry - Luke Patience

Sail-World.com - The Global Sailing Network

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 58:54


This week, Stretch and Stirfry chat to Luke Patience, British Olympic Sailor and Whisky connoisseur. The boys cover Luke's formative years as a young Scottish sailor, the trials and tribulations of Olympic training and selection, plus his thoughts on how he is adapting to the rescheduled Olympics in 2021. For this pod, Luke was in week six of lock-down on the Isle of Tiree, in the Scottish Hebrides so he had plenty to get off his chest! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Off The Chart
17 March 1989

Off The Chart

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 43:29 Transcription Available


Steve and Julian look at the UK singles chart from 17 March 1989 and attempt to place it in the context of what else was happening that day without getting sidetracked by Professor Brian Cox's music career, the time the entire island of Tiree made a record, or Gloria Estefan's magnetic wheelchair.

What We Do In The Winter
34 Gordon Connell - Tiree

What We Do In The Winter

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019 37:44


In this episode I talk with Gordon Connell, originally from Blairmore near Dunoon, Gordon moved to Tiree to teach History in 1962. Gordon is an accordion player and one of the most significant teachers of accordion, the list of his pupils is rather impressive. We talk about growing up in Blairmore, going to school in Dunoon, university life in Glasgow, how it was to move to Tiree in the 60's, and more about his life as a teacher of History, Modern Studies and towards the end, his work as an accordion teacher. We also talk about the character of Tiree and why it is so appealing. If you’re interested in his considerable musical legacy I suggest checking out some of the links in the episode notes, which can be found on: www.whatwedointhewinter.com There’s a really good programme from BBC Alba in there which is well worth a watch. Thank you for listening!

What We Do In The Winter
33 John Holliday - Tiree

What We Do In The Winter

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 60:35


This episode takes you away from Mull and over to Tiree where I talk with John Holliday. John was the doctor on the island for 30 years and is often known as 'Doc'. Originally from the England, John lived in Australia before settling on Tiree. We talk about his work in Australia with the Pintupi people, the choice of coming to live and work on Tiree, the nature of rural locations, his engagement with local Gaelic culture, the place names of the island and the remarkable Ringing Stone, a feature of the island which has had 6 thousand years of continuous human use. There’s also a section in Gaelic, in which we talk about characters of the island, which then leads us into place names. Throughout the episode you’ll hear a tune that John wrote for his son, called Michael John’s Reel. The tune was recorded in 2018 at the Tiree Fèis Tutor's Ceilidh. It features the wonderful Màrtainn Skene on the box, Dr John Holliday on flute, Kenny Rankin on guitar and Anna Garvin on keys. John's daughter Sarah has a podcast, too, it's called Utopia Dispatch. It "takes on the small task of radically reimagining the future of human society, while somehow managing to keep our spirits up at the same time. [They] talk to thinkers with ideas that break the mould, and to citizens taking radical action for a better future, to bring you closer to a vision of the future we actually all want, and we might even have a few laughs along the way." It can be found here: http://utopiadispatch.com/ I was across on Tiree to work with https://feis-thiriodh.com/ Check them out, they do great work! Episode links and more can be found on www.whatwedointhewinter.com Thanks for listening!

Hist-eerie Podcast
OLD NAN'S GHOST STORIES-A GAME OF THRONES AUDIO FAN FIC BY "AMERICA'S GHOST STORYTELLER" DIANE LADLEY

Hist-eerie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 11:40


Award-winning "America's Ghost Storyteller", Diane Ladley, presents a thrilling work of audio fan fiction in honor of HBO®'s GAME OF THRONES television show and George R.R. Martin's novels. Remember Old Nan, the elderly woman who told the boy Bran such bone-chilling scary stories of the Night King, Corpse Queen, Mad Axe, and others? Diane re-tells Old Nan's stories (northern Scottish accent and all!), spinning those terrifying legends that sprang from George Martin's deliciously fearsome imagination. Listen, and you'll feel as if you're the boy Bran Stark himself, huddled in his bed as Old Nan does her best to scare the wits out of him...and succeeds. 

 ** HIST-EERIE IS FREE...BUT HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP CREATE MORE NEW EPISODES!**Monthly sponsorships as low as $1 on Patreon.com: https://www.patreon.com/Hist_eerieOne-time donations as low as $2 via Paypal to diane@Hist-eerie.com. You can also visit Diane's donation webpage at: https://histeerie.podbean.com/p/slip-diane-a-tip/And as always, please SUBSCRIBE, RATE and REVIEW us on your podcast provider!"Like" Hist-eerie On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistEerie/Follow Diane On Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/Hist_eerie
Visit the Hist-eerie Website: http://www.Hist-eerie.com CREDITS: Martin, George R.R., A GAME OF THRONES, Bantam Books, New York, New York, Copyright 1996.Martin, George R.R., A STORM OF SWORDS, Bantam Books, New York, New York, Copyright 2000.Old Nan Image copyright: HBO • SKY ATLANTIC IDEA: International Dialects of English Archive, Scotland 22. 
Subject: Age 80, Scottish/Caucasian, from Glasgow and Isle of Tiree. RECORDED BY: Flloyd Kennedy. DATE OF RECORDING: 21/08/2014https://www.dialectsarchive.com/scotland-22 SOUND EFFECTS:freesoundeffects.comzapsplat.comSOUNDBIBLE.COMfreesound.org ScottLawlor.com Felix BlumeReitannaLittle Robot Sound FactoryMike KoenigBlastwave MUSIC:"The Dread" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0 "Reign Supreme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0 "Slough of Despair" No Artist Listed, TheHolidaySpot.com Licensed under Creative Commons- By Attribution 3.0 License http- creativecommons.org licenses by 3.0   Thank You For Listening..And For Sharing With Your Friends & Family!

The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast
WS926: Violet Bell and Skerryvore

The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 59:00


VIOLET BELL weaves gypsy, blues, and soul influences with folk-rock roots. Based out of Durham, NC, the duo of Lizzy Ross and Omar Ruiz-Lopez have played over 200 show since forming in March 2016. The duo's outreach efforts include teaching workshops to to community and youth orchestras in NC and beyond, and collaborating with youth and community musicians whenever possible. Their 2017 debut is 'Dream the Wheel'. SKERRYVORE create a unique fusion of folk, trad, rock and Americana that represents all the different personalities and upbringing of the 8 band members who hail from different regions of Scotland. Twice winners of Scotland's Traditional Music ‘Live Act of the Year' Award, the band have been on a meteoric journey that has taken them from the remote Isle of Tiree on to International tours performing in over 25 countries worldwide. The band is about to release their 6th studio album EVO this summer. WoodSongs Kid: Anna Hess is the director of North Limestone MusicWorks in Lexington, Kentucky. The program is the first El Sistema-inspired program in Kentucky. Two of programs students perform. .

Jamie Roxx's Pop Roxx Talk Radio Show
Skerryvore (celtic-rock / folk fusion)

Jamie Roxx's Pop Roxx Talk Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2018 49:00


Pop Art Painter Jamie Roxx (www.JamieRoxx.us) welcomes Skerryvore (celtic-rock / folk fusion) to the Show!  www.skerryvore.com Skerryvore kicked off 2018, with an astounding performance in front of 12K revellers at Inverness Hogmanay celebrations. The year was yet another whirlwind of live events, but also interspersed with preparatory work for EVO, their latest album.  Described as ‘The sound of Young Scots Power Folk,’ (Mark Radcliff, BBC Radio 2), the band - Tiree brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (whistles & accordion), Fraser West (drums & vocals), Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar), Craig Espie (fiddles), Alan Scobie (keyboards) and Jodie Bremaneson (bass) and recent addition Scott Wood (bagpipes) – tour extensively, not only throughout Scotland and the rest of the UK, but also worldwide. Media Inquiries: LaFamos, Marketing & Publicity Dept. www.Lafamos.com 

Woodsongs Vodcasts
WoodSongs 926: Violet Bell and Skerryvore

Woodsongs Vodcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2018 80:33


VIOLET BELL weaves gypsy, blues, and soul influences with folk-rock roots. Based out of Durham, NC, the duo of Lizzy Ross and Omar Ruiz-Lopez have played over 200 show since forming in March 2016. The duo�s outreach efforts include teaching workshops to to community and youth orchestras in NC and beyond, and collaborating with youth and community musicians whenever possible. Their 2017 debut is �Dream the Wheel�. SKERRYVORE create a unique fusion of folk, trad, rock and Americana that represents all the different personalities and upbringing of the 8 band members who hail from different regions of Scotland. Twice winners of Scotland�s Traditional Music �Live Act of the Year� Award, the band have been on a meteoric journey that has taken them from the remote Isle of Tiree on to International tours performing in over 25 countries worldwide. The band is about to release their 6th studio album EVO this summer. WoodSongs Kid: Anna Hess is the director of North Limestone MusicWorks in Lexington, Kentucky. The program is the first El Sistema-inspired program in Kentucky.

Nature's Voice
A corncrake revival

Nature's Voice

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2017 18:50


Corncrakes are secretive birds - you’re far more likely to hear their rasping calls than see one. They were once widespread throughout the UK but their numbers declined catastrophically during the 20th century. By the 1990s they were only found breeding in the Hebrides, Orkney and some parts of the Scottish West Coast including Durness.  Since then, thanks to close collaboration between RSPB Scotland, government bodies, farmers and crofters, corncrake numbers are on the rise. On this month’s Nature’s Voice Jane Markham talks to the RSPB’s John Bowler who monitors corncrakes on Tiree in the Hebrides and meets Paul Walton, head of habitat and species for RSPB Scotland to discover more about these birds and their changing fortunes

Album Every Week Club
Episode 1 - Findlay Napier

Album Every Week Club

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2016 12:16


Angus and Findlay attempt to raise each others spirits while hiding from the rain in Tiree.

Passing Places Around Scotland

I enjoyed a wonderful sailing back from Tiree to Oban on Monday.  The views and weather were superb and entering the harbour at Oban gave excellent views of the town and McCaig's folly on the hill as well as the cathedral and other prominent buildings. I stayed the night at  a campsite a few miles south of  Oban.  In the morning I headed off from Oban and scouted a few possible overnight stops on my way back towards Stirling.  I ended up staying at an overnight stop near Dalmally.  In one of the car parks on the way south it was disappointing to see significant amounts of litter. It really is sad and appalling that people choose to leave litter behind in such beautiful locations.  Argyll & Bute Council do not provide litter bins generally in laybys, preferring to encourage people to take their litter home.  In Perth & Kinross I have seen the council provide wheelie bins and this system appears to be more successful in reducing litter. I'm off again somewhere in Scotland this week end but have yet to decide where I am going.

Passing Places Around Scotland
019 A week on Tiree

Passing Places Around Scotland

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2013 26:35


A fantastic week on the wonderful and remote island of Tiree

4 Feet Running
4 Feet Running - Ep. 34

4 Feet Running

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2010


It's a spring fling in Plymouth with 4 Feet Running! This week:- Nik, Dan, and the dogs rock on for 3 miles in downtown Plymouth- Stanley the pointer goes for several swims in Town River while running through Brewster Park- Nik's in a running funk, but is really liking this Twitter business- Dan's 10K training plan is going according to plan, but ice cream may sabotage his 10 in 10 Challenge- They talk about Nik's ancestor who came over on the Mayflower and may or may not have slipped on a banana peel- Speaking of which, they talk about meeting an older lady clown with a filthy mouth (it's hard to explain ... just listen to it)- There are no pictures of Plymouth Rock because it's frankly not that impressive- They read emails and reviews from very nice people- Special thanks to Gordon from Tiree and Adam "Another Runner" Tinkoff for their song "I Do"(4.22.08)

4 Feet Running
4 Feet Running - Ep. 35

4 Feet Running

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2010


It's 4 Feet Not Running with Nik and Dan! This week:- Nik and Dan are hotel-bound in New York City due to rotten weather (they're going to run next week, promise)- Nik goes for a 3.5-miler, but her feet hurt from wearing "girl shoes" at a conference- Dan gets his pants and Chuck Taylors soaked by rain- Then begins his bizarre 10-mile quest across Manhattan for more pants- They run into Clive Owen -- yeah, that Clive Owen -- and catch a Broadway show- Nik meets a guy who writes and publishes bathroom books, all by himself- They get some feedback from very nice people- Special thanks to Gordon from Tiree for his song "Buddha Bill"(5.2.08)