1 OUR very own Lesley Riddoch does a smashing podcast alongside Pat Joyce, Scottish politics dissected from a left, pro-independence stance. Each week, award-winning broadcaster and journalist, Lesley Riddoch chews over the week’s news with former media lecturer and Dundee United fan, Pat Joyce.
If you like intelligent, quirky chat about Scottish society and culture, and Scottish, UK and international politics analysed from a Scottish perspective; this podcast is for you. For more info go to www.player.fm/series/the-lesley-riddoch-podcast-42689
2 JANEY Godley and her clicky pen have been a saving grace during the long months of lockdown and her podcast is another example of her brilliance. It’s like having your pal on the phone for half an hour.
Relevant, irreverent, political and always warm and funny. Stick a bit of Janey on. www.player.fm/series/janey-godleys-podcasts
3 SCOTS Whay Hae, is a podcast full to the brim with stories, shenanigans and shindigs, arts, architecture and away ye go stories. The latest episode features Dr Craig Lamont talking about his fascinating book The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow which gives new insight into Scotland’s largest city during what was known as the long 18th century, merging historical, literary, and memory studies.
Head over to www.player.fm/series/scots-whay-hae
4 CALLING all geeks. The Can I Interject podcast features three ordinary Scottish men sharing stories and banter with a broad heading of boardgames and the world.
The episodes feature such exciting titles as train commutes, facts about funerals, 10 top tunes, conspiracy theories, Pokemon and condiments. Strange it may sound, geeky and nerdy it may well be, but its a lot of fun and a joy to listen to.
Head over to www.buzzsprout.com/1186316
5 PENSIONERS for indy. The stalwarts of the indy movement regularly produce their own podcast with the help of indylive radio. During the referendum this group were instrumental in drowning out the various lies around pensions told by Better Together and they will be instrumental next time too.
This demographic are the ones we need to win over. During lockdown the 12 or so pensioners for indy groups haven’t allowed themselves to slow down and are instead producing podcasts with great content and top tunes.
Tune in via www.indylive.radio/blog/p4indy-podcast-series/
6 SPONGE Bob Square Cast makes me laugh out loud. An 11-year-old American girl talks her Scottish stepdad through all the Sponge Bob Square Pants episodes with lots of mundane multi-generational chat.
They talk each other through life and loves and laughs always using Sponge Bob and his pals as a metaphor. Get to know Stelly and her stepdad Gav.
www.player.fm/series/spongebob-squarecast
7 NUTMEG magazine is a thing of joy, a football magazine for the merchant city marxist in you. Glossy and gorgeous, intellectual and inspirational. And they also do a podcast.
Nutmeg Podcast lands fortnightly and includes in-depth football culture interviews with players, managers, writers, musicians and actors, a rarified version of the terraces themselves. Off the ball gone posh.
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