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{Latest Podcasts}

Holyrude Episode 4.7 – “Long Pork Kebab”

Holyrude Archive HERE

New Talking Sense Ep 1 – Erin & Kat on why independence matters

NEW #TalkingSense
First in a series on why Independence matters, Erin @seuntetalk & Kat @kat_cary talk immigration policy and horrors of the home office from a new Scot’s point of view.
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Bill Kidd SNP MSP – Nuclear disarmament in Scotland

Ungagged is happy to share SNP Socialists recent meeting where Bill Kidd SNP MSP spoke about the urgent need for nuclear disarmament in Scotland. #BairnsNotBombs

Interview with John Hird on Sportswashing

John Hird has done many things on the political left but recently helped set up Newcastle United Football Club Fans Against Sportswashing, in this interview with Neil Anderson they talk about that campaign.

3.2 Talking Sense: The Post-Conference Post-mortem

Kat and Erin are joined by Guest Co-Host Neil Anderson of the SGPTradeUnion Group (& Ungagged team member) to chat about the recent SNP and Scottish Greens autumn conferences.

Talking Sense – Season 3 – First Episode

🎙NEW @_ungagged #TalkingSense episode

@kat_cary and @seunte are back!

Join the leftie ladies as they discuss summer, cost-of-living crisis, #WomenLifeFreedom protests in Iran, and the latest developments in anti-immigrant politics.

Interview with Glasgow City Councillors Pt3 – Matt Kerr

Interview by Neil Anderson (@BikerNeil). Part 3 of 3 with GCC Councillors. Matt Kerr – Scottish Labour. Discussions range from Unions, Brexit, Scottish Independence & the City of London.

{Latest Writing}

The War on Being Trans Must Stop! By Amber Roberts

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The Bird Dies? by Neil Scott

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Disability and the Left By Stephanie Melnick

Stephanie emphasises the need for The Left to up its game when it comes to inclusion and disability rights.

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What’s the Answer to Tory Turmoil Groundhog Day?

By Mhairi Hunter

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Neil Scott (he/him) on why Scottish Left Forum has been declared a LGBTIQA++ safe space.

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What is the normal reaction to the death of the Head of State?

John Hall discusses the different reactions to the death of the Queen.

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Jake Murray discusses the UK Monarchy in light of the death of Queen Elizabeth.

Interview with Glasgow City Councillors – Pt 1 – Elaine Gallagher – SGP

Interview by Neil Anderson. Part 1 of 3 with GCC Councillors. This first one with Scottish Green Party Councillor Elaine Gallagher.

With two music tracks. Firstly – The Wakes – The Battle of George Square and part way through Voxken – Crystal Eyes.

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Talking Sense with Naomi Ages

Our guest this month is Naomi Ages, who is a lawyer and strategist working in climate, sustainability and social justice. She is the Vice Chair of the Global Women’s Caucus of Democrats Abroad (@dawomenscaucus) and the Communications Director for Democrats Abroad Norway (@DemsAbroadNorge). She currently lives in Oslo and when she isn’t trying to master Norwegian or cross country skiing, she can be found dismantling the patriarchy.

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Worldbeat With George Collins – George interviews Kathleen Siminyu Parts 1 and 2

Joining George Collins on WorldBeat is Kathleen Siminyu. Ms. Siminyu is an AI Researcher who focuses on Natural Language Processing for African Languages. She works at The Mozilla Foundation as a Machine Learning Fellow and prior to that was the Regional Coordinator of AI4D Africa. She has vast experience as a community organizer having co-organised the Nairobi Women in Machine Learning and Data Science community for three years. Part 1 – link to part two on page.

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Worldbeat – George Collins interviews New Scot, Kat Cary.

Part One and Two

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Worldbeat, With George Collins…

“An Entrepreneur in Scrubs…”

Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and Americans can’t seem to catch a break as new variants emerge and policy debates over lockdowns, school closures, and vaccine mandates dominate coverage. It’s pretty daunting for folks on the outside as we struggle to keep up with the breakneck pace of change, but what about the folks on the inside? Popular coverage of healthcare workers has been as hot and cold as leftover lasagna. From being hailed as essential workers and heroes to being demonized as liars and pill pushers and everything in between, it’s important to remember that these people are human. They have thoughts, feelings, and emotional responses to the crisis just like the rest of us, and today we’ll highlight one such worker’s experience in the field and the strategies being implemented to provide quality care both for their patients, and themselves. Former nurse manager and founder of Myles Parilla Consulting Myles Parilla joins WorldBeat to talk about his upbringing in the Philippines, the impact of his father’s entrepreneurial mind on his outlook towards nursing leadership, and his journey through nursing into the leadership consulting world.The Insightful Nurse Leader podcast

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Fuad Alakbarov on Kazakhstan

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Ungagged Presents Worldbeat with George Collins.

George interviews Ungagged founder, Neil Scott – Part 1

Part 2 – The Scottish Independence Movement.

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Short Pod: Raging Not Hating, by Val Waldron

Short pod version of Val’s superb piece: Val differentiates between the feelings of rage and anger that drive us forward to effect change, and the gathering clouds of hatred that threaten to destroy us. See below for written version.

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Ungagged Scottish Independence Special!

With contributions from our own Val Waldron (Twitter: @scribblingval) and David McClemont (@DavoMc82), plus the Scottish Green Councillor, Marth Wardrop (Twitter: @MarthaWardrop), David Peutherer of Scottish CND (Twitter: @scottishCND), SNP Councillor Graham Campbell (Twitter: @ceeGraham1) and a view from the USA from our George Collins – All held together (and edited by) Neil Anderson (@BikerNeil).

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Ungagged Film Club: “Starship Troopers” (1997)

David (Twitter: @davomc82), Debra (@HeathPeaPict) and Brian (@WeeSociologist) are joined by Scott McDonald (@Scott_eff) of Edinburgh Radical Independence Campaign for a SPOILER FILLED discussion of the 1997 film “Starship Troopers”.

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Ungagged Interviews: Laura Bilton, BLM Edinburgh and Councillor Graham Campbell

Neil Anderson leads a conversation with Glasgow Councillor Graham Campbell and Laura Bilton of Black Lives Matter, Edinburgh on –

-the Radical Independence Conference and the way forward for indyref2.

-the non inclusion of black and BAME communities and their place in Scottish society.

– BLM and other movements for inclusion in changing societal views.

– BAME representation in elections.

Music from You Want Fox

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with Dirty Little Damsel

(thanks to Loud Women!)

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{Latest Writing}

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As Close To Federalism As The Moon by Val Waldron

Val Waldron discusses the future of the Independence Movement in the light of hard-line Tory plans to crush it.

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Bad Hair and Bad Faith by Val Waldron

in Bad Hair and Bad Faith by Val Waldron Val looks at the relationship between growing populism and its effects on, not only movements such as Scottish independence, but Brexit, Culture wars and the daily radicalization of the population

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“Ticket Sharks are Killing Music“

– Gerry McMahon

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Russia’s Sonderweg

By Sam Hamad

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Roe vs Wade and the Right to Privacy in the American Constitution… by Tyler Cary

The striking down of Roe vs Wade is just great first dystopian right wing salvo, so we need to act nowsays Tyler_Cary. Next could be the fundamentals of privacy… allowing the federal government to invade the private lives of any citizen on a whim….