Mel Young is a social entrepreneur and has been for most of his life. He is a change-maker and believes passionately that homelessness around the world can be ended. Mel co-founded the Scottish Big Issue, The Homeless World Cup and hosts the podcast The New Ism.
You can find out more about Mel at: https://melyoung.org/about/ The Homeless World Cup at: https://homelessworldcup.org The New Ism podcast at: https://newismtalks.com
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Kevin P. Gilday is an award-winning writer and spoken word artist from Glasgow, Scotland. In this episode we talk about his show Suffering From Scottishness which you can buy tickets for here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on...
Colin Bramwell is a poet and musician, currently living in Edinburgh. In this conversation we talk about his current Fringe show, Umbrella Man which you can get tickets for here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on...
Leyla Josephine is a poet, performer and storyteller. In this episode we chat about her work, her inspirations and her current Edinburgh Fringe show Daddy Drag, which you can buy tickets for here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on...
Darren McGarvey is a writer and musician from Scotland. His book Poverty Safari won the Orwell Prize in 2018.
Bonnie Prince Bob is a producer and filmmaker based in Edinburgh who is well known for his satirical online work, specifically the films Jeremy Bernard Corbyn - What Was Done and Jim Murphy - Saviour of the Union. We spoke about the challenges of being a filmmaker, the background to his political films and his views on Scottish culture and television.
You can find him at: https://twitter.com/nonideefixe
and his work: https://www.youtube.com/discontent
and if you like, you can support him at: https://ko-fi.com/bonnieprincebob
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In this episode I speak with Jack Foster about his book Catch 2014. We discuss the current state of UK politics, the Scottish referendum of 2014 and what the future holds for the debate around Scottish Independence.
Andy Adamson is an entrepreneur, web developer and director of the web marketing company WEB. In this episode we talk about how the history of the company loosely matches the history of the internet - using this as the basis for a discussion of the web - past, present and future.
Steve is a writer, actor, director and publisher from Edinburgh who now lives in the US. In this episode of haverin', Steve and I discuss his experiences of studying drama in New York, the importance of drama for mental health and his most recent book Caffe Cino.
In this episode I sit down with artist Maria Rud to talk about art, music and the incredible audiovisual show Shamanic which debuts on Friday the 28th September at the Old College Quad, Edinburgh.