• Bringing Positive Change to the Community with Katie Kelly
    Feb 19 2024

    Positive change is possible in Scotland, and it's happening. New podcast with former East Ayrshire local authority leader Katie Kelly on how the council there helped to build vibrant communities. Political consensus needed to promote this brilliant work across Scotland.

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    58 mins
  • A Little Less Conversation: Closing Scotland's Implementation Gap
    Nov 4 2023

    *LINK TO VIEW SLIDES REFERENCED*

    The recording of the presentation of the new report from Our Scottish Future.

    Titled, "A Little Less Conversation: Closing Scotland's Implementation Gap", the report argues that the successes of devolution has been stymied in recent years by a combination of “too much politics, too much government, a failure to cooperate, and a centralised political culture”. It praises several successes under the Scottish Government but concludes that Ministers too often “govern by press release”.

    The panel consists of report author, Jamie Gollings, OSF Chair, Prof Jim Gallagher and former civil servants Philip Rycroft and Lucy Hunter Blackburn.

    📈 Link to slides: https://ourscottishfuture.org/closing-scotlands-implementation-gap-slides/
    👉 Read the full report here: https://ourscottishfuture.org/wp-cont...
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    51 mins
  • Scotland's NHS under the microscope
    Sep 14 2023

    Our Scottish Future's Eddie Barnes is joined by Alex Neil, former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Helen Puttick, health reporter at The Times and Professor David Kerr, head of the OSF health commission and professor of cancer medicine at Oxford University, to discuss Scotland's NHS and how it can be improved.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • The Robin Harper Interview
    Aug 10 2023

    Eddie Barnes interviews Robin Harper.

    They cover; Harper's headline news making decision to resign from the Scottish Greens -the party he once led as the first Green MSP in the Scottish parliament- to climate change and the future of the UK. 

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    29 mins
  • Pump Up The Volume
    Jul 28 2023

    Heat pumps. You've heard a lot about them, but what actually are they? Are they a solution to our energy troubles? Are the Scottish government's lofty goals deliverable?

    Our Scottish Future's Eddie Barnes speaks with Dr Peter Wood, an Associate Lecturer at The Open University in Scotland, a researcher in sustainability, and a trade unionist to find out more.

    You can read Pete's blog on the topic here:
    https://ourscottishfuture.org/pump-up-the-volume/

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    25 mins
  • Scotland's Drug Deaths with Annemarie Ward and Stevie Wishart
    May 12 2023

    The Our Scottish Future podcast is looking at key policy areas in Scotland to ask why things aren't working, and what we can do to fix them.

    This week we look at the scandal of Scottish drug related deaths. More than 1330 suffered a drug related death in the last year, 3.5 times higher than in the rest of the UK.

    Why? What's going wrong? How should our governments sort it? Two leading Scottish activists - Annemarie Ward of the charity FAVOR UK and Stevie Wishart - set out their views. 

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    53 mins
  • How excellent is the Curriculum for Excellence? With Aveek Bhattacharya, Emma Seith & Dr Neil McLennan
    Apr 21 2023

    Welcome to our revamped podcast! Rather than provide a running commentary on recent political events, we want to use this podcast to discuss policy and specifically policy implementation. How can we do things better?

    This week, Our Scottish Future Campaign Director Eddie Barnes discusses education and the Curriculum for Excellence. He is joined by a stellar cast including:

    Aveek Bhattacharya, research director of the Social Market Foundation.
    Emma Seith, senior journalist at the Times Education Supplement.
    Dr Neil McLennan, former teacher and education expert.

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    50 mins
  • Fast Start or False Start for Humza Yousaf? With Willie Rennie MSP, Jenny Marra & Philip Rycroft
    Mar 30 2023

    Our Scottish Future Chair Prof Jim Gallagher fills in for Eddie Barnes this week and is joined by former Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie MSP, former Scottish Labour MSP (and proud Dundonian) Jenna Marra and former senior civil servant Philip Rycroft.

    They discuss the challenges facing new First Minister Humza Yousaf, rebellious party backbenchers, SNP party unity, if there is a plan for Scottish independence and much more!

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    43 mins