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Apr 30, 20211 min read

Room To Roam: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Debra Salem...

For the latest SWH! podcast Ali spoke to singer/songwriter, composer, and arranger Debra Salem about In A Sma Room, the musical project...

Apr 27, 20211 min read

Set In Stone: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Linda Cracknell...

For the latest SWH! podcast Ali spoke to writer Linda Cracknell about her latest novel, The Other Side of Stone (or is it a novella, or a...

Mar 27, 20212 min read

Walk Out To Winter: The SWH! Podcast Talks To John D. Burns...

For the latest SWH! podcast we welcome back writer John D. Burns to talk about his latest book, Wild Winter - In Search of Nature in...

Mar 5, 20211 min read

Georgian On My Mind: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Craig Lamont...

For the latest SWH! Podcast Ali spoke to Dr Craig Lamont about his fascinating book The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow which gives...

Mar 2, 20212 min read

The GFF 2021 Podcasts: The Yer Old Faither Interview…

For the latest of our Glasgow Film Festival Podcasts Ali spoke to Australian filmmaker Heather Croall about her documentary Yer Old...

Feb 26, 20211 min read

The GFF 2021 Podcasts: The Iorram (Boat Song) Interview…

For the latest in out series of Glasgow Film Festival podcasts Ali spoke to director, producer, and cinematographer Alastair Cole to talk...

Feb 26, 20212 min read

The GFF 2021 Podcasts: The Underplayed Interview…

For the latest in out series of Glasgow Film Festival 2021 podcasts Ali spoke to Maya Medvesek, better known as internationally renowned...

Feb 26, 20211 min read

Of Him & Others: Say Hello To The Gray Matters Podcast…

Yesterday, as part of the inaugural Gray Day – a day celebrating the life and work of Alasdair Gray – saw the launch of the Gray Matters...

Feb 23, 20212 min read

Gray Day: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Sorcha Dallas…

Sorcha Dallas at the Alasdair Gray Archive For the latest SWH! podcast, Ali caught up with Sorcha Dallas, the custodian of the Alasdair...

Feb 19, 20212 min read

Loving The Alien: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Etienne Kubwabo…

For the latest SWH! podcast Ali caught up with filmmaker, DJ, and comic book creator Etienne Kubwabo to talk about Beats of War his comic...

Feb 17, 20211 min read

Back And Forth: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Ross Sayers…

For the latest SWH! podcast Ali spoke to Young Adult author Ross Sayers about his latest novel Daisy on the Outer Line, as well as his...

Feb 5, 20212 min read

Coming Around Again: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Alan Bissett…

For the latest podcast Ali caught up with writer and performer Alan Bissett, who was one of our earliest podcast guests back in 2011....

Feb 2, 20212 min read

Radical New Futures: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Keira Brown & Imogen Stirling...

Keira Brown Imogen Stirling The latest podcast is all about the forthcoming Paisley Book Festival, and Ali spoke to co-producer Keira...

Jan 29, 20214 min read

Short Cuts: A Review of Alan Bissett’s Lazy Susan…

It is widely accepted that the arts and culture have never been as important in people’s lives as they are at the moment. Whether it’s...

Jan 26, 20212 min read

Talking A Good Game: The SWH! Podcast Talks To David F. Ross…

For the first Scots Whay Hae! podcast of 2021 Ali spoke to writer David F. Ross about his latest novel There’s Only One Danny Garvey (out...

Dec 30, 20202 min read

2020 Vision: Looking Back At The Cultural Year…

A wee bonus SWH! podcast for the end of the year… Earlier this year we recorded podcasts with Ali and his brother Andy (right) where they...

Dec 22, 20202 min read

That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Music…

The last of our roundups of 2020 looks at the year in music, with Ali joined by Richard Bull, the producer of BBC Radio Scotland’s Roddy...

Dec 15, 20202 min read

A Family Affair: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Frances Macdonald & Ross Ryan…

Frances Macdonald Ross Ryan For the latest Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Ali spoke to artists Frances Macdonald & Ross Ryan about their current...

Dec 11, 20202 min read

That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Films…

In the year when cinemas were closed for most of it, and film release schedules were pushed back to who knows when, you might think it...

Dec 8, 20202 min read

That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Books (Part II)…

This year was such a great one for Scottish writing that we had to split our Best Books of 2020 podcast into two parts to fit in...