Listen to the This Is Islay podcast

Some new media from Islay to write about. Back in August the This is Islay podcast was launched. Its goal is to bring you voices from Islay, news and events with interviews from the community. It is intended for both locals and listeners further afield to give an insight into what is happening on Islay and how the community experienced events. The intention is to complement other news sources (e.g. The Ileach), not to compete with them.

As of writing this two episodes have been published, Welcome to This Is Islay Fàilte a chàirdean and Islay Resilience and A Trip To India. The below embedded player should list and allow you to play the most recent episodes (as of writing this the two mentioned ones):

When The Call Comes – This Is Islay

In this episode, This Is Islay's Richard Mansbridge is in conversation with David Protherough, a Senior Coastguard Operation Officer with responsibility for Islay, Jura and Colonsay. We learn what happens when the call comes, and the role of the Coastguard working in conjunction with RNLI and other emergency services, to perform critical work in the waters around Islay and beyond, and support emergency calls on land as well.References: "Call 999 and ask for the Coastguard"About what3words: https://what3words.com/aboutMore about HM Coastguard: https://hmcoastguard.uk/about-usAcknowledgments:Guest: David Protherough, Senior Coastguard Operation Officer, HM CoastguardThis Is Islay:Host: Richard MansbridgeProduction: Gordon Bermingham, Jolyon Thurgood

1. When The Call Comes 21:57
2. Reading Fun at Port Ellen Primary – Part 2 22:03
3. Reading Fun at Port Ellen Primary – Part 1 16:33
4. 2026 Islay Book Festival 39:26
5. Young Minds & Big Topics at Islay High School 13:22

I hope you’ll enjoy the podcasts as much as I did and will subscribe to them (I’m using Google Podcasts, which works really well for me, but various other services including Spotify are available). With the latest developments around Covid-19 I found the information about the Islay Resilience Group very interesting and how it will help with possible future developments. But of course there are plenty of other interesting topics as well.

Author: Armin Grewe

I blog about Islay. View all posts by Armin Grewe