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):

Behind The Scenes – This Is Islay

A conversation with the This Is Islay team gathered in the Islay High School studio, including: Gordon Bermingham, Jean MacLellan, Tom O'Farrell, Glen Roberts, and Jolyon Thurgood.We pull back the curtain on the behind the scene workings of This Is Islay – we discuss our favourite episodes, future plans, and the challenges and opportunities that come with our Islay-focused podcast.Thanks to Islay High School, Russell Pollock and Greig Barker for studio support, and to Tom O'Farrell for production.

1. Behind The Scenes 39:50
2. Gus Newman – A Port Ellen Lad 21:09
3. Islay Book Festival 2024 36:32
4. What Makes Someone An Ileach ? 34:08
5. The View From Two Wheels 07:21

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