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):

Catriona Bell – Life on Islay 1 – This Is Islay

Catriona Bell is well known on Islay for her various contributions to the community over many years. She was one of those who set up and managed The Ileach in its early days and she played a significant role in the establishment of our swimming pool. In this first conversation for the This is Islay podcast Catriona recounts being born in Brora in Sutherland, coming to Islay to teach in the High School and building a life here.For This Is Islay:Jean MacLellan, Gordon Bermingham, Jolyon Thurgood

1. Catriona Bell – Life on Islay 1 33:15
2. Primary Schools: Reading Changemakers and Citizens 13:23
3. Islay Primary Schools Collab 16:54
4. Cancer Support Group Islay 50:21
5. Behind The Scenes 39:50

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