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):

The Return of Fèis Ìle – The Islay Festival – 2023 – This Is Islay

In this episode Jolyon Thurgood and Glen Roberts talk with Lesley McCall, Secretary of the Fèis Ìle Committee, as she and her colleagues get ready for the Islay Festival which takes place from May 26th to June 3rd 2023. Fèis Ìle – The Islay Festival – is a gathering of whisky and Islay fans from across the globe.In the last week of May, we celebrate Islay, her culture and her spirit, in a ten day event that defines the whisky calendar. More information, including tickets, at feisile.co.uk . Listen to all This Is Islay podcasts at thisisislay.co.uk and on Spotify and other podcasting platforms.

1. The Return of Fèis Ìle – The Islay Festival – 2023 21:37
2. 2022 in Review 24:11
3. Christmas In The (Islay) Air 10:24
4. The Best Ports Improve With Age 11:41
5. What's New at Bruichladdich Hall 11:31

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