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):

Port Ellen Primary School: Neurodiversity – This Is Islay

Continuing our collaboration with primary schools on Islay, this episode features students and staff at Port Ellen Primary School discussing neurodiversity, school houses (Orsay, Texa and Nave) and the Gold: Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA), awarded by UNICEF UK.Acknowledgements:Many thanks to the staff and students of Port Ellen Primary School who contributed to this episode through recordings made at the school.Music :⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠ – 335607-Happy Kids CartoonFor This Is Islay production: Gordon Bermingham, Jolyon Thurgood

1. Port Ellen Primary School: Neurodiversity 19:32
2. Catriona Bell – Life on Islay 2 30:02
3. Housing on Islay – Part 3 – Wakey-wakey Islay !? 31:33
4. Housing on Islay – Part 2 – A Builder's Perspective 23:32
5. I'd Be Dressing A Banana 21:42

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