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Islay News

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):

2022 in Review This Is Islay

Glen and Tom look back over This Is Islay's activities and podcasts during 2022, a year of transition after restrictions imposed by COVID.  We published 9 episodes and expanded our reach to 17 countries.  In addition, we continue to spread the word around Islay and Jura. We thank you our listeners as well as the various guests and supporters who have made the podcasting journey so enjoyable over the past 3 years. This Is Islay is a volunteer-led podcast celebrating the people, places and events which shape the Islay and Jura community.  We are also a Coop Local Community cause.  For more information and to support us, follow us on social media and visit our website at www.thisisislay.co.uk .
  1. 2022 in Review
  2. Christmas In The (Islay) Air
  3. The Best Ports Improve With Age
  4. What's New at Bruichladdich Hall
  5. The Ileach (Fortnightly)

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.