Caley Corner

Liam McLaughlan SSP Candidate For Glasgow East Episode 16

Episodes 16 guest is Liam McLaughlan who hails from Easterhouse in the east end of Glasgow. Liam is a trade unionist and is standing to be be elected as a member of parliament in the upcoming election for the Scottish Socialist Party.
Liam takes us through his reasons for getting involved in politics mainly the 2014 Scotish referendum. From there we talk about some of his political activism and what he and the SSP are hoping to achieve out of the 2024 election.
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Euro 2024 Preview 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 With Sean Kenney & Rob Kane

The first two guests Rob Kane & Sean Kenney are back as we do a preview of the upcoming European championship. We delve into the the Scotland squad and speculate about who would get dropped from the initial 28 and who would get brought in. This was recorded post the Tommy Conway announcement but, pre Lewis Morgan inclusion, did the boys call this, tune in to find out. We talk about who's likely to be the starters in Germany and what kind of system Clarke is likely to open up with. Will it, be Adams will it be Shankland, time will tell. We also discuss Scotlands opponents, Germany, Switzerland & Hungary. There's good humour shared & we've kept everything in for continuity, this was recorded in the one take so, you will see how the conversation flows from discussing the squad, key games and players to look out for. There's also some chat at the end about who we think will be the likely top scorers, players of the tournament and potential winners. If you do enjoy the podcast please do consider sharing as helps this to grow. Only 5% of viewers so far have subscribed so, if you could subscribe as well that would be greatly appreciated. 00:00 Intro 00:25 Right into it how will Scotland fare and chat about the strikers 07:20 Goalkeeper situation 10:12 Ryan Jack 11:27 Midfield, who's going to start, Christie, Gilmour? 14:50 The group, team by team 16:30 Ryan Porteous and the rest of the defence 22:30 Switzerland and Hungary 30:35 Other teams and players we think will do well

Scottish Women's Football: A Hidden History Revealed with Fiona Skillen

My guest on this episode is the awesome Prof Fiona Skillen. Fiona is a sports Historian who works in the department of social sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University. Fiona gives us a detailed history and chronology of women in Scotland playing organised sport. We start off by discussing what perked her initial interest in sport, early encounters of woman being treated differently at her local golf club in Lanarkshire. From there, we move onto the Victorian period and beyond and if you tune in you will hear about some great stories involving some of the research she's been involved with and some of the previously unpublished and untold stories she's managed to unearth and put out into the public domain
 
00:00 Intro 01:25 Fionas inspiration for getting into History and tales from the Golf world 08:30 Origins of women playing organised sport 10:55 Segway into who invented modern day football 14:30 Women's organised sport continued 17:29 Rutherglen Ladies FC 25:00 Barriers that society and organisations put in place to hinder Women's participation in Sport 34:30 Kathrine Switzer 37:30 How things are changing 42:10 Scotlands Womens first international match against England 46:50 Rose Reilly 50:50 Modern day

Dr Matt Winning - Climate Change Comedian & Author of Hot Mess

My guest on this episode is environmental scientist Dr Matt Winning he's also the author of Hot Mess which I’ve just finished reading and can highly recommend.
In his day job he has worked on climate mitigation for 15 years in academia and consultancy, and he is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.
Away from that, he's using comedy and jokes as a way to talk about Climate change which is precisely what we focus on here. In summary we've tried to keep it light, fun and educational at the same time despite the heavy subject matter.

Raymond Mearns Comedian Actor Glesga Da Episode 12

Raymond talks us through some of the big moments in his life with his trademark humour and wit. We start off talking about his early days at Glasgow Caledonian University and whether or, not he believes in fate. After that, we discuss how he got into stand up, his first gigs and he talks about his inspiration for being a comic, why he loves artists, philosophy and he also shares various tales of humorous life advice with some sarcasm peppered in. We end up talking about Baby Reindeer, Scotland at the euros and how Glesga Da came about. 
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Frank Gilfeather: 78-Year Old Scottish Boxing Internet Sensation &.Ex Sports Journalist on His Life

My guest today is the viral and global boxing inspiration Frank Gilfeather. The 78-year-old former boxer is an Internet Sensation, beating influencers at their own game. Frank is a former journalist and television reporter and as my guest on Episode 11 of Caley Corner, we discuss his boxing and journalism career, his view on today's Scottish boxing and how he ended up covering sports and football. If you like the podcast please follow rate (5 stars) and/or, recommend to a friend as this will help to grow the channel.
Future guests coming up include Raymond Mearns, Ross Greer & Dr Matt Winning amongst others.

Daniel Downie Comedian and Scottish History fanatic

My Guest on Episode 10 is the one and only Daniel Downie who's a comedian that doubles up as the host of Mountebank Scotland where he has the number one comedy walking tour of Edinburgh. He also has his own Youtube channel where he details and relays facts about Scottish History with his trademark humour. Daniel tells us a great story about Maggie Dickson who's one of Edinburgh's most famous daughters. Hear about the tale of how she came to be 'executed' on the Grassmarket in Edinburgh and the aftermath of that. If you like the podcast please follow rate (5 stars) and/or, recommend to a friend as this will help to grow the channel. Future guests coming up are Frank Gilfeather, Raymond Mearns & Dr Matt Winning amongst others.

Iain Smith trauma informed criminal defence lawyer (previous winner of Lawyer of the year in Scotland)

Something a bit different this week as Iain Smith a criminal defence lawyer from West Lothian joins us. We start off by hearing about Iains background and how the stress of struggling with undiagnosed dyslexia from school and beyond has contributed towards him thinking outside of the box with regards to his navigation through life both personally and professionally.
He tells us about a fateful encounter he had with Leslee Udwin in 2017 (who at that time was categorised as the second most influential female on the planet behind only Hillary Clinton via the NY Times) This then led to an epiphany in his own words and a journey from there to becoming educated on the biological impact of trauma on the childhood brain. This leads into his lifes philosophy completely changing. Iain now spends a good amount of his time trying to reform the justice system from the inside. Join us for a good conversation about this!
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In Conversation with Tom Boyd Celtic legend and Scotland hall of famer Ep08

Hear from the man himself as we start off by talking about Celtics victory this past weekend against Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup semi final. From there he takes us through every stage of his footballing career from the early days of winning player of the year and the Scottish Cup with Motherwell before, he went down to Chelsea, despite some interest from Brian Cloughs Nottingham Forrest team.  As most will know Tom then makes his way back up to Glasgow with Celtic where he had a great career with one of the obvious highlights being winning the Scottish league in the 97/98 season to stop Rangers in their tracks of winning 10 in a row. 
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Midlothian to Iraq - Afghanistan - Hyrox to becoming a personal trainer with Alan Russell

Hear Alans story as he talks about joining the army and his journey from there, into competing and training people for Hyrox fitness events. He recalls a vivid dream/nightmare on the eve of his first deployment to Iraq and what life was like for a working class soldier. He takes us from there to Afghanistan where a convoy he was part of went over an Improvised Explosive Device.