Fiery Scots Podcast

Chris O'Kane - "With over 35 years in creative educational projects I enjoy engaging with new ideas and concepts. I enjoy public speaking and presentation. I am interested in the development of science and technology for education and entertainment. Coupled with a passion for Astronomy and Space Science, I am pursuing new media productions to inspire the next generation of Engineers and Scientists.

Joining us for a chat is Indy live creator & pro Scottish Independence activist Derek Mclean who recently got caught up in the main stream news with new Scottish Labour class clown Jim Murphy. We discuss politics, news, and some science....

Alan Bissett is the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Writer of the Year 2011. He was born in 1975 in Falkirk, Scotland. David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’, re-released, was at Number One in the charts that week. He grew up in Hallglen, a housing scheme on the outskirts of the town and the setting for much of his later work, attending Hallglen Primary School, Falkirk High School, and then Stirling University, where he studied English. After graduating he worked very briefly as an English teacher, before deciding to study for a PhD, supporting himself by selling books in Waterstones. He didn’t get the PhD, but he did publish his debut novel.