Musician, author and journalist Pat Kane is our guest in this episode when we discuss why over 65s are still not convinced by independence.
Pat suggests the answer might lie in our musical influences - are former hippies, punks and post punks more likely to challenge the status quo?
Themes included in our discussion are:
00:02:43 Musical influences on attitudes
00:04:47 Post-war British consensus
00:06:24 Rise of Scottish music and culture in the 80s and 90s
00:07:10 Social class component shaping attitudes
00:09:26 Sterlingisation and continuity
00:10:28 Climate crisis and security
00:12:02 Community resilience and the role of elders
00:13:49 The long haul to indy
00:14:56 Cosmo - localism
00:16:16 War time experiences
00:19:45 Hippies, punks and post punks
00:23:17 Citizen self determination
00:25:40 Spirit of 2014
00:30:05 Community development
00:38:10 Project fear revisited
00:43:20 Our Third Act
Pat's think tank - https://www.thealternative.org.uk/
More about Pat Kane https://www.patkane.global/who-is-pat-kane
You can watch the video version of this podcast at https://youtu.be/dKRGiOhcbSU
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