You Call That Radio?

Beyond the Cringe is a panel show where we analyse Scottish Culture. What is it? Does it even exist? and if it does is it make you proud or make you cringe? Episode 4 is all about POLITICS as we head towards another election. Hosted by Jim Monaghan, Produced by Mark McG and featuring special guests David Jamieson (writer, Journalist and Editor of Conter.scot)  and Frank Rafferty (Community worker, poet and vocalist with Dead Thatchers) discussing the current state of affairs in Scotland. Thank you to Glad Radio and The Deep End for hosting us and massive shout outs to our patreons who make podcasts like these possible at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio  . Topics dicussed include the current  shift in populist politics, the 'good old days' of cooperatives , The Kenmure Street protest, The comparsison between Scottish politics and the rest of the UK, Ireland and USA, The collapse of Scottish Labour in mining towns, Brexit, Indyref, the cost of living crisis, the divide and conqueur grifters and much, much m

Gavin joins us on the week his life story has been adapted for the big screen by James Macavoy . 'California Schemin' tells the story of Two Dundee Rappers, Sillibil & Brains,  who faked being from the USA after London record labels rejected their Scottish accent. The film is available now on cinemas nationwide. We discuss how they ended up on MTV, toured with Eminem and D12 , the Scottish Cringe, the current state of the scene , the perils of fame, working with James MacAvoy, the 20 + years it took for this story to make the big screen and much, much more. Youtube link available to watch now in comments. More information about You Call That Radio below.  YCTR has No adverts, no sponsors and no funding so please help keep this show on the road and advert-free by joining the patreon at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio  buy me a coffee at ko-fi.com/YouCallThatRadio  . You can also find all our socials at http://linktr.e/YCTR . And upcoming events at skiddle.com/g/YCTR 

Tom Hingley settles scores, spills beans and burns bridges in an explosive interview in what is meant to be a relatively drama-free podcast. we chat for 10 mins or so then I ask one question and the rest of the show is his answer. Tom is the former singer of Inspiral Carpets who once boasted Noel Gallagher as their roadie and had massive hits such as 'This is How it Feels', 'Draggin Me Down' and 'Saturn 5' during the height of the Madchester era. He performs as a solo artist with King Tuts on May 11th as the next Glasgow show and also performs some of the old classics with his band The Kar-Pets . Last time Tom was on the show we had two hours of politics. This time it is an hour of band politics. Support the channel at: http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio or ko-fi.com/YouCallThatRadio and follow our socials on: linktr.ee/YCTR

Welcome to Episode 2 of Views from the Sea on You Call That Radio where we discuss  The Cancellation of Kanye West  Honest Places: Poverty Safari Pub Crawl? The Glasgow Central Fire (Eye Witness Account)   The Death of the Brewdog Cult  Are all world leaders actually dead and being replaced by A.I? Thank you to our patreons who make this show possible at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio please consider supporting the show to keep it ad-free for everyone plus get some bonus comntent, disocunts and free guestlists to concerts and festivals. You can also buy me a coffee at http://ko-fi.com/YouCallThatRadio . Check out our future events at http://skiddle.com/g/YCTR 

We speak to Dougie of Mickey 9s fame ahead of his new band Shuggy Mungo's debut gig (which is also The Girobabies final gig) about making music while the world seemingly burns in the background. He also diagnoses me with autism on air as we discuss energy vampires, the art of naming bands, the myth of St Mungo, The Hedgehog Dilemma, The pros and cons of middle aged rock stars, the reworking of the mickey 9s classic 'Ammunition' , being sober at a 3am festival campfire, how everyone is a nazi and a narcissist , why the far right misunderstand Orwell, book reccomendations, The Epstein Class and their Epstein wars and much, much more with an exclusive first play of a new Girobabies track featuring former Blackbird & Crow singer Maighread Ni Ghrasta that will appear on the 'Sunday Replacement Service' album which is available at http://thegirobabies.bandcamp.com Tickets for March 28th Art School gig here: http://skiddle.com/g/YCTR . Support the channel at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio Follow our socials

The scottish cultural panel show returns to You Call That Radio featuring special guests Andrea Gibb and Tom Urie as Jim Monaghan muses over the television landscape .  Andrea is a BAFTA nominated screenwriter and actress with includes Miss Austen, Mayflies, Dear Frankie and much more. Tom is an actor and musician with a huge back catalogue of credits that include River City, Trainspotting 2, Scot Squad, The Karen Dunbar show, Scot Squad, Still Game, Chewin the Fat, Holby City to name just a few. You Call That Radio has no adverts, no funding and no sponsors thanks to the listeners over at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio Follow YCTR on our socials here: http://linktr.ee/YCTR  Today's discussion includes The death of River city , The London brain drain, Faking accents,  The art of screen writing, I Swear, Short Content take over, The stereotypes of Outlander or drugs, Glenda Jackson, Limmy, Cosmetic surgery, The cast of friends, Scandavian policies, The singing kettle and how to improve the industry plus m

You Call That Radio has started a tour booking service for artists and we invited Becci Wallace on to announce a rural tour of Scottish countryside we helped facilitate.  We discuss the hidden scenes of Ullapool, Scotland's rose Marti Pellow, K-Pop Demon Hunters, The Songseeds Music retreats, Tips for getting funding, how Lockdown was actually only a year ago, musical rivalry & much more. YCTR only exists thanks to our patreons at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio . Follow our socials at http://linktr.ee/YCTR and get Becci Wallace tour tickets here: http://linktr.ee/BecciWallaceMusic

Views from the Sea- the first in a new series of podcasts from You Call That Radio to replace This is the News. We discuss news, views, thoughts and anything but our first episode is mainly news namely: - The BAFTA controversey surrounding John Davidson (Featuring Darren McGarvey)  - Andrew Arrested- Time to abolish the monarchy? - There is Scottish A.I Rappers now  - Trump doing mad stuff to avoid questions about the Epstein Files  This show is only possible thanks to our patreons at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio for all our socials and forthcoming events go to: http://linktr.ee/YCTR 

We interupt our scheduled programming to pay tribute to a maverick musician. Chris made me laugh so much I had to leave tents because I was in pain. A friend, a genius , a visionary . Festival season will never be the same again. Sending love to all his friends, fans and family. He will be very much missed. R.I.P Captain Hotknives .

Nobody knows what ScotlandBYPrestige even does. Not even himself. But I like guests like that. What I can say is he knows a lot of facts about Scottish histroy and even more about medicinal cannabis. So if you like either or both then this one is for you. We discuss the hidden gems of Scotland, The spanish civil war, Ravenscraig, John F Kennedy,  anti-fascist history, his bong collection, living on a farm, his overnight success from 30 followers to 80,000 followers, how he makes such engaging short form videos, writing a novel, the Hazy Sundays, the Glasgow music scene, Justin Beiber, drug laws, sailing ot Orkney and much, much more. This show has no adverts and no sponsors thanks to the support of our patreons at :  http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio  . If you enjoy what we do then give that link a click and your reward will be bonus content and guestlists to the best shows in town. Follow our socials on http://linktr.ee/YCTR and follow @ScotlandBYPrestige on Instagram or Tik Tok 

A conversation with alternative indie- folk duo 'The Folk Drama' with one latina from Los Angeles and the other from Edinburgh. They make instant classics with perfect melodies and soulful harmonies. They are almost ready to unleash a debut album they have been making in Manchester with Paul Heaton of Beautiful South's co-writer Jonny Lexus & Sean ‘grandad’ Kelly. They also recently supported Paul Doherty's Babyshambles. in London. We discuss how they met in a bar the day before lockdown, Mexico, touring, sobriety, thanksgiving dinner, social media and much, much more. This show has no adverts, no sponsors, no funding thanks to the support of our patreons at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio please show some love over there if you can for bonus content and guesties to the best gigs in town. Follow us on our socials at http://linktr.ee/YCTR   Follow The Folk Drama over here: https://linktr.ee/thefolkdrama 

we kick off Season 6 with an Ask Me Anything where we discuss The Girobabies new book 'If By Magic' , becoming a rural recluse to try and be an author, My tips for 2026, new years resolutions to stay healthy and calm, Did I really meet Westlife at one of my gigs, What football team I support, The Epstein Files and much, much more. Support the show at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio and follow us on our socials at http://linktr.ee/YCTR . Tickets for the Girobabies farewell show at http://skiddle.com/g/YCTR 

Welcome to Season 5 Epsiode 26 of You Call That Radio's audio podcast and This is the News. The show where we grab some of the best bits from our youtube channel and sew them all together like a big wooly jumper.  We will be anyalysing some of the headlines over the last month including: - Shirley Manson and the beachball incident - A hot take about why scotland took so long to qualify for the world cup - That new P diddy documentary that 50 cent made- Film review of 'I Swear'- The explosion of shite oasis tribute acts - The future of radio scotland and ... the death of ticket touting? there is no adverts on this show thanks to the genrouristy of our patreons. So to keep this show ad free please consider buying us a coffee at http://ko-fi.com/youcallthatradio or joining the patreon at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio where we have bonus content, guestlists , discounts and all sorts of stuff . there will be no adverts at any point but i think the next bit falls under news . My band The Girobabies just annou

'Neither Collar Nor Crown' was recently released into the world by Vagrant Real Estate . An ambitious concept album that brings together colleborations from all over Scotland of different genres to create a wildly uniqe Hip Hop record that borrows from Scotland's past to create something of the now. We will talk about scottish culture, the importance of collaboration, the mystery of Mog, Doss and Bemz killing it, The P Diddy documentary, Shirley Manson's beach ball incident, California Schemin' film, BBC Radio Scotland, influences scottish accents, , the Aberdeen music scene, Best Girl Athlete and much, much more. Support You Call That Radio at   / youcallthatradio   and follow our socials at http://linktr.ee/YCTR . Check out Vagrant Real Estatwe on all platforms but especially http://vagrantrealestate.bandcamp.com 

An honour to welcome The Carlton Jug Band onto YCTR as we get hyped for their new EP, album and them supporting Alabama 3 at the SWG3. They also run my favourite rehershal and recording space (and cafe)  Carlton Studios which is the heartbeat of the grassroots music scene in Glasgow, whilst regularly performing live across Glasgow institutions such as the Clutha, Scotia bar and Avant Garde. We discuss Alabama 3, witches, writing, poetry, the famous MOJO after parties , Having Mary Miani as a backing singer and omne of the Fratellis on drums, Calum Kennedy, making cover versions your own, playing three gigs after a leg amputation, music keeping you young and the therapy in writing for mental health. Support the show at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio to help keep YCT Radio independent and free of all adverts or buy us a coffee at http://ko-fi.com/YouCallThatRadio  Follow us on our socials at http://linktr.ee/YCTR  our next big live events are the Fiction Burns Supper at Slay on January 31st  and The Giroba

We are joined by Dougie Smith moments after an extra time Glesga derby to discuss his new album 'Empty at Embdys?' by The Dougies . We also discuss his career with Mickey 9s and a future project called Shuggy Mungo while also speaking on The Smiths- is Morrissey hatred justified? ,  ripping other bands off, EMO vs Pop Punk, Mini Disc Players, parents taste in music, classic bands, CDs or vinyl and did Artic Monkeys first album kill the monoculture? plus much, much more. Support this podcast by joining the patreon at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio plus follow our socials over here: http://linktr.ee/YCTR 

We speak with Orwell prize winning author, BAFTA award winning TV star and SAMA nominated rapper Darren McGarvey about his new book/ live show 'Trauma Industrial Complex' that he will be performing in Glasgow on November 23rd . Tickets here: https://www.skiddle.com/e/41468352 topics on today's show include trauma, victim mentality, masking mental health, regrets on oversharing, refusing a TV show about his life, EMDR therapy, Being interviewed by Nicola Sturgeon, Mharri Black & Frankie Boyle, How Eminem's music made him stick up for himself at school plus much, much more. No adverts, no sponsors, no funding. This show is only possible due to the generoisty of our patreons over at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio . Please click the link and consider joining our crew for bonus content, free guestlists, secret parties and more .

Great to speak with Peter Rankin about the Old Jock Radio days, the reformation of The Beta Band, the infamous Steven Seagull's demo dump, the dying art of music reviews, the early days of internet culture, the bin fire of modern day politics, and the most horrible music scene that Glasgow ever produced . Link in comments to watch the show. Add him on Facebook to see his fortnightly podcast 'What I am Listening to and why?' Support the show by clicking this patreon link right here: http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio and follow us on our socials here: http://linktr.ee/YCTR

We speak with artist, simnger, soingwriter, upcuycler, rapper, producer, poet, label boss Rebecca Radical who is celebrating the release of a brand new album with Absolute Riots. Expect some discussions about punk, politics, art and the kingdom of Fife. Support the show by becoming a youtube member or joining the patreon http://patreon.com/youcallthatradio .  follow us on our socials here: http://linktr.ee/YCTR and check out Absolute Riots album 'Actual Dance Beats' here: https://sounds-radical.bandcamp.com/album/actual-dance-beats

A great chat with Leith singer/ songwriter Lou McLean about her new release 'Desire Lines' off her forthcoming album produced by Carla Easton then we go off on tangents discussing the new 'trad wife coded' Taylor Swift album, Sexual innuendos in pop music, The Sabrina Carpenter effect, the hindsight of Maddonna, the rise of fascism, Why Chat GPT is rotting your brain, the magic of songwriting, the graft of social media promo and much, much more. Keep this show ad-free by joining the patreon at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio and follow our socials at http://linktr.ee/YCTR . You can find Lou McLean over at http://linktr.ee/LouMcleanMusic