#57 Roger Mullin - Momentous Change

Welcome back to a Broken World, this time from across the pond!

For my first episode back I was joined by Mike Stewart, Owner and coach at Rising Tide Academy in Maryland. We sat down to discuss all things Jujitsu, Running a business during covid and some differences between the States and Scotland 

Check them out at their website - https://www.realjiujitsu.com/#1

For this weeks episode of the podcast i was joined by Jason Call who is currently in the middle of his 2nd Campaign to run for congress in Washington State. We sat down to chat about his campaign, possible new green policies, medicare for all and more. 

For this weeks episode, I was joined by Activist for people suffering from addiction and recovering from addiction and CEO of Faces and Voices of Recovery UK.

We sat down to discuss her work with the charity, her own struggles with addiction and how addiction and recovery are being handled in the UK and Scotland. 

This week I was joined by author and journalist, Dr Yvonne Ridley. We sat down to discuss Yvonnes very interesting career as a journalist where she was captured in Afghanistan by the Taliban and when she came back eventually converted to Islan as well as her new book, The Caledonians, and Scottish history. 

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This week I was joined by Josh who is seeking candidacy for the SNP North East regional list at the next Scottish election. He is also s campaigner on Social Care, Drug Reform and LGBTQ+ Rights. We sat down to discuss some of these issues and more. 

For this weeks episode, I was joined by my good friend, Colyn Burbank to discuss the election, the difference between the UK and American politics and heading back to the states after a few years living in Scotland.

This is an episode that we recorded a few months back and for some reason, I never got round to editing, it was recorded right after the election so that was what our conversation was centred around. 

This week I was joined by journalist, producer, filmmaker and life long independence activist, Mark Hirst. Mark has recently been involved in a scandal following his comments on the Alex Salmond scandal. We sat down to discuss this as well as lockdown and more. 

This week I was joined by author, activist and TV presenter, Darren McGarvey to talk lockdown, class and music. You can check out Darren's new TV show, Class Wars, coming up very soon on the BBC

For the first episode of the new year, I was joined by my good friend and musician, Leon Kage, to talk about music, lockdowns, LGBT issues and more. 

This weeks episode I was joined by my good friend Valera Kushnir who currently lives in Florida after migrating from Ukraine when he was a teenage. We sat down to discuss his first experience voting in the US since becoming a citizen, his hopes for the future of US politics, COVID, and the tech industry.