We need to talk about the elephant in the room. A podcast about what's happening in Scotland that no one's talking about. Children, childhood, culture, healthy communities. Kate Deeming developed dance projects for kids globally in educational and community settings for 30 years before being cancelled by the dance sector for questioning the narrow social justice mantras that were being embedded across culture. A long time advocate for children and childhood join Kate as she tries to make sen ...
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18. Feeding Off The Poor: In Conversation with AnneMarie Ward on Scotland's Addiction Crisis
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1:09:16Send us a text I was delighted to meet with Annemarie Ward, Director of Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR UK) for today’s podcast on Scotland's devastating policies around addiction. I think this conversation is so important as it encapsulates quite viscerally how toxic empathy destroys lives and communities. And it’s undermining the very bedrock…
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17. No Boundaries: Conversation with Mary Howden
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1:14:59Send us a text Was delighted to have a conversation with Mary Howden, Director of the Women’s Rights Network (WRN) and retired social worker to speak about the damaging erosion of boundaries we are seeing in education, social care, culture & healthcare settings. Mary has decades of experience working with vulnerable individuals. One of the main the…
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BONUS: Living Lent by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton
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8:37Send us a text Today marks Ash Wednesday the first day in the Catholic season of Lent. Lent is a 40 day period of preparation and prayer leading to Easter. It is a time of paring back, of giving and doing for others. I read this passage by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton in the book 'Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter' and found it so relevant …
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16. Surrogacy: Bodies for Sale, with Helen Gibson Surrogacy Concern
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59:32Send us a text I am thankful to be in conversation with Helen Gibson founder of Surrogacy Concern. There are currently plans afoot to ‘liberalise’ UK Surrogacy laws. But what does this mean? On the one hand we have the familiar talk of ‘the rights’ of individual ‘to have a baby’ and on the other we have questions around ethics related to the exploi…
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15. Losing Our Collective Mind With Stuart Waiton Scottish Union for Education
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1:04:10Send us a text In today’s podcast I speak to my colleague Stuart Waiton founder of The Scottish Union for Education. Some listeners will know my role as Parent and Supporters Coordinator for the organisation which seeks to address the rapid decline in Scottish Education. Stuart is an academic at the University of Abertay in criminology with a backg…
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14. The Child Trap: ASN in Scottish Schools with Jules Sandilands
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41:02Send us a text In this podcast I speak to Jules Sandilands, education correspondent for the Scottish Union for Education . Jules has written three pieces for SUE related to the exponential increase of children being diagnosed with ‘Additional Support Needs’ in Scottish Schools. Sitting at 40.5% of children in Scottish schools, a rapid increase in t…
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13. Ewan Morrison: Writer & Cultural Commentator
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1:19:27Send us a text Was delighted to sit down with the inimitable writer, essayist and cultural commentator Ewan Morrison back in December for a good old chat. Speaking to Ewan reminded me why I got caught up in the arts scene in Glasgow back in the early 2000s. The depth and breadth of his knowledge and critical thought cannot be underestimated -in par…
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12. Inspiration for 2025: Sister Fran Kane, SSJ "Silence is the Language of God"
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53:20Send us a text As we embark on a new year I feel blessed to have spent time with my cousin Fran Kane, a Sister of St. Joseph for the past 70 years. I hope this conversation will inspire you as you embark on a new year. Fran speaks of growing up in Philadelphia in the 1940s, a consummate tomboy who loved sport and would run away from the nuns who wa…
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11. Maggie Mellon Social Worker
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1:17:49Send us a text Maggie Mellon social worker of 40+ years discusses the many failings of the Scottish Care System. From the perpetuation of abuse cycles to the trans-positive policy to the for-profit motives of the managers and owners our most vulnerable children are being failed. More Info on Maggie here: Maggie Mellon Website: https://maggiemellon.…
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10. Hot Mess: The Culture of Scottish Education, Carolyn Brown Educational Psychologist
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1:15:47Send us a text In today’s podcast I speak to Carolyn Brown, retired Educational Psychologist with over 40 years experience of working in the Scottish Education sector. Carolyn is also one of the founders and members of Scot Pag - Scottish Professionals Advising on gender - a multi agency group of professionals from health, social work and medicine …
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9. Surviving Education: with Teacher & Author James Ross
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1:26:14Send us a text In this episode I sit down with former teacher and author James Ross. I was inspired to contact James after reading his book "Must Try Harder" an account of his time at a secondary school teacher in the North East of England. With humour, insight and sensitivity James recounts his trials and tribulations navigating the evolving educa…
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8. Teachers or Parents? In Conversation with Joanna Williams
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1:19:33Send us a text Joanna Williams recently penned the report 'Teachers or Parents: Who is Responsible for Raising the Next Generation?" There has been a steady undermining of boundaries between home and school going back decades (or even centuries if you look to history of education and changing perceptions of parents & the family). As teachers are to…
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7. Scotland vs. New Zealand: Let Kids Be Kids Conversation with Penny Marie
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1:19:46Send us a text Today’s podcast takes us to New Zealand where I had the opportunity to speak (virtually) with Penny Marie about her grassroots organisation ‘Let Kids be Kids’ . Let Kids be Kids is an initiative which empowers parents to ask questions and take action about what is happening in New Zealand schools and the wider culture. Penny and I co…
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6. "Toxic Masculinity" in Conversation with Lottie Moore
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1:10:13Send us a text Today we look at the new 'toxic masculinity' training being embedded into UK schools. Lottie Moore wrote the report 'Boys and Burden of Labels' for the Family Education Trust. In it she looks at the content of these lessons and asks, is this good for boys? Thanks for listening, if you think what I do is valuable please consider becom…
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5 Scottish Curriculum for Excellence with Julie Sandlilands
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1:04:20Send us a text The Scottish Curriculum for Excellence is 'neither a curriculum nor excellent'. In this podcast I sit down with Julie Sandilands teacher, education commentator & Scottish Union for Education Board Member to elucidate what children are and are not learning through this nebulous framework. We will be part of a panel at the Festival of …
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4. Scottish Education Initiates & Perpetuates Abuse Cycle
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1:49:49Send us a text RSHP is Scottish Education's Comprehensive Sexual Education program. The material was developed by Colin Morrison whose PhD was on the 'sexual rights' OF disabled children. This 'rights' agenda is embedded across the whole program w/no anchor to child development. It flies in the face of child safeguarding from the extreme content to…
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3. Can We Put the Kink Back in the Drawer?
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1:06:58Send us a text Kate looks at current trends in art and education that demonstrate a radical breakdown in the social contract. From ladies standing in central Glasgow in bloody knickers, to a 'horny' trans pillow for toddlers to embrace the bandwidth of what is appropriate for children has radically shifted to the detriment of children. In the midst…
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2. Trans Self Id in Glasgow Nurseries
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52:20Send us a text In this podcast I look at how self id is being implemented in education specifically in Glasgow nurseries. I tell a story of a 4 year old who comes home from nursery distressed about a 'man woman' in the pre-school and her mother told they will 're-educate her' to adjust. Are basing laws on a lie a good way to legislate? There are wo…
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UNCRC Is Ruining Childhood & Enabling Abuse
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1:03:48Send us a text The UNCRC (United Nations Rights of the Child) was adopted into Scottish Law in July. Sounds great right? Wrong. There are many red flags regarding child development, child safety and the undermining of the family. We have seen examples of these already with schools overriding parents wishes in relation to trans issues. But it doesn'…
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