Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 news cycle and gets to heart of issues, trying to find the substance behind the headlines.

THIS week, Jamieson is joined by CommonSpace editor Ben Wray and CommonSpace multimedia journalist Rhiannon J Davies to review 2018 in tumultuous global politics and public affairs.

They discuss:

Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 outrage-driven social media news circus and gets to heart of issues, trying to find the substance behind the headlines.

THIS week, Jamieson is joined by Adam Ramsay, editor at Open Democracy and one of a small group of journalists who have investigated the 'dark money' scandal, of covert funding for rightwing politics in the UK.

Among other things they discuss:

Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 outrage-driven social media news circus and gets to heart of issues, trying to find the substance behind the headlines.

THIS week, Jamieson is joined by James Foley co-author of 'Yes: The radical case for independence' and  the article 'In Fear of Populism: Referendums and Neoliberal Democracy' in the journal Socialist Register, to discuss referendums, populism and anti-populism as Britain and Europe are gripped by political crisis.

Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 outrage-driven social media news circus and gets to heart of issues, trying to find the substance behind the headlines.

ON this episode Jamieson speaks with Jonathon Shafi, a Scottish socialist activist, about the crisis exploding around Theresa May's withdrawal deal with the EU, which has seen yet more senior ministers resign.

They discuss:

Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 outrage-driven social media news circus and gets to heart of issues, trying to find the substance behind the headlines.

ON this episode Jamieson speaks with Henry Bell, author of the new biography 'John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside' about the great Scottish revolutionary and his opposition to the first world war, which ended a hundred years ago.

They discuss:

Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 outrage-driven social media news circus and gets to heart of issues, trying to find the substance behind the headlines.

ON this episode Jamieson speaks with Jonathon Shafi, a Scottish socialist activist who spent the week in Brazil with activists resisting the rise of the far right President elect Jair Bolsonaro.

Among other things they discuss:

Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 outrage-driven social media news circus and gets to heart of issues, trying to find the substance behind the headlines.

IN THIS episode, Jamieson speaks with Glasgow organiser for the Living Rent Scottish tenants union about the housing crisis, organisational strategies and class politics in Scotland today.

Among a broad range of issues they discuss:

Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 outrage-driven social media news circus and gets to heart of issues, trying to find the substance behind the headlines.

IN THIS episode, Jamieson speaks with workers about the forthcoming strike by Glasgow City Council (GCC) women workers for equal pay.

More than 8000 women are expected to strike across GCC services on 23 and 24 October.

Among other things, the trade unionists discuss:

Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 outrage-driven social media news circus and gets to heart of issues, trying to find the substance behind the headlines.

IN THIS episode, Jamieson discusses the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate change report with Scottish Greens co-convener Maggie Chapman.