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How to be an independent country: Scotland's choices is a new podcast from The Scotsman which will tackle the big questions facing Scotland at a second independence referendum from a different perspective. Instead of hearing from the same old voices, join Conor Matchett as he explores how other countries across the world experienced independence, the challenges they faced, and the lessons to be learned for Scotland.

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How to be an independent country: Scotland's choices is a new podcast from The Scotsman which will tackle the big questions facing Scotland at a second independence referendum from a different perspective. Instead of hearing from the same old voices, join Conor Matchett as he explores how other countries across the world experienced independence, the challenges they faced, and the lessons to be learned for Scotland.

    Episode Six: What if Scotland votes No again

    Episode Six: What if Scotland votes No again

    In the final episode of How to be an independent country: Scotland's Choices, Conor Matchett looks at what might happen if Scotland votes No for a second time by looking at one of the few places which has rejected independence twice, Quebec.
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    • 59 min
    Episode Five: Foreign Policy

    Episode Five: Foreign Policy

    In the fifth episode of How to be an independent country: Scotland's Choices, Conor Matchett takes a look at how Scotland might go about setting up its own foreign policy by examining how other countries have done so in the past.
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    • 58 min
    Episode Four: Health

    Episode Four: Health

    In the fourth episode of How to be an independent country: Scotland's Choices, Conor Matchett takes a look at the question of health systems and broader social policy, taking in Montenegro, New Zealand, and Ireland.
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    • 40 min
    Episode Three: Currency

    Episode Three: Currency

    In the third episode of How to be an independent country: Scotland's Choices, Conor Matchett takes a look at the controversial question of what currency an independent Scotland might have. From Ireland to the Czech Republic and Slovakia, what can we learn from the experience of other countries?
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    • 33 min
    Episode Two: Democracy

    Episode Two: Democracy

    In the second episode of How to be an independent country: Scotland's Choices, Conor Matchett takes a look at the question of what sort of democracy an independent Scotland could be by looking at other countries which set up their own after independence.
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    • 47 min
    Episode One: Borders

    Episode One: Borders

    In the first episode of How to be an independent country: Scotland's Choices, Conor Matchett looks at the question of borders for an independent Scotland.
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    • 28 min

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