The Making of Finland, the happiest country that almost didn’t exist. With Lesley Riddoch.
Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Lesley Riddoch joins us to discuss her new film exploring Finland — a country often cited as one of the world’s most successful, fair and forward-thinking societies. Beautifully shot and deeply engaging, the film looks beyond the headlines to ask why Finland works so well, and what lessons Scotland can learn from its journey.
We talk about what independence could make possible here in Scotland— but also, crucially, the changes we don’t have to wait for. From education and local democracy to trust, equality and community power, this is an inspiring conversation about what Scotland can begin building right now.
Key themes:
- 03:45 Sisu, Smeddum and Trust
- 06:01 National Security and Resilience
- 13:59 Food Security and Co-operatives
- 16:17 Public Ownership of Assets
- 18:37 Scotland’s Transition
- 22:07 Common Sense Solutions – Prisons
- 28:13 World Leading Education from Kindergarten onwards
- 41:39 Forests and Family Trees
- 45:58 Lessons for Scotland
- Lesley will be presenting a series of film showings followed by Q&A sessions, details are on her website with more being added.
- She has come on to the podcast several times before. Here’s the playlist for those episodes.
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