Whilst “Who Owns the Clyde” has a local focus, it asks questions relevant to post-industrial cities across the UK and further afield. Jude and Louise encourage creative conversations‒ and actions‒ that explore new, sustainable uses for rivers in post-industrial cities. They explore opaque land ownership, an increasing trend towards privately owned public spaces, nature rights and ecological imperatives that concern us all.

Each episode offers a kaleidoscope of voices, music and soundscapes designed to appeal to a broad audience. Contributors include politicians, activists and planners as well as residents, visitors and workers. The richly textured podcast’s dialogue is interwoven with music by artist Graham Fagen with reggae artist Ghetto Priest, along with readings by poets including Malika Booker, Jackie Kay and Jim Carruth. 

This multi-award-winning podcast has raised debate in the Glasgow and Scotland around the Clyde and its potential with features in the mainstream press and media. This includes Podcast of the week in the Radio Times, features in the Herald, The Times and industry journals with interviews on BBC Radio Scotland. An outcome of the podcast was a petition to the Scottish Parliament calling on the Scottish Government to grant the River Clyde, and other rivers in Scotland, the legal right to personhood, gaining support from environmental bodies and campaigners including The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland and Swimmable Cities.