A Celtic State of Mind recently won the prestigious 2018 Football Blogging Award for the UK's Best Podcast.

Paul John Dykes and Kevin Graham are joined this week by two very special guests who are integral to the success of the Jimmy Johnstone Academy and Charitable Trust.

In the first part of a two-part special, Jim Simonette and Simon Farrelly discuss the Greatest Ever Celt, the birth of the Academy that bears Jinky's name, and the Jimmy Johnstone Charitable Trust, which was established last year.

A Celtic State of Mind has gone from strength-to-strength over the last year, and there are many more guests lined up in the weeks ahead from the world of sport, music, film, art, broadcasting, literature and politics.

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