Our latest episode, the eleventh in the series of Pipers’ Persuasion went online on 4 November, 2010, featuring a fantastic interview with the first North American to win major piping prizes, Mike Cusack. Mike met up with Pipers’ Persuasion during his recent stay at the University of Stirling, while preparing for the World Pipe Band Championships with St Thomas’ Epsicopal School Pipe Band. Sit back and enjoy the story of how a determined young American cracked the solo piping scene.