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Scotcast Episodes

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    Getting to know Sally Magnusson

    The BBC Reporting Scotland presenter is standing down after 27 years.

  2. Explained: Trump’s tariff trade wars… and us

    Why he wants to shake up the global economy - and what it could mean for us all.

  3. How much could your rent go up?

    What the end of emergency rent control measures may mean for tenants.

  4. Our problem with drugs

    And the news story that's brought Boaty McBoatface and Nessie together.

  5. Is live music a rip off?

    How has music changed for fans and the bands trying to make a living in the industry?

  6. What’s going wrong with our mental health?

    SHOTY’s Anna Campbell-Jones shares her story.

  7. What’s it like to be a police officer?

    And can George Clooney still be a heartthrob?

  8. Why Scots are warming to Farage

    What’s behind the rising support for Reform UK?

  9. Sturgeon cleared over Operation Branchform

    But why did the four-year police investigation take so long?

  10. Tour de France: how we won the race

    The biggest cycling event on Earth comes to Edinburgh.

  11. How Scots are hit by Labour’s benefit cuts

    And the end of River City.

  12. Fans hit out at Old Firm policing

    And the commitment to free university places.

  13. Rise of the litter pickers

    How might we tackle our litter 'emergency'?

  14. Sturgeon quits parliament

    Nicola Sturgeon’s former spokesperson tells us about the person behind the politics.

  15. Can weight-loss jabs save the NHS?

    The Hollywood hack being touted as obesity’s golden bullet.

  16. Who’d be a councillor?

    Laura Murtagh on the abuse she’s experienced over council tax rises.

  17. Mhairi Black on ADHD and quitting politics

    How the former MP really feels about the SNP and her years at 'toxic' Westminster.

  18. Would you leave school at 14?

    And football’s booze ban ‘up for discussion’.

  19. Rangers takeover: soccer with stardust?

    And reaction to Donald Trump pausing aid to Ukraine.

  20. Martin Compston: 'I want to bring jobs here'

    And John Swinney's ultimatum on the Trump state visit.

  21. Jagtar: jailed for terror in India

    Is Jagtar Singh Johal from Dumbarton falsely accused, or a homegrown terrorist?

  22. Defending ourselves: Ukraine, Trump and Trident

    And Swinney lashes out at 'far right' Farage.

  23. Fewer teachers = better schools?

    The attainment gap has worsened for Scottish pupils, so what’s the solution?

  24. Abortion buffer zones: is prayer a crime?

    How a 74-year-old's arrest put the law back in the spotlight.

  25. Gender: are politicians pivoting?

    And an archaeologist from Galashiels finds a pharaoh’s tomb.

  26. People v. the pylons

    What happens when climate progress lands on your doorstep as a 70m steel tower?

  27. Why are energy bills still so high?

    And another debate about how to pronounce ‘Scotcast’.

  28. What now for Scotland’s Ukrainians?

    And David Tennant’s very Scottish Bafta performance.

  29. Is it time to scrap council tax?

    With big rises on the way, does it feel like we’re paying more for less?

  30. Uncovering a scandal

    How a BBC investigation exposed a ‘culture of cruelty’ at a children’s psychiatric unit.

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