Scotcast

The BBC's Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.

Radio Scotland,313 episodes

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Why Scots are warming to Farage
What’s behind the rising support for Reform UK?
24 Mar 2025,28 mins
Jeane Freeman reflects on Covid
The former Health Secretary speaks to Martin five years on from the first lockdown.
23 Mar 2025,25 mins
Sturgeon cleared over Operation Branchform
But why did the four-year police investigation take so long?
20 Mar 2025,28 mins
Tour de France: how we won the race
The biggest cycling event on Earth comes to Edinburgh.
19 Mar 2025,28 mins
How Scots are hit by Labour’s benefit cuts
And the end of River City.
18 Mar 2025,26 mins
Fans hit out at Old Firm policing
And the commitment to free university places.
17 Mar 2025,28 mins
Rise of the litter pickers
How might we tackle our litter 'emergency'?
13 Mar 2025,28 mins
Sturgeon quits parliament
Nicola Sturgeon’s former spokesperson tells us about the person behind the politics.
12 Mar 2025,29 mins
Can weight-loss jabs save the NHS?
The Hollywood hack being touted as obesity’s golden bullet.
11 Mar 2025,28 mins
Who’d be a councillor?
Laura Murtagh on the abuse she’s experienced over council tax rises.
10 Mar 2025,27 mins
Mhairi Black on ADHD and quitting politics
How the former MP really feels about the SNP and her years at 'toxic' Westminster.
06 Mar 2025,33 mins
Would you leave school at 14?
And football’s booze ban ‘up for discussion’.
05 Mar 2025,26 mins
Rangers takeover: soccer with stardust?
And reaction to Donald Trump pausing aid to Ukraine.
04 Mar 2025,28 mins
Martin Compston: 'I want to bring jobs here'
And John Swinney's ultimatum on the Trump state visit.
03 Mar 2025,29 mins,
Jagtar: jailed for terror in India
Is Jagtar Singh Johal from Dumbarton falsely accused, or a homegrown terrorist?
27 Feb 2025,25 mins,
Defending ourselves: Ukraine, Trump and Trident
And Swinney lashes out at 'far right' Farage.
26 Feb 2025,26 mins
Fewer teachers = better schools?
The attainment gap has worsened for Scottish pupils, so what’s the solution?
25 Feb 2025,26 mins
Abortion buffer zones: is prayer a crime?
How a 74-year-old's arrest put the law back in the spotlight.
24 Feb 2025,30 mins
Gender: are politicians pivoting?
And an archaeologist from Galashiels finds a pharaoh’s tomb.
20 Feb 2025,28 mins
People v. the pylons
What happens when climate progress lands on your doorstep as a 70m steel tower?
19 Feb 2025,27 mins
Why are energy bills still so high?
And another debate about how to pronounce ‘Scotcast’.
18 Feb 2025,25 mins
What now for Scotland’s Ukrainians?
And David Tennant’s very Scottish Bafta performance.
17 Feb 2025,27 mins
Is it time to scrap council tax?
With big rises on the way, does it feel like we’re paying more for less?
13 Feb 2025,27 mins
Who thinks lynx should roam the Highlands?
Should wild cats be legally reintroduced into our natural landscape?
12 Feb 2025,28 mins
Uncovering a scandal
How a BBC investigation exposed a ‘culture of cruelty’ at a children’s psychiatric unit.
11 Feb 2025,28 mins
Life inside our packed prisons
Barlinnie's boss and a former inmate on what jail is really like.
10 Feb 2025,27 mins
What’s it like to be homeless?
And how much of the problem hides behind closed doors?
06 Feb 2025,27 mins
Humza Yousaf on Trump and Gaza
The former First Minister accuses Trump of supporting ethnic cleansing.
05 Feb 2025,33 mins
Water: is it as plentiful as we think?
Scottish Water's boss on supply, demand and whether we should pay for how much we use.
04 Feb 2025,27 mins
Can we backtrack on Brexit?
And is it ever okay to drop the C-bomb?
03 Feb 2025,26 mins