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BBC Radio Scotland

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

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Sep 8, 2025 · 38 min
Meet the new Scottish Green leaders
Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer on politics and pastimes.
Sep 4, 2025 · 28 min
What’s going on with the Saltire?
Why are flags appearing on our streets?
Sep 3, 2025 · 29 min
Sandie Peggie tribunal: what’s going on?
How what happened in a changing room led to a headline-grabbing legal case.
Sep 2, 2025 · 31 min
Why are drugs deaths down?
And why are police officers unhappy about their uniforms?
Sep 1, 2025 · 29 min
Falkirk asylum hotel protest: what we saw
And will a huge price hike on weight-loss jabs harm our health?
Aug 28, 2025 · 31 min
What will the Greens do next?
It’s change at the top as the Scottish Greens elect new leaders.
Aug 27, 2025 · 32 min
‘I’m with Farage’: the Graham Simpson interview
Reform UK's new MSP on quitting the Scottish Conservatives.
Aug 26, 2025 · 29 min
'Scotland has a problem with race'
Professor Tommy Curry talks to Martin about what racism looks like in Scotland today.
Aug 25, 2025 · 24 min
Asylum hotel protests spread
What’s behind the recent spate of demos here?
Aug 21, 2025 · 28 min
Top doctor: NHS can’t go on like this
Dr Iain Kennedy on why one of the founding principles of the NHS has 'already died'.
Aug 20, 2025 · 28 min
Housing crisis: the emotional cost
And how Highlanders are trying to solve it.
Aug 19, 2025 · 28 min
The Highland drug lines
And why some people are turning against the gulls.
Aug 18, 2025 · 38 min
'I tried to get under Sturgeon’s skin’
Douglas Ross on clashing with the former FM and defending Boris.
Aug 14, 2025 · 27 min
How to save childhood
One former head teacher's campaign for more play time in school.
Aug 13, 2025 · 25 min
Would a wealth tax work?
The upsides and downsides of going after the super-rich.
Aug 12, 2025 · 28 min
Sturgeon’s book stirs up Rowling row
And why Glasgow has a friendly neighbourhood Spiderman.
Aug 11, 2025 · 27 min
Sturgeon memoir: news or hype?
What we’ve learned from the former first minister’s book publicity.
Aug 8, 2025 · 28 min
Making the news with Kirsty and Brian
Broadcasting legends Kirsty Wark and Brian Taylor at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Aug 7, 2025 · 29 min
Irvine Welsh: Mobile phones destroy culture
Author on his Trainspotting sequel and the state of politics.
Aug 6, 2025 · 30 min
Darren McGarvey on oversharing, fame and Farage
Celebrated author identifies the pitfalls of sharing personal trauma.