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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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May 8, 2025 · 30 min
Is AI a threat to musicians?
Glasvegas guitarist Robert Allan and AI expert Sidrah Hassan on what AI means for music.
May 7, 2025 · 28 min
Booze back on tracks
What scrapping the 'ineffective' alcohol ban on trains says about our drinking culture.
May 6, 2025 · 32 min
Election 2026 predictions
And what is the Scottish Government planning to do this year?
May 5, 2025 · 28 min
Why we need more babies
Paul Morland says politicians should be lecturing us about our falling birth rate.
May 1, 2025 · 32 min
Karen Dunbar: ‘What is laughter?’
Comedian Karen Dunbar on laughter, cancel culture and her love of Billy Connolly.
Apr 30, 2025 · 27 min
Grangemouth: what happened?
Why Jim Ratcliffe is blaming the tax system.
Apr 29, 2025 · 28 min
In defence of Kneecap
Former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill says rappers Kneecap should be left alone.
Apr 28, 2025 · 27 min
Is Sturgeon ducking gender debate?
And what new EHRC guidance means for trans people in public spaces.
Apr 24, 2025 · 29 min
River City goes to Holyrood
Is the BBC right to axe the long-running soap?
Apr 23, 2025 · 27 min
Is Swinney scared of Farage?
And would Martin and Laura prefer to be a Faithful or a Traitor?
Apr 22, 2025 · 30 min
Is gender self-ID dead?
The impact of the Supreme Court’s definition of a woman.
Apr 17, 2025 · 20 min
Take 2: Drug supervision room
Why one campaigner thinks we are failing people with addictions.
Apr 16, 2025 · 15 min
Take 2: Weight-loss jabs
A pharmacist on the risks of buying the jabs online.
Apr 15, 2025 · 13 min
Take 2: Farmers v. lynx
What’s the big deal about big cats roaming the countryside?
Apr 14, 2025 · 16 min
Take 2: The porn industry responds
Why they claim moves to stop kids seeing adult content online won’t work.
Apr 10, 2025 · 29 min
What happened in a Highland dungeon?
And should we be worried about an 'extreme' wildfire warning?
Apr 9, 2025 · 29 min
The author who beat Adolescence to it
Chris McQueer on Hermit, his novel inspired by incels and the online manosphere.
Apr 8, 2025 · 26 min
Assisted dying: what happens next?
And the 'miracle' baby - born using a donated womb.
Apr 7, 2025 · 26 min
Should Scots pay for uni?
And how Martin’s political grilling was sidetracked by a piercing.
Apr 3, 2025 · 37 min
Getting to know Sally Magnusson
The BBC Reporting Scotland presenter is standing down after 27 years.