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Martin Geissler on the BBC's new Scottish news podcast.A new episode of Scotcast is published every Monday to Wednesday by 5pm. Get in touch with the team by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk
29 Jan 20252min
Our Final Podlitical
In our final episode, the team look back at 6 years of change and chaos in politics. How does this week's row over WASPI women and Labour's new government link back to former PM Theresa May trying wra...
19 Dec 202436min
Interview: First Minister John Swinney
Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney sits down with Podlitical. The First Minister talks about becoming SNP leader right before the UK general election was called, how he worried his ...
18 Dec 202435min
Buzz Or Buzzword?
The team discuss Labour's "reset" plans, and politicking ramping up in Holyrood. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Labour's "Plan for Change", but how has it gone down with the electorate, and Sco...
12 Dec 202426min
Politics By The Pound
Was the pound in your pocket or politicking at the heart of the Scottish budget? The team are joined by economist Dr João Sousa, Deputy Director at the Fraser of Allander Institute, at the University ...
5 Dec 202433min
Assisted Dying: What's next for Scotland?
As MPs back proposals for assisted dying in England & Wales, what's next for Scotland? Podlitical's Rajdeep Sandhu sits down with two MPs and two MSPs who are split on support/opposition for assisted ...
3 Dec 202431min
A Matter of Life and Death?
The team talk winter fuel payments in Scotland, immigration, and assisted dying. Ahead of next week's Scottish Government budget, Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has told Holyrood tha...
28 Nov 202428min
Reap What You Sow?
Farmers protest inheritance tax changes, and budget manoeuvres continue in Holyrood. This week saw thousands of farmers descend on the capital to protest Labour's changes to inheritance tax, while Lab...
21 Nov 202425min
