Whatever Floats Your Boat
Ahead of Parliamentary recess, the team discuss the row over ferry contracts and Covid. In a bumper week at Holyrood, the debate over the delayed CalMac ferries continues, and the First Minister Nicol...
31 Mars 202229min
Spring Into Action?
Does the Chancellor's Spring Statement offer ways to combat the cost of living crisis? As Chancellor Rishi Sunak sets out measures to try and reduce the shock of rising fuel, food, and energy bill pri...
24 Mars 202222min
Two Years On
Scotland sees record high Covid infections, but is the virus the threat it once was? As two years pass since the World Health Organisation declared a global pandemic, BBC Scotland’s Health and Social ...
17 Mars 202219min
Oil Turmoil
What can be done to protect people from high energy prices? Sepi Golzari-Munro of The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit and Kevin Keane, BBC Scotland's Environment, Energy & Rural Affairs Correspon...
10 Mars 202229min
Witnessing War with John Simpson
BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson discusses Ukraine, and journalism in warzones. What does it take to report from active conflict, and how do you make sure you're getting accurate information on t...
4 Mars 202223min
Gender Recognition Reform
What is The Gender Recognition Reform Bill currently tabled at Holyrood, and why has the debate around it grown so heated? Lucy and Phil are joined by BBC correspondent Lorna Gordon to discuss the leg...
3 Mars 202225min
Dark Hours For Europe
As Russia invades Ukraine, what happens next, and what will the UK and EU Governments do? Podlitical is joined by Ramsay Jones CBE, a former special advisor for the UK Government. As the situation is ...
24 Feb 202226min
The Cost of Living Crisis?
Who will the cost of living rise hit hardest, and can anything be done to mitigate it? As the Scottish Budget is revealed, Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute at the Uni...
10 Feb 202226min
