Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
The author who beat Adolescence to it
Two weeks before Netflix released Adolescence, a debut novel by Scottish writer Chris McQueer with strikingly similar influences was published.
Chris…
1 year, 3 months ago
Assisted dying: what happens next?
Politicians in Holyrood and Westminster are preparing to vote on changing the law to allow terminally-ill people the right to seek medical help to di…
1 year, 3 months ago
Should Scots pay for uni?
Edinburgh University’s principal, Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, says the way we fund universities is 'broken'.
We ask The Herald’s education corresp…
1 year, 3 months ago
Getting to know Sally Magnusson
BBC Reporting Scotland presenter Sally Magnusson sits down with Martin Geissler and Laura Miller to talk about her life and career as she prepares to…
1 year, 3 months ago
Explained: Trump’s tariff trade wars… and us
Industries like whisky and salmon are bracing themselves as Donald Trump prepares to announce taxes on goods imported into the US, on what he’s calli…
1 year, 3 months ago
How much could your rent go up?
Emergency rent control measures which limited rent increases have expired, leading to concerns that some renters may be priced out of their homes.
Ma…
1 year, 3 months ago
Our problem with drugs
BBC reporter Chris Clements has been looking into our problem with drug misuse for a new documentary, ‘One More Fix’.
We ask Chris why Scotland has r…
1 year, 3 months ago
A quick take on the Spring Statement
With experts warning that the Chancellor Rachel Reeves may need to raise taxes later this year - what might the Finance Secretary Shona Robison do to…
1 year, 3 months ago
Is live music a rip off?
It’s an expensive time to be a fan of live music. Ticketmaster has been told to change the way it advertises prices after an investigation into dynam…
1 year, 4 months ago
What’s going wrong with our mental health?
Charity Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH) says it has 'waited long enough' for ministers to improve access to mental health treatment and anno…
1 year, 4 months ago