ScotcastEpisodes Episode guide
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30/04/2026
Thoughtful conversation about the most interesting news stories in Scotland.
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29/04/2026
Thoughtful conversation about the most interesting news stories in Scotland.
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28/04/2026
Thoughtful conversation about the most interesting news stories in Scotland.
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27/04/2026
Thoughtful conversation about the most interesting news stories in Scotland.
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Best of the Week
The best bits from the past seven days of the BBC's Scottish news podcast.
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23/04/2026
Thoughtful conversation about the most interesting news stories in Scotland.
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22/04/2026
Thoughtful conversation about the most interesting news stories in Scotland.
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21/04/2026
Thoughtful conversation about the most interesting news stories in Scotland.
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20/04/2026
Thoughtful conversation about the most interesting news stories in Scotland.
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Best of the Week
The best bits from the past seven days of the BBC's Scottish news podcast.
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16/04/2026
Thoughtful conversation about the most interesting news stories in Scotland.
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15/04/2026
Thoughtful conversation about the most interesting news stories in Scotland.
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14/04/2026
Thoughtful conversation about the most interesting news stories in Scotland.
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13/04/2026
Thoughtful conversation about the most interesting news stories in Scotland.
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Best of the Week
The best bits from the past seven days of the BBC's Scottish news podcast.
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Politics Show: Ferry fury and what polls are really saying
Natalie Higgins and Phil Sim on the week’s political news.
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Hunting gangsters – and how organised crime works
A former detective on gang boss Steven Lyons’s extradition.
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Green hopeful calls for prisons to be abolished
Opponents say Kate Nevens’s idea is 'absolutely bonkers'.
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Rape trials: a victim’s view
One woman's ordeal and her experience of the justice system.
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Best of the Week: Gang arrests, ferry problems and 'food deserts'
The best bits from the past seven days of the BBC's Scottish news podcast.
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Politics Show: Candidate controversies and North Sea debate
David Wallace Lockhart, Natalie Higgins and Phil Sim on the week’s political news.
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Who's to blame for our ferry problems?
CalMac's CEO says the operator is enduring a 'firestorm' of disruption.
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The questions raised by the Jordan Linden case
And how a pub tip-off led to confrontation ex-council leader's home.
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Is the net closing on notorious gangster family?
Steven Lyons was arrested in Bali following an Interpol red alert.
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Best of the Week: North Sea drilling, Sarwar and Findlay
The best bits from the past seven days of the BBC's Scottish news podcast.
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Russell Findlay: the election interview
The Scottish Conservative leader on how an acid attack led him into politics.
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Offord admits to 'crude' George Michael joke
Will Reform UK’s rocky week do Farage’s party any damage?
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Anas Sarwar: the election interview
Scottish Labour leader on Keir Starmer and fatherhood.
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Drill, maybe drill? Our North Sea dilemma
Is British Gas boss right about oil and gas exploration?
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Best of the Week: Cost of living, Swinney and Scottish Greens
The best bits from the past seven days of the BBC's Scottish news podcast.












