Scotcast

By: BBC Radio Scotland
  • Summary

  • The BBC's Scottish news podcast, hosted by Martin Geissler. Conversation with trusted journalists and experts about the country's biggest stories.

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Episodes
  • Gender: are politicians pivoting?
    Feb 20 2025

    As First Minister’s Questions gets fiery on the gender debate, we ask if the temperature of political opinion is changing.

    We ask Mark Diffley, pollster and analyst, and BBC Scotland’s Chief Political Correspondent, Lynsey Bews.

    And an archaeologist from Galashiels finds a pharaoh’s tomb.

    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.

    Get in touch with us by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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    28 mins
  • People v. the pylons
    Feb 19 2025

    What’s the price of climate progress? As another Scottish pylon project is approved, the team hears about the communities in the way of the green energy revolution.

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls them Nimbys (Not in my back yard). But campaigner Kate Matthews tells us how 70m monster pylons will blight the landscape around her home in Aberdeenshire.

    Kate is from one of the many local groups fighting pylons, substations and battery energy storage systems being built across the country. BBC Scotland Environment Correspondent Kevin Keane joins her in the studio.

    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast with Martin Geissler and Laura Miller. Get in touch with us by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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    27 mins
  • Why are energy bills still so high?
    Feb 18 2025

    Energy experts Cornwall Insight are predicting a 5% increase to typical household bills when Ofgem announces the latest change to the price cap.

    We ask David Sheppard from the Financial Times and fuel poverty campaigner Frazer Scott from Energy Action Scotland why prices aren’t coming down.

    And Laura and Martin have another debate about how to pronounce ‘Scotcast’.

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    26 mins

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