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    Will Scottish lasers fight off hackers of the future?

    05/06/2026 | 21 mins.
    If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like 'Has Scotland's space dream crashed to Earth?' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002r3rp
    Sai Venkat (pictured) is a quantum engineer working in Scotland’s booming space sector at a time when computers are about to get smarter.
    With so-called 'Q-Day' looming, he tells us about the work he is doing at Edinburgh-based Rhea Space Acitvity to protect us from cyber-attacks.
    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller.
    Get in touch: [email protected]
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    Politics Show: Murrell, Mandelson and double FMQs

    04/06/2026 | 27 mins.
    If you're interested in this episode, you may also like 'How Peter Murrell did it': https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002x3yc
    Natalie and Lynsey and the BBC’s James Cook talk about the questions raised by Peter Murrell's embezzlement of SNP funds; the release of more files relating to Lord Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador; and a shake-up to First Minister's Questions.
    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode of the Politics Show is hosted by Natalie Higgins and Lynsey Bews.
    Get in touch: [email protected]
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    GB Energy: We CAN bring bills down

    03/06/2026 | 25 mins.
    If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like: Is the UK's energy policy ‘insane’? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002wjfg
    Fraser Stewart (pictured) is head of local energy strategy at GB Energy, a publicly owned body set up by the UK government to support our transition to green energy from its Aberdeen headquarters.
    He tells us why he is so excited about Scotland’s energy future, and why he believes our bills will, eventually, come down.
    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.
    Get in touch: [email protected]
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    How Peter Murrell did it

    02/06/2026 | 22 mins.
    If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘Would a Murrell inquiry tell us anything? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002x3z8
    Details of former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell (pictured) embezzling £400,000 from the party have been revealed at the High Court in Edinburgh.
    We talk to the BBC’s David Henderson, who was in court to hear a statement of facts in the case involving Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband.
    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.
    Get in touch: [email protected]
    Picture credit: Jane Barlow / PA
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    Would a Murrell inquiry tell us anything?

    01/06/2026 | 23 mins.
    If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘Debriefing Nicola Sturgeon’s Kuenssberg interview’: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0npbnnh
    Labour’s former first minister Jack McConnell is among those calling for a parliamentary inquiry into the embezzlement of SNP money by the party's former chief executive Peter Murrell (pictured).
    We ask the BBC’s David Wallace Lockhart why the current first minister and SNP leader, John Swinney, is resisting those calls.
    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.
    Get in touch: [email protected]
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The BBC's Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.
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