Scotcast

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David, Lynsey and former Deputy First Minister Shona Robison discuss John Swinney joining the first ministers of Wales and Northern Ireland in declaring that “Westminster’s time is coming to an end”; the data centres debate coming to a head at Holyrood; and who will win the Scottish Labour leadership race?
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Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode of the Politics Show is hosted by David Wallace Lockhart and Lynsey Bews.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Greg Jackson (pictured) is the chief executive of Octopus Energy, the UK’s biggest domestic energy supplier.
He talks to us about household bills, AI data centres and Rammstein.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon (pictured), who quit AI firm Anthropic, has said people working on the technology were “genuinely frightened” by the speed of its advances and what they could mean for humanity.
Martin is joined by the BBC’s Graham Fraser and Joe Tidy to discuss possible AI ‘doomsday’ scenarios, and how the debate about AI data centres is playing out here at home.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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The first ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have declared that 'Westminster's time is coming to an end' at a summit in Cardiff.
We speak to The Herald’s Rebecca McCurdy and our Westminster correspondent Paris Gourtsoyannis whether the gathering boosts SNP leader John Swinney’s independence strategy.
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Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Sexual crimes recorded by Police Scotland are at their highest level since 1971.
With the Scottish Government preparing to recognise misogyny as a "distinct form of prejudice and abuse" in law, we speak to Karyn McCluskey (pictured left), formerly of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, and criminal defence lawyer Tony Lenehan KC (pictured right).
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk