Scotcast

A star of the latest series of The Traitors is campaigning to ban conversion therapy in the UK.
Laura hears from Matty Hyndman (pictured) who was raised in a religious community and says he was pushed to change his sexuality after he inadvertently outed himself to his congregation.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

Scottish Green MSP Q Manivannan (pictured) apologised this week for the hurt caused by comments they made about rape on a podcast in 2025.
David and Lynsey hear from Justin Bowie from The Stooshie podcast about how the controversy has unfolded in politics. They discuss the UK and Scottish governments’ disagreement over Chinese firm Ming Yang’s plan to build a wind turbine factory in the Highlands, and the latest from the Scottish Labour leadership hustings.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast.
This episode of the Politics Show is hosted by David Wallace Lockhart and Lynsey Bews.

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The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) in Scotland is warning that extreme weather is having an increasing impact on our food production.
With more than two thirds of England in drought, Professor Derek Stewart (pictured) of the James Hutton Institute in Invergowrie tells us how we are adapting to avoid food shortages.
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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Nicola Sturgeon (pictured) has appeared in front of multiple live audiences to promote the new foreword to the paperback edition of her memoir, Frankly.
Martin talks to journalists Iain Dale and Graham Spiers about the reaction to their recent interviews with the former first minister, her feud with author J.K. Rowling, and how they approached questions about Peter Murrell.
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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Nicola Fauvel (pictured) is the station director of Somerset’s Hinkley Point C, the first nuclear power station to be built in the UK since 1991.
She talks to us about starting her career at Torness in East Lothian - and the prospect of a repeat of the disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller.
Get in touch: scotcast@ bbc.co.uk
Picture credit: EDF UK