Scotcast

• ‘Why I'm defending Sandie Peggie’

  If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘Sandie Peggie tribunal: what’s going on?’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002hwmc A clash between a trans doctor, Beth Upton, and a nurse, Sandie Peggie (pictured), in the changing room of an NHS Fife hospital has been played out and examined in great detail during an employment tribunal this year. Martin Geissler asks Sandie Peggie’s lawyer, Naomi Cunningham, about her role in what she calls the 'gender wars'. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler. Get in touch: [email protected]

  --------  

  42:26

  --------

  42:26
• Hot takes from Budget day

  Martin Geissler, Laura Miller, Natalie Higgins and David Wallace Lockhart discuss Rachel Reeves’s much-anticipated second UK Budget. And the BBC’s Kevin Keane joins from Aberdeen as workers and businesses in the north east were left disappointed with Labour’s decisions on the windfall tax on oil and gas. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast.Get in touch: [email protected]

  --------  

  29:53

  --------

  29:53
• What to watch out for in the Budget

  Tax rises and welfare spending have been the focus of speculation ahead of chancellor Rachel Reeves's UK Budget. We ask political correspondent David Wallace Lockhart and business correspondent David Henderson what else to watch out for. And has Paul Weller shown that Martin has style? Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins. Get in touch: [email protected]

  --------  

  26:25

  --------

  26:25
• ‘Derailed’: what now for £50m public inquiry?

  If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘The NHS surgeon who butchered his patients’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002j6zd An inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh (pictured) is one of five active public inquiries in Scotland. As MSPs investigate whether judge-led inquiries are value for money, David Cowan tells us how the Bayoh inquiry has been 'derailed' by a string of resignations. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode was hosted by Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins. Get in touch: [email protected]

  --------  

  28:24

  --------

  28:24
• ‘I’ll cry on stage’: the busker who’s gone bigtime

  'The next thing we're all jumping and dancing on the tables together'. Singer-songwriter Callum Beattie’s preparations for the biggest concert of his career took an unexpected turn this week when he found himself partying with Scotland’s World Cup heroes. In the Scotcast studio, he tells Martin and Laura about what music does for him, his challenging childhood and what John McGinn told his auntie. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller, Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins. Get in touch: [email protected]

  --------  

  33:45

  --------

  33:45

More News podcasts

Trending News podcasts

About Scotcast

Scotcast: Podcasts in Family