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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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    Debriefing Nicola Sturgeon’s Kuenssberg interview

    31/05/2026 | 20 mins.
    If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like 'How Swinney is managing the Murrell scandal’: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002wt1n
    Nicola Sturgeon has spoken to Laura Kuenssberg about her estranged husband Peter Murrell embezzling £400,000 from the SNP.
    The BBC’s Andrew Kerr helps us analyse how the former First Minister handled the many questions asked of her during the 55-minute interview.
    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins.
    Get in touch: [email protected]
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    Can this CEO build ‘LA on the Clyde’?

    29/05/2026 | 23 mins.
    If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘Has Gen Z killed the traditional pub?’: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vwzw
    Dominic McKay (pictured) is Chief Executive of the Scottish Events Campus (SEC), home to the 14,000-capacity OVO Hydro arena.
    We talk to him about ticket prices; missing out on Olivia Rodrigo; his Los Angeles-inspired expansion plans along the River Clyde; and his brief stint as Celtic FC’s CEO.
    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.
    Get in touch: [email protected]
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