Scottish politics is constipated and the independence issue is the plug in the pipe. Until the country poops it out (one way or the other), we won't be able to stomach the real policy change the nation needs. Plus the Salmond Inquiry. Enjoy!

This week we speak to Anas Sarwar MSP, currently Scottish Labour's spokesperson on constitutional affairs and candidate in the party's leadership election; about his life, his politics and his policies for the future of Scotland. Enjoy!

Tonight we talk to Gail Irvine from the Carnegie UK Trust about the Trust's new report on the minimum wage & work (produced together with the Learning and Work Institute) plus her thoughts on current Scottish politics more widely. Enjoy!

Tonight we talk with Suzanne Martin about the Domestic Abuse (Protection)(Scotland) Bill and mental health in the age of Covid-19. Enjoy!

We're back, after an extended break, with Dr. Coree Brown Swan of the Centre on Constitutional Change at the University of Edinburgh to talk about the Scottish Citizen's Assembly’s recent report and the relationships between states and citizens and between states. Enjoy!

Tonight's episode: Scottish drugs policy. What's going on and what it tells us about Scottish politics & society; with guest David Scott from Nil By Mouth.

Tonight we talk to Dave Eiser of the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde about what Rishi Sunak’s spending review means for Scotland & other matters economic. Enjoy!

Tonight we talk about the fissiparous SNP & its NEC; £500 bonuses for health and care staff, free school meals and whether anyone can figure out how to judge Nicola Sturgeon on her record on education. Enjoy!

It's our 100th episode! In it we talk to Neil Gray MP on the differences between Westminster and Holyrood, his decision to leave the former for the latter and whether a second Scottish independence referendum is imminent. Enjoy!

We talk to campaigner Eireann McAuley about teacher training, oversupply, undersupply & Covid plus the scribbled notes that pass for Scottish Government education policy. Enjoy!