Scotcast

Matty Hyndman (pictured) appeared on the fourth series of the hit BBC reality TV show The Traitors.

He tells us how his experiences in a religious community led him to campaign for conversion therapy to be outlawed.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller.

Get in touch: [email protected]

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David, Lynsey and Justin Bowie from The Stooshie podcast talk about the controversy which engulfed Scottish Green MSP Q Manivannan (pictured); a major disagreement over Chinese firm Ming Yang’s bid to build a wind turbine factory in the Highlands; and 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.

Get in touch: [email protected]

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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: [email protected]

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Nicola Sturgeon (pictured) has appeared in front of live audiences to promote the paperback edition of her memoir, Frankly.

Graham Spiers and LBC's Iain Dale reflect on their interviews with the former first minister, in which she talked about her feud with JK Rowling and her feelings towards estranged husband Peter Murrell.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.

Get in touch: [email protected]

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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

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The Edinburgh festivals bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to our capital every year.

We talk to the BBC's Pauline McLean, who's covered the festivals for nearly three decades, about its evolution - and the possible impact of the city's new ‘tourist tax’.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller.

Get in touch: [email protected]

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David, Lynsey and Bernard Ponsonby from The Ponsonby and Massie Podcast talk about Nicola Sturgeon (pictured) criticism John Swinney’s (also pictured) Holyrood election campaign, and the Scottish Labour leadership race.

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: [email protected]

Afghan boxer Sharif Ahmadzai, who’s suspected of killing Scottish aid worker Elisabeth Ross (pictured), has appeared in court in Greece.

The BBC’s Marina Force and Ben Philip, who's been reporting from Athens, tell us what we have learned about the case since the 38-year-old's body was found in a suitcase in an abandoned building.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.

Get in touch: [email protected]

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Permission has been refused for a guga hunt which would have seen hundreds of young seabirds killed on an uninhabited Hebridean island.

Martin speaks to the BBC’s David Henderson and local campaigner Murdo MacRitchie about what really goes on when the guga hunt takes place, and why its existence has caused so much controversy.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.

Get in touch: [email protected]

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Scottish Labour leadership candidate Monica Lennon has said the contest to replace Anas Sarwar (pictured) 'reeks of misogyny'.

We ask the BBC’s Lynsey Bews whether Lennon has enough support to be on the ballot alongside fellow contenders Joe Fagan and Michael Marra.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.

Get in touch: [email protected]