• Stopping the scammers
    Jan 29 2025

    With incidents of fraud soaring, can scammers be stopped in their tracks?

    Harleen Nottay from BBC’s Scam Interceptors gives us a flavour of the fraud she encounters on a daily basis. Plus, ‘Lisa’ tells us the impact a romance scam has had on her life.

    And Martin and Laura discuss why Harrison Ford is selling whisky.

    Get in touch with the Scotcast team by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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    28 mins
  • What Waspi women want
    Jan 28 2025

    After the UK Government ruled out compensation for women affected by an increase to the state pension age, is the Waspi campaign over? On the day MPs debate the issue, Waspi campaigner Anne Potter tells us her story and BBC political correspondent Kirsten Campbell explains why it’s a headache for Scottish Labour.

    And Martin and Natalie discuss the resignation of Stuart Kettlewell, who quit as manager of Premiership side Motherwell because of abuse from his own fans.

    Get in touch with the Scotcast team by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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    26 mins
  • Fixing the NHS: where do you start?
    Jan 27 2025

    John Swinney is promising tens of thousands of extra NHS appointments: how is his government going to deliver them?

    We reflect on the First Minister's latest plan for the health service with Cancer Research UK’s Dr Sorcha Hume, a former junior doctor, and pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick, whose industry is absorbing an increasing number of potential GP appointments.

    Get in touch with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and the rest of the Scotcast team by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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    27 mins
  • Tourist tax: the answer to overtourism?
    Jan 23 2025

    With Edinburgh on the verge of approving the country’s first tourist tax, can Scotland cope with tourism at its current levels?

    We ask Dr Guillem Colom-Montero, an expert in overtourism, and Jo de Sylva, who runs a hospitality business in Inverness.

    And Martin and Natalie get BBC weather presenter and meteorologist Calum MacColl's take on Storm Éowyn and the red weather warnings in place for parts of Scotland.

    Get in touch with the Scotcast team by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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    27 mins
  • Mary v. the porn industry
    Jan 22 2025

    Children aren’t supposed to be able access pornography, but they do in significant numbers and at a very young age.

    We ask Mary Sharpe, a Scottish lawyer campaigning for stricter regulation of the industry, if adult content is harming our kids and how we can stop them from accessing it.

    And Martin and Laura Maciver discuss your reaction to our episode about "petrifying" maternity unit failings.

    Get in touch with the Scotcast team by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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    27 mins
  • 'Petrifying' failings at hospital baby unit
    Jan 21 2025

    After a BBC exclusive revealed safety failings at a Edinburgh Royal Infirmary’s maternity unit, we hear about one mum’s 'petrifying' experience. The BBC’s Claire McAllister and Lisa Summers reveal how they came to report on the story, and what it says about the challenges facing the NHS. And Martin and Natalie reflect on Donald Trump’s first 24 hours back in the White House. Get in touch with the Scotcast team by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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    28 mins
  • Is Trump Scotland's friend?
    Jan 20 2025

    Donald Trump is back in the White House: can the president’s family and business links to Scotland be exploited?

    We ask Torcuil Crichton, the Labour MP for the Western Isles who has invited President Trump to his mother’s birthplace of Lewis, and the BBC’s Scotland Correspondent David Wallace Lockhart.

    And Martin and Laura Miller explore the rights and wrongs of pronouncing ‘Scotcast’ with a glottal stop.

    Get in touch with the Scotcast team by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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    26 mins
  • Why housing is so expensive
    Jan 16 2025

    Average rents are edging towards £1,000 a month and house prices are on the up.

    We ask John Boyle from Rettie estate agents and campaigner Ruth Gilbert from Living Rent why housing is so expensive.

    And Martin and Natalie discuss the rise of Reform UK in Scottish politics.

    Get in touch with the Scotcast team by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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    28 mins