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Unspun Live — 47 episodes

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The Herald x Women in Public Affairs Scotland Holyrood Hustings

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Goodies or hard truths? The IFS verdict on the manifestos

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Time for honesty? Poverty, welfare and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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Gillian Mackay: 'I'd absolutely be first minister of Scotland'

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John Swinney talks about the path to indyref2

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Russell Findlay: “There is an institutional hostility towards the Tories in Scotland"

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Anas Sarwar: "This is not an election without consequence"

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Alex Cole-Hamilton: “I’d resign before backing Swinney”

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Keith Brown on love, loss and Christina McKelvie

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Holyrood 2026: Reform’s manifesto under the microscope

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The Union Street Fire: What happened in Glasgow’s city centre inferno?

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Will politics be transformed after Holyrood 2026 election?

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Inside Labour's tough week in Scotland

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Can the Alba Party survive financial chaos?

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Alex Cole-Hamilton on government ambition, Jim Wallace and the Lib Dems

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Episode 32 - Unspun Live: Scottish Greens’ youngest Holyrood hopeful on poverty, power and protest

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Episode 31: Scotland's Housing Emergency

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Episode 30: Reform's Graham Simpson on indyref2, Farage and elections

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Episode 29: Budget chaos!

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Episode 28: Ministers, Contempt Law and Scotland’s Trans Prisoner Row

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Episode 27: What will tax hikes south of the border means for Scotland's budget?

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Episode 26: The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year & Your Party in Scotland

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Episode 25: Màiri McAllan on SNP leadership, party rebellion & motherhood

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Episode 24: Scotland's Defence Future

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Episode 23: Young people and politics

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Episode 22: Bumper, bumper, bumper

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Episode 21: “The Hardest Decision of My Career” — Jeremy Balfour on Leaving the Tories

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Episode 20: Kate Forbes at the Fringe

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Episode 19: Scottish Labour's Anas Sarwar and Catherine Salmond at the Fringe

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Episode 18: First Minister John Swinney and Brian Taylor at Unspun Live at the Fringe

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Episode 17: Professor Sir John Curtice and Kevin McKenna at the Fringe 

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Episode 16: Susie McCabe on ten years of TIE

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Episode 15: Life After Westminster: Hannah Bardell on losing, resilience and reinvention

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Episode 14: Matt Forde impersonates Scottish political figures

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Episode 13: Brian Leishman goes aff the leish

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Episode 12: Brian Taylor on the art of a good interview

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Episode 11: Scottish Tories and Independence

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Episode 10: The Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election

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Episode 9: A weird week

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Episode 8: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election special

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Episode 7: Why Reform Scotland had to change its name

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Episode 6: Assisted dying

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Episode 5: Programme for Government, Swinney's year in review and the STUC

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Episode 4: Jamie Greene on Loss, Loyalty, and Leaving the Tories

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Episode 3: Thomas Kerr on Nigel Farage and Reform UK in Scotland

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Episode 2: Lorna Slater on Bute House 2.0, infighting and gender balance

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Episode 1: John Swinney on grief, leadership and renewal