All Episodes

Q Manivannan: "I Am Many of the Things the Hateful Despise"

Shelter Scotland & the housing crisis

Holyrood 2026: Breaking down the election results

John Swinney in conversation with Brian Taylor

The Herald x Women in Public Affairs Scotland Holyrood Hustings

Goodies or hard truths? The IFS verdict on the manifestos

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

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

John Swinney talks about the path to indyref2

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

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

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

Keith Brown on love, loss and Christina McKelvie

Holyrood 2026: Reform’s manifesto under the microscope

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

Will politics be transformed after Holyrood 2026 election?

Inside Labour's tough week in Scotland

Can the Alba Party survive financial chaos?

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

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

Episode 31: Scotland's Housing Emergency

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

Episode 29: Budget chaos!

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

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

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

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

Episode 24: Scotland's Defence Future

Episode 23: Young people and politics

Episode 22: Bumper, bumper, bumper

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

Episode 20: Kate Forbes at the Fringe

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

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

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

Episode 16: Susie McCabe on ten years of TIE

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

Episode 14: Matt Forde impersonates Scottish political figures

Episode 13: Brian Leishman goes aff the leish

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

Episode 11: Scottish Tories and Independence

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

Episode 9: A weird week

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

Episode 7: Why Reform Scotland had to change its name

Episode 6: Assisted dying

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

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

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

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

Episode 1: John Swinney on grief, leadership and renewal