Podcasts By The Scottish Parliament

Deputy Presiding Officer Liam McArthur MSP joins Professor A.C. Grayling CBE, one of the UK’s most prolific philosophers and authors, in conversation to discuss Professor Grayling’s timely book, For the Good of the World: Is Global Agreement on Global Challenges Possible?

Professor Grayling discusses the three most urgent challenges facing the world today: climate change, technology and justice. 

As Master of the New College of the Humanities, and an author of over 30 books, he dissects both the threats and the inspiring solutions. Can human beings collectively agree on a set of values to save the planet from extinction?

This event was recorded live at the Scottish Parliament in August.

In this session, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP took questions from opposition leaders and other MSPs in the chamber.

You can find out more about the Parliament at http://www.parliament.scot/, and transcripts of FMQs are available on our website: https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/what-was-said-and-official-reports/what-was-said-in-parliament/ 

In this session, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP took questions from opposition leaders and other MSPs in the chamber.

You can find out more about the Parliament at http://www.parliament.scot/, and transcripts of FMQs are available on our website: https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/what-was-said-and-official-reports/what-was-said-in-parliament/ 

The Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone MSP joins Lemn Sissay OBE, one of the nation’s best-loved poets, to discuss his No1 best-selling memoir My Name Is Why, at the Festival of Politics. Now an award-winning PEN Pinter Prize playwright, performer and BAFTA-nominated broadcaster, Lemn reflects on a childhood spent within the institutional care system where bureaucracy and neglect often superseded love.

Having found a powerful creative release in words, Lemn talks about race, family and the meaning of home.

This event was recorded live at the Scottish Parliament in August.

In this session, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP took questions from opposition leaders and other MSPs in the chamber.

You can find out more about the Parliament at http://www.parliament.scot/, and transcripts of FMQs are available on our website: https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/what-was-said-and-official-reports/what-was-said-in-parliament/ 

In this session, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP took questions from opposition leaders and other MSPs in the chamber.

You can find out more about the Parliament at http://www.parliament.scot/, and transcripts of FMQs are available on our website: https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/what-was-said-and-official-reports/what-was-said-in-parliament/ 

In this session, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP took questions from opposition leaders and other MSPs in the chamber.

You can find out more about the Parliament at http://www.parliament.scot/, and transcripts of FMQs are available on our website: https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/what-was-said-and-official-reports/what-was-said-in-parliament/ 

In this session, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP took questions from opposition leaders and other MSPs in the chamber.

You can find out more about the Parliament at http://www.parliament.scot/, and transcripts of FMQs are available on our website: https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/what-was-said-and-official-reports/what-was-said-in-parliament/ 

The World Press Photo exhibition has returned to the Scottish Parliament this summer, and we catch up with the curator of this year's event - Marika Cukrowski.

You can find out more about the exhibition at https://www.parliament.scot/visit/events-and-exhibitions/world-press-photo.

We’ll be hosting the exhibition between in Parliament from 28 July to 27 August 2022, and entry is free.

What happens when decisions made by artificial intelligence (AI) don’t work as intended?

Who is accountable, and how are they held accountable? 

In this podcast from the Scotland's Futures Forum, Richard Leonard MSP chaired a seminar with Professor Subramanian (Ram) Ramamoorthy, Chair of Robot Learning and Autonomy in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, and Professor Shannon Vallor, Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and AI at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) at the University of Edinburgh.

You can find out more about the event at https://www.scotlandfutureforum.org/artificial-intelligence-and-accountability/