Podcasts from the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland. Subscribe to listen to First Minister‘s Questions (FMQs) and other content.
Episodes
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Join the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, Alison Johnstone MSP, in conversation with Prof Suzanne Simard, Professor of Ecology at the University of British Columbia who is credited as transforming the world’s understanding of trees. She was the scientist who discovered that every tree in a forest is linked by underground fungi, allowing them to communicate and build communities around powerful, nurturing Mother Trees.
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Listen to the final First Minister's Questions of 2021 from Thursday 23 December.
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/
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
George Monbiot is a writer, activist and environmentalist. As well as having a regular Guardian column, his books include: Feral, Age of Consent, How Did We Get into This Mess? and Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis. His latest collection, This can’t be happening (Penguin), is a collection of galvanising speeches and essays, calling on humanity to stop averting its gaze from the destruction of the living planet, and wake up to the greatest predicament we have ever faced.
This event is chaired by Alison Johnstone MSP, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Listen to First Minister's Questions from Thursday 16 December 2021. 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/
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Listen to First Minister's Questions from Thursday 09 December 2021. 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/
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Scotland’s policies on climate change came under global scrutiny at COP26 in Glasgow. In this podcast Dean Lockhart MSP – Convener of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee - spoke with Professor Dave Reay, Executive Director of the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute, and Jess Pepper, Founding Director of the Climate Café, about what COP26 means for Scotland.
Friday Dec 03, 2021
Friday Dec 03, 2021
One of the ways the Scottish Parliament is trying to get young people more involved in the democratic process is to partner with the Scottish Youth Parliament. In this episode we'll hear from both organisations about the agreement that's just been signed and what it means for the future.
Find out more about the agreement: https://archive2021.parliament.scot/newsandmediacentre/117566.aspx
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Listen to First Minister's Questions from Thursday 02 December 2021. 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/
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Listen to First Minister's Questions from Thursday 25 November 2021. 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/
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Listen to First Minister's Questions from Thursday 18 November 2021. 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/