Podcasts By The Scottish Parliament

Festival of Politics - In Conversation with Professor Mary Beard

Recorded at the Festival of Politics in 2018.

She is the doyenne of classical scholars; fond of Anglo-Saxon expletives and a feminist to her bones. Professor Mary Beard is the academic who wrote and presented on the BBC Civilisations series; authored the globally best-selling book Women and Power and is the poster woman for every opinionated, outspoken and fan who recognises misogyny did not cease post the ancient world. Join the Presiding Officer and Professor Mary Beard to discuss her trajectory from scholar to public combatant in febrile debates on everything from #MeToo; to no-platforming and Pompeii; in this unmissable exhilarating event.

Festival of Politics - In Conversation with Lord Michael Heseltine

Recorded at the Festival of Politics in 2018.

Lord Michael Heseltine is often accorded the title, Conservative grandee, reflecting a distinguished career at the heart of politics and a party he served for 35 years as MP, including ministerial office in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, not least as Deputy Prime Minister. Join Lord Heseltine in conversation with the Presiding Officer as they discuss a life at Westminster as President of the Board of Trade, Defence Minister; champion of urban renewal and as arch critic of Brexit, having described the 2016 Referendum result as – “the greatest constitutional crisis of modern times.” A must for any fan of politics.

 

First Minister’s Questions (FMQs) - 20th December 2018

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 20th of December 2018.

Festival of Politics - Russia Vs The West

A recording from the Festival of Politics session titled “Russia VS the West”.

 

Relations between Russia and the West may be at a chilly low, but if the Cold War was a battle of military and ideological rivalries then current tensions are more a chess game of great power politics. Listen to chair Jason Boxt, U.S. pollster and a panel of experts including Professor Vera Tolz, University of Manchester; and Sergey Utkin, Primakov National Research Institute and John Lough an Associate Fellow of the Russia & Eurasia Programme at Chatham House discuss the political game-plan at the Festival of Politics 2018.

 

First Minister’s Questions (FMQs) - 13th December 2018

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 13th of December 2018.

Human Rights Day 2018 - Rights Takeover part 2: panel

Part 2 of a 2 part podcast recorded at the 'Rights Take Over' event in the Scottish Parliament, held to mark the 70th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights on 10th December 2018.

Featuring a panel discussion on human rights with Amazl Azzudin, Davie Donaldson, Dr. Donald Macaskill, and Dr. Sally Witcher OBE.

Human Rights Day 2018 - Rights Takeover part 1: speeches

Part 1 of a 2 part podcast recorded at the 'Rights Take Over' event in the Scottish Parliament, held to mark the 70th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights on 10th December 2018.

Featuring speeches from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Deputy Presiding Officer Christine Grahame MSP, Ruth Maguire MSP, Convener of the EHRiC Committee, Judith Robertson, chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, and Bianca Jagger, Founder, President and Chief Executive of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation.

First Minister’s Questions (FMQs) - 6th December 2018

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 6th of December 2018.

Article 50 Withdrawal Agreement & Political Declaration explained

What have the UK Government and the EU agreed upon so far, what does the Political Declaration cover, and where to next in the Brexit process? 

This week we catch up with Iain, a Senior Researcher within the Parliament's Information Centre, to talk about the EU Withdrawal Agreement & Political Declaration.

Find out everything you need to know about what's happened so far and what we can expect in the near future.

First Minister’s Questions (FMQs) - 29th November 2018

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 29th of November 2018.