The National Podcast

Editor Laura Webster and Political Reporter Steph Brawn discuss today's big stories, from a major Douglas Alexander admission, to anger at an Israel-linked weapons firm sponsoring a Scottish airshow, one SNP MP's climate intervention and more.
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Steph Brawn is joined by Abbi Garton-Crosbie to discuss BBC Scotland's 'Welcome to Glasgow' Disclosure documentary that aired on Monday night and ask how they managed to get it so badly wrong. Later in the show, Steph is joined by author Mic Wright to discuss his new book Breaking: How the media works, when it doesn't and why it matters.
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Editor Laura Webster and Political Reporter Abbi Garton-Crosbie discuss today's biggest stories - from the Scottish Labour leadership candidate to calls for a public inquiry into the media treatment of Jason Arday.
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A young Scottish climate activist has said they are “terrified” that people seem to “forget” about the devastating impact of climate change.
Dylan Hamilton, policy coordinator for the Alliance of Non-Governmental Radical Youth (Angry), told The National podcast that he wishes people in Scotland would take the changing climate “more personally”.
Hamilton, who has advocated for climate justice on the global stage at COP28 in Dubai, said that the recent wildfires in Scotland and the UK should be a “signal for people” about the reality of climate change.
In this episode, he is interview by Abbi Garton-Crosbie to discuss the challenges our country faces.
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Abbi Garton-Crosbie is joined by Steph Brawn to analyse the Clacton by-election.
Nigel Farage has been told 'this is no victory' as a major sleaze probe looms. Meanwhile, a row emerges over what police told Reform.
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Digital Editor Laura Pollock sits down with Scots language campaigner and independence activist Billy Kay in this episode of The National Meets.
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Editor Laura Webster and Political Editor Xander Elliards discuss the GERS figures, plus new polling on independence. Elsewhere, there's anger over Batman filming in Glasgow.
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Zack Polanski has called out the BBC’s coverage of Reform UK press conferences, but will it change the mainstream media's approach? 
It's one of the topics reporters Steph Brawn and Lucy Jackson get their teeth into on this week's Media Watch podcast.
The pair also react to former LBC host Sangita Myska  – who was dismissed following an interview with an Israeli government spokesperson in 2024 – revealing the extent to which she was silenced afterwards, with lawyers for Global reportedly "monitoring" her social media.

Former UK Labour leader and current Your Party Parliamentary Leader Jeremy Corbyn sat down with political reporter James Walker in an exclusive interview for The National.
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Editor Laura Webster and Political Reporter James Walker discuss the latest polling putting Reform back into third place, Anas Sarwar's claim that he has the hardest job in the world, the true cost of Jackdaw and Rosebank and Nicola Sturgeon's verdict on the UK media.
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