The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson
DC ThomsonInsight and analysis with a Scottish focus from political commentators from The Courier, The Press & Journal, the Evening Telegraph and the Evening Express.
Married couple’s Aberdeenshire election bid
Jun 25 • 28m
Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay interview
Jun 11 • 21m
Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer in Scotland
Jun 4 • 24m
St Andrews University, Israel and Gaza
May 28 • 25m
Reform defections and the future of colleges
May 21 • 27m
Raac and ruin
May 14 • 27m
Leading doctor on Scotland's fragile NHS
May 7 • 36m
Union chief Roz Foyer interview
Apr 30 • 23m
Supreme Court 'biological women' fall-out
Apr 23 • 26m
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey interview
Apr 9 • 20m
New Dundee University rector interview
Apr 2 • 22m
Assisted dying interview
Mar 26 • 18m
Dundee University finance scandal deepens
Mar 20 • 23m
Dundee University jobs crisis
Mar 12 • 27m
An eye-opening trip to Ukraine
Mar 5 • 25m
John Swinney interview
Feb 26 • 37m
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar interview
Feb 20 • 18m
Who’s securing Scotland’s sea borders?
Jan 22 • 26m
Maybe the public don't like honesty after all
Jan 15 • 27m
What’s coming up in 2025?
Jan 8 • 32m
2024 Politics Quiz
Dec 18, 2024 • 32m
University crisis and featured interview on cancer surgery
Dec 11, 2024 • 22m
Skye shooting gun control, ferry to Europe, and NHS crisis
Dec 4, 2024 • 20m
Dundee and Angus College plans - and the university funding crisis
Nov 27, 2024 • 25m
SNP justice secretary on prisoner release
Nov 20, 2024 • 20m
SNP election drama and oil in the dock
Nov 13, 2024 • 24m
Andrew Bowie interview, Donald Trump, and Holyrood comes to Aberdeen
Nov 6, 2024 • 32m
Human cost of budget cuts
Oct 30, 2024 • 23m
Alex Salmond remembered
Oct 16, 2024 • 27m
Nairn banker murder hits Holyrood
Oct 2, 2024 • 26m
Scots aid worker Linda Norgrove's Afghan legacy
Sep 25, 2024 • 19m
Scottish referendum 10 years on, with Yes Scotland chief Blair Jenkins
Sep 18, 2024 • 18m
All change, no cash
Sep 4, 2024 • 24m
What next for the SNP and Tories, and what's it like to be an MP?
Jul 10, 2024 • 46m
Polls and postal vote scandal
Jul 3, 2024 • 20m
Rishi returns as Tories brace
Jun 26, 2024 • 22m
Election latest, and an Aberdeenshire shock
Jun 19, 2024 • 26m
Douglas Ross and the Tory turmoil
Jun 12, 2024 • 24m
John Swinney interview special
Jun 5, 2024 • 43m
General election fever, week 1
May 29, 2024 • 27m
Why Scotland's doctors are worried about Physician Associates
May 22, 2024 • 23m
Scotland's new drug addiction recovery plan explored
May 15, 2024 • 32m
We search for words of wisdom as John Swinney becomes First Minister
May 8, 2024 • 35m
Humza Yousaf quits - what next for the SNP?
May 1, 2024 • 24m
Alistair Greig’s £13m Ponzi fraud
Apr 24, 2024 • 33m
Is Labour ready for power?
Apr 17, 2024 • 25m
Recess rewind: Hate crime, budget cuts and election fever
Apr 3, 2024 • 28m
Assisted Dying: Scotland prepares for third attempt at law change
Mar 27, 2024 • 21m
Fornethy House abuse survivors on their fight for justice
Mar 20, 2024 • 18m
Alex Cole-Hamilton interview special
Mar 13, 2024 • 21m
Budget blues and climate crisis
Mar 6, 2024 • 19m
Michael Gove interview as Tories meet in Aberdeen
Feb 28, 2024 • 28m
Liz Lloyd and Alan Roden reflect on Scottish Labour conference
Feb 19, 2024 • 19m
Interview special with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar
Feb 14, 2024 • 28m
Yes City revisited
Feb 7, 2024 • 25m
Jason Leitch, Eljamel and budget woes
Jan 31, 2024 • 22m
Covid bereaved lawyer Aamer Anwar on 'shattered trust'
Jan 24, 2024 • 22m
Lift-off for Shetland spaceport
Jan 17, 2024 • 27m
Post Office interview special episode
Jan 10, 2024 • 33m
The 2023 Stooshie politics quiz
Dec 20, 2023 • 43m
Labour’s satanic panic in Glenrothes
Dec 13, 2023 • 20m
Stephen Flynn interview on his first year as SNP Westminster leader
Dec 6, 2023 • 25m
Time for Suzanne’s Law
Nov 29, 2023 • 29m
Labour in a tangle over Gaza ceasefire call
Nov 22, 2023 • 21m
Tories reshuffle back in time
Nov 15, 2023 • 28m
SNP challenger Stephen Gethins on ”unfinished business”
Nov 8, 2023 • 26m
Alex Salmond and Ash Regan on Alba’s future
Nov 1, 2023 • 17m
After the storm
Oct 25, 2023 • 27m
SNP Conference Special
Oct 16, 2023 • 36m
MP Pete Wishart on independence, Alba and a Rutherglen ’gubbing’
Oct 11, 2023 • 36m
Rutherglen byelection special
Oct 6, 2023 • 26m
Rosebank oil and Tory backlash
Sep 27, 2023 • 23m
Aye/No, what you did last summer
Sep 13, 2023 • 31m
Eljamel inquiry victory
Sep 8, 2023 • 21m
Stooshie summer quiz
Jun 30, 2023 • 44m
SNP ’independence convention’ in Dundee
Jun 23, 2023 • 31m
Eljamel surgery inquiry, fishing ban campaign, and the end of Boris
Jun 16, 2023 • 30m
Succession: How the SNP and Labour are shaping up for the future
Jun 9, 2023 • 30m
Police Scotland ’institutional racism’ bombshell
May 30, 2023 • 29m
20-minute neighbourhoods and polarised politics
May 19, 2023 • 27m
Coronation interview special: Kings, queens...and Eurovision
May 5, 2023 • 35m
Douglas Ross interview special
Apr 28, 2023 • 25m
Will fishing ban save seas or ruin communities?
Apr 21, 2023 • 30m
SNP leadership contest quiz
Mar 31, 2023 • 36m
SNP leader election special: Humza Yousaf wins - what now?
Mar 27, 2023 • 30m
Budgets, Brexit, blunders and ballots
Mar 17, 2023 • 31m
Kate Forbes on faith and the tough decisions ahead
Mar 14, 2023 • 24m
Humza Yousaf on family, racism and the NHS
Mar 14, 2023 • 26m
Ash Regan on independence
Mar 14, 2023 • 25m
Nicola Sturgeon takes SNP flak and Lib Dems meet in Dundee
Mar 10, 2023 • 23m
Big noise over big budget cuts, and SNP leader latest
Mar 3, 2023 • 32m
Stooshie Special: Labour Party Conference
Feb 17, 2023 • 23m
Stooshie special: Nicola Sturgeon resigns as First Minister
Feb 15, 2023 • 20m
’Bad law’ at Holyrood
Feb 10, 2023 • 28m
Brexit three years on
Feb 3, 2023 • 24m
What is happening to the NHS?
Jan 27, 2023 • 29m
Life after oil and gas?
Jan 20, 2023 • 31m
US pastor in Aberdeen on Trump’s ’dangerous’ legacy
Jan 13, 2023 • 33m
End of year politics quiz!
Dec 16, 2022 • 30m
Gordon Brown is back to reform the UK but are voters listening?
Dec 9, 2022 • 22m
NHS Tayside cancer scandal special
Dec 2, 2022 • 26m
Independence referendum interview special
Nov 25, 2022 • 29m
Eljamel campaigners
Nov 18, 2022 • 31m
Week 45: Stooshie - Climate change
Nov 11, 2022 • 37m
Week 44: Stooshie - energy, skills and jobs special
Nov 4, 2022 • 26m
Stooshie Special: Liz Truss resigns
Oct 20, 2022 • 30m
Week 41: Green conference special
Oct 14, 2022 • 31m
Week 40: SNP conference special
Oct 7, 2022 • 30m
Week 38: Who’s looking after the carers?
Sep 23, 2022 • 24m
Week 37: King, country and cold comfort
Sep 16, 2022 • 31m
Special edition: Boris Johnson resigns… now what?
Jul 8, 2022 • 28m
Week 26: Tornado crash special, as Holyrood goes on summer holiday
Jul 1, 2022 • 32m
Week 25: Maternity care special episode
Jun 24, 2022 • 32m
Week 24, 2022: IndyRef, freedom of speech and a tale of two ferries
Jun 17, 2022 • 31m
Week 23, 2022: Drug addiction special
Jun 10, 2022 • 36m
Week 22, 2022: Focus on autism in education
Jun 3, 2022 • 27m
Week 21, 2022: Has Boris Johnson ‘got away with it’?
May 27, 2022 • 42m
Week 20, 2022: Planes, trains and tax appeals
May 20, 2022 • 26m
Week 19, 2022: Alison Johnstone on a year in Holyrood
May 13, 2022 • 38m
Stooshie special: Aberdeen election debate
May 3, 2022 • 36m
Stooshie special: Fife election debate
May 1, 2022 • 44m
Stooshie special: Perth and Kinross election debate
Apr 30, 2022 • 1h 0m
Stooshie special: Angus election debate
Apr 29, 2022 • 46m
Stooshie special: Dundee election debate
Apr 28, 2022 • 1h 16m
Week 16, 2022: Boris Johnson on the move and under fire
Apr 22, 2022 • 22m
Week 15, 2022: 1,000 days of Boris Johnson
Apr 15, 2022 • 34m
Week 14, 2022: Lifting the lid on an energy problem
Apr 8, 2022 • 24m
Week 13, 2022: I wanna be elected (already)
Apr 1, 2022 • 24m
Week 12, 2022: The big budget unveiled
Mar 25, 2022 • 23m
Week 11, 2022: Scottish Conservative conference special
Mar 18, 2022 • 26m
Week 10, 2022: U-turn if you want to...
Mar 11, 2022 • 22m
Week 9, 2022: Anas Sarwar interview special
Mar 3, 2022 • 38m
Week 8, 2022: War comes to Europe
Feb 25, 2022 • 28m
Special edition: Should young people stand for election?
Feb 22, 2022 • 35m
Week 7, 2022: Too young to stand for election?
Feb 18, 2022 • 35m
Week 6, 2022: Show me the money
Feb 11, 2022 • 22m
Week 5, 2022: It’s oil right now, in fact it’s a gas.
Feb 4, 2022 • 29m
Week 3, 2022: In the name of God, go
Jan 21, 2022 • 34m
Week 2, 2022: Let’s face the music and dance
Jan 14, 2022 • 24m
Special edition: 🎄The Stooshie Christmas Quiz 2021
Dec 17, 2021 • 28m
Week 49, 2021: It’s my party and I’ll deny if I want to
Dec 10, 2021 • 27m
Week 48, 2021: Top Trumps
Dec 3, 2021 • 30m
Week 47, 2021: All the President’s Menie
Nov 26, 2021 • 23m
Week 46, 2021: Glass half-recycled
Nov 19, 2021 • 24m
Week 45, 2021: The Golden Age of Sleaze
Nov 12, 2021 • 35m
Week 42, 2021: Calling time on a poisonous political tone
Oct 22, 2021 • 32m
Week 41, 2021: The line must be drawn here!
Oct 15, 2021 • 37m
Week 40, 2021: Lords a leaping
Oct 8, 2021 • 29m
Week 39, 2021: Gimmie Fuel, Gimmie Ire, Gimmie Labour’s latest mire
Oct 1, 2021 • 37m
Week 38, 2021: Ambulance crews and vaccine passport blues
Sep 24, 2021 • 52m
Week 37, 2021: Blue light emergency, while Greens see red over roads
Sep 17, 2021 • 37m
Week 36, 2021: Read it and weep?
Sep 10, 2021 • 37m
Week 34, 2021: Case by case
Aug 27, 2021 • 34m
Week 33, 2021: Neo-Nazis, Afghanistan and the art of the Holyrood deal
Aug 20, 2021 • 27m
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