Breaking the News Podcast
1) Susie McCabe, Liam Withnail, Amanda Dwyer & Sam Lake
Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: The SNP party conference in Aberdeen, US President Donald Trump signing a declaration aimed at bringing peace to Gaza, the 2026 Commonwealth ...Show More
2) Felicity Ward, Chris Forbes, Kate Hammer and Marc Jennings
Des and the teams are back to break up the week's big news. Including: The Conservative party conference, proposed changes to policing protests in the UK, a new bizarre dating trend, the resignation o...Show More
3) Lucy Porter, Rosco McClelland, Jessica Fostekew and Marc Jenning
Des and the teams are at the Edinburgh Festivals to break up the week's big news, including discussions between the US and EU about ending the war in Ukraine, plans to review the pension age in the UK...Show More
4) Ray Bradshaw, Marjolein Robertson, Jamie MacDonald and Amy Matthews
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
5) Edinburgh Festival Special: Val McDermid, Connor Burns, Chloe Petts and Ignacio Lopez
Des and the teams are at the Edinburgh Festivals to break up the week's big news, including deputy first minister Kate Fobes’s announcement about stepping down at the next election, calls for Scotland...Show More
6) Athena Kugblenu, Chris Thorburn, Alasdair Beckett-King and Kathleen Hughes
Des and the team break up the week's big news. Including: The aftermath of US President Donald Trump’s visit to Scotland, changing TV viewing habits in Scotland, the number of steps we need per day to...Show More
7) 25/07/2025
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
8) Robin Ince, Amanda Dwyer, Gareth Waugh and Diona Doherty
Jay and the team break up the week's big news, including President Donald Trump's surprise interview with the BBC, a proposal to replace ferries with tunnels for Shetland, a new 'height filter' for da...Show More
9) Chris Forbes, Kate Hammer, Rosco McClelland and Sooz Kempner
Des and the team break up the week's big news. Including: The state visit to the UK by French President Emmanuel Macron, inaccurate AI books about First Minister John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon, fans...Show More
10) Jay Lafferty, Stuart Mitchell, Tiff Stevenson and Daliso Chaponda
Des and the team break up the week's big news. Including: The dramatic vote in Westminster over the UK government's welfare bill, President Donald Trump's flagship spending policy, new technology at W...Show More