Stark Talk Podcast
1) Robert Carlyle
Edi meets the shining star of theatre, film and television and talks about growing up in Maryhill, attending drama school in Glasgow, and founding the Raindog theatre company.
2) Richard Holloway
Edi talks to the former Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church about family life and his early resolve to be an Anglican priest.
3) Joyce Cairns
Edi talks to one of Scotland’s finest artists. and the first female president of the Royal Scottish Academy.
4) Jack Docherty
Edi in conversation with the Scot Squad actor about what inspires his role as Chief Commissioner, Cameron Miekelson in the award winning spoof documentary,
5) Prof Sir David Omand
Edi in conversation with to the former director of GCHQ. Born in Glasgow and educated at Glasgow Academy he talks about the challenges, personal and professional that he has faced.
6) Ali Watson
Edi meets the head of the school of international relations at St Andrew’s University and hears how she found freedom and fulfillment despite personal challenge and adversity.
7) Atta Yaqub
Edi talks to the actor and youth worker, about the challenges of being catapulted to fame. Now a husband and father he reflects on his childhood in the east end of Glasgow.
8) Clare Hunter
The textile artist talks to Edi Stark about writing a book that nobody thought would sell.
9) Jock McFadyen
Edi Stark meets the eminent and maverick painter. He talks about how a commission in Orkney provoked a radical move in his work.
10) Val McDermid
The queen of crime returns to Stark Talk for a second time, one of the very few guests to do so... and there is much to say.