Add to this the (fictional?) liner notes which accompanied the early releases, and you couldn’t shake the feeling that this was a band...

Willie, Chris, Wesley and Ali For our “Best of 2015” podcast, Ian and Ali were joined by regular pod guest, Chris Ward, and Scottish...

Graeme Macrae Burnet & Graham Lironi In the latest podcast, Ali talks to writers Graham Lironi and Graeme Macrae Burnet about their...

The latest podcast sees Ali in conversation with writer and journalist Kirstin Innes. The primary reason was to discuss her terrific...

The talk touches upon the astonishing rise and fall of Detroit and the city’s links with Scotland, Berry Gordy’s business model, the...

Johnstone is one of the best thriller writers around, with a style which is deliberately lean and plot driven. The For anyone interested...

This podcast is the result of what turned out to be a memorable day. New Lanark is the village built by enlightened cotton mill owner...

In the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast, Ian and Ali are joined by Looper’s Stuart and Karn David. It’s a timely chat as we discuss...

For the latest podcast, Ali and Ian took a trip to the edge of Edinburgh to talk to one of Scottish music’s great voices and characters,...

Andrew is one of Scotland’s most interesting and engaged writers, and if you haven’t read his previous novel, The Immaculate Heart then...

Last year, held during the Commonwealth Games, The Empire Cafe was the name given to a week of cultural events looking at Scotland’s role...

The latest podcast is one of two halves. In the first, Ali talks to writer Zoe Strachan, (wearing her editor’s hat), about all things Out...

It’s Burns’ Night tonight, and in previous years we have recorded special Burnscasts to celebrate the life, poetry and music of the Bard....

Summerhall Arts Venue in Edinburgh to talk to Ron Butlin, one of Scotland most acclaimed writers, and one of Ali’s favourites, as he will...

The latest podcast is yet a further celebration of all things Stevenson on the day of his birth, as if that were needed. By now I hope...