The Journal Podcast

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The Edinburgh Journal's podcast brings you the week's student news, national politics, current affairs and sport

Episodes

  1. 02/27/2013

    Edinburgh Issue 68

    Last week's mock referendum held at the University of Glasgow resulted in nearly two thirds of students voting 'no' to Scottish independence. NUS Scotland president Robin Parker has criticised the Scottish Labour party for comments made by deputy leader Anas Sarwar on university tuition fees. Labour MSP Neil Findlay has defended the party. On the show this week, student politics editor Callum Leslie briefs The Edinburgh Journal's editor-in-chief Sean Gibson on the outcome of the Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA)'s recent referendum, potential problems with the current democratic process and their implications for students. Stewart Maxwell MSP, convener of the Scottish parliamentary Education and Culture Committee, speaks exclusively to The Journal about education funding in Scotland, as a rift forms between Maxwell and the committee's deputy convener, Neil Findlay MSP (interviewed in Episode 1). On the more serious side of things, Michael Mawdsley recounts how the story of Chris P. Bacon, a paraplegic pig in a wheelchair, affected him. Finally, our mystery guest columnist Edinburgh Anonymous speaks out about a censorship scandal engulfing The Journal.

    26 min

  2. 02/08/2013

    Edinburgh Issue 67

    This episode includes the latest student news headlines and results of the American football Varsity Game 2013. Our editor gets briefed on controversial EU youth guarantee schemes and our national politics editor interviews Neil Findlay MSP (Labour), deputy convener of the culture committee in the Scottish Parliament. We also present a feature on the Scottish independence debate. Afterwards, we hear the heart-wrenching story of what it feels like to be a Scotland rugby fan during the Six Nations tournament. Then a student explains why "Hell is other people" in our Edinburgh Anonymous feature, Napier university students' union president Tom Zanelli has his say on current news and our writers get together to discuss what people have been talking about this week.

    28 min
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The Edinburgh Journal's podcast brings you the week's student news, national politics, current affairs and sport

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