Scotland Outdoors Podcast
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Episodes to download
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Magpies, Dark Skies and Cairngorms Pride
Yesterday
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Adventures in Gaelic with Coinneach Rankin and Hamish Macleod
Wednesday
Helen Needham speaks with filmmakers Coinneach Rankin and Hamish Macleod
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Daydreaming, Rare Moss and Photographing the River Spey
Last Saturday
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
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The Battle of Culloden
Wed 29 Oct 2025
Mark Stephen visits Culloden Battlefield after a recent archaeological dig there
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Saltmarshes, Shinty and A Horse's Tooth
Sat 25 Oct 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Tom Bowser, author of Waters of Life, Fighting for Scotland's Beavers
Wed 22 Oct 2025
Rachel Stewart meets Tom Bowser to hear his story of relocating beavers to his farm
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Campervans, Catching Leaves and a Community Garden
Sat 18 Oct 2025
Mark Stephen and Jenny Graham with stories from the great outdoors.
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The Power of the View with Alec Finlay
Wed 15 Oct 2025
Poet and Artist Alec Finlay shares his experience of chronic illness with Hayden Lorimer
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The Sound of Beavers, Larch Trees and the 蜜芽传媒 of the Lord of the Isles
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Roy Dennis - Highland Cows and Capercaillies
Wed 8 Oct 2025
Mark Stephen meets conservationist Roy Dennis.
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Snorkelling Artists, Acorns and Access
Sat 4 Oct 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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An Historic Sailing Ship - The Bessie Ellen
Wed 1 Oct 2025
Helen Needham meets writer Linda Cracknell and skipper Nikki Alford on the Bessie Ellen
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A Kitchen Garden, The Trossachs Explorer and 200 Years of the Modern Railway
Sat 27 Sep 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
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Life, Death and the Outdoors with Juliet Robertson
Wed 24 Sep 2025
Rachel Stewart talks to outdoor education expert Juliet about her terminal illness.
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Trees, Trains and Spiders
Sat 20 Sep 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Counting Butterflies, Carriage Driving and Nature Writing
Sat 13 Sep 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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The Beauty of Moths
Wed 10 Sep 2025
Mark Stephen meets a couple of moth enthusiasts at Insh Marshes near Aviemore
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Rooks, Disc Golf and Autumnal Activities
Sat 6 Sep 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Scottish Owl Centre - End of an Era
Wed 3 Sep 2025
Rachel Stewart meets the owners of the Scottish Owl Centre as they prepare for retirement
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Coal Carrying Championships, Life on St Kilda and Underwater Photography
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart from stories from the great outdoors
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Rivers, Fossils and Hot Air Balloons
Sat 23 Aug 2025
Mark Stephen and Helen Needham with stories from the great outdoors
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Rivers with Robert Macfarlane
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Helen Needham discusses the 'aliveness' of rivers with writer Robert Macfarlane
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Moose, Cranes and the Wolf of Badenoch
Sat 16 Aug 2025
Mark Stephen and Jenny Graham with stories from the great outdoors
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Eddy Graham - Clouds
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Mark Stephen meets Eddy Graham, a lecturer/researcher in atmospheric science.
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Rowing on the River Clyde, Stonehaven's Land Train and Free Bikes at the Edinburgh Fringe
Sat 9 Aug 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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The Whithorn Way - Part 6 - Girvan to St Ninian's Cave
Wed 6 Aug 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with highlights from the Whithorn Way
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A Herring Queen, Art on a Bus and a Very Small Ferry
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors
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Scotland's First Inclusive Farm
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Phil Sime meets blind farmer Mike Duxbury of Scotland's First Inclusive Farm
