Scotland Outdoors Podcast
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Episodes to download
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The Lives of Leaves - Shapes, Colours, Uses and Meanings with Dan Crowley and Douglas Justice
Wed 19 Jan 2022
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith discuss a range of leaves and trees with Dan and Douglas
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Wassailing, Seaweed Foraging and Giant Viking Mice
Sat 15 Jan 2022
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from the Scottish outdoors.
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Beyond the Swelkie - Contemporary Responses to the Writing of George Mackay Brown in his Centenary Year with Jim Mackintosh
Wed 12 Jan 2022
Helen Needham speaks with poet Jim Mackintosh about the legacy of George Mackay Brown.
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Trees, Birds, Peatland, Antarctic Expeditions and Gaelic Place Names
Sat 8 Jan 2022
Mark and Euan with this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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What the Clyde said, after COP26
Wed 5 Jan 2022
Mark explores the poem written by Kathleen Jamie in a journey along the Clyde in Glasgow
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To celebrate Scotland's Year of Stories, a visit to Moniack Mhor, Scotland's Creative Writing Centre
New Year's Day 2022
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith present the Scotland Outdoors podcast
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Walking the Lairig Ghru with Adam Watson and Tom Weir
Wed 29 Dec 2021
We dig into the archives and share a programme recorded in 1986.
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Tales of Hogmanay and New Year's Day
Wed 22 Dec 2021
Euan McIlwraith looks at Scottish Hogmanay traditions from across the decades
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Embracing the Darkness of Midwinter - Walking, Stargazing and a Doric Christmas Tale.
Sat 18 Dec 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a Midwinter Special.
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A Year of Wild Food with Monica Wilde.
Wed 15 Dec 2021
Mark Stephen hears about Monica's year of buying nothing and foraging for food.
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Food, Foraging, Mistletoe and Romans
Sat 11 Dec 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Food for the Climate - What We Should Be Eating and Growing in the Future with Professor Mads Fischer-Moller
Wed 8 Dec 2021
Helen Needham speaks with Professor Mads Fischer-Moller of Scotland's Rural College.
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The aftermath of Storm Arwen, the Fairies of Glenshee and Hawick, the town of a 1000 Trails
Sat 4 Dec 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith present Scotland Outdoors
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The Awakening of Glenshee - The Stories of the Giant's Hand and the Climate Emergency
Wed 1 Dec 2021
Mark Stephen meets the people behind The Awakening Art Project at the Spittal of Glenshee
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Earth, Wind and Fire - Surviving the Storm, an E Journey and Cooking on Wood
Sat 27 Nov 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from the Great Scottish Outdoors.
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Walking as Art and the Walking Library with Professor Dee Heddon
Wed 24 Nov 2021
Mark Stephen and Helen Needham take a walk in Glasgow with Dee Heddon.
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Ranger Rendezvous, Cranes and the World's Smallest Car
Sat 20 Nov 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith present the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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25 Years of Landscape Restoration at the Woodland Trust's Glen Finglas Estate
Wed 17 Nov 2021
Mark Stephen meets Gwen Raes at Glen Finglas in the Trossachs.
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Jonah The Whale, a field of flints near the river Dee and the ancient art of salmon net fishing
Sat 13 Nov 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith present the Scotland Outdoors podcast
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Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris and the Spell Songs Singers
Wed 10 Nov 2021
Helen Needham with the Spell Songs Collective ahead of the release of 'Let the Light In'.
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Renewable Energy in Orkney, Sustainable Farming and Electric Cars - A COP26 Special.
Sat 6 Nov 2021
With Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.
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Mark Stephen visits a carbon footprint trail in the woodlands near Bennachie in Aberdeenshire
Wed 3 Nov 2021
Mark Stephen presents the Scotland Outdoors podcast
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A children's wood, the ghosts of Aberdeenshire and some greedy badgers
Sat 30 Oct 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith present the Scotland Outdoors podcast
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Mark Stephen and nature photographer Andy Howard settle in to watch badgers at night
Wed 27 Oct 2021
Badger watching with Mark Stephen and nature photographer Andy Howard
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Pilgrimage for COP26, a Dundee Whale and a Smallholding Festival
Sat 23 Oct 2021
Mark and Euan present the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Slowing Your Roll with Travel Blogger and Podcaster Kathi Kamleitner
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Helen Needham goes for a walk with Kathi Kamleitner of the Watch Me See Travel Blog.
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Apples, Tatties, Phosphorescence and Slime.
Sat 16 Oct 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from the great outdoors.
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Iain Cameron the Snow Patch Hunter
Wed 13 Oct 2021
Mark Stephen talks to Iain Cameron about his latest book 'The Vanishing Ice'.
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All aboard - from Fort William to Mallaig on the Jacobite Steam Train
Sat 9 Oct 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith present the Scotland Outdoors podcast
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The Shieling Project - Connecting Children to the Past to Create a Resilient Future
Wed 6 Oct 2021
Mark Stephen speaks to Sam Harrison of the Shieling Project based in the Highlands.
