Scotland Outdoors Podcast
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Episodes to download
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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.
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Outdoor saunas, paddleboarding and seasonal creep
Sat 2 Oct 2021
Mark Stephen and Helen Needham present the Scotland Outdoors podcast
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A Walking Revolution in Scotland - How a Couple's Passion for Walking Helped to Inspire a National Movement
Wed 29 Sep 2021
Euan McIlwraith chats with Helen and Paul Webster of the website Walkhighlands.
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Capercaillie, Cumberland wrestling and a spitfire jet in a back garden
Sat 25 Sep 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan Mcilwraith present the Scotland Outdoors podcast
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Bothy Culture - Using Bothies to Reflect and Connect
Wed 22 Sep 2021
Mark Stephen learns more about The Bothy Project's Neighbourhood Residencies Scheme.
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Hunting the Whale, Clothes that Fit and Bothy Culture
Sat 18 Sep 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from the great outdoors.