Scotland Outdoors Podcast
A topical guide to life in the Scottish outdoors.
Episodes to download
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Scottish Adventurer Alice Morrison shares tales of exploring Africa, including crossing the Sahara Desert.
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Alice Morrison chats with Mark Stephen and Helen Needham
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Climate Change, Frogs and River Restoration
Sat 27 Mar 2021
Mark Stephen and Helen Needham with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Mark Stephen meets long distance horse trekker Claire Alldrit who takes not one horse on her adventures but two
Wed 24 Mar 2021
Claire Alldrit explores the landscape of Scotland accompanied by her two horses
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Mark and Euan find out about the vernal equinox, the migratory pattern of geese and a tale from Orkney
Sat 20 Mar 2021
The vernal equinox, the migratory pattern of geese and an Orcadian tale
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A History of Women Walking with Kerri Andrews - celebrating 6 women who wrote about walking.
Wed 17 Mar 2021
Mark Stephen and Helen Needham speak with author, walker and academic, Kerri Andrews.
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Electric trams, kippers, cats and steam engines - Mark and Euan revisit a trip they made to the Isle of Man in 2019
Sat 13 Mar 2021
Mark and Euan revisit a trip they made to the Isle of Man in 2019
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Hares, the Aurora, Puffins and a Frunkie
Sat 6 Mar 2021
Mark and Euan with this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Former paratrooper Chris Lewis is walking the coastline of the UK. Mark Stephen meets up with him in north east Scotland
Wed 3 Mar 2021
Mark meets former paratrooper Chris Lewis on his journey to walk the coastline of the UK
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An electrical wizard, the airships of north east Scotland and the ice mushrooms of Patagonia
Sat 27 Feb 2021
An electrical wizard, the airships of north east Scotland and the arrival of Spring
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Mark and Euan meet David Balharry, Chief Executive of the John Muir Trust to discuss the trust, his career and ice mushrooms
Wed 24 Feb 2021
Mark and Euan meet David Balharry, Chief Executive of the John Muir Trust
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Sea Shanties a Hip-hop Crofter and more
Sat 20 Feb 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
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Mark Stephen meets gaelic poet, musician, crofter and hip hop producer, Griogair Labhruidh in North Ballachulish
Wed 17 Feb 2021
Mark Stephen meets poet, musician, crofter and hip hop producer, Griogair Labhruidh
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Celebrating Snow - Flakes, Skiing and Crunching.
Sat 13 Feb 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a wintery podcast.
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The Importance of Connecting to the Land for Refugees - A Conversation with Professor Alison Phipps
Wed 10 Feb 2021
Mark and Euan hear from UNESCO Chair for Integration Alison Phipps of Glasgow University.
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The history of the humble neep, the roaring game and the iron age forts of Angus known as the cathertuns
Sat 6 Feb 2021
The history of the humble neep, curling outdoors and the iron age forts of Angus
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Writer and Illustrator Jackie Morris shares some of her favourite Birds and Beasts from The Lost Spells and Beyond.
Wed 3 Feb 2021
Jackie chats to Mark Stephen and Helen Needham.
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The Urban Birder, Callendar Park and Bird Table Etiquette
Sat 30 Jan 2021
A bird-tastic podcast with Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith.
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A Big Garden Birdwatch Special from Mark Stephen's Bird Feeders.
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Mark records and describes the birds visiting his feeders in Aberdeenshire.
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Mark and Euan celebrate Robert Burns through poetry and song and visit his local drinking den, The Globe Inn in Dumfries
Sat 23 Jan 2021
Mark and Euan celebrate Robert Burns through his poetry and song
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A Robert Burns Special with Valentina Bold
Wed 20 Jan 2021
Mark and Euan discuss a selection of Burns' poems and songs with Dr Valentina Bold.
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Salt, Wassailing and More Doric Poetry
Sat 16 Jan 2021
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with a selection of stories from the Scottish Outdoors.
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Naturalist Roy Dennis on a lifetime dedicated to conservation.
Wed 13 Jan 2021
Roy Dennis speaks to Mark and Euan about his book 'Cottongrass Summer.'
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Ice, Wanderings, a Submarine Tale and Playing Outside
Sat 9 Jan 2021
Mark and Euan with the Scotland Outdoors podcast featuring a Shetland walk plus much more
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A Journey in Sound with Jez Riley French - Part 2. Cable cars, swans on ice and the sound between buildings in Japan.
Wed 6 Jan 2021
Mark Stephen and Helen Needham hear from sound artist Jez Riley French.
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Favourite podcast moments of 2020 including Frank Gardner and Karine Polwart, stone circles and some Shetland mythology
Sat 2 Jan 2021
Favourite podcast moments of 2020, stone circles and some Shetland mythology
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Boxing Day Out of Doors
Boxing Day 2020
Join Mark, Euan and Helen round a bonfire for a Norwegian style Christmas celebration.
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A Journey in Sound with Jez Riley French - Part 1.
Wed 23 Dec 2020
Mark Stephen and Helen Needham talk to artist and field recordist Jez Riley French.
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Birds, Books and Myrrh
Sat 19 Dec 2020
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith learn about the Icelandic tradition of Jolabokaflod.
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Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin on their passion for wildlife and the natural environment.
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith chat to tv presenters Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin.
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A fungi foray at Arbroath, a special rowan tree near Moffat and the origins of frankincense
Sat 12 Dec 2020
A fungi walk, an award winning rowan tree and the origins of frankincense
