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Stark Talk Podcast

English, Chat, 1 season, 45 episodes, 1 day, 25 minutes
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Join Edi for the interview series which often treads where others wouldn't dare!
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Robert Carlyle

Edi meets the shining star of theatre, film and television and talks about growing up in Maryhill, attending drama school in Glasgow, and founding the Raindog theatre company.
12/26/202149 minutes, 55 seconds
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Richard Holloway

Edi talks to the former Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church about family life and his early resolve to be an Anglican priest.
12/19/202143 minutes, 1 second
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Joyce Cairns

Edi talks to one of Scotland’s finest artists. and the first female president of the Royal Scottish Academy.
12/12/202133 minutes, 21 seconds
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Jack Docherty

Edi in conversation with the Scot Squad actor about what inspires his role as Chief Commissioner, Cameron Miekelson in the award winning spoof documentary,
12/5/202132 minutes, 20 seconds
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Prof Sir David Omand

Edi in conversation with to the former director of GCHQ. Born in Glasgow and educated at Glasgow Academy he talks about the challenges, personal and professional that he has faced.
11/28/202139 minutes, 54 seconds
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Ali Watson

Edi meets the head of the school of international relations at St Andrew’s University and hears how she found freedom and fulfillment despite personal challenge and adversity.
11/21/202130 minutes, 41 seconds
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Atta Yaqub

Edi talks to the actor and youth worker, about the challenges of being catapulted to fame. Now a husband and father he reflects on his childhood in the east end of Glasgow.
11/14/202131 minutes, 39 seconds
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Clare Hunter

The textile artist talks to Edi Stark about writing a book that nobody thought would sell.
11/7/202130 minutes, 17 seconds
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Jock McFadyen

Edi Stark meets the eminent and maverick painter. He talks about how a commission in Orkney provoked a radical move in his work.
10/31/202136 minutes, 21 seconds
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Val McDermid

The queen of crime returns to Stark Talk for a second time, one of the very few guests to do so... and there is much to say.
10/24/202145 minutes, 42 seconds
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Jack Bruce

With powerful vocals and pioneering electric bass, the legendary Cream frontman revolutionised rock music and set the bar so high, many would argue it's never been surpassed.
4/1/202153 minutes, 25 seconds
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Jenny Sealey

Edi Stark in conversation with Jenny Sealey, artistic director of Graeae Theatre which provides a platform for new generations of deaf and disabled talent.
3/25/202129 minutes, 27 seconds
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Gordon Strachan

Edi interviewed Gordon Strachan in 2007 when he was manager of Celtic football club. He talks about his football life, devotion to family and the reasons for his abrasive manner.
3/18/202128 minutes, 57 seconds
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Lynn Myles

Lynn Myles is one of only three women in Scotland to be a consultant neurosurgeon. She tells Edi Stark what led to her choosing the brain as her specialty.
3/11/202130 minutes
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Patrick Doyle

Edi talks to the twice Oscar nominated world class composer behind dozens of film scores.
3/4/202142 minutes, 13 seconds
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Ellis Watson

Edi Stark in conversation with Ellis Watson in 2015, when he was chief executive of DC Publishing.
2/25/202129 minutes, 8 seconds
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Nicola Benedetti

Edi talks to world acclaimed violinist about picking up a violin at the age of four and the privilege and responsibility of being able to play a multi million pound Stradivarius.
2/18/202137 minutes, 18 seconds
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Peter Mullan

Edi Stark talks to the award winning actor, writer and director. Peter talks for the first time about his son's struggle with autism and how that affects family life.
2/11/202127 minutes, 38 seconds
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Phyllida Law

Edi talks to the Scottish born actress who started writing in her late seventies. She was happily married to Eric Thomson who narrated and adapted The Magic Roundabout for TV.
2/4/202130 minutes, 12 seconds
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Albert Watson

Albert Watson, the internationally renowned photographer talks to Edi about his early childhood in Penicuik and his adult life in Manhattan.
1/28/202129 minutes, 13 seconds
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Alasdair Gray

Edi Stark talks to writer and artist Alasdair Gray.
1/21/202130 minutes, 1 second
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Sir Cameron Macintosh

Edi Stark talks to the world's leading producer of musicals, including Cats, Miss Saigon, Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables.
12/18/202031 minutes, 28 seconds
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Steven Campbell

Edi Stark talks to the artist about being labelled along with 'the new Glasgow Boys' and his reputation as 'Scotland's greatest living artist'.
12/10/202031 minutes
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Prof Sir James Black

In a rare radio interview, the Nobel laureate talks to Edi Stark about his early life in Cowdenbeath, his passion for science and why he's the luckiest man in London.
12/2/202029 minutes, 4 seconds
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Hamish MacInnes

In this extra podcast, Edi returns to an interview conducted in 1992 with Hamish MacInnes, the legendary climber and mountain rescue pioneer who died on 22nd November 2020 aged ninety.
11/26/202028 minutes, 28 seconds
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Karen Cargill

Edi Stark in conversation with Karen Cargill.
11/26/202028 minutes, 38 seconds
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Ian McEwan

Edi Stark talks to one of our foremost storytellers about his life and work.
11/19/202045 minutes, 23 seconds
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Elish Angiolini

As the former Lord Advocate tells Edi, her roots in Govan are a far cry from the pomp of the Crown Office but she has been a passionate moderniser of the legal system.
11/12/202029 minutes, 39 seconds
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Alan McGee

Edi talks to the founder of Creation records who discovered and managed the hugely successful band, Oasis. He talks about success, addiction, mental breakdown.
11/5/202027 minutes, 35 seconds
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Dario Franchitti

Edi Stark in conversation with the Bathgate Motorsport legend.
10/29/202029 minutes, 57 seconds
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Lady Veronica Maclean

Edi Stark talks to the daughter of the Fraser Clan Chief and widow of Sir FItzroy Maclean about her exceptional life.
10/22/202028 minutes, 46 seconds
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Joe Simpson

Edi talks to the writer about his life changing fall off the face of Siula Grande.
10/15/202029 minutes, 36 seconds
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Irvine Welsh

Edi Stark talks to the Edinburgh born Trainspotting novelist who admits to enjoying the chance for introspection and talks about growing up as an only child.
10/8/202028 minutes, 57 seconds
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Steve Begg

Edi Stark talks to Edinburgh-born cinema visual effects supervisor whose work includes Casino Royale, Skyfall, Spectre, Aliens and Batman Begins.
10/1/202028 minutes, 16 seconds
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Sharleen Spiteri

Edi Stark talks to the solo artist and lead singer of Texas.
9/24/202027 minutes, 47 seconds
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Mary Quant

Edi Stark in conversation with fashion revolutionary who lifted the mood as well as the hemline of female fashion in the twentieth century.
9/19/202029 minutes, 20 seconds
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James Cosmo

Edi Stark talks to one of Scotland's most popular and recognisable actors.
9/17/202029 minutes, 8 seconds
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Iain Banks

Edi Stark talks to novelist and science fiction writer at his home in Fife.
9/10/202030 minutes, 11 seconds
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Ian Hutchinson

Edi Stark talks to the Battle of Britain veteran from Govan as he recalls the most momentous month of his life.
9/3/202029 minutes, 3 seconds
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Katherine Grainger

The Olympic rower from Aberdeen talks to Edi about the highs and lows of being so near gold in world class competition.
8/29/202043 minutes, 34 seconds
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Janey Godley

Edi Stark talks to the stand up comedian about the comedy and tragedy of her life.
8/27/202032 minutes, 28 seconds
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Professor Tommy Curry

Edi Stark talks to the professor of African philosophy and black male studies at the University of Edinburgh.
8/20/202035 minutes
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Dr Mo Mowlam

Edi Stark talks to the former Northern Ireland secretary about the personal and professional hazards of reputation and popularity.
8/13/202030 minutes, 11 seconds
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Norman MacCaig

In a charming interview from 1993, recorded in his own home, Edi Stark talks to the late poet about his life and writing, with reading of his work.
8/6/202040 minutes, 1 second
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Introducing Stark Talk

Multi award winner Edi Stark takes us on a journey through some of her classic archive interviews with key figures, recorded for BBC Radio Scotland across more than twenty years.
8/5/20201 minute, 28 seconds