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with Cathy Macdonald

Author Robert Wigley calls for a reset of our relationship with technology. And Faranak Amidi on the latest protests in Iran since the death of Mahsa Amini.

With our attention captured by devices, games and social media, Cathy talks to Professor Robert Wigley, author of 'Born Digital: The Story of a Distracted Generation' and his view that society needs to reset its relationship with technology.

The Mungo's Museum of Religious Life and Art has recently re-opened to the public after two years of pandemic closure. One of the very few museums in the world dedicated solely to religion, our reporter, Cameron Angus Mackay, popped along for the re-opening.

The autumn equinox on Friday reminds us of the inevitability of change, but how the seasons and nature help us when we鈥檙e faced with changes in our lives? Cathy talks to counsellor Ross Hyslop, and Nina Abeysuriya, Mental Health Practitioner at Intercultural Youth Scotland.

As civil unrest in Iran is continues after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, Cathy speaks to Iranian journalist and 成人快手 World Service Radio Presenter Faranak Amidi about the unprecedented protests and the developing situation.

Listener Kate Park contributes her personal story to 成人快手 Radio Scotland鈥檚 100 Scottish Stories project about her book based on her great-grandfathers photographs of Old Dunfermline.

The founder of clothing company Patagonia has signed his company away to a charitable trust. Could this mark the beginning of a more ethical form of capitalism? Dr Eve Poole, and Toni Freitas, lecturer of Circular Economy at The University of Edinburgh discuss the alternatives.

Angus Climate Week celebrates climate action and features a social supermarket in Forfar called S-mart. Co-founder of Community First UK Carol Malone explains how S-mart helps the local community and tackles the issue of food waste.

1 hour, 54 minutes

Last on

Sun 25 Sep 2022 08:00

Music Played

  • Neil Young

    Harvest Moon

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
  • Ray LaMontagne

    Trouble

    • Classic 21 - 10 Ans.
    • Universal Music S.A..
    • 5.
  • R.E.M.

    Strange Currencies

    • Love Songs - 39 All Time Love Classic.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • George Ezra

    Budapest

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.
  • Beth Orton

    Thinking About Tomorrow

    • (CD Single).
    • Heavenly.
  • John Lennon

    Nobody Told Me

    • John Lennon - Lennon Legend.
    • Parlophone.
  • First Aid Kit

    Out of My Head

    • Out of My Head.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Joubert Singers

    Stand on the Word

    • Dear White People (A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack).
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sun 25 Sep 2022 08:00