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Jul 25
28m 2s

Susie McCabe, Alex Kealy, Krystal Evans ...

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Des and the team break up the week's big news, including US President Donald Trump’s visit to Scotland, concerns about overtourism in Edinburgh, a study about optimism, Green MSP Patrick Harvie and more.

Lead Writer: Jennifer Walker Additional material: Paul Brown, Chris Ballard, Scott Graham, Gregor Paton, Rebecca Bain & Alex Garrick Wright, James Docherty, Joe Shooman, Alex Buchanan & Mark Granger, Darren Miller & Grant Morrison.

Producer: Chris Quilietti Series Producer: Lauren Mackay Researcher: Jodie White Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson

An Eco-Audio certified Production.

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