Can young people save the World? (Ft. Ross Greer)
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Scotland's youngest ever MSP Ross Greer chats about youth in politics and climate change, as the team ask whether young idealism can make a difference, or even save the world.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | Hi guys, just before we start, you should know there's a little bit of strong language in this episode of Podlitical, which might not be suitable for everyone. Thanks. |
| 0:14.6 | You're listening to BBC Scotland. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello, you're listening to Podlitical, BBC Scotland's podcast that gives you an inside look at the biggest stories coming out, Holyrood and Westminster. |
| 0:27.6 | It is six minutes past one on Thursday the 20th of February. I'm Phil Sim, a reporter based at the Scottish Parliament. |
| 0:34.6 | And I'm Lindsay Bues, a political correspondent, also based here at Holyrood. |
| 0:38.8 | This week, the podcast is entirely coming to you from our deluxe broadcasting cupboard at |
| 0:44.0 | Hollywood because that Westminster is in recess. |
| 0:47.0 | Yes. |
| 0:47.7 | So, Matt Cox is still our producer in the box in Glasgow, but he is far away and powerless |
| 0:52.9 | to intervene in our sort of Edinburgh |
| 0:54.7 | Monopoly. I can't even hear him today at all. Yeah. I don't have my headphones on. It's weird. |
| 0:59.8 | It's very strange. So I want to start by asking Lindsay, have you ever working here felt quite as |
| 1:06.9 | old as you do? Oh, come on what I do right now. |
| 1:11.8 | Come on. |
| 1:13.8 | Yeah, and I'm the oldest one. |
| 1:15.1 | I have three, aren't I? |
| 1:17.1 | Because who are we joined by Phil? |
| 1:20.9 | We are joined today by the youngest MSP at Holyrood, |
| 1:22.6 | Ross Greer of the Greens. |
| 1:23.5 | Hi, Ross. How you do? |
| 1:24.2 | But it's like, I mean, I wasn't driving at the oldest person in the room. That wasn't actually my point. |
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