The Greta Thunberg Interview
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Listen exclusively to the full BBC Scotland Greta Thunberg interview on COP26 and more. The team is joined by BBC Scotland Environment, Energy & Rural Affairs Correspondent Kevin Keane, who talks us through the interview, and explains the process of getting to chat with one of the world's top climate campaigners about the upcoming Glasgow climate conference, and whether or not she's more optimistic about the future.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.9 | Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:15.9 | that brings you an inside look at the big stories coming out of Hollywood's and Westminster. |
| 0:24.6 | It's half past 12 on Wednesday the 1st of September. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in Glasgow. |
| 0:29.4 | And today I'm joined by... I'm Phil Sim, a political reporter based currently in my house in North Berwick. |
| 0:34.2 | I'm Lindsay Buse, a political correspondent based at the Scottish Parliament. |
| 0:39.0 | I'm Kevin Keane and I'm BBC Scotland's Environment, Rural Affairs and Energy Correspondent and I'm based in my house in the heart of glorious Aberdeenshire in Veroury. |
| 0:50.5 | Welcome to the podcast, Kevin Keen. |
| 0:52.7 | God's own country in Bururi. |
| 0:54.8 | Love it. |
| 0:55.2 | Absolutely. |
| 0:57.5 | This is your political debut, isn't it, Kevin? |
| 1:00.9 | This is the moment my entire career has been building up towards. |
| 1:04.6 | This is the peak of it, absolutely. |
| 1:06.8 | So this is our first podlitical back since the summer holidays. |
| 1:12.8 | Parliament is back. |
| 1:14.0 | Now we will have a normal, if you will, podlitical tomorrow |
| 1:17.5 | when we'll be delving into everything that's happening, |
| 1:19.7 | particularly in Holyrood. |
| 1:21.4 | But today we're bringing you a bit of a special podlitical |
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