Johnston Media Podcasts

A lot of community support sounds good on paper, but falls apart when it’s hard to access, hard to navigate, or missing the human part. We sit down with Caroline Murphy, a trustee of Crieff Connections, and Gillian Burns, the charity’s manager, to talk about what it looks like when help is local, relational, and genuinely useful. From the start, our goal is simple: connect people with services, sk...

A phone call during lockdown set off a chain of events that reshaped local media in Perthshire. We sit down with Dave Mack and Scoogs to unpack how an online experiment became the force behind a revived Heartland FM—keeping a vital FM signal alive where DAB drops out, building a trusted What’s On guide, and turning a humble studio into a community classroom. We talk through the sound of the statio...

Strathearn Stories Recorded in Johnston Media's Podcast Studio in Crieff Produced by Johnston Media - https://johnstonmediapodcasts.co.uk Hosted by Iain Johnston - Strathearn Stories Guest - Nadia McNicol, founder of What the Sence We sit down with Nadia McNicol, founder of What the Sence, to talk about why she would like to build a sensory and illusion activity centre in Crieff. Imagine a pl...

We sit down with Anna White of Scotland Shop to explore how tartan turns heritage into something you can wear, design, and pass on. From the Doddy Tartan’s charity impact to great kilt demos, we map a global community anchored in wool, craft, and identity. • shops in Crieff, Edinburgh, Duns and Albany • thousands of registered tartans and variations • identity through clans, districts and school u...