The ScotsCare podcast - with Marcus Railton

Lexie Elliott is a Scot south of the border that always had an inkling she had a good story in her. After the global financial crisis she lost her job in finance and the chance to chase her passion arose. 3 successful crime novels later and one soon to be released in 2023, Lexie hasn't looked back. She has also swum the English channel solo, run ultramarathons and is a mum of two. She talks about...

Doug Carnegie has supported ScotsCare for many years, as a volunteer, working at events and being a Befriender telephone buddy, regulalry chatting with a socially isolated older Scot. Doug was also a highly successful TV executive, and was the boss of The One Show and worked on other shows such as Crimewatch. Doug shares his journey from Peterhead, near Aberdeen to the bright lights of London and...

Will Jordan was born in Fife, Scotland in 1983. He is best known as the author of the Ryan Drake series of action thrillers, and for his YouTube alter-ego, The Critical Drinker, amassing well over a million followers and quickly becoming one of the most popular movie critics on the internet. Having always enjoyed a passion for storytelling, he began writing short stories from a young age, eventual...

Duncan has been a familiar face on our screens in Rogue One and the now playing Andor, as well as Black Mirror and the Night Manager. He chats with Marcus about growing up in Scotland, witnessing the Lockerbie disaster, making it as an actor, beliefs, Buddhism and lifes challenges. Strap in for an interesting insight into his life! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eleanor has come up with some incredible gems of comedy and is one of the newer generation using social media to spearhead her content. She has lived north and south of the Border, and here she chats to Marcus about what it's like to be a Scottish comedian in London and how she feels about her upcoming move back to Edinburgh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To many Isla St Clair is a well known face, but many don't realise her extensive career in folk music, something she is still working on today. She chats with Marcus about her background and family, and how it helped shape her career in Scottish folk and how it helped her become the person she is today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.