Podcast appearances and mentions of mark stephen

Mark Stephen visits the Taliesin Community Woodland in Dumfries and Galloway

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.

Right in the heart of London is one of the city's most popular attractions, The Natural History Museum. Last week, Rachel met up with John Tweedie, head of the Centre for UK Nature and UK Nature Recovery, who explained why the museum's ponds have become a hotspot for all kinds of insects, including the striking willow emerald damselfly.To celebrate the tercentenary of James Hutton's birth, a new Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point has been launched. It features a redeveloped 1.3km pathway, new seating, cycle racks, an arrival pillar and spectacular stone viewpoints to help visitors explore the birthplace of modern geology. Mark and geologist Dr Angus Miller visit the site on the Berwickshire Coastal Path.Only a tiny number of people have completed all 282 of Scotland's Munros in a single winter. In 2024, Anna Wells became the first woman and only the fourth person on record to achieve the feat. She's written a book about the challenge and spoke to Helen Needham about the experience. You can listen to the full podcast at Scotland OutdoorsStreet artist Mark Anthony, also known as ATM, has created murals across the country highlighting endangered bird species and the threat of extinction. When Rachel met him in London's Regent's Park, he told her about combining art with conservation, and whether he considers himself a birder.Parakeets are usually an exceptionally rare sight in the Highlands, so when reports emerged of one causing absolute chaos in the Lochardil neighbourhood of Inverness, producer Phil Sime and colleague Morven Livingstone set out to track down the feathered troublemaker.Mark joins Grant Stott for a walk along Edinburgh's Hermitage Trail, where Grant reflects on his love for the area and shares his excitement about starting his new afternoon show on BBC Radio Scotland next week.John Hearns got in touch after we mentioned that last week's programme was coming from London. He invited Rachel to join him and David Judson for a rendition of the Mingulay Sea Shanty with the London Sea Shanty Collective.Operating mainly from Glasgow, the Waverley now sails around the UK. Mark Stephen joined her first outing of the season alongside general manager Paul Semple and some crafty passengers.

Mark Stephen climbs aboard the world's last seagoing paddle steamer, The Waverley

Mark Stephen chats to writer Stephen Rutt about his new book 'The Waterlands'

Mark Stephen hears about the play Three Words for Forest which explores the challenges, hopes and fears of those working in the forestry industry at a time of climate crisis

Mark Stephen meets Harry Fleming, owner of a cold war bunker on the Aberdeenshire coast. He hears the story of the bunker from the 1950s to present day

Mark Stephen speaks to Kate Britton about the race to preserve a 2000 year old footprint.

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors

Mark Stephen meets Amy Buckley and her Raven called Fable

Mark Stephen meets cyclist and content creator Somhairle Johnstone to discuss his new series on BBC Alba 'Somhairle Spins' in which he undertakes five different bikepacking adventures in Scotland

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors

Mark Stephen visits the Murmurs of Spring art exhibition at the Scottish Ornithologists Club in East Lothian

Mark Stephen meets master wood carver David Robinson at his studio in East Lothian. David's works mainly feature nature and wildlife

Mark Stephen speaks to Professor Will Cresswell about the welcome rise in corn buntings.

Mark Stephen meets the countryside rangers and volunteers keeping a large area of land on the outskirts of Aberdeen free of gorse

Rob kicks things off in the entertainment world with key takeaways from Episodes 1–3 of Season 4 of The Traitors. He highlights Colton Underwood, Mark Ballas, and Stephen Colletti as standout Faithfuls early in the game, while also showing some love to Maura Higgins and Caroline Stanbury for bringing undeniable star power and beauty.In the sports world, Rob recaps an impressive NFL Wild Card weekend — correctly picking five of the six games — before previewing the Divisional Round and breaking down all four marquee matchups.He wraps up the episode with Miami Dolphins talk, sharing his thoughts on the hiring of Jon-Eric Sullivan as the team's new general manager and discussing the Dolphins' ongoing head coaching search, highlighting Kevin Stefanski and Robert Saleh as two of his favorite candidates.Follow Us On Socials:IG & TikTok — @theflame_esHost: Rob Cao

Mark Stephen goes out sketching old trees at Haddo with artist Tansy Lee Moir

Mark Stephen goes out in search of snow with Mark Diggins of SAIS

Mark Stephen meets Scottish based winter climber Guy Robertson. Guy's latest book, The Great Mixed Climbs of Scotland, co-produced with photographer Hamish Frost highlights the best winter climbs in the country. Mark also finds out what it takes to be a winter climber

Mark Stephen goes out on the hill at Finzean in Aberdeenshire with stalker Hedge Shand and Chef Sanjay Bhattacharya to discuss deer management and venison.

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.

Mark Stephen visits Culloden Battlefield to meet archaeologists involved in a recent dig there to find out what they have uncovered

Mark Stephen and Jenny Graham with stories from the great outdoors.

On this episode of Speaking with the Enemy, host Bubba O'Neil and Matt Bucknor catch up with Mark Stephen, Play-by-Play Voice of the Stampeders to give his thoughts on today's game against Calgary at Hamilton Stadium.GET YOUR TICKETS AT ticats.ca/playoffsThe Ticats Audio Network provides Hamilton Tiger-Cats fans with the most comprehensive, entertaining and informative news and information about their favourite football team. Featuring Steve Milton, Mike Daly, Bubba O'Neil, Courtney Stephen, Simoni Lawrence, Mike Morreale, Rob Hitchcock, Mike Daly, Louie Butko, Troy Durrell, Ticats players, coaches and front office personnel, and many more. Regular shows include Ticats Today, Ticats This Week, Tiger-Cats Game Day, Tiger-Cats Pregame, Tiger-Cats At The Half, Tiger-Cats Postgame, Speaking With The Enemy, Morreale & Hitch, The Milton Report, What Happened with Simoni Lawrence, and so much more. Ticats Audio Network content can be found on the Tiger-Cats YouTube channel, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, at listen.ticats.ca and anywhere else you find podcasts. Please follow, like, leave a review wherever you find our content, and follow the Hamilton Tiger-Cats social media channels to keep up to date with all Ticats Audio Network content. Twitter: @TicatsInsta: @hamiltontigercatsTikTok: @hamiltonticatsFacebook: cfltigercatsYouTube: ticatstvchannel

Mark Stephen meets conservationist Roy Dennis to explore an innovative project in Moray, where the introduction of Highland cows to a wooded landscape is helping to restore Scotland's capercaillie population.

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.

Mark Stephen visits Dundee to hear how a consignment of teak which was salvaged from a sunken steamer ship in the Irish Sea is now being used as part of the RSS Discovery restoration project

Mark Stephen visits Insh Marshes near Aviemore in the early hours to meet a couple of moth enthusiasts and discover the contents of the moth trap they had set the night before

The University of St Andrews is using ancient rocks from Torridon to test instruments that will be used on the Mars Rover to look for evidence of life. Mark meets Dr Claire Cousins in the lab.Rod and Niccy Angus opened the Scottish Owl Centre in West Lothian in 2012 and are now looking for new people to take over the attraction. It's the largest collection of owls in the world and Rachel hears how the origins of the venture can be traced back to one species.Phil Sime takes a trip to Inverness Botanic Gardens to catch up with artist Nigel Goldie, exploring the striking sculptures featured in his Out of the Ground exhibition.Naturalist Mark Cocker has written a book Crow Country exploring the complex seasonal cycle of corvids. Rachel hears how rooks now start to roost in large numbers, creating quite a spectacle.Disc Golf is a sport which is rapidly growing in popularity throughout Scotland so with discs in hand, Mark Stephen met up with some of the professionals involved in the Glasgow Disc Golf team.Rosie Steer, author of Slow Seasons, shares her top tips for embracing the change of season into autumn with craft and cooking ideas inspired by mindful observation of nature.Sea Change is a project running in Montrose where artists engage with the community to create awareness of how climate change is affecting the area. Mark Stephen met up with Resident artist, Eve Mosher.Rachel joins a bat walk in Strathpeffer with High Life Highland Countryside Ranger Marcia O'Hara.Wormit Boating Club in Newport-on-Tay is the first in the UK to take delivery of a fully electric training and rescue vessel. Mark goes on board with Evelyn Hardie and Andrew Lumsden and hears about the many benefits.

Mark Stephen speaks to Josh Donaldson from Arbroath who became a Tick Tock sensation after posting videos of him clearing up litter from his local forests, beaches and streets. As well as coming across the usual litter such as plastic bottles, cans and crisp packets, he's even found a grenade. Now with a following of 1.5 million fans as far as the USA and Vietnam, Josh is motivating thousands to do the same.

Mark Stephen meets Eddy Graham, a lecturer/researcher in atmospheric science.

AJ Jakubec is joined by Mark Stephen, the play by play voice of the Stamps, to help set up Thursday's game with a Calgary perspective. Then he replays an earlier interview with Bralon Addison from The Drive, and plays a one-on-one with starting safety Bennett Williams

Stamps play by play voice Mark Stephen joins the program to help set up Thursday's game with the view from Calgary

In Hour 3 we were joined by Jason Beck from MLB.com covering the Detroit Tigers and Calgary Stampeders PxP broadcaster Mark Stephen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

During Hour 3 Calgary Stampeders PxP broadcaster Mark Stephen joined the show discussing the Stamps' surprising start to the season and tonight's game against Montreal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Stephen meets Harold Murray, veteran cattle breeder and author from North East Scotland. Now in his nineties, Harold has spent his life working with cattle and more recently has turned his hand to writing and poetry

Mark Stephen visits Auchnerran, the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust farm on Deeside to watch some lapwing chicks being ringed by research assistant Max Wright and data collector Honor Jones

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors

Mark Stephen meets head of soil forensics at the James Hutton Institute, Professor Lorna Dawson. Mark meets Lorna at the Institute's research farm, Glensaugh in Aberdeenshire to find out what exactly her job entails

Mark Stephen visits the poetry path at Corbenic with its founder Jon Plunkett

Mark Stephen visits Duke Christie at his studio in Moray

Mark Stephen hears from Graham Gillie about his extraordinary working life in Antarctica

The 7th February 2025 marks 90 years since the death of Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, author of Sunset Song. In 2016, it was voted Scotland's favourite novel. In this archive programme, Mark Stephen explores the area it was set in, the Mearns.

Mark Stephen chooses some Burns favourites including his rendition of Tam O' Shanter

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart spend a day on the island of Jura to get a sense of life on the Ardlussa Estate where the Fletcher family have lived for five generations. Mark also visits Barnhill, the house where George Orwell wrote 1984 which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year

Mark Stephen gets a tour of the Palace with Curators Deborah Clarke and Emma Stead

Mark Stephen follows the route from Balquhidder to Corstorphine in Edinburgh

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors

We've dug into our archive to bring you a programme originally broadcast in 2012 when Mark Stephen followed the route taken by protagonist David Balfour in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, 'Kidnapped'.In this first section, it's a brief visit to the Hawes Inn in South Queensferry before taking a boat to the Island of Erraid - which sits off Mull - and the magnificent beach where Davey found himself shipwrecked.Mark is following the Stevenson Way.