Alex talks to multi award-winning and bestselling author of children’s picture books and romance-led emotional suspense for adults, Paula Tait, about the differences between writing for adults and kids, coaching children’s authors, working with illustrators and how she managed to carve a synergistic niche writing for such distinct audiences.

Alex talks to Poet Ann MacKinnon about helping others discover poetry, how anyone can do it, and the lyrical wonder of the Scots language.

Alex talks to nature writer Keith Broomfield, author of countless books about Scottish cities and countryside, about finding nature everywhere and finding inspiration anywhere.

Alex talks to George Paterson author of The Girl, The Crow, The Writer And The Fighter and Westerwick about the love of the process of writing and his passion for the written word.

Alex interviews Val Penny a Scottish crime author known for the Hunter Wilson and Jane Renwick crime thrillers.

Alex kicks off his series of interviews with published authors with a highlights reel.

Alex revisits his 2024 episode about the role of art in society, politics and protest giving his thoughts about its increasing relevance given the events of the intervening year.

Alex kicks off his miniseries on the written word as a form of therapy by recounting his own troubled relationship and history with words, and makes an impassioned plea for valuing creativity over technical perfection, particularly in the young.

Alex talks about the role of stories in how humans perceive the world and the role that art plays within this. He explains, using stories, how an artist encodes their story into every artwork, often in a non-linear fashion. Alex also talks about how autistic people feel compelled to tell their stories as a way of empathising with other people.

Alex returns to the thorny subject of generative AI and creativity reiterating his case for AI as a valid part of the creative process, but acknowledging the ethical and moral dilemmas it poses. He discusses the current, precarious state of the AI industry and speculates of what’s to come as the AI bubble is stretched to its limits.