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Witches of Scotland

Madison Mitchell

A podcast that follows the Witches of Scotland campaign to bring justice to those accused, convicted and executed as witches under the Witchcraft Act 1563

Episodes

20 of 87 episodes

EPISODE 87 PROFESSOR MARION GIBSON and "THRICE"

Zoe and Claire speak to the fabulous Marion Gibson about her Sunday Times Best Selling Book "Witchland" and to Al Seed and Jude Milligan abo...

01:34:44Sep 10, 2026

EPISODE 86 PROF MCGLYNN AND DR.DORKA TAMAS

WE speak to Professor Claire McGlynn about Patriarchy and Porn - Shei is a leading expert on violence against women and girls and gender equ...

02:21:16Aug 19, 2026

EPISODE 85 VICTORIA BRADBURY A SALEM DESCENDANT AND ARTIST

Victoria Bradbury speaks to us about her new show about witches and her own personal connection to the witch trials in Salem Blue Boar VR pr...

01:32:28Jul 2, 2026

EPISODE 84 WITCHES OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

If you thought witchcraft accusations were a thing of the past, think again : Sarah Newey, a journalist based in Bangkok covering global hea...

01:08:17May 19, 2026

EP 83 BONUS RANT

This bonus ep covers a range of topics related to sexual violence, misogyny, and women's rights. It delves into the normalisation of violenc...

00:35:14Apr 19, 2026

EPISODE 82 ANNA CAIG - THE WISE WITCH OF ORKNEY

Zoe and Claire chat to Anna Caig, about Anna's new book, 'The Wise Witch of Orkney,' Set in 1593. it tells the story of Elspeth Balfour, a w...

01:35:29Mar 1, 2026

EPISODE 81 BONUS EP ZOE AND CLAIRE @ MASON AND FIFTH LONDON

Zoe and Claire present a review of the campaign so far to a London audience - for those with us from the start it's a meandering wander from...

01:33:12Feb 3, 2026

EPISODE 80 DR. MORETTI ON & GEMMA CLARK

Zoe and Claire speak to Dr. Debora Moretti about ritual magic vs. folk magic and most importantly for those taking down their decorations on...

01:49:14Jan 5, 2026

EPISODE 79 THAT GLASGOW WITCH and JUANO DIAZ

Zoe and Claire wish to offer a Solstice offering to all those who have stuck by us with this podcast through a VERY patchy period and we wan...

01:54:43Dec 28, 2025

EPISODE 78 HOPE REESE / STEVEN VEERAPEN

You’ll have seen memes saying “I made dinners for men I should have poisoned” , well Zoe and Claire speak to Hope Reese about her book “The...

01:35:49Dec 24, 2025

EPISODE 77 THE WITCHES OF GHANA

Listen to Zoe and Claire to talk to Professor John Azumah and extraordinary photographer Claire Thomas about the women suffering modern day...

01:17:19Nov 28, 2025

EPISODE 76 DR MARGARET BENNETT

EPISODE 76 DR MARGARET BENNETT Zoe in conversation with DR MARGARET BENNETT “is a Scottish writer, folklorist, ethnologist, broadcaster, and...

01:21:34Apr 21, 2025

THE WOS TARTAN EPISODE

CLARE CAMPBELL OF PRICKLY THISTLE talks to Zoe and Claire about the tartan and about how we are releasing the WOS Tartan, clans and much mor...

00:31:55Mar 4, 2025

WITCHES OF FRANCE - ANNETTE YOUNG on GISÈLE PELICOT

Zoe and Claire discuss the witch trials in France and speak to ANNETTE YOUNG, journalist and presenter of the 51% - a feminist French TV sho...

01:28:29Jan 25, 2025

THE CONNECTICUT WITCH TRIALS

Zoe and Claire talk to the folks at the Connecticut Witch Trials and find out all about their campaign. They also talk about the Afghanistan...

01:09:28Dec 8, 2024

THE QUARRELSOME DAMES RETURN

Zoe and Claire come clean about why there has been no podcast in a while and what they have been up to... SPOILER : They've written a book!...

00:32:31Nov 24, 2024

EPISODE 71 - THE SURVEY OF SCOTTISH WITCHCRAFT WITH PROG GOODARE, EUAN MCANDREW & RUBY IMRIE

Zoe & Claire speak to Prof Goodare about how the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft came about and Euan McAndrew, Wikimedian in residence at Edin...

01:24:58Mar 2, 2024

EPISODE 70 - PROFESSOR GIBSON - WITCHCRAFT - A HISTORY IN 13 TRIALS

Zoe & Claire speak to the endlessly fascinating Professor Marion Gibson about her new book which spans 700 years of witchcraft trials - from...

01:22:10Oct 9, 2023

EPISODE 69 STACEY THOMAS “The Revels”

Zoe and Claire speak to author Stacey Thomas about her debut novel “The Revels” - all about witchcraft accusations . Stacey Thomas is a cont...

01:01:50Aug 22, 2023

EPISODE 68 - MODERN WITCHCRAFT ACCUSATIONS AND TRIALS WITH LEO IGWE : WARNING DISCUSSES VIOLENCE

Zoe and Claire catch up with Leo Igwe to find out about witchcraft accusations in the present day : what are people being accused of, by who...

00:52:31Jun 3, 2023